Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f1efb7b972a65b8a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

10.9 KB
MD5: 0c002eaac93b656185cb8aaa029fdce8 SHA-1: 9fa27a4a2cbb509e7d6bc60fa341e6fd8efe7404 SHA-256: f1efb7b972a65b8a681db20189b8ce90eba3f9c8ad94419c6c0a92c385dcd8b5
86 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File: User Execution T1059.001 PowerShell: Command and Scripting Interpreter

The PDF file contains an embedded JavaScript file that exploits CVE-2010-0188, a known vulnerability in Adobe Reader. The heuristic firings indicate this is a critical exploit. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload, which is a common attack vector for this type of exploit. The extracted JavaScript file, base26_stage_000.js, is a key indicator of this malicious activity.

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • Embedded file low PDF_EMBEDDED
    PDF embeds a file attachment — could carry an executable or another weaponised document as a nested payload
  • XFA form low PDF_XFA
    PDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
  • AcroForm button with action trigger low PDF_ACROFORM_BUTTON
    PDF contains a /Btn form field together with a SubmitForm/URI/Launch/JS trigger — this is the building block of fake 'Download' or 'Open' button overlays used in PDF phishing lures
  • Suspicious extracted artifact info EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGE
    One or more files extracted from inside this sample matched static suspicious-content checks such as script obfuscation, encoded payload blobs, packed data, or execution/download terms.
  • 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-locale-set/2.1/

Extracted artifacts 6

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
embedded_file_obj0041.bin
c06dcd026a7ea0536b63e07ce688691b585339a3ab7ff59065e546b56308c7bb
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 41 at offset 0xEE4 85 bytes
embedded_file_obj0042.bin
dda0835df994b8be920f715db36452f6cee7bb42bbc9c897f878a7b298ba8e91
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 42 at offset 0xF96 1029 bytes
embedded_file_obj0095.bin
754bc16413bd9b3b0f9ce2b22ce94d200cb4e08a63ac255edaefa4e23d42e397
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 95 at offset 0x11AF 12514 bytes
embedded_file_obj0044.bin
3dd68f00f4fcb366a2a3a17c65cb2626eeddf5ea5713302d374310561d810169
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 44 at offset 0x2647 144 bytes
embedded_file_obj0045.bin
10c03f88a5f0a0833dc5b2c8ac295b3a3c6f65e23889eb8cc1dc6fe29bf7f275
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 45 at offset 0x26F4 77 bytes
base26_stage_000.js
a0090c0e45529a063952c183681ca68dde1cc0ee4f428080701cb1b809562651
deobfuscated-js base26-decoded JavaScript (decompressed) at offset 0x13A5 4292 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 5 long base64-like blob(s).