Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 918aacdfaaba8b86…

MALICIOUS

PDF

31.9 KB
MD5: 0ca90d8b35a1df94ee03ae134a25588f SHA-1: ca88f2e91b94000698139efdd12d58270694142f SHA-256: 918aacdfaaba8b869ab621bd2573c15fbd42e6fefb5c104f88d201ae90200161
178 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains XFA (XML Forms Architecture) content, which is known to be a vector for exploiting vulnerabilities. Heuristics indicate the presence of risky executable scripts and a numeric evaluation stager within the XFA form. ClamAV detection as 'Js.Exploit.HTML-30' further confirms malicious intent. The embedded URL is likely part of the exploit chain. The ML classifier strongly flags this PDF as malicious.

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/