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File name:	sus.pdf
Full analysis:	https://app.any.run/tasks/e2fc37b0-4910-4b36-9687-13c133773dce
Verdict:	Malicious activity
Analysis date:	April 15, 2025, 18:02:43
OS:	Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit)
Tags:	phishing pdf-secudoc qrcode phish-url susp-redirect qr-redirect
Indicators:
MIME:	application/pdf
File info:	PDF document, version 1.4, 1 page(s)
MD5:	FAC0D3FF68952476A2BAC1A3023607D8
SHA1:	B906695E353909BA18B20933F443C21DA6DDC277
SHA256:	2A5457F801C7EB557156B631756DBC78C15D87CCF58B1E4994252C533452D19E
SSDEEP:	3072:JVDnAGSYI/QSVVdLK2CwNf5PbfhuXLhzroNYeqQrWiYPVjpOgzV4/:JVDnAGSYI/QSVVdLcwfPLhuXdvoNYe4C

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Launch configuration

Task duration:: 300 seconds
Heavy Evasion option:: off
Network geolocation:: off
Additional time used:: 240 seconds
MITM proxy:: off
Privacy:: Public submission
Fakenet option:: off
Route via Tor:: off
Autoconfirmation of UAC:: on
Network:: on

Software preset

Internet Explorer 11.3636.19041.0
Adobe Acrobat (64-bit) (23.001.20093)
Adobe Flash Player 32 NPAPI (32.0.0.465)
Adobe Flash Player 32 PPAPI (32.0.0.465)
CCleaner (6.20)
FileZilla 3.65.0 (3.65.0)
Google Chrome (122.0.6261.70)
Google Update Helper (1.3.36.51)
Java 8 Update 271 (64-bit) (8.0.2710.9)
Java Auto Updater (2.8.271.9)
Microsoft Edge (122.0.2365.59)
Microsoft Edge Update (1.3.185.17)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - de-de (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - en-us (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - es-es (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - it-it (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - ja-jp (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - ko-kr (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - pt-br (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - tr-tr (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professionnel 2019 - fr-fr (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office профессиональный 2019 - ru-ru (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft OneNote - en-us (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Update Health Tools (3.74.0.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable (x64) - 12.0.30501 (12.0.30501.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 x64 Additional Runtime - 12.0.21005 (12.0.21005)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 x64 Minimum Runtime - 12.0.21005 (12.0.21005)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistributable (x64) - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistributable (x86) - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 X64 Additional Runtime - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 X64 Minimum Runtime - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 X86 Additional Runtime - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 X86 Minimum Runtime - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532)
Mozilla Firefox (x64 en-US) (123.0)
Mozilla Maintenance Service (123.0)
Notepad++ (64-bit x64) (7.9.1)
Office 16 Click-to-Run Extensibility Component (16.0.15726.20202)
Office 16 Click-to-Run Licensing Component (16.0.16026.20146)
Office 16 Click-to-Run Localization Component (16.0.15726.20202)
Office 16 Click-to-Run Localization Component (16.0.15928.20198)
PowerShell 7-x64 (7.3.5.0)
Skype version 8.104 (8.104)
Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB4023057) (2.59.0.0)
Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB4023057) (2.63.0.0)
Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB4480730) (2.55.0.0)
Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB5001716) (8.93.0.0)
VLC media player (3.0.11)
WinRAR 5.91 (64-bit) (5.91.0)
Windows PC Health Check (3.6.2204.08001)

Hotfixes

Client LanguagePack Package
DotNetRollup
DotNetRollup 481
FodMetadata Package
Foundation Package
Hello Face Package
InternetExplorer Optional Package
KB5003791
KB5011048
KB5015684
KB5033052
LanguageFeatures Basic en us Package
LanguageFeatures Handwriting en us Package
LanguageFeatures OCR en us Package
LanguageFeatures Speech en us Package
LanguageFeatures TextToSpeech en us Package
MSPaint FoD Package
MediaPlayer Package
Microsoft OneCore ApplicationModel Sync Desktop FOD Package
Microsoft OneCore DirectX Database FOD Package
NetFx3 OnDemand Package
Notepad FoD Package
OpenSSH Client Package
PowerShell ISE FOD Package
Printing PMCPPC FoD Package
Printing WFS FoD Package
ProfessionalEdition
QuickAssist Package
RollupFix
ServicingStack
ServicingStack 3989
StepsRecorder Package
TabletPCMath Package
UserExperience Desktop Package
WordPad FoD Package

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MALICIOUS
- QR code contains URL with email
  - Acrobat.exe (PID: 1072)
- Suspicious URL found
  - Acrobat.exe (PID: 1072)
SUSPICIOUS
- Detected QR code with redirect chain
  - Acrobat.exe (PID: 1072)
INFO
- Application launched itself
  - Acrobat.exe (PID: 1072)
  - AcroCEF.exe (PID: 7680)

