| File name: | pdfskills.exe |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/a211c8cc-883b-4acb-b82f-2fab9f03a8b7 |
| Verdict: | Malicious activity |
| Analysis date: | January 07, 2025, 07:19:42 |
| OS: | Windows 10 Professional (build: 19045, 64 bit) |
| Indicators: | |
| MIME: | application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable |
| File info: | PE32+ executable (GUI) x86-64 Mono/.Net assembly, for MS Windows, 2 sections |
| MD5: | 6993F5E370CA16EF520108FC8E24ECF5 |
| SHA1: | 6C90CAE62C6E4B5C7FBED2AC13252410AF0132BC |
| SHA256: | 1994B6C8C30B4346F6B00DA12FC161EB73210AF08B914A1C4768B109B234F2DF |
| SSDEEP: | 98304:Rw4DuwYxT2ZyydrgUleLSzW8vdj2iXrVfY1c75uzdFhb4PyH1ZH30kMhvXHDnBXj:3KBRdnefCjO |
| .exe | | | Win64 Executable (generic) (87.3) |
|---|---|---|
| .exe | | | Generic Win/DOS Executable (6.3) |
| .exe | | | DOS Executable Generic (6.3) |
| MachineType: | AMD AMD64 |
|---|---|
| TimeStamp: | 2074:07:23 17:41:10+00:00 |
| ImageFileCharacteristics: | Executable, Large address aware |
| PEType: | PE32+ |
| LinkerVersion: | 48 |
| CodeSize: | 4860928 |
| InitializedDataSize: | 17408 |
| UninitializedDataSize: | - |
| EntryPoint: | 0x0000 |
| OSVersion: | 4 |
| ImageVersion: | - |
| SubsystemVersion: | 6 |
| Subsystem: | Windows GUI |
| FileVersionNumber: | 247.8.44.101 |
| ProductVersionNumber: | 247.8.44.101 |
| FileFlagsMask: | 0x003f |
| FileFlags: | (none) |
| FileOS: | Win32 |
| ObjectFileType: | Executable application |
| FileSubtype: | - |
| LanguageCode: | Neutral |
| CharacterSet: | Unicode |
| Comments: | - |
| CompanyName: | - |
| FileDescription: | PDFSkills |
| FileVersion: | 247.8.44.101 |
| InternalName: | PDFSkills.exe |
| LegalCopyright: | Copyright © 2015-2023 BLACK INDIGO All rights reserved |
| LegalTrademarks: | - |
| OriginalFileName: | PDFSkills.exe |
| ProductName: | PDFSkills |
| ProductVersion: | 247.8.44.101 |
| AssemblyVersion: | 247.8.44.101 |
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
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| 1356 | "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=chrome.mojom.ProcessorMetrics --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=none --disable-quic --no-appcompat-clear --mojo-platform-channel-handle=5140 --field-trial-handle=1936,i,17133043730027305317,7421884458047506977,262144 --variations-seed-version /prefetch:8 | C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe | — | chrome.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Google LLC Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Google Chrome Exit code: 0 Version: 122.0.6261.70 Modules
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| 2600 | "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --no-appcompat-clear --lang=en-US --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --renderer-client-id=5 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3240 --field-trial-handle=1936,i,17133043730027305317,7421884458047506977,262144 --variations-seed-version /prefetch:1 | C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe | — | chrome.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Google LLC Integrity Level: LOW Description: Google Chrome Version: 122.0.6261.70 Modules
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| 2624 | "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=unzip.mojom.Unzipper --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=service --disable-quic --no-appcompat-clear --mojo-platform-channel-handle=5204 --field-trial-handle=1936,i,17133043730027305317,7421884458047506977,262144 --variations-seed-version /prefetch:8 | C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe | — | chrome.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Google LLC Integrity Level: LOW Description: Google Chrome Exit code: 0 Version: 122.0.6261.70 Modules
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| 2792 | "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=quarantine.mojom.Quarantine --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=none --disable-quic --no-appcompat-clear --mojo-platform-channel-handle=6040 --field-trial-handle=1936,i,17133043730027305317,7421884458047506977,262144 --variations-seed-version /prefetch:8 | C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe | — | chrome.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Google LLC Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Google Chrome Exit code: 0 Version: 122.0.6261.70 Modules
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| 3128 | "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=quarantine.mojom.Quarantine --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=none --disable-quic --no-appcompat-clear --mojo-platform-channel-handle=6060 --field-trial-handle=1936,i,17133043730027305317,7421884458047506977,262144 --variations-seed-version /prefetch:8 | C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe | — | chrome.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Google LLC Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Google Chrome Exit code: 0 Version: 122.0.6261.70 Modules
