Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f65f9798e9a09a87…

MALICIOUS

PDF

24.0 KB
MD5: 9302e1b4bf2b447fda80e73a37aac335 SHA-1: 59cbb4cf12bb7940a8a7bcbe20a0a9a9de880f59 SHA-256: f65f9798e9a09a87965cd3b7177b4d47e1102e302d85a3e303a173563689c368
130 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample is a PDF file that contains an XFA form. Heuristics indicate it exploits CVE-2010-0188, a vulnerability in Adobe Reader related to LibTIFF processing within XFA forms. This exploit allows for the execution of arbitrary code on the victim's machine. The embedded URL is likely related to the XFA template but does not appear to be a direct payload delivery mechanism.

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/