File name:

mal.pdf

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/561bbc1a-b72b-431c-822a-c669b0cde007
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: November 08, 2019, 14:04:37
OS: Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit)
Tags:
phishing
phish-onedrive
phish-pdf
Indicators:
MIME: application/pdf
File info: PDF document, version 1.6
MD5:

6BF55799C635ACD26F49E018DDC128A6

SHA1:

5BE5E1BB4108E338BBF4E094F9DFF1137DD34BC8

SHA256:

3BA3691E7E075F18FF427D345CDDC27CE5C29FC6367F42368232D48EEF57C3C9

SSDEEP:

3072:ZR1trIFqa3SBEqJAKrHq8OcbsZvDupK8gED4RarvRp0OvGeJ/WeIenc2Q:JtCa6LupK8E6vFOquezc2Q

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  • MALICIOUS

    No malicious indicators.

  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Starts Internet Explorer

      • AcroRd32.exe (PID: 1904)

    • Creates files in the program directory

      • AdobeARM.exe (PID: 1948)

  • INFO

    • Application launched itself

      • AcroRd32.exe (PID: 1904)
      • RdrCEF.exe (PID: 3424)
      • iexplore.exe (PID: 2124)

    • Reads the hosts file

      • RdrCEF.exe (PID: 3424)

    • Changes internet zones settings

      • iexplore.exe (PID: 2124)

    • Creates files in the user directory

      • AcroRd32.exe (PID: 1904)
      • iexplore.exe (PID: 3996)
      • iexplore.exe (PID: 2608)

    • Reads Internet Cache Settings

      • iexplore.exe (PID: 3996)
      • iexplore.exe (PID: 2608)

    • Reads internet explorer settings

      • iexplore.exe (PID: 2608)
      • iexplore.exe (PID: 3996)

    • Reads settings of System Certificates

      • iexplore.exe (PID: 2124)
Find more information about signature artifacts and mapping to MITRE ATT&CK™ MATRIX at the full report
No Malware configuration.

TRiD

.pdf | Adobe Portable Document Format (100)

EXIF

PDF

PDFVersion: 1.6
Linearized: No
PageCount: 1
PageLayout: OneColumn
Producer: RAD PDF 3.11.0.0 - https://www.radpdf.com
Author: Heidi Kelly
Creator: PDFescape Online - https://www.pdfescape.com
Subject: Genesis Holding Company: Action Required 11/08/2018
Title: Genesis Holding Company: Action Required 11/08/2018
CreateDate: 2018:11:09 02:43:12Z
ModifyDate: 2019:11:07 12:05:25Z

XMP

XMPToolkit: DynaPDF 4.0.33.95, http://www.dynaforms.com
Producer: RAD PDF 3.11.0.0 - https://www.radpdf.com
CreateDate: 2018:11:09 02:43:12Z
CreatorTool: PDFescape Online - https://www.pdfescape.com
MetadataDate: 2019:11:07 12:05:25Z
ModifyDate: 2019:11:07 12:05:25Z
Creator: Heidi Kelly
Description: Genesis Holding Company: Action Required 11/08/2018
Title: Genesis Holding Company: Action Required 11/08/2018
DocumentID: uuid:b4a72f15-59a5-3b92-a57a-fd8127e4546e
VersionID: 1
RenditionClass: default
No data.
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Total processes
45
Monitored processes
10
Malicious processes
0
Suspicious processes
1

Behavior graph

Click at the process to see the details
start acrord32.exe acrord32.exe no specs rdrcef.exe no specs rdrcef.exe no specs rdrcef.exe no specs iexplore.exe iexplore.exe no specs adobearm.exe no specs reader_sl.exe no specs iexplore.exe

