MalCVE: Malware Detection and CVE Association Using Large Language Models

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2510.15567v1
• Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2025 11:55:46 GMT
• Title: MalCVE: Malware Detection and CVE Association Using Large Language Models
• Authors: Eduard Andrei Cristea, Petter Molnes, Jingyue Li,
• Abstract summary: Mal is first tool to associate CVEs with binary malware, achieving a recall@10 of 65%.<n>It is also the first tool to associate CVEs with binary malware, achieving a recall@10 of 65%.
• Score: 3.6704226968275253
• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Malicious software attacks are having an increasingly significant economic impact. Commercial malware detection software can be costly, and tools that attribute malware to the specific software vulnerabilities it exploits are largely lacking. Understanding the connection between malware and the vulnerabilities it targets is crucial for analyzing past threats and proactively defending against current ones. In this study, we propose an approach that leverages large language models (LLMs) to detect binary malware, specifically within JAR files, and utilizes the capabilities of LLMs combined with retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) to identify Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) that malware may exploit. We developed a proof-of-concept tool called MalCVE, which integrates binary code decompilation, deobfuscation, LLM-based code summarization, semantic similarity search, and CVE classification using LLMs. We evaluated MalCVE using a benchmark dataset of 3,839 JAR executables. MalCVE achieved a mean malware detection accuracy of 97%, at a fraction of the cost of commercial solutions. It is also the first tool to associate CVEs with binary malware, achieving a recall@10 of 65%, which is comparable to studies that perform similar analyses on source code.

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