Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b18573bf6dfe2f65…

MALICIOUS

PDF

31.8 KB
MD5: 4c63b5e700633a03d611f0598db968ee SHA-1: 7209078787ff6321e6bb38c70903ceb2e8fe5930 SHA-256: b18573bf6dfe2f65ac046efb5bbb5dcf01616c65de735a8950eabd0c51dd1002
148 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 a vector for exploits. Specifically, the 'PDF_XFA_SCRIPT' and 'PDF_XFA_NUMERIC_EVAL_STAGER' heuristics indicate the presence of executable script within the XFA form, designed to evaluate numeric expressions. The ClamAV detection 'Js.Exploit.HTML-30' further confirms the malicious nature, pointing towards JavaScript exploitation. The embedded URL is likely part of the exploit 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/