Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f2f85310ba59e454…

MALICIOUS

PDF

24.1 KB
MD5: b248a236a650a32c17903c8f98dc8951 SHA-1: 6d52b0bc87353f4d8e97ccbdecfa6b270004cc8a SHA-256: f2f85310ba59e454848e53d57bcc2a6eb012e6795a7e0e0e08ebcd71399b1fb7
128 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample is a PDF file that leverages the CVE-2010-0188 exploit targeting Adobe Reader's XFA forms. This exploit allows for the execution of arbitrary code, indicating a malicious intent to compromise the user's system. The embedded URL is likely related to the XFA template, but its direct maliciousness is not confirmed by reputation.

Heuristics 4

  • 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
  • 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/