Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 04b2acd78d5e2916…

MALICIOUS

PDF

31.8 KB
MD5: 1028ed6cd855d819735355ae15a22256 SHA-1: 77ac67341eaeaab12cc277d0602ee3bf054d7611 SHA-256: 04b2acd78d5e291679a5a5667ab716846a7a9faf66888956668e67fe7b1ba931
180 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains XFA (XML Forms Architecture) elements, which are known to be vulnerable to script execution. Heuristics indicate the presence of risky executable scripts and a numeric evaluation stager within the XFA form. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely involving the execution of JavaScript to exploit vulnerabilities. The embedded URL, while seemingly benign, is part of the XFA structure and could be used in conjunction with the exploit.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 5

  • XFA form contains risky executable script high CVE related PDF_XFA_SCRIPT
    PDF embeds an XFA form whose script block contains exploit, submission/launch, or shell-execution primitives. Ordinary LiveCycle print/update scripts are left as generic XFA/JS signals unless stronger behavior is present.
  • ClamAV: Js.Exploit.HTML-30 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Js.Exploit.HTML-30
  • XFA numeric character-table eval stager high PDF_XFA_NUMERIC_EVAL_STAGER
    PDF XFA initialize script reads numeric form data from rawValue, maps the values through a short character table, and evals the reconstructed stage. This is an exploit-kit staging technique even when the final decoded layer remains encoded.
  • 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/