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TRiD

.pdf	\|	Adobe Portable Document Format (100)

EXIF

PDF

PDFVersion:	1.4
Linearized:	No
Title:	-
Creator:	wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5
Producer:	Qt 5.12.8
CreateDate:	2025:04:15 09:28:46-08:00
PageCount:	1

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Total processes

138

Monitored processes

Malicious processes

Suspicious processes

Behavior graph

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Process information

PID	CMD	Path	Indicators	Parent process
1072	"C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\Acrobat.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\sus.pdf	C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\Acrobat.exe		explorer.exe
User: admin Company: Adobe Systems Incorporated Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Adobe Acrobat Version: 23.1.20093.0
1196	"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" --log-file="C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrocef_1\debug.log" --touch-events=enabled --disable-gpu-compositing --lang=en-US --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --renderer-client-id=8 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1772 --field-trial-handle=1616,i,16229395737508254978,13149763696694150167,131072 --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 Exit code: 0 Version: 23.1.20093.0
2852	"C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\Acrobat.exe" --type=renderer /prefetch:1 "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\sus.pdf"	C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\Acrobat.exe	—	Acrobat.exe
User: admin Company: Adobe Systems Incorporated Integrity Level: LOW Description: Adobe Acrobat Version: 23.1.20093.0
4724	"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" --log-file="C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrocef_1\debug.log" --touch-events=enabled --disable-gpu-compositing --lang=en-US --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --renderer-client-id=9 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2648 --field-trial-handle=1616,i,16229395737508254978,13149763696694150167,131072 --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
7156	"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" --log-file="C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrocef_1\debug.log" --touch-events=enabled --disable-gpu-compositing --lang=en-US --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --renderer-client-id=10 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2904 --field-trial-handle=1616,i,16229395737508254978,13149763696694150167,131072 --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
7272	C:\WINDOWS\system32\SppExtComObj.exe -Embedding	C:\Windows\System32\SppExtComObj.Exe	—	svchost.exe
User: NETWORK SERVICE Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: SYSTEM Description: KMS Connection Broker Version: 10.0.19041.3996 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
7304	"C:\WINDOWS\System32\SLUI.exe" RuleId=3482d82e-ca2c-4e1f-8864-da0267b484b2;Action=AutoActivate;AppId=55c92734-d682-4d71-983e-d6ec3f16059f;SkuId=4de7cb65-cdf1-4de9-8ae8-e3cce27b9f2c;NotificationInterval=1440;Trigger=TimerEvent	C:\Windows\System32\slui.exe	—	SppExtComObj.Exe
User: NETWORK SERVICE Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: SYSTEM Description: Windows Activation Client Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
7680	"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
7788	"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=1520 --field-trial-handle=1616,i,16229395737508254978,13149763696694150167,131072 --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
7840	"C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrocef_1\AcroCEF.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=storage.mojom.StorageService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=utility --log-severity=disable --user-agent-product="ReaderServices/23.1.20093 Chrome/105.0.0.0" --lang=en-US --log-file="C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrocef_1\debug.log" --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2136 --field-trial-handle=1616,i,16229395737508254978,13149763696694150167,131072 --disable-features=BackForwardCache,CalculateNativeWinOcclusion,WinUseBrowserSpellChecker /prefetch:8	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

