Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d20b59d77475a4db…

MALICIOUS

PDF

718.5 KB Created: 2000-01-24 16:22:01 Authoring application: XPP (via IBM (ID Workbench))
MD5: dd8e4e9e46303f2c7e2e3229305eff64 SHA-1: 7b7b906adfe64caa526cc836d13c0811d4561816 SHA-256: d20b59d77475a4db32ce8b26b6a6076740fcda09e5f9da51272cd5cc8eeac341
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF contains a launch action that attempts to execute an external file named 'csqzai03.pdf'. This is a common technique for delivering secondary payloads or initiating exploits. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further support the malicious nature of this PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.5518

Heuristics 3

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-21848 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-21848
  • /Launch action target: csqzai03.pdf high PDF_LAUNCH_COMMAND
    PDF /Launch action specifies an executable target.
  • Launch action low PDF_LAUNCH
    PDF contains a /Launch action; all filespec targets are document files (cross-PDF navigation pattern, common in multi-part document bundles)