Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f433a061a05075b6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

32.1 KB
MD5: 9ff38c8bea683658d6a8a6196e26481b SHA-1: dce35102782ea3f68ab3963860d3ef2919bcb1be SHA-256: f433a061a05075b6233c29aff55a5779364b5d4cbb25b27a7f92d1e4bddb1a46
178 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious Link T1204.002 Malicious File T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter

The PDF file contains an XFA form with executable scripts, identified as a stager for numeric character-table evaluation. This indicates an attempt to exploit a PDF vulnerability to execute arbitrary code. The embedded URL, while seemingly benign, is part of the XFA structure and may be used in the exploitation chain. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support the malicious nature of this file.

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: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-92 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-92
  • 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/