Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fed88821dd2ae74e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

32.1 KB
MD5: 44ebd78ce757116a24ced8ba57e523b5 SHA-1: 74d74a63a291a69ce6f014e8198b25215fd60ec2 SHA-256: fed88821dd2ae74ecc3853fddc21d85c134b343bd1aeb7f2f2682740970ae856
68 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The sample is a PDF file identified by ClamAV as Js.Exploit.HTML-30, indicating it contains malicious JavaScript. The presence of an XFA form further suggests a potential attack vector. The embedded URL, while seemingly benign, is part of the exploit structure. The primary attack pattern involves leveraging a PDF vulnerability to execute JavaScript, likely to download and run a secondary payload.

Heuristics 3

  • ClamAV: Js.Exploit.HTML-30 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Js.Exploit.HTML-30
  • 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/