Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 95dd2ae0c416d665…

MALICIOUS

PDF

32.1 KB
MD5: 0e4721aa3c510e3d255518461eb6e72f SHA-1: 35df256b848c513963f11a5353bb4042c1d93a54 SHA-256: 95dd2ae0c416d6653340310dd96613bd70bf67695a2abbd94d20a4b042eb3612
178 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains XFA (XML Forms Architecture) which is known to be exploited to embed and execute JavaScript. Heuristics indicate the presence of risky executable scripts and a stager designed for numeric character-table evaluation. ClamAV detected this as Js.Exploit.HTML-30, confirming its malicious nature. The embedded URL is likely part of the exploit chain, though its specific function is not detailed by the static analysis.

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/