MALICIOUS
128
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution
T1059.001 PowerShell
The sample is a PDF file that triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit, targeting Adobe Reader's XFA form processing. This exploit is known to facilitate the execution of arbitrary code. The embedded URL, while seemingly benign, is often used in conjunction with such exploits to download additional malicious content. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-78' further confirms its malicious nature. The script content is too obfuscated to determine its exact function, but the exploit and associated URL strongly suggest a downloader pattern.
Heuristics 4
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Adobe Reader LibTIFF XFA image exploit — CVE-2010-0188 critical CVE likely CVE_2010_0188PDF 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.
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ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-78 critical CLAMAV_DETECTIONClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-78
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XFA form low PDF_XFAPDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
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Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URLOne 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/
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