| File name: | sample_url.pdf |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/7f354a43-84bb-42f9-bb2a-c26a3119023a |
| Verdict: | Malicious activity |
| Analysis date: | June 26, 2025, 06:10:16 |
| OS: | Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit) |
| Tags: | |
| Indicators: | |
| MIME: | application/pdf |
| File info: | PDF document, version 1.3, 1 page(s) |
| MD5: | 8A9E7F5D0F4BEE4E71A04503C10161E7 |
| SHA1: | 668715D0CAE253F0C8BA41E26C6EF119E1E9A558 |
| SHA256: | 407027140D46C2798ABED9E9D7F294367151511F51A36AACFA741D127CD16652 |
| SSDEEP: | 24:n6HwWi7TypNGcmHKZOif6uyOrfabCvXk6L+GYmwdlIhY3JGwVO7sH:6HTi7TypNGc+4MpOrf+sU0+GYlI4JZY0 |
MALICIOUS
Scans artifacts that could help determine the target
- protocolhandler.exe (PID: 8416)
SUSPICIOUS
Microsoft Office tried to download payload
- EXCEL.EXE (PID: 8480)
Reads security settings of Internet Explorer
- protocolhandler.exe (PID: 8416)
INFO
Application launched itself
- firefox.exe (PID: 6472)
- Acrobat.exe (PID: 2848)
- AcroCEF.exe (PID: 7076)
- firefox.exe (PID: 1328)
Manual execution by a user
- firefox.exe (PID: 6472)
- protocolhandler.exe (PID: 8416)
Checks proxy server information
- protocolhandler.exe (PID: 8416)
Reads product name
- protocolhandler.exe (PID: 8416)
Reads the software policy settings
- protocolhandler.exe (PID: 8416)
Process checks computer location settings
- protocolhandler.exe (PID: 8416)
Reads CPU info
- protocolhandler.exe (PID: 8416)
Reads Microsoft Office registry keys
- firefox.exe (PID: 1328)
- protocolhandler.exe (PID: 8416)
Reads the computer name
- protocolhandler.exe (PID: 8416)
Reads the machine GUID from the registry
- protocolhandler.exe (PID: 8416)
Creates files or folders in the user directory
- protocolhandler.exe (PID: 8416)
Checks supported languages
- protocolhandler.exe (PID: 8416)
Create files in a temporary directory
- protocolhandler.exe (PID: 8416)
Reads Environment values
- protocolhandler.exe (PID: 8416)
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TRiD
| | | Adobe Portable Document Format (100) |
EXIF
| PDFVersion: | 1.3 |
|---|---|
| Linearized: | No |
| PageCount: | 1 |
| PageLayout: | OneColumn |
| Producer: | PyFPDF 1.7.2 http://pyfpdf.googlecode.com/ |
| CreateDate: | 2025:06:26 11:39:53 |
Total processes
165
Monitored processes
27
Malicious processes
1
Suspicious processes
0
Behavior graph
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Process information
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1328 | "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" | C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe | firefox.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Mozilla Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Firefox Version: 136.0 Modules
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| 1512 | "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=2144 --field-trial-handle=1604,i,17980007211518356475,6872130971852670079,131072 --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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| 2200 | C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe -k NetworkService -p -s Dnscache | C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe | services.exe | ||||||||||||
User: NETWORK SERVICE Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: SYSTEM Description: Host Process for Windows Services Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 2848 | "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\Acrobat.exe" C:\Users\admin\Desktop\sample_url.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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| 3872 | "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\Acrobat.exe" --type=renderer /prefetch:1 "C:\Users\admin\Desktop\sample_url.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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| 4752 | "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -contentproc -isForBrowser -prefsHandle 5260 -prefsLen 39068 -prefMapHandle 5268 -prefMapSize 272997 -jsInitHandle 2328 -jsInitLen 247456 -parentBuildID 20250227124745 -ipcHandle 5332 -initialChannelId {fe97b18a-761d-44ef-a217-e3a2a0b50c83} -parentPid 1328 -crashReporter "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.1328" -win32kLockedDown -appDir "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browser" - 9 tab | C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe | — | firefox.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Mozilla Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Firefox Version: 136.0 Modules
