| File name: | PAD_[2025-03-24_120912].pdf |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/0da0b4f6-fe4d-48ac-b6c2-1508585c3957 |
| Verdict: | Malicious activity |
| Threats: | Tycoon 2FA is a phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform designed to bypass multi-factor authentication (MFA) protections, particularly targeting Microsoft 365 and Gmail accounts. Its advanced evasion techniques and modular architecture make it a significant threat to organizations relying on MFA for security. |
| Analysis date: | March 24, 2025, 17:53:14 |
| OS: | Windows 10 Professional (build: 19045, 64 bit) |
| Tags: | |
| Indicators: | |
| MIME: | application/pdf |
| File info: | PDF document, version 1.7 |
| MD5: | ED03F2F9505ED5A05779434857BF4C25 |
| SHA1: | B42C6904EE8DB1DDD6B5199697507D7792F93323 |
| SHA256: | 1FE8D5DD7CF00A50D4EF7F67476A3914001F25D7F08CDBC5CBA905A3DCE0303C |
| SSDEEP: | 3072:X11+b9FuwwNrOB+sp2giOsZXmATMKtDZkAyQW:Sb7u/5BseZ2CRfK |
MALICIOUS
Detects suspicious words and phrases in PDF content (generic)
- Acrobat.exe (PID: 7352)
PHISHING has been detected (SURICATA)
- msedge.exe (PID: 5400)
SUSPICIOUS
No suspicious indicators.INFO
Creates files or folders in the user directory
- BackgroundTransferHost.exe (PID: 4068)
Reads security settings of Internet Explorer
- BackgroundTransferHost.exe (PID: 4068)
- BackgroundTransferHost.exe (PID: 7232)
- BackgroundTransferHost.exe (PID: 8064)
Application launched itself
- Acrobat.exe (PID: 7352)
- AcroCEF.exe (PID: 812)
- msedge.exe (PID: 3888)
Reads the software policy settings
- BackgroundTransferHost.exe (PID: 4068)
Find more information about signature artifacts and mapping to MITRE ATT&CK™ MATRIX at the full report
TRiD
| | | Adobe Portable Document Format (100) |
EXIF
| PDFVersion: | 1.7 |
|---|---|
| Linearized: | No |
| PageCount: | 1 |
| Language: | en |
| TaggedPDF: | Yes |
| HasXFA: | No |
| Author: | Laura Hoover |
| Creator: | Microsoft® Word for Microsoft 365 |
| CreateDate: | 2025:03:20 13:04:01-07:00 |
| ModifyDate: | 2025:03:22 06:56:49+01:00 |
| Producer: | 3.0.24 (5.1.10) |
XMP
| XMPToolkit: | 3.1-701 |
|---|---|
| Producer: | Microsoft® Word for Microsoft 365 |
| Creator: | Laura Hoover |
| CreatorTool: | Microsoft® Word for Microsoft 365 |
| CreateDate: | 2025:03:20 13:04:01-07:00 |
| ModifyDate: | 2025:03:20 13:04:01-07:00 |
| DocumentID: | uuid:0FC9A92D-7BDF-40AB-872C-9C46648483A2 |
| InstanceID: | uuid:0FC9A92D-7BDF-40AB-872C-9C46648483A2 |
Total processes
183
Monitored processes
50
Malicious processes
3
Suspicious processes
0
Behavior graph
Click at the process to see the details
Process information
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 616 | "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=renderer --extension-process --renderer-sub-type=extension --no-appcompat-clear --lang=en-US --js-flags=--ms-user-locale= --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --renderer-client-id=7 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=4092 --field-trial-handle=2316,i,322861563734319836,15161345689909105132,262144 --variations-seed-version /prefetch:2 | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe | — | msedge.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: LOW Description: Microsoft Edge Version: 122.0.2365.59 Modules
| |||||||||||||||
| 780 | "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=data_decoder.mojom.DataDecoderService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=service --no-appcompat-clear --mojo-platform-channel-handle=5456 --field-trial-handle=2316,i,322861563734319836,15161345689909105132,262144 --variations-seed-version /prefetch:8 | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe | — | msedge.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: LOW Description: Microsoft Edge Exit code: 0 Version: 122.0.2365.59 Modules
| |||||||||||||||
| 812 | "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrocef_1\AcroCEF.exe" --backgroundcolor=16514043 | C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrocef_1\AcroCEF.exe | — | Acrobat.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Adobe Systems Incorporated Integrity Level: LOW Description: Adobe AcroCEF Version: 23.1.20093.0 Modules
| |||||||||||||||
