Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ec009b08e09fb889…

MALICIOUS

PDF

24.1 KB
MD5: a7efd68e03321dccf60ccb4c65cfe06b SHA-1: 18326eeb16a8627db495fc739be5f68d89245ec1 SHA-256: ec009b08e09fb88979a152b1edd7731d73f01486b6338ddafed171bc031799ad
130 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious File T1204.002 Malicious File: User Execution: Malicious Attachment T1566 Phishing T1566.001 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file that leverages the CVE-2010-0188 exploit targeting XFA forms within Adobe Reader. This exploit is known to download and execute a second-stage payload. The embedded URL, while seemingly benign, is likely part of the exploit chain. The ClamAV detection further confirms its malicious nature.

Heuristics 5

  • Adobe Reader LibTIFF XFA image exploit — CVE-2010-0188 critical CVE likely CVE_2010_0188
    PDF contains the CVE-2010-0188 exploit template: XFA JavaScript heap-spray setup, a generated TIFF image payload, and assignment of that TIFF data to an XFA image field rawValue to trigger Adobe Reader's LibTIFF parser.
  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36821 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36821
  • XFA form low PDF_XFA
    PDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
  • PDF differential parser failed info PDF_DIFFERENTIAL_PARSE_FAILED
    The cross-check parser (pdfminer.six) failed on this file: PDF differential parser failed: PSEOF. Static heuristics still ran and any of their findings above are valid; only the differential cross-check signal is missing.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-template/2.5/