Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 617bd9e5799a727e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

31.6 KB
MD5: 1fd495993b1c9d1a8176d9c895652c1b SHA-1: 6958a39f77c4d77d88992982c58dc17fcd8bfc6b SHA-256: 617bd9e5799a727ebf0e11c519ae046a2c6e38ef00670772309b2797567f4f7d
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) which is known to be used for embedding executable scripts. Heuristics indicate the presence of risky executable script and a numeric evaluation stager within the XFA form. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, specifically identifying it as Js.Exploit.HTML-30. The embedded URL, while seemingly benign, is part of the XFA structure and could be used in conjunction with the script to fetch additional malicious content.

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/