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| 3208 | "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=quarantine.mojom.Quarantine --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=none --disable-quic --no-appcompat-clear --mojo-platform-channel-handle=5244 --field-trial-handle=1936,i,17133043730027305317,7421884458047506977,262144 --variations-seed-version /prefetch:8 | C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe | — | chrome.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Google LLC Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Google Chrome Exit code: 0 Version: 122.0.6261.70 Modules
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| 3812 | "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=unzip.mojom.Unzipper --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=service --disable-quic --no-appcompat-clear --mojo-platform-channel-handle=6084 --field-trial-handle=1936,i,17133043730027305317,7421884458047506977,262144 --variations-seed-version /prefetch:8 | C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe | — | chrome.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Google LLC Integrity Level: LOW Description: Google Chrome Exit code: 0 Version: 122.0.6261.70 Modules
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| 4556 | "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=network.mojom.NetworkService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=none --disable-quic --no-appcompat-clear --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2040 --field-trial-handle=1936,i,17133043730027305317,7421884458047506977,262144 --variations-seed-version /prefetch:3 | C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe | chrome.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Google LLC Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Google Chrome Version: 122.0.6261.70 Modules
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| 4624 | "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --extension-process --no-appcompat-clear --lang=en-US --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --renderer-client-id=7 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3764 --field-trial-handle=1936,i,17133043730027305317,7421884458047506977,262144 --variations-seed-version /prefetch:2 | C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe | — | chrome.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Google LLC Integrity Level: LOW Description: Google Chrome Exit code: 0 Version: 122.0.6261.70 Modules
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| 5268 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\PDFSkills\PDFSkillsApp.exe" | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\PDFSkills\PDFSkillsApp.exe | — | pdfskills.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: NativeTemplate Exit code: 0 Version: 4.0.0.0 Modules
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| (PID) Process: | (6168) pdfskills.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\pdfskills_RASAPI32 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | EnableFileTracing |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (6168) pdfskills.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\pdfskills_RASAPI32 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | EnableAutoFileTracing |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (6168) pdfskills.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\pdfskills_RASAPI32 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | EnableConsoleTracing |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (6168) pdfskills.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\pdfskills_RASAPI32 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | FileTracingMask |
Value: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (6168) pdfskills.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\pdfskills_RASAPI32 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | ConsoleTracingMask |
Value: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (6168) pdfskills.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\pdfskills_RASAPI32 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | MaxFileSize |
Value: 1048576 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (6168) pdfskills.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\pdfskills_RASAPI32 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | FileDirectory |
Value: %windir%\tracing | |||
| (PID) Process: | (6168) pdfskills.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\pdfskills_RASMANCS |
| Operation: | write | Name: | EnableFileTracing |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (6168) pdfskills.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\pdfskills_RASMANCS |
| Operation: | write | Name: | EnableAutoFileTracing |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (6168) pdfskills.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\pdfskills_RASMANCS |
| Operation: | write | Name: | EnableConsoleTracing |
Value: 0 | |||
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6864 | powershell.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_usa3zyrn.fqo.ps1 | text | |
MD5:D17FE0A3F47BE24A6453E9EF58C94641 | SHA256:96AD1146EB96877EAB5942AE0736B82D8B5E2039A80D3D6932665C1A4C87DCF7 | |||