| 1052 | "BackgroundTransferHost.exe" -ServerName:BackgroundTransferHost.1 | C:\Windows\System32\BackgroundTransferHost.exe | — | svchost.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Download/Upload Host Exit code: 1 Version: 10.0.19041.3636 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
| |||||||||||||||
| 2064 | "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=data_decoder.mojom.DataDecoderService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=service --no-appcompat-clear --mojo-platform-channel-handle=5548 --field-trial-handle=2316,i,322861563734319836,15161345689909105132,262144 --variations-seed-version /prefetch:8 | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe | — | msedge.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: LOW Description: Microsoft Edge Exit code: 0 Version: 122.0.2365.59 Modules
| |||||||||||||||
| 3192 | "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrocef_1\AcroCEF.exe" --type=renderer --log-severity=disable --user-agent-product="ReaderServices/23.1.20093 Chrome/105.0.0.0" --first-renderer-process --log-file="C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrocef_1\debug.log" --touch-events=enabled --lang=en-US --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --renderer-client-id=5 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2276 --field-trial-handle=1660,i,12078021107800578442,5710783392137717236,131072 --disable-features=BackForwardCache,CalculateNativeWinOcclusion,WinUseBrowserSpellChecker /prefetch:1 | C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrocef_1\AcroCEF.exe | — | AcroCEF.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Adobe Systems Incorporated Integrity Level: LOW Description: Adobe AcroCEF Version: 23.1.20093.0 Modules
| |||||||||||||||
| 3888 | "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --single-argument https://spiritwijs.eu/pad2.pdf | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe | Acrobat.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Microsoft Edge Version: 122.0.2365.59 Modules
| |||||||||||||||
| 4068 | "BackgroundTransferHost.exe" -ServerName:BackgroundTransferHost.1 | C:\Windows\System32\BackgroundTransferHost.exe | svchost.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Download/Upload Host Exit code: 1 Version: 10.0.19041.3636 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
| |||||||||||||||
| 4164 | "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=entity_extraction_service.mojom.Extractor --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=entity_extraction --onnx-enabled-for-ee --no-appcompat-clear --mojo-platform-channel-handle=5016 --field-trial-handle=2316,i,322861563734319836,15161345689909105132,262144 --variations-seed-version /prefetch:8 | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe | — | msedge.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: LOW Description: Microsoft Edge Version: 122.0.2365.59 Modules
| |||||||||||||||
| 4180 | "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrocef_1\AcroCEF.exe" --type=gpu-process --log-severity=disable --user-agent-product="ReaderServices/23.1.20093 Chrome/105.0.0.0" --lang=en-US --gpu-preferences=UAAAAAAAAADgACAYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABgAAAAAAAwAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAEgAAAAAAAAASAAAAAAAAAAYAAAAAgAAABAAAAAAAAAAGAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAOAAAAEAAAAAAAAAABAAAADgAAAAgAAAAAAAAACAAAAAAAAAA= --log-file="C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrocef_1\debug.log" --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1528 --field-trial-handle=1660,i,12078021107800578442,5710783392137717236,131072 --disable-features=BackForwardCache,CalculateNativeWinOcclusion,WinUseBrowserSpellChecker /prefetch:2 | C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrocef_1\AcroCEF.exe | — | AcroCEF.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Adobe Systems Incorporated Integrity Level: LOW Description: Adobe AcroCEF Exit code: 0 Version: 23.1.20093.0 Modules
| |||||||||||||||
Total events
21 238
Read events
21 077
Write events
141
Delete events
20
Modification events
| (PID) Process: | (7492) Acrobat.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\ExitSection |
| Operation: | write | Name: | bLastExitNormal |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (7352) Acrobat.exe | Key: | HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Mappings\S-1-15-2-2034283098-2252572593-1072577386-2659511007-3245387615-27016815-3920691934 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | DisplayName |
