Malware analysis IMF-Info.pdf.zip Malicious activity | ANY.RUN

Add for printing

File name:	IMF-Info.pdf.zip
Full analysis:	https://app.any.run/tasks/a0357f5b-fb55-4146-b28a-b18ab3d24d9e
Verdict:	Malicious activity
Analysis date:	May 27, 2025, 16:32:40
OS:	Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit)
Tags:	arch-exec
Indicators:
MIME:	application/zip
File info:	Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compression method=deflate
MD5:	CD5AD1BBB1993E28C21CCF3C7DB34D50
SHA1:	22D82E1C19D984A43C9FF1C25B55DECE3EBC0490
SHA256:	42FA6727559DB1987825C3A0F8A058DFF43D7A4F06965A31428030E35498BE12
SSDEEP:	98304:eREZhJ2pl49DByatjpxixl4qbHAsVoEQfKczZiqS2IvRHKFTMut79XrOY1eIUo9f:JA1doGugSvL+5CBWkfokL5Ii6I

ANY.RUN is an interactive service which provides full access to the guest system. Information in this report could be distorted by user actions and is provided for user acknowledgement as it is. ANY.RUN does not guarantee maliciousness or safety of the content.

Launch configuration

Task duration:: 60 seconds
Heavy Evasion option:: off
Network geolocation:: off
Additional time used:: none
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

Add for printing

MALICIOUS
- Changes powershell execution policy (Bypass)
  - cmd.exe (PID: 4696)
- Bypass execution policy to execute commands
  - powershell.exe (PID: 660)
- Gets or sets the initialization vector for the symmetric algorithm (POWERSHELL)
  - powershell.exe (PID: 660)
- Uses AES cipher (POWERSHELL)
  - powershell.exe (PID: 660)
- Gets or sets the symmetric key that is used for encryption and decryption (POWERSHELL)
  - powershell.exe (PID: 660)
SUSPICIOUS
- Starts CMD.EXE for commands execution
  - IMF-Info.pdf.exe (PID: 5244)
- Reads security settings of Internet Explorer
  - WinRAR.exe (PID: 5404)
- Node.exe was dropped
  - WinRAR.exe (PID: 5404)
- Starts POWERSHELL.EXE for commands execution
  - cmd.exe (PID: 4696)
- The process executes Powershell scripts
  - cmd.exe (PID: 4696)
- Reverses array data (POWERSHELL)
  - powershell.exe (PID: 660)
- Converts a string into array of characters (POWERSHELL)
  - powershell.exe (PID: 660)
- Uses base64 encoding (POWERSHELL)
  - powershell.exe (PID: 660)
INFO
- Reads Environment values
  - IMF-Info.pdf.exe (PID: 5244)
- Reads product name
  - IMF-Info.pdf.exe (PID: 5244)
- The sample compiled with english language support
  - WinRAR.exe (PID: 5404)
- Create files in a temporary directory
  - IMF-Info.pdf.exe (PID: 5244)
- Checks supported languages
  - IMF-Info.pdf.exe (PID: 5244)
- Script raised an exception (POWERSHELL)
  - powershell.exe (PID: 660)

Find more information about signature artifacts and mapping to MITRE ATT&CK™ MATRIX at the full report

Add for printing

No Malware configuration.

Add for printing

TRiD

.zip	\|	ZIP compressed archive (100)

EXIF

ZIP

ZipRequiredVersion:	20
ZipBitFlag:	0x0008
ZipCompression:	Deflated
ZipModifyDate:	2025:05:27 23:20:06
ZipCRC:	0xe3463904
ZipCompressedSize:	13392188
ZipUncompressedSize:	34858017
ZipFileName:	IMF-Info.pdf.exe

No data.

