Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dc77862431960f79…

MALICIOUS

PDF

24.6 KB
MD5: 0539590968c192c282244f390054fba4 SHA-1: 6b6a56a1626f97921e5bff4cbe199c13929b67a1 SHA-256: dc77862431960f79edc4d631df2b2d47865b170d7689092928ef5901a91cc3e6
178 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains XFA (XML Forms Architecture) elements, which are known to be exploited to execute embedded scripts. 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 exploitation chain.

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/