| File name: | Panynj 401K Policy Overview.pdf |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/9ba1801e-0f88-494b-aa55-d4a5b3719483 |
| Verdict: | Malicious activity |
| Analysis date: | March 24, 2025, 16:26:37 |
| OS: | Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit) |
| Tags: | |
| Indicators: | |
| MIME: | application/pdf |
| File info: | PDF document, version 1.4, 1 page(s) |
| MD5: | 4D09F7FB99B1526BA49E072DE2C901C6 |
| SHA1: | D34DC3F082F5541BDB8379DD9F979F00D1161E0C |
| SHA256: | 2BADCE44BC2BAEC3836875C1D52E0F57A1F99543FEE291739ED713542CC673F1 |
| SSDEEP: | 3072:VGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG3Ud4djaZBFmZOwn9YM1nc8z/RRR:0ToZODwpH |
MALICIOUS
Suspicious URL found
- Acrobat.exe (PID: 904)
QR code contains URL with email
- Acrobat.exe (PID: 904)
SUSPICIOUS
No suspicious indicators.INFO
Application launched itself
- AcroCEF.exe (PID: 8016)
- Acrobat.exe (PID: 904)
Creates files or folders in the user directory
- BackgroundTransferHost.exe (PID: 4944)
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TRiD
| | | Adobe Portable Document Format (100) |
EXIF
| PDFVersion: | 1.4 |
|---|---|
| Linearized: | No |
| PageCount: | 1 |
| TaggedPDF: | Yes |
| Language: | en-US |
| Creator: | Chromium |
| Producer: | Skia/PDF m127 |
| CreateDate: | 2025:03:21 16:59:07+00:00 |
| ModifyDate: | 2025:03:21 16:59:07+00:00 |
Total processes
151
Monitored processes
19
Malicious processes
1
Suspicious processes
0
Behavior graph
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Process information
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
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| 664 | "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=2132 --field-trial-handle=1600,i,9319202717494982517,5325580444980589632,131072 --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 Modules
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| 900 | "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=2292 --field-trial-handle=1600,i,9319202717494982517,5325580444980589632,131072 --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
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| 904 | "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\Acrobat.exe" "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Panynj 401K Policy Overview.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 Modules
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| 920 | "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
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| 2108 | "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= --use-gl=angle --use-angle=swiftshader-webgl --log-file="C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrocef_1\debug.log" --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1532 --field-trial-handle=1600,i,9319202717494982517,5325580444980589632,131072 --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
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| 4920 | "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=2936 --field-trial-handle=1600,i,9319202717494982517,5325580444980589632,131072 --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 Modules
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| 4944 | "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
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| 5416 | "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= --use-gl=disabled --log-file="C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrocef_1\debug.log" --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2104 --field-trial-handle=1600,i,9319202717494982517,5325580444980589632,131072 --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 Version: 23.1.20093.0 Modules
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| 6516 | "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrocef_1\AcroCEF.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=network.mojom.NetworkService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=none --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=2148 --field-trial-handle=1600,i,9319202717494982517,5325580444980589632,131072 --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 Modules
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| 6676 | "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=3612 --field-trial-handle=1600,i,9319202717494982517,5325580444980589632,131072 --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
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Total events
16 807
Read events
16 690
Write events
115
Delete events
2
Modification events
| (PID) Process: | (904) 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: | (7256) Acrobat.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\ExitSection |
| Operation: | write | Name: | bLastExitNormal |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (7256) Acrobat.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\AVEntitlement |
| Operation: | write | Name: | bSynchronizeOPL |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (7256) Acrobat.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\AVGeneral |
| Operation: | write | Name: | uLastAppLaunchTimeStamp |
Value: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (7256) Acrobat.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\AVGeneral |
| Operation: | write | Name: | iNumAcrobatLaunches |
Value: 7 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (7256) Acrobat.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\ToolsSearch |
| Operation: | write | Name: | iSearchHintIndex |
Value: 3 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (7256) Acrobat.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\DLLInjection |
| Operation: | write | Name: | bBlockDLLInjection |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (7256) Acrobat.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\SessionManagement |
