Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e8ab9a571ef53a22…

MALICIOUS

PDF

32.7 KB
MD5: 9e8054a88f881182d828775bee07cd6a SHA-1: 0336fd3e9cd34e717281f9671a1c4bcb85bb141a SHA-256: e8ab9a571ef53a2230aa7096209f2f30ee94f67392b01c1103a9e9a4f8069f76
178 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains an XFA form with executable script, identified as a stager for numeric character-table evaluation. ClamAV detected this as Js.Exploit.HTML-30, indicating a JavaScript exploit. The embedded URL is likely part of the exploit chain. The ML classifier strongly suggests maliciousness.

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/