Add for printing

All screenshots are available in the full report

Add for printing

Total processes

132

Monitored processes

Malicious processes

Suspicious processes

Behavior graph

Click at the process to see the details

Process information

PID

CMD

Path

Indicators

Parent process

656

\??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1

C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe

—

IMF-Info.pdf.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Console Window Host

Exit code:

Version:

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\windows\system32\conhost.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\shcore.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll

660

powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Gz3m6mG3j2TyAqF2Zx4v.ps1"

C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe

—

cmd.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Windows PowerShell

Exit code:

Version:

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\windows\system32\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\oleaut32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll

4696

C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /d /s /c "powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Gz3m6mG3j2TyAqF2Zx4v.ps1""

C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe

—

IMF-Info.pdf.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Windows Command Processor

Exit code:

Version:

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\bcrypt.dll

5244

"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$EXa5404.39378\IMF-Info.pdf.exe"

C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$EXa5404.39378\IMF-Info.pdf.exe

—

WinRAR.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Node.js

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Node.js JavaScript Runtime

Exit code:

Version:

16.16.0

Modules

Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\rar$exa5404.39378\imf-info.pdf.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\ws2_32.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\psapi.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\dbghelp.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll

5404

"C:\Program Files\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\IMF-Info.pdf.zip

C:\Program Files\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe

—

explorer.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Alexander Roshal

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

WinRAR archiver

Version:

5.91.0

Modules

Images
c:\program files\winrar\winrar.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\win32u.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32full.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll

6840

C:\WINDOWS\System32\slui.exe -Embedding

C:\Windows\System32\slui.exe

—

svchost.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Windows Activation Client

Version:

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\windows\system32\slui.exe
c:\windows\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\bcrypt.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll

Add for printing

Total events

6 398

Read events

6 390

Write events

Delete events

Modification events


(PID) Process:	(5404) WinRAR.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\ArcHistory
Operation:	write	Name:	3
Value: C:\Users\admin\Desktop\preferences.zip
(PID) Process:	(5404) WinRAR.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\ArcHistory
Operation:	write	Name:	2
Value: C:\Users\admin\Desktop\chromium_ext.zip
(PID) Process:	(5404) WinRAR.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\ArcHistory
Operation:	write	Name:	1
Value: C:\Users\admin\Desktop\omni_23_10_2024_.zip
(PID) Process:	(5404) WinRAR.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\ArcHistory
Operation:	write	Name:	0
Value: C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\IMF-Info.pdf.zip
(PID) Process:	(5404) WinRAR.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\FileList\FileColumnWidths
Operation:	write	Name:	name
Value: 120
(PID) Process:	(5404) WinRAR.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\FileList\FileColumnWidths
Operation:	write	Name:	size
Value: 80
(PID) Process:	(5404) WinRAR.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\FileList\FileColumnWidths
Operation:	write	Name:	type
Value: 120
(PID) Process:	(5404) WinRAR.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\FileList\FileColumnWidths
Operation:	write	Name:	mtime
Value: 100

Add for printing

Executable files

Suspicious files

Text files

Unknown types

Dropped files

PID	Process	Filename		Type
5404	WinRAR.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$EXa5404.39378\IMF-Info.pdf.exe		—
		MD5:—	SHA256:—
5244	IMF-Info.pdf.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Gz3m6mG3j2TyAqF2Zx4v.ps1		text
		MD5:8798A01A6F104A8F0F6C0CD8FCB59A13	SHA256:F1768084B830D07820B39DAC6AC0ECC6807A1CAF7E011A61D1B3BF9DC105DE5A
660	powershell.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_j4kbdyn3.pf4.ps1		text
		MD5:D17FE0A3F47BE24A6453E9EF58C94641	SHA256:96AD1146EB96877EAB5942AE0736B82D8B5E2039A80D3D6932665C1A4C87DCF7
660	powershell.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive		binary
		MD5:B91B8A635DA34D3366170B7E23BFC7D4	SHA256:245A7630A927DAA5440EB7CCB2772CE10ED6004FE901FF58E63BDD7B23FD28F3
660	powershell.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_pqkghb3u.a3y.psm1		text
		MD5:D17FE0A3F47BE24A6453E9EF58C94641	SHA256:96AD1146EB96877EAB5942AE0736B82D8B5E2039A80D3D6932665C1A4C87DCF7

