Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4e8aad5b5bc6a5dd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

31.8 KB
MD5: 7522c8d5dbb503451d57ab31504ad9f2 SHA-1: 42768858188fb15424d543a314d88686acce303b SHA-256: 4e8aad5b5bc6a5dd2924ee670ac77465e7bf53e2f81f2c907c1c6e80ea27a8a9
148 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains an XFA form with executable script, identified as a stager by heuristics. ClamAV detection 'Js.Exploit.HTML-30' further confirms malicious intent. The embedded URL, while seemingly benign, is part of the XFA structure and may be used in the exploitation chain. The script's exact function is not fully discernible due to obfuscation, but it is highly probable that it downloads and executes 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/