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| 5188 | "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=2252 --field-trial-handle=1604,i,17980007211518356475,6872130971852670079,131072 --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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| 5432 | "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=1536 --field-trial-handle=1604,i,17980007211518356475,6872130971852670079,131072 --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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| 5708 | "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -contentproc -isForBrowser -prefsHandle 4596 -prefsLen 39068 -prefMapHandle 4432 -prefMapSize 272997 -jsInitHandle 4428 -jsInitLen 247456 -parentBuildID 20250227124745 -ipcHandle 5244 -initialChannelId {26c82234-854f-4df0-8a8e-0adab6821511} -parentPid 1328 -crashReporter "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.1328" -win32kLockedDown -appDir "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browser" - 8 tab | C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe | — | firefox.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Mozilla Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Firefox Version: 136.0 Modules
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| 6472 | "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" | C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe | — | explorer.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Mozilla Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Firefox Exit code: 0 Version: 136.0 Modules
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Total events
33 775
Read events
33 201
Write events
540
Delete events
34
Modification events
| (PID) Process: | (2848) 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: | (3872) Acrobat.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\ExitSection |
| Operation: | write | Name: | bLastExitNormal |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3872) Acrobat.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\AVEntitlement |
| Operation: | write | Name: | bSynchronizeOPL |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3872) Acrobat.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\AVGeneral |
| Operation: | write | Name: | uLastAppLaunchTimeStamp |
Value: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3872) Acrobat.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\AVGeneral |
| Operation: | write | Name: | iNumAcrobatLaunches |
Value: 7 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3872) Acrobat.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\NoTimeOut |
| Operation: | write | Name: | smailto |
Value: 5900 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3872) Acrobat.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\ToolsSearch |
| Operation: | write | Name: | iSearchHintIndex |
Value: 3 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3872) Acrobat.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\DLLInjection |
| Operation: | write | Name: | bBlockDLLInjection |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3872) Acrobat.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\AVEntitlement |
| Operation: | write | Name: | sProductGUID |
Value: 4143524F4241545F475549445F4E474C5F44554D4D5900 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3872) Acrobat.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\AVEntitlement |
| Operation: | write | Name: | sProductGUID |
Value: 4143524F5F5245534944554500 | |||
Executable files
0
Suspicious files
314
Text files
23
Unknown types
98
Dropped files
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3872 | Acrobat.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Adobe\Acrobat\DC\AdobeFnt23.lst.3872 | binary | |
MD5:366B140BAFC863B7E366AA1E51604759 | SHA256:CBC8B288DBD2C72432081CF33CEF431572A94C7FB89DBCD59973B99E3871814E | |||
| 3872 | Acrobat.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Adobe\Acrobat\DC\SOPHIA\Acrobat\SOPHIA.json | binary | |
MD5:837C1211E392A24D64C670DC10E8DA1B | SHA256:8013AC030684B86D754BBFBAB8A9CEC20CAA4DD9C03022715FF353DC10E14031 | |||
| 3872 | Acrobat.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Adobe\Acrobat\DC\SOPHIA\Acrobat\Files\TESTING | binary | |
MD5:DC84B0D741E5BEAE8070013ADDCC8C28 | SHA256:81FF65EFC4487853BDB4625559E69AB44F19E0F5EFBD6D5B2AF5E3AB267C8E06 | |||
| 3872 | Acrobat.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Adobe\Acrobat\DC\SharedDataEvents-journal | binary | |
MD5:A9C2B43375D909B50E14262BE14AE1E3 | SHA256:55ED6131B3836DD5A02BF5949373DF361FA7BA9DF103239437BD3C7E973A01F6 | |||
| 7076 | AcroCEF.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\AcroCef\DC\Acrobat\Cache\Session Storage\LOG.old~RF176040.TMP | text | |
MD5:7383516745DEC1E86152192435F92D1F | SHA256:E22D34BBD915EEB277D4F4138D176EACE5577CF035EF7C2C80A4BC4D9B6C0E1D | |||
| 7076 | AcroCEF.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\AcroCef\DC\Acrobat\Cache\LOG.old | text | |
MD5:2EF1F7C0782D1A46974286420D24F629 | SHA256:D3A9BB7E09E1F4B0C41FF7808E930DDACF5DB3BACD98ECCF5BC7DB4863D1FCF5 | |||
| 7076 | AcroCEF.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\AcroCef\DC\Acrobat\Cache\Local Storage\leveldb\LOG.old | text | |
MD5:8412AEEF2309E13FC954061D9BCEFFF4 | SHA256:D062D7B5DF5F3BCB753E97AB5D1DCD9CF62058D9103DA383DBE1F482FC1D4644 | |||
| 7076 | AcroCEF.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\AcroCef\DC\Acrobat\Cache\Local Storage\leveldb\LOG.old~RF176050.TMP | text | |
