Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 46eaef2de7cb794a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

24.4 KB
MD5: 4c2e7bb41d0817519597d677c4277d8f SHA-1: 10647e4a5f5a154afc531fbf4b8d0ae3416160ef SHA-256: 46eaef2de7cb794a27b6d5414c1b52bcd73c865c5bae4bf84ff052319291f465
148 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1204.002 Malicious JavaScript

The PDF file contains XFA forms with executable scripts, as indicated by the PDF_XFA_SCRIPT and PDF_XFA_NUMERIC_EVAL_STAGER heuristics. ClamAV also detected it as Js.Exploit.HTML-30. The embedded URL is likely part of the exploitation chain. The script's exact function is not fully discernible due to obfuscation, but it is highly probable that it attempts to download and execute a second-stage payload.

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/