Download PCAP, analyze network streams, HTTP content and a lot more at the full report

Add for printing

HTTP(S) requests

TCP/UDP connections

DNS requests

Threats

HTTP requests

PID	Process	Method	HTTP Code	IP	URL	CN	Type	Size	Reputation
5496	MoUsoCoreWorker.exe	GET	200	23.35.229.160:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
5496	MoUsoCoreWorker.exe	GET	200	23.216.77.28:80	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
6728	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
6728	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

Download PCAP, analyze network streams, HTTP content and a lot more at the full report

Connections

PID	Process	IP	Domain	ASN	CN	Reputation
3156	RUXIMICS.exe	4.231.128.59:443	—	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
4	System	192.168.100.255:137	—	—	—	whitelisted
—	—	4.231.128.59:443	—	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
5496	MoUsoCoreWorker.exe	23.216.77.28:80	crl.microsoft.com	Akamai International B.V.	DE	whitelisted
5496	MoUsoCoreWorker.exe	23.35.229.160:80	www.microsoft.com	AKAMAI-AS	DE	whitelisted
5796	svchost.exe	4.231.128.59:443	—	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
4	System	192.168.100.255:138	—	—	—	whitelisted
6544	svchost.exe	20.190.159.128:443	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
3216	svchost.exe	172.211.123.248:443	client.wns.windows.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	FR	whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain	IP	Reputation
crl.microsoft.com	23.216.77.28 23.216.77.6	whitelisted
www.microsoft.com	23.35.229.160	whitelisted
google.com	142.250.181.238	whitelisted
login.live.com	20.190.159.128 20.190.159.71 20.190.159.2 40.126.31.69 40.126.31.2 20.190.159.73 40.126.31.3 40.126.31.131	whitelisted
ocsp.digicert.com	2.17.190.73	whitelisted
client.wns.windows.com	172.211.123.248	whitelisted
settings-win.data.microsoft.com	20.73.194.208	whitelisted
slscr.update.microsoft.com	4.245.163.56	whitelisted
fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com	40.69.42.241	whitelisted
activation-v2.sls.microsoft.com	20.83.72.98	whitelisted

Threats

No threats detected

Add for printing

No debug info

General Info

IMF-Info.pdf.zip

CD5AD1BBB1993E28C21CCF3C7DB34D50

22D82E1C19D984A43C9FF1C25B55DECE3EBC0490

42FA6727559DB1987825C3A0F8A058DFF43D7A4F06965A31428030E35498BE12

98304:eREZhJ2pl49DByatjpxixl4qbHAsVoEQfKczZiqS2IvRHKFTMut79XrOY1eIUo9f:JA1doGugSvL+5CBWkfokL5Ii6I

Software environment set and analysis options

Launch configuration

Software preset

Hotfixes

Behavior activities

MALICIOUS

Changes powershell execution policy (Bypass)

Bypass execution policy to execute commands

Gets or sets the initialization vector for the symmetric algorithm (POWERSHELL)

Uses AES cipher (POWERSHELL)

Gets or sets the symmetric key that is used for encryption and decryption (POWERSHELL)

SUSPICIOUS

Starts CMD.EXE for commands execution

Reads security settings of Internet Explorer

Node.exe was dropped

Starts POWERSHELL.EXE for commands execution

The process executes Powershell scripts

Reverses array data (POWERSHELL)

Converts a string into array of characters (POWERSHELL)

Uses base64 encoding (POWERSHELL)

INFO

Reads Environment values

Reads product name

The sample compiled with english language support

Create files in a temporary directory

Checks supported languages

Script raised an exception (POWERSHELL)

Malware configuration

Static information

TRiD

EXIF

ZIP

Video and screenshots

Processes

Behavior graph

Specs description

Process information

Information

Modules

Information

Modules

Information

Modules

Information

Modules

Information

Modules

Information

Modules

Registry activity

Modification events

Files activity

Dropped files

Network activity

HTTP requests

Connections

DNS requests

Threats

Debug output strings