Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 97228a949dc94f72…

MALICIOUS

PDF

32.3 KB
MD5: 4e5eeef5b8d7932fa3c0a26e4a708d73 SHA-1: cad29fe04beaf04315c6e7db9c409240d51ff93e SHA-256: 97228a949dc94f72415df373a0bbd74349630a521f615fa2c58b8f0e96d343a3
148 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains XFA (XML Forms Architecture) elements, which are known to be used for embedding executable scripts. Heuristics indicate the presence of risky executable script within the XFA form and a stager designed for numeric evaluation. ClamAV detection as 'Js.Exploit.HTML-30' further confirms malicious intent. The embedded URL is likely part of the exploitation chain.

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/