| Operation: | write | Name: | bNormalExit |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (7256) Acrobat.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\SessionManagement\cWindowsCurrent\cWin0 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | iTabCount |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (7256) Acrobat.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\SessionManagement\cWindowsCurrent |
| Operation: | write | Name: | iWinCount |
Value: 1 | |||
Executable files
0
Suspicious files
182
Text files
9
Unknown types
0
Dropped files
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7256 | Acrobat.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\acrobat_sbx\acroNGLLog.txt | text | |
MD5:04221218A0B78A7F428DFBD8C8A6F0D3 | SHA256:614A3C9D42C58C0744FB4D2ACBA69136572B560CB79A9C83F7CC5DF5ACF75C3E | |||
| 8016 | AcroCEF.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\AcroCef\DC\Acrobat\Cache\LOG.old~RF10d1aa.TMP | text | |
MD5:D012E5B4EB91B61F6E8AE2F8EC3C623E | SHA256:1BDA750084F20306722008016420E1912BA608CA8EFB9C661F7E7EFCF5E89673 | |||
| 8016 | AcroCEF.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\AcroCef\DC\Acrobat\Cache\Code Cache\js\4a0e94571d979b3c_0 | binary | |
MD5:B7316B5DA14E74E008772CF39D2E84B0 | SHA256:F044E8682B0CA752A95FD5102659B064AEC9AEA508FC5700763298437CCBB3F5 | |||
| 7256 | Acrobat.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Adobe\Acrobat\DC\SOPHIA\Acrobat\Files\TESTING | binary | |
MD5:DC84B0D741E5BEAE8070013ADDCC8C28 | SHA256:81FF65EFC4487853BDB4625559E69AB44F19E0F5EFBD6D5B2AF5E3AB267C8E06 | |||
| 8016 | AcroCEF.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\AcroCef\DC\Acrobat\Cache\Code Cache\js\0786087c3c360803_0 | binary | |
MD5:6BA09B4AB137380CD1235EC2EC3808BB | SHA256:CCA3C65E6F36575736D29EDA2D54375F714724F91E67EA446D9ED6CF03F40579 | |||
| 8016 | AcroCEF.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\AcroCef\DC\Acrobat\Cache\Session Storage\LOG.old~RF10d2b3.TMP | text | |
MD5:7383516745DEC1E86152192435F92D1F | SHA256:E22D34BBD915EEB277D4F4138D176EACE5577CF035EF7C2C80A4BC4D9B6C0E1D | |||
| 8016 | AcroCEF.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\AcroCef\DC\Acrobat\Cache\Local Storage\leveldb\LOG.old~RF10d2b3.TMP | text | |
MD5:ED7D8AAE48211E2BFAF557130572C62A | SHA256:A5CF8D8ADC86DCA357396AF7E3A24A116072D5C1E5552EEB76601AE2673DED6E | |||
| 8016 | AcroCEF.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\AcroCef\DC\Acrobat\Cache\Session Storage\LOG.old | text | |
MD5:EB1590F2607E1CE46DBF6A521F772EA0 | SHA256:4355D9A8A115BA4E41178B456A8A5578846EB1F7EC9509249C2405F758F31731 | |||
| 8016 | AcroCEF.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\AcroCef\DC\Acrobat\Cache\Local Storage\leveldb\LOG.old | text | |
MD5:8412AEEF2309E13FC954061D9BCEFFF4 | SHA256:D062D7B5DF5F3BCB753E97AB5D1DCD9CF62058D9103DA383DBE1F482FC1D4644 | |||
| 8016 | AcroCEF.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\AcroCef\DC\Acrobat\Cache\Code Cache\js\2a426f11fd8ebe18_0 | binary | |
MD5:D023B9D2AF16D12EACF89D4FB38E23D8 | SHA256:53CE70BC2770A3E54F38C6C49A870C2832BAC1708E0CBD4751850D09158C6D63 | |||
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HTTP(S) requests
6
TCP/UDP connections
26
DNS requests
15
Threats
0
HTTP requests
PID | Process | Method | HTTP Code | IP | URL | CN | Type | Size | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
7372 | backgroundTaskHost.exe | GET | 200 | 23.54.109.203:80 | http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBQ50otx%2Fh0Ztl%2Bz8SiPI7wEWVxDlQQUTiJUIBiV5uNu5g%2F6%2BrkS7QYXjzkCEAUZZSZEml49Gjh0j13P68w%3D | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
4944 | BackgroundTransferHost.exe | GET | 200 | 23.54.109.203:80 | http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBTrjrydRyt%2BApF3GSPypfHBxR5XtQQUs9tIpPmhxdiuNkHMEWNpYim8S8YCEAI5PUjXAkJafLQcAAsO18o%3D | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
6544 | svchost.exe | GET | 200 | 23.54.109.203:80 | http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
7640 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 23.219.150.101:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Secure%20Server%20CA%202.1.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
7640 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 23.219.150.101:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
904 | Acrobat.exe | GET | 200 | 23.54.109.203:80 | http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAfy81yHqHeveu%2FpR5k1Jb0%3D | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
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Connections
PID | Process | IP | Domain | ASN | CN | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:138 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
— | — | 51.104.136.2:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
5496 | MoUsoCoreWorker.exe | 51.104.136.2:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
3216 | svchost.exe | 40.115.3.253:443 | client.wns.windows.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | NL | whitelisted |
6544 | svchost.exe | 40.126.32.74:443 | login.live.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | NL | whitelisted |
6544 | svchost.exe | 23.54.109.203:80 | ocsp.digicert.com | AKAMAI-AS | DE | whitelisted |
7372 | backgroundTaskHost.exe | 20.74.47.205:443 | arc.msn.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | FR | whitelisted |
6516 | AcroCEF.exe | 23.35.236.137:443 | geo2.adobe.com | AKAMAI-AS | DE | whitelisted |
7372 | backgroundTaskHost.exe | 23.54.109.203:80 | ocsp.digicert.com | AKAMAI-AS | DE | whitelisted |
6516 | AcroCEF.exe | 50.16.47.176:443 | p13n.adobe.io | AMAZON-AES | US | whitelisted |
DNS requests
Domain | IP | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
client.wns.windows.com |
| whitelisted |
login.live.com |
| whitelisted |
ocsp.digicert.com |
| whitelisted |
arc.msn.com |
| whitelisted |
geo2.adobe.com |
| whitelisted |
p13n.adobe.io |
| whitelisted |
www.bing.com |
| whitelisted |
settings-win.data.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
armmf.adobe.com |
| whitelisted |
acroipm2.adobe.com |
| whitelisted |