Value: Adobe Acrobat Reader Protected Mode | |||
| (PID) Process: | (7492) Acrobat.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\AVEntitlement |
| Operation: | write | Name: | bSynchronizeOPL |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (7492) Acrobat.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\AVGeneral |
| Operation: | write | Name: | uLastAppLaunchTimeStamp |
Value: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (7492) Acrobat.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\AVGeneral |
| Operation: | write | Name: | iNumAcrobatLaunches |
Value: 7 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (7492) Acrobat.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\NoTimeOut |
| Operation: | write | Name: | smailto |
Value: 5900 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (7492) Acrobat.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\ToolsSearch |
| Operation: | write | Name: | iSearchHintIndex |
Value: 3 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (7492) Acrobat.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\DiskCabs |
| Operation: | write | Name: | bForms_AdhocWorkflowBackup |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (7492) Acrobat.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\DLLInjection |
| Operation: | write | Name: | bBlockDLLInjection |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (7492) Acrobat.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\AVEntitlement |
| Operation: | write | Name: | sProductGUID |
Value: 4143524F4241545F475549445F4E474C5F44554D4D5900 | |||
Executable files
6
Suspicious files
386
Text files
47
Unknown types
0
Dropped files
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 812 | AcroCEF.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\AcroCef\DC\Acrobat\Cache\Code Cache\js\4a0e94571d979b3c_0 | binary | |
MD5:0EB4AE63588BE2A8E19113CF4165D9E5 | SHA256:265A4E6E28C0541898CA54D12A19B7F866BE72F690504A47364D406BC6784B4B | |||
| 7492 | Acrobat.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Adobe\Acrobat\DC\SOPHIA\Acrobat\SOPHIA.json | binary | |
MD5:837C1211E392A24D64C670DC10E8DA1B | SHA256:8013AC030684B86D754BBFBAB8A9CEC20CAA4DD9C03022715FF353DC10E14031 | |||
| 7492 | Acrobat.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\acrobat_sbx\NGL\NGLClient_AcrobatReader123.1.20093.6 2025-03-24 17-53-28-171.log | text | |
MD5:460C6041966002D8384A18C895A65EB0 | SHA256:C83EC6E8FB3EC62481289C033238C1D9B08DB8076EAAD304099FD7A7F594F1B9 | |||
| 7492 | Acrobat.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Adobe\Acrobat\DC\SharedDataEvents-journal | binary | |
MD5:C8D92F9D7F49151EA7D5A3C36904E0BA | SHA256:E9700AAE084CE1AA6385143EEC14064E78877A32933FC70AEDE531338DE1A621 | |||
| 7492 | Acrobat.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\acrobat_sbx\acroNGLLog.txt | text | |
MD5:4A1C0606D27BCF5A6A958C767FFBE275 | SHA256:491BB81CE18496536F9E69E317CEF5932D2BE77BD3AB22635C9A56F2F9787E5F | |||
| 812 | AcroCEF.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\AcroCef\DC\Acrobat\Cache\LOG.old~RF10dc77.TMP | text | |
MD5:D012E5B4EB91B61F6E8AE2F8EC3C623E | SHA256:1BDA750084F20306722008016420E1912BA608CA8EFB9C661F7E7EFCF5E89673 | |||
| 812 | AcroCEF.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\AcroCef\DC\Acrobat\Cache\LOG.old | text | |
MD5:2EF1F7C0782D1A46974286420D24F629 | SHA256:D3A9BB7E09E1F4B0C41FF7808E930DDACF5DB3BACD98ECCF5BC7DB4863D1FCF5 | |||
| 7492 | Acrobat.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Adobe\Acrobat\DC\SharedDataEvents | binary | |
MD5:48B8168A50EE3981BE865F8B662E70B9 | SHA256:1DFED4B3A76E93E0306EF52486103F90E4DF00903897133D457BF7EF634D4FAC | |||
| 812 | AcroCEF.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\AcroCef\DC\Acrobat\Cache\Local Storage\leveldb\LOG.old~RF10dddf.TMP | text | |
MD5:ED7D8AAE48211E2BFAF557130572C62A | SHA256:A5CF8D8ADC86DCA357396AF7E3A24A116072D5C1E5552EEB76601AE2673DED6E | |||
| 812 | AcroCEF.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\AcroCef\DC\Acrobat\Cache\Code Cache\js\8e417e79df3bf0e9_0 | binary | |
MD5:DD8B67BA3CC5613ACB30D8A5DF4EE678 | SHA256:4B20D7C027B89B37257926470322096A7D1738EF19114834317C3E8BBDA3E861 | |||
Download PCAP, analyze network streams, HTTP content and a lot more at the full report
