Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 df6be41e87ea4e41…

MALICIOUS

PDF

31.7 KB
MD5: 1d143a9a9812acec093610d1544008a8 SHA-1: 5466ed14a9e32eac3d4a4280bcee600f35ff1926 SHA-256: df6be41e87ea4e411081b45fe5df1a06cc7feeb2cb6017502cb87e95cd6a94f6
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 used for embedding executable scripts. Heuristics indicate the presence of risky executable script and a stager designed for numeric evaluation, strongly suggesting an exploit attempt. ClamAV detection as Js.Exploit.HTML-30 further confirms malicious intent, likely involving JavaScript exploitation within the PDF context. The embedded URL is likely part of the exploit 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/