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
976"C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.exe" --type=renderer --disable-3d-apis --disable-databases --disable-direct-npapi-requests --disable-file-system --disable-notifications --disable-shared-workers --disable-direct-write --lang=en-US --lang=en-US --log-severity=disable --product-version="ReaderServices/15.23.20053 Chrome/45.0.2454.85" --device-scale-factor=1 --enable-delegated-renderer --num-raster-threads=2 --gpu-rasterization-msaa-sample-count=8 --content-image-texture-target=3553 --video-image-texture-target=3553 --disable-accelerated-video-decode --disable-webrtc-hw-encoding --disable-gpu-compositing --channel="3424.0.980987121\343811143" --allow-no-sandbox-job /prefetch:673131151C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.exe—RdrCEF.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Adobe Systems Incorporated
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Adobe RdrCEF
Exit code:
0
Version:
15.23.20053.211670
Modules
Images
c:\program files\adobe\acrobat reader dc\reader\acrocef\rdrcef.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\lpk.dll
c:\windows\system32\usp10.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
1904"C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroRd32.exe" "C:\Users\admin\Desktop\mal.pdf"C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroRd32.exe
explorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Adobe Systems Incorporated
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Adobe Acrobat Reader DC
Exit code:
0
Version:
15.23.20070.215641
Modules
Images
c:\program files\adobe\acrobat reader dc\reader\acrord32.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\lpk.dll
c:\windows\system32\usp10.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
1948"C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARM.exe" /PRODUCT:Reader /VERSION:15.0 /MODE:3C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARM.exe—AcroRd32.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Adobe Systems Incorporated
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Adobe Reader and Acrobat Manager
Exit code:
0
Version:
1.824.27.2646
Modules
Images
c:\program files\common files\adobe\arm\1.0\adobearm.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msi.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
2124"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" -nohomeC:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
AcroRd32.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Internet Explorer
Exit code:
0
Version:
8.00.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
Modules
Images
c:\program files\internet explorer\iexplore.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
2128"C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\Reader_sl.exe" C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\Reader_sl.exe—AdobeARM.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Adobe Systems Incorporated
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Adobe Acrobat SpeedLauncher
Exit code:
0
Version:
15.23.20053.211670
Modules
Images
c:\program files\adobe\acrobat reader dc\reader\reader_sl.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\lpk.dll
c:\windows\system32\usp10.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
2608"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" SCODEF:2124 CREDAT:6403C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
iexplore.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Internet Explorer
Exit code:
0
Version:
8.00.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
Modules
Images
c:\program files\internet explorer\iexplore.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
3424"C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.exe" --backgroundcolor=16448250C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.exe—AcroRd32.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Adobe Systems Incorporated
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Adobe RdrCEF
Exit code:
0
Version:
15.23.20053.211670
Modules
Images
c:\program files\adobe\acrobat reader dc\reader\acrocef\rdrcef.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\lpk.dll
c:\windows\system32\usp10.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
3996"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" SCODEF:2124 CREDAT:71937C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe—iexplore.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Internet Explorer
Exit code:
0
Version:
8.00.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
Modules
Images
c:\program files\internet explorer\iexplore.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
4000"C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.exe" --type=renderer --disable-3d-apis --disable-databases --disable-direct-npapi-requests --disable-file-system --disable-notifications --disable-shared-workers --disable-direct-write --lang=en-US --lang=en-US --log-severity=disable --product-version="ReaderServices/15.23.20053 Chrome/45.0.2454.85" --device-scale-factor=1 --enable-delegated-renderer --num-raster-threads=2 --gpu-rasterization-msaa-sample-count=8 --content-image-texture-target=3553 --video-image-texture-target=3553 --disable-accelerated-video-decode --disable-webrtc-hw-encoding --disable-gpu-compositing --channel="3424.1.1403800814\2135587633" --allow-no-sandbox-job /prefetch:673131151C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.exe—RdrCEF.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Adobe Systems Incorporated
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Adobe RdrCEF
Exit code:
0
Version:
15.23.20053.211670
Modules
Images
c:\program files\adobe\acrobat reader dc\reader\acrocef\rdrcef.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\lpk.dll
c:\windows\system32\usp10.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
4080"C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroRd32.exe" --type=renderer "C:\Users\admin\Desktop\mal.pdf"C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroRd32.exe—AcroRd32.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Adobe Systems Incorporated
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Adobe Acrobat Reader DC
Exit code:
0
Version:
15.23.20070.215641
Modules
Images
c:\program files\adobe\acrobat reader dc\reader\acrord32.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\lpk.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\usp10.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
Total events
886
Read events
734
Write events
150
Delete events
2

Modification events

(PID) Process:(4080) AcroRd32.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\DC\ExitSection
Operation:writeName:bLastExitNormal
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(4080) AcroRd32.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\DC\AVGeneral
Operation:writeName:bExpandRHPInViewer
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(4080) AcroRd32.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\DC\NoTimeOut
Operation:writeName:smailto
Value:
5900
(PID) Process:(1904) AcroRd32.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\DC\AVGeneral\cRecentFiles\c1
Operation:writeName:aFS
Value:
DOS
(PID) Process:(1904) AcroRd32.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\DC\AVGeneral\cRecentFiles\c1
Operation:writeName:tDIText
Value:
/C/Users/admin/Desktop/mal.pdf
(PID) Process:(1904) AcroRd32.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\DC\AVGeneral\cRecentFiles\c1
Operation:writeName:tFileName
Value:
mal.pdf
(PID) Process:(1904) AcroRd32.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\DC\AVGeneral\cRecentFiles\c1
Operation:writeName:tFileSource
Value:
local
(PID) Process:(1904) AcroRd32.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\DC\AVGeneral\cRecentFiles\c1
Operation:writeName:sFileAncestors
Value:
5B5D00
(PID) Process:(1904) AcroRd32.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\DC\AVGeneral\cRecentFiles\c1
Operation:writeName:sDI
Value:
2F432F55736572732F61646D696E2F4465736B746F702F6D616C2E70646600
(PID) Process:(1904) AcroRd32.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\DC\AVGeneral\cRecentFiles\c1
Operation:writeName:sDate
Value:
443A32303139313130383134303530335A00
Executable files
0
Suspicious files
1
Text files
47
Unknown types
18