HTTP(S) requests
7
TCP/UDP connections
64
DNS requests
69
Threats
12
HTTP requests
PID | Process | Method | HTTP Code | IP | URL | CN | Type | Size | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
— | — | GET | 200 | 2.16.168.124:80 | http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
7600 | backgroundTaskHost.exe | GET | 200 | 23.54.109.203:80 | http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBQ50otx%2Fh0Ztl%2Bz8SiPI7wEWVxDlQQUTiJUIBiV5uNu5g%2F6%2BrkS7QYXjzkCEAUZZSZEml49Gjh0j13P68w%3D | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
7352 | Acrobat.exe | GET | 200 | 23.54.109.203:80 | http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAfy81yHqHeveu%2FpR5k1Jb0%3D | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
6544 | svchost.exe | GET | 200 | 184.30.131.245:80 | http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
4068 | BackgroundTransferHost.exe | GET | 200 | 23.54.109.203:80 | http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBTrjrydRyt%2BApF3GSPypfHBxR5XtQQUs9tIpPmhxdiuNkHMEWNpYim8S8YCEAI5PUjXAkJafLQcAAsO18o%3D | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
3896 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 2.23.246.101:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Secure%20Server%20CA%202.1.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
3896 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 2.23.246.101:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
Download PCAP, analyze network streams, HTTP content and a lot more at the full report
Connections
PID | Process | IP | Domain | ASN | CN | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2104 | svchost.exe | 4.231.128.59:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
— | — | 4.231.128.59:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
— | — | 2.16.168.124:80 | crl.microsoft.com | Akamai International B.V. | RU | whitelisted |
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:138 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
5496 | MoUsoCoreWorker.exe | 4.231.128.59:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
3216 | svchost.exe | 40.113.110.67:443 | client.wns.windows.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | NL | whitelisted |
6544 | svchost.exe | 40.126.31.3:443 | login.live.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
6544 | svchost.exe | 184.30.131.245:80 | ocsp.digicert.com | AKAMAI-AS | US | whitelisted |
2112 | svchost.exe | 40.127.240.158:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
7540 | AcroCEF.exe | 23.218.208.137:443 | geo2.adobe.com | AKAMAI-AS | DE | whitelisted |
DNS requests
Domain | IP | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
settings-win.data.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
google.com |
| whitelisted |
crl.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
client.wns.windows.com |
| whitelisted |
login.live.com |
| whitelisted |
ocsp.digicert.com |
| whitelisted |
geo2.adobe.com |
| whitelisted |
p13n.adobe.io |
| whitelisted |
arc.msn.com |
| whitelisted |
armmf.adobe.com |
| whitelisted |
Threats
PID | Process | Class | Message |
|---|---|---|---|
5400 | msedge.exe | Possible Social Engineering Attempted | PHISHING [ANY.RUN] Suspected Phishing Domain (vsmaemhjvk .ru) |
5400 | msedge.exe | Possible Social Engineering Attempted | PHISHING [ANY.RUN] Suspected Phishing Domain (vsmaemhjvk .ru) |
5400 | msedge.exe | Not Suspicious Traffic | INFO [ANY.RUN] jQuery JavaScript Library Code Loaded (code .jquery .com) |
5400 | msedge.exe | Not Suspicious Traffic | INFO [ANY.RUN] jQuery JavaScript Library Code Loaded (code .jquery .com) |
5400 | msedge.exe | Not Suspicious Traffic | INFO [ANY.RUN] jQuery JavaScript Library Code Loaded (code .jquery .com) |
5400 | msedge.exe | Not Suspicious Traffic | INFO [ANY.RUN] jQuery JavaScript Library Code Loaded (code .jquery .com) |
5400 | msedge.exe | Not Suspicious Traffic | INFO [ANY.RUN] Cloudflare content delivery network (cdnjs .cloudflare .com) |
5400 | msedge.exe | Not Suspicious Traffic | INFO [ANY.RUN] Cloudflare content delivery network (cdnjs .cloudflare .com) |
5400 | msedge.exe | Not Suspicious Traffic | INFO [ANY.RUN] Cloudflare content delivery network (cdnjs .cloudflare .com) |
5400 | msedge.exe | Not Suspicious Traffic | INFO [ANY.RUN] Cloudflare content delivery network (cdnjs .cloudflare .com) |