Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 84a5b086c42a12a8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

24.3 KB
MD5: 0c1d1e9a65240baf52f93de109f349da SHA-1: 6d4b87c8e6a834dcfaf4ef24a59cb90a2970dbf1 SHA-256: 84a5b086c42a12a81130f1361ca9dc8ff67dd9699c98c7a01c0eb4642dc1c95e
180 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file contains XFA (XML Forms Architecture) content, which is known to be a vector for exploiting vulnerabilities in PDF readers. The 'PDF_XFA_SCRIPT' and 'PDF_XFA_NUMERIC_EVAL_STAGER' heuristics indicate the presence of executable script designed to stage further malicious activity. The ClamAV detection 'Js.Exploit.HTML-30' confirms the malicious nature, pointing towards JavaScript exploitation. 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: 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/