Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 682e17c9ec5414b8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

24.3 KB
MD5: 82042a7a2cc8ae377cf6d2e7ddc45ac2 SHA-1: b154ea3abe8d2605b91c79d76aa0fc3312a8d840 SHA-256: 682e17c9ec5414b8680c506b09f06648c4549b1263006ede7a0ae5765e174f3b
180 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a PDF containing 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, strongly suggesting exploitation of a PDF vulnerability. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further confirm its malicious nature. The embedded URL is likely part of the exploit chain.

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/