Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1ee815b98aca6c58…

MALICIOUS

PDF

32.3 KB
MD5: 7ada9f759dec4b29fb8b6beb05cb5b97 SHA-1: 10f403cddf8f8dd52b68efa438dc432755e46aa9 SHA-256: 1ee815b98aca6c58f19bf96f1209f8031290f28c984e9dfcf8120f20e1894270
68 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file contains an XFA form, which is a known vector for embedding malicious content. ClamAV identified this as Js.Exploit.HTML-30, indicating an embedded JavaScript exploit. The embedded URL, while seemingly benign, is part of the exploit chain. The JavaScript likely attempts to download and execute a second-stage payload, although the specific actions are obfuscated within the document body.

Heuristics 3

  • ClamAV: Js.Exploit.HTML-30 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Js.Exploit.HTML-30
  • 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/