Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8344f46071a2327d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

32.1 KB
MD5: bb784afe0f548b008c9ab70baa4cc231 SHA-1: 43e27f62fca9ddd0ca91a98c3acf7b27cea141c7 SHA-256: 8344f46071a2327d192bf77fa0e32d1c0d5a4266d0e900935bccd08f3e152383
180 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF file contains XFA (XML Forms Architecture) which is known to be a vector for exploiting vulnerabilities. Heuristics indicate the presence of executable scripts and a stager within the XFA form, strongly suggesting it's designed to download and execute a secondary payload. The embedded URL, while seemingly benign, is part of the XFA structure and could be used in conjunction with the exploit.

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: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-92 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-92
  • 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/