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Executable files

Suspicious files

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Text files

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Dropped files

PID	Process	Filename		Type
7680	AcroCEF.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\AcroCef\DC\Acrobat\Cache\LOG.old		text
		MD5:2EF1F7C0782D1A46974286420D24F629	SHA256:D3A9BB7E09E1F4B0C41FF7808E930DDACF5DB3BACD98ECCF5BC7DB4863D1FCF5
7680	AcroCEF.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\AcroCef\DC\Acrobat\Cache\Code Cache\js\aba6710fde0876af_0		binary
		MD5:9039A9EE3760D3BEECE868B6F55C7DA2	SHA256:C41FC97ECA46E8E1743693E337803C92E3AE559EF5BEEE659C489B00B5F52810
2852	Acrobat.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Adobe\Acrobat\DC\SOPHIA\Acrobat\SOPHIA.json		binary
		MD5:837C1211E392A24D64C670DC10E8DA1B	SHA256:8013AC030684B86D754BBFBAB8A9CEC20CAA4DD9C03022715FF353DC10E14031
7680	AcroCEF.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\AcroCef\DC\Acrobat\Cache\Code Cache\js\2a426f11fd8ebe18_0		binary
		MD5:A7ADE5B5680942DA27E5096B4A80BFCA	SHA256:B2ACECFC797680580BAA9C0FBA03CA4FC0AC1FCD64DCCA479115DEE774898A36
7680	AcroCEF.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\AcroCef\DC\Acrobat\Cache\Local Storage\leveldb\LOG.old~RF10e2c1.TMP		text
		MD5:ED7D8AAE48211E2BFAF557130572C62A	SHA256:A5CF8D8ADC86DCA357396AF7E3A24A116072D5C1E5552EEB76601AE2673DED6E
2852	Acrobat.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Adobe\Acrobat\DC\SOPHIA\Acrobat\Files\TESTING		binary
		MD5:DC84B0D741E5BEAE8070013ADDCC8C28	SHA256:81FF65EFC4487853BDB4625559E69AB44F19E0F5EFBD6D5B2AF5E3AB267C8E06
7680	AcroCEF.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\AcroCef\DC\Acrobat\Cache\Local Storage\leveldb\LOG.old		text
		MD5:8412AEEF2309E13FC954061D9BCEFFF4	SHA256:D062D7B5DF5F3BCB753E97AB5D1DCD9CF62058D9103DA383DBE1F482FC1D4644
7680	AcroCEF.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\AcroCef\DC\Acrobat\Cache\LOG.old~RF10e13a.TMP		text
		MD5:D012E5B4EB91B61F6E8AE2F8EC3C623E	SHA256:1BDA750084F20306722008016420E1912BA608CA8EFB9C661F7E7EFCF5E89673
7680	AcroCEF.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\AcroCef\DC\Acrobat\Cache\Code Cache\js\560e9c8bff5008d8_0		binary
		MD5:FB84492A516B965327CA795799FF5D3A	SHA256:1C9E56139EC7CB318D3D672C0AD14D2FDB5C52D3E0F971F1EA91CD4F8A184093
7680	AcroCEF.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\AcroCef\DC\Acrobat\Cache\Code Cache\js\4a0e94571d979b3c_0		binary
		MD5:08809A7A4840564C04E712C80E0D402C	SHA256:D9842E450AFE066BADA332AB3AF3DE7D6E36499D82C618EA50AFEDE5E76F6CCA

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HTTP requests

PID	Process	Method	HTTP Code	IP	URL	CN	Type	Size	Reputation
—	—	GET	200	23.48.23.193:80	http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
—	—	GET	200	23.48.23.193:80	http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
6544	svchost.exe	GET	200	2.17.190.73:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted

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Connections

PID	Process	IP	Domain	ASN	CN	Reputation
4	System	192.168.100.255:138	—	—	—	whitelisted
—	—	4.231.128.59:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
—	—	23.48.23.193:80	crl.microsoft.com	Akamai International B.V.	DE	whitelisted
3216	svchost.exe	172.211.123.249:443	client.wns.windows.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	FR	whitelisted
6544	svchost.exe	20.190.159.64:443	login.live.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
6544	svchost.exe	2.17.190.73:80	ocsp.digicert.com	AKAMAI-AS	DE	whitelisted
7852	AcroCEF.exe	23.213.168.167:443	geo2.adobe.com	AKAMAI-AS	DE	whitelisted
2104	svchost.exe	40.127.240.158:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
7852	AcroCEF.exe	3.233.129.217:443	p13n.adobe.io	AMAZON-AES	US	whitelisted
7852	AcroCEF.exe	23.59.16.204:443	armmf.adobe.com	AKAMAI-AS	US	whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain	IP	Reputation
google.com	172.217.16.206	whitelisted
settings-win.data.microsoft.com	4.231.128.59 40.127.240.158	whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com	23.48.23.193 23.48.23.194 23.48.23.180 23.48.23.164 23.48.23.147 23.48.23.156 23.48.23.166 23.48.23.190 23.48.23.176	whitelisted
client.wns.windows.com	172.211.123.249	whitelisted
login.live.com	20.190.159.64 20.190.159.71 40.126.31.71 20.190.159.128 40.126.31.3 40.126.31.67 40.126.31.131 20.190.159.2	whitelisted
ocsp.digicert.com	2.17.190.73	whitelisted
geo2.adobe.com	23.213.168.167	whitelisted
p13n.adobe.io	3.233.129.217 52.6.155.20 3.219.243.226 52.22.41.97	whitelisted
armmf.adobe.com	23.59.16.204	whitelisted

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sus.pdf

FAC0D3FF68952476A2BAC1A3023607D8

B906695E353909BA18B20933F443C21DA6DDC277

2A5457F801C7EB557156B631756DBC78C15D87CCF58B1E4994252C533452D19E

3072:JVDnAGSYI/QSVVdLK2CwNf5PbfhuXLhzroNYeqQrWiYPVjpOgzV4/:JVDnAGSYI/QSVVdLcwfPLhuXdvoNYe4C

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Detected QR code with redirect chain

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