Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fceae0e35dcac355…

MALICIOUS

PDF

24.2 KB
MD5: d62598cc5193c909df0fe7f9f8b52dd7 SHA-1: d727788d1f956ecc716007a2af811b3e6a061f49 SHA-256: fceae0e35dcac355912b5204da06184ef52b5c405628ccfe0106ea573fb5ee29
128 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1059.004 Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell

The PDF file contains an XFA form that triggers the CVE-2010-0188 exploit, as indicated by critical heuristic firings. This exploit is known to be used for delivering malicious payloads. The embedded URL, while seemingly benign, is part of the exploit's structure. The ClamAV detection further confirms the malicious nature of the file.

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/

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