| 6168 | pdfskills.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\PDFSkills\update_task_ad.ps1 | text | |
MD5:303E2E6AD62BDBC4AB32F6041FEA897A | SHA256:5FDF76A78556E479E41422D577F6FC7B672CBC9C131721B725FEA765E288EED9 | |||
| 6864 | powershell.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive | binary | |
MD5:3A361D979C7E8E70939CDA7914421FED | SHA256:14923EE0B529DDC78AD89AEE6BE467B58933B5CF4EB1BAE8BE13A91B82958FEA | |||
| 6168 | pdfskills.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\SMCR\userId.txt | text | |
MD5:3A9C7AD2C47E42446C93E8A56E109466 | SHA256:76E3ABC712C4424559648812594BF6E8F511F4A663F283F5DA93B4F76DEEEDAC | |||
| 6168 | pdfskills.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\PDFSkills\skillsUserId.txt | text | |
MD5:3A9C7AD2C47E42446C93E8A56E109466 | SHA256:76E3ABC712C4424559648812594BF6E8F511F4A663F283F5DA93B4F76DEEEDAC | |||
| 6168 | pdfskills.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\PDFSkills\Update.dll | executable | |
MD5:887A8EE2C57EFDE7512F221E53B853BD | SHA256:C4C29485DC0FFD7DBB2D0226854F42434931307EE307CE72FE2FDEDB35794BB7 | |||
| 6168 | pdfskills.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\PDFSkills\vcamp140.dll | executable | |
MD5:8441A618D2CEF67BDEDCA224FD61AFA2 | SHA256:6CD300E597C477260809C5CA036993D923CD8BE304AE323C9C4D7776115FE62D | |||
| 6168 | pdfskills.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\PDFSkills\msvcp140_atomic_wait.dll | executable | |
MD5:6722344B74084D0AF629283060716BAE | SHA256:C9FD25862B1B8B2977BF188A4E0C4460DADE43C31710283C2B42DBD3B15B4317 | |||
| 6168 | pdfskills.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\PDFSkills\vccorlib140.dll | executable | |
MD5:E3E6AA23DF3C78B29B0EE90E2712FC7E | SHA256:233E79C5AB80A2902B79C8B41E741DC06CD4A9FF8BCA99A025FE8077A35BE125 | |||
| 6168 | pdfskills.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\PDFSkills\msvcp140_codecvt_ids.dll | executable | |
MD5:165308EE66D0B8F11CA20F3BCD410EA9 | SHA256:08DF3AB1B59D1F7D63F0811838E4FCCC107087FCBC469D94975C0E44477058E7 | |||
PID | Process | Method | HTTP Code | IP | URL | CN | Type | Size | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
— | — | GET | 200 | 23.200.189.225:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
— | — | GET | 200 | 184.25.50.8:80 | http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
— | — | GET | 200 | 192.229.221.95:80 | http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBTrjrydRyt%2BApF3GSPypfHBxR5XtQQUs9tIpPmhxdiuNkHMEWNpYim8S8YCEAI5PUjXAkJafLQcAAsO18o%3D | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
1176 | svchost.exe | GET | 200 | 192.229.221.95:80 | http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
6228 | backgroundTaskHost.exe | GET | 200 | 192.229.221.95:80 | http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBQ50otx%2Fh0Ztl%2Bz8SiPI7wEWVxDlQQUTiJUIBiV5uNu5g%2F6%2BrkS7QYXjzkCEAUZZSZEml49Gjh0j13P68w%3D | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
4716 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 95.101.149.131:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
4716 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 95.101.149.131:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Secure%20Server%20CA%202.1.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
PID | Process | IP | Domain | ASN | CN | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4712 | MoUsoCoreWorker.exe | 51.104.136.2:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:137 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
— | — | 51.104.136.2:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | unknown |
— | — | 184.25.50.8:80 | crl.microsoft.com | Akamai International B.V. | DE | whitelisted |
— | — | 23.200.189.225:80 | www.microsoft.com | Moratelindo Internet Exchange Point | ID | whitelisted |
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:138 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
5064 | SearchApp.exe | 2.20.142.180:443 | www.bing.com | Akamai International B.V. | DE | whitelisted |
— | — | 192.229.221.95:80 | ocsp.digicert.com | EDGECAST | US | whitelisted |
6168 | pdfskills.exe | 198.71.59.132:443 | val.skillcli.com | IONOS SE | US | unknown |
1176 | svchost.exe | 20.190.160.17:443 | login.live.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | NL | whitelisted |
Domain | IP | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
settings-win.data.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
crl.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
www.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
google.com |
| whitelisted |
www.bing.com |
| whitelisted |
ocsp.digicert.com |
| whitelisted |
val.skillcli.com |
| unknown |
login.live.com |
| whitelisted |
go.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
clientservices.googleapis.com |
| whitelisted |
PID | Process | Class | Message |
|---|---|---|---|
4556 | chrome.exe | Not Suspicious Traffic | INFO [ANY.RUN] Cloudflare content delivery network (cdnjs .cloudflare .com) |
4556 | chrome.exe | Not Suspicious Traffic | INFO [ANY.RUN] Cloudflare content delivery network (cdnjs .cloudflare .com) |