MD5:ED7D8AAE48211E2BFAF557130572C62A | SHA256:A5CF8D8ADC86DCA357396AF7E3A24A116072D5C1E5552EEB76601AE2673DED6E | |||
| 7076 | AcroCEF.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\AcroCef\DC\Acrobat\Cache\Code Cache\js\0786087c3c360803_0 | binary | |
MD5:A5F7FB1C3D641141B9BC468B57BBA369 | SHA256:01EDDEC0C79950FFEB25B7879630B12BF88303657CA85D6E552A37D94E78CE35 | |||
| 7076 | AcroCEF.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\AcroCef\DC\Acrobat\Cache\LOG.old~RF175f66.TMP | text | |
MD5:D012E5B4EB91B61F6E8AE2F8EC3C623E | SHA256:1BDA750084F20306722008016420E1912BA608CA8EFB9C661F7E7EFCF5E89673 | |||
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HTTP(S) requests
21
TCP/UDP connections
66
DNS requests
84
Threats
10
HTTP requests
PID | Process | Method | HTTP Code | IP | URL | CN | Type | Size | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1268 | svchost.exe | GET | 200 | 2.16.241.19:80 | http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
1268 | svchost.exe | GET | 200 | 95.101.149.131:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
2848 | Acrobat.exe | GET | 200 | 2.23.77.188:80 | http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAfy81yHqHeveu%2FpR5k1Jb0%3D | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
4156 | svchost.exe | GET | 200 | 2.23.77.188:80 | http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
5168 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 69.192.161.161:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
1328 | firefox.exe | GET | 200 | 34.107.221.82:80 | http://detectportal.firefox.com/success.txt?ipv4 | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
5168 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 69.192.161.161:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Secure%20Server%20CA%202.1.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
1328 | firefox.exe | POST | 200 | 142.250.185.131:80 | http://o.pki.goog/s/wr3/k58 | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
8480 | EXCEL.EXE | HEAD | 301 | 193.239.232.232:80 | http://tmpfiles.org/dl/3159700/calc_open_poc.xls | unknown | — | — | unknown |
8480 | EXCEL.EXE | GET | 200 | 2.23.77.188:80 | http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBQ50otx%2Fh0Ztl%2Bz8SiPI7wEWVxDlQQUTiJUIBiV5uNu5g%2F6%2BrkS7QYXjzkCEAUZZSZEml49Gjh0j13P68w%3D | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
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Connections
PID | Process | IP | Domain | ASN | CN | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:137 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
5944 | MoUsoCoreWorker.exe | 4.231.128.59:443 | — | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
6980 | RUXIMICS.exe | 4.231.128.59:443 | — | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
1268 | svchost.exe | 4.231.128.59:443 | — | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:138 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
1512 | AcroCEF.exe | 95.100.184.205:443 | geo2.adobe.com | AKAMAI-AS | FR | whitelisted |
1512 | AcroCEF.exe | 34.237.241.83:443 | p13n.adobe.io | AMAZON-AES | US | whitelisted |
1268 | svchost.exe | 20.73.194.208:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | NL | whitelisted |
1268 | svchost.exe | 2.16.241.19:80 | crl.microsoft.com | Akamai International B.V. | DE | whitelisted |
1268 | svchost.exe | 95.101.149.131:80 | www.microsoft.com | Akamai International B.V. | NL | whitelisted |
DNS requests
Domain | IP | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
google.com |
| whitelisted |
geo2.adobe.com |
| whitelisted |
p13n.adobe.io |
| whitelisted |
settings-win.data.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
crl.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
www.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
login.live.com |
| whitelisted |
ocsp.digicert.com |
| whitelisted |
armmf.adobe.com |
| whitelisted |
acroipm2.adobe.com |
| whitelisted |
Threats
PID | Process | Class | Message |
|---|---|---|---|
— | — | Unknown Traffic | ET USER_AGENTS Microsoft Dr Watson User-Agent (MSDW) |
8480 | EXCEL.EXE | Misc activity | ET INFO Observed Temporary File Hosting Domain (tmpfiles .org in TLS SNI) |
2200 | svchost.exe | Misc activity | ET INFO Temporary File Hosting Domain in DNS Lookup (tmpfiles .org) |
2200 | svchost.exe | Misc activity | ET INFO Temporary File Hosting Domain in DNS Lookup (tmpfiles .org) |
2200 | svchost.exe | Possible Social Engineering Attempted | SUSPICIOUS [ANY.RUN] Domain Marked as Malicious (tmpfiles .org) |
2200 | svchost.exe | Possible Social Engineering Attempted | SUSPICIOUS [ANY.RUN] Domain Marked as Malicious (tmpfiles .org) |
8480 | EXCEL.EXE | Misc activity | ET INFO Observed Temporary File Hosting Domain (tmpfiles .org in TLS SNI) |
8480 | EXCEL.EXE | Misc activity | ET INFO Observed UA-CPU Header |
8480 | EXCEL.EXE | Potentially Bad Traffic | ET HUNTING Microsoft Office User-Agent Requesting An Excel File |
8480 | EXCEL.EXE | Misc activity | ET USER_AGENTS Microsoft Office Existence Discovery User-Agent |