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
4080AcroRd32.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\Acrobat\DC\ReaderMessages-journal —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2124iexplore.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\LH043OAM\favicon[1].ico —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2124iexplore.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Services\search_{0633EE93-D776-472f-A0FF-E1416B8B2E3A}.ico —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
4080AcroRd32.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\acrord32_sbx\A9Rie1w40_i0xrli_35c.tmp —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
4080AcroRd32.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\acrord32_sbx\A9Rdnhrqv_i0xrlj_35c.tmp —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
4080AcroRd32.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\acrord32_sbx\A9R1lsqr7x_i0xrlk_35c.tmp —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
4080AcroRd32.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\acrord32_sbx\A9R1tewh2u_i0xrll_35c.tmp —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
4080AcroRd32.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\acrord32_sbx\A9Rkdzxj_i0xrlm_35c.tmp —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
4080AcroRd32.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Adobe\Acrobat\DC\UserCache.binbinary
MD5:—
SHA256:—
3996iexplore.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Low\Content.IE5\index.datdat
MD5:—
SHA256:—
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HTTP(S) requests
8
TCP/UDP connections
13
DNS requests
9
Threats
1

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
1904
AcroRd32.exe
GET
304
2.16.186.57:80
http://acroipm2.adobe.com/15/rdr/ENU/win/nooem/none/consumer/281_15_23_20070.zip
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
2124
iexplore.exe
GET
200
204.79.197.200:80
http://www.bing.com/favicon.ico
US
image
237 b
whitelisted
1904
AcroRd32.exe
GET
304
2.16.186.57:80
http://acroipm2.adobe.com/15/rdr/ENU/win/nooem/none/consumer/message.zip
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
2608
iexplore.exe
GET
301
172.217.18.163:80
http://google.be/
US
html
218 b
whitelisted
2608
iexplore.exe
GET
302
216.58.206.3:80
http://www.google.be/
US
html
230 b
whitelisted
1904
AcroRd32.exe
GET
304
2.16.186.57:80
http://acroipm2.adobe.com/15/rdr/ENU/win/nooem/none/consumer/280_15_23_20070.zip
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
1904
AcroRd32.exe
GET
304
2.16.186.57:80
http://acroipm2.adobe.com/15/rdr/ENU/win/nooem/none/consumer/277_15_23_20070.zip
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
1904
AcroRd32.exe
GET
304
2.16.186.57:80
http://acroipm2.adobe.com/15/rdr/ENU/win/nooem/none/consumer/278_15_23_20070.zip
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
1904
AcroRd32.exe
2.16.186.57:80
acroipm2.adobe.com
Akamai International B.V.
—
whitelisted
2608
iexplore.exe
172.217.18.163:80
google.be
Google Inc.
US
whitelisted
2608
iexplore.exe
216.58.206.3:80
www.google.be
Google Inc.
US
whitelisted
1904
AcroRd32.exe
2.18.233.74:443
armmf.adobe.com
Akamai International B.V.
—
whitelisted
—
—
72.247.224.199:443
ardownload2.adobe.com
Akamai Technologies, Inc.
US
whitelisted
2124
iexplore.exe
216.58.206.3:443
www.google.be
Google Inc.
US
whitelisted
2124
iexplore.exe
204.79.197.200:80
www.bing.com
Microsoft Corporation
US
whitelisted
2608
iexplore.exe
216.58.206.3:443
www.google.be
Google Inc.
US
whitelisted
—
—
2.18.233.74:443
armmf.adobe.com
Akamai International B.V.
—
whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
www.bing.com
  • 204.79.197.200
  • 13.107.21.200
whitelisted
sjsya4d.tk
  • —
suspicious
acroipm2.adobe.com
  • 2.16.186.57
  • 2.16.186.97
whitelisted
armmf.adobe.com
  • 2.18.233.74
whitelisted
google.be
  • 172.217.18.163
whitelisted
www.google.be
  • 216.58.206.3
whitelisted
ardownload2.adobe.com
  • 72.247.224.199
whitelisted

Threats

PID
Process
Class
Message
1080
svchost.exe
Potentially Bad Traffic
ET DNS Query to a .tk domain - Likely Hostile
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