URL:

www.free-pdf-convert.com

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/2a22960f-e816-4068-8aea-645826ebddcc
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: November 10, 2023, 14:15:59
OS: Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit)
Indicators:
MD5:

263A39B6C94BFF8B4D0A4307991553B8

SHA1:

48EFB8B0A94C77DAFA512B5AC7413A86365447EB

SHA256:

464B6FBA6A770F64A7C6C2FF75814CAF1C309049CF7B76D182FF902617112F67

SSDEEP:

3:EjT:OT

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  • MALICIOUS

    • Drops the executable file immediately after the start

      • free-pdf-convert.exe (PID: 2252)

  • SUSPICIOUS

    • The process creates files with name similar to system file names

      • free-pdf-convert.exe (PID: 2252)

    • Malware-specific behavior (creating "System.dll" in Temp)

      • free-pdf-convert.exe (PID: 2252)

    • Process drops legitimate windows executable

      • free-pdf-convert.exe (PID: 2252)

    • Reads the Internet Settings

      • FreePDFConverter.exe (PID: 956)

  • INFO

    • Manual execution by a user

      • wmpnscfg.exe (PID: 2064)

    • Application launched itself

      • chrome.exe (PID: 3440)
      • msedge.exe (PID: 2876)

    • Checks supported languages

      • wmpnscfg.exe (PID: 2064)
      • free-pdf-convert.exe (PID: 2252)
      • FreePDFConverter.exe (PID: 956)

    • Reads the computer name

      • wmpnscfg.exe (PID: 2064)
      • free-pdf-convert.exe (PID: 2252)
      • FreePDFConverter.exe (PID: 956)

    • Reads the machine GUID from the registry

      • wmpnscfg.exe (PID: 2064)

    • The process uses the downloaded file

      • chrome.exe (PID: 1924)
      • chrome.exe (PID: 1608)
      • chrome.exe (PID: 328)
      • chrome.exe (PID: 3440)
      • chrome.exe (PID: 120)

    • Drops the executable file immediately after the start

      • chrome.exe (PID: 3440)

    • Create files in a temporary directory

      • free-pdf-convert.exe (PID: 2252)

    • Creates files or folders in the user directory

      • free-pdf-convert.exe (PID: 2252)
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No Malware configuration.
No data.
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Total processes
75
Monitored processes
42
Malicious processes
2
Suspicious processes
0

Behavior graph

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start chrome.exe chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs wmpnscfg.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs free-pdf-convert.exe no specs freepdfconverter.exe no specs msedge.exe msedge.exe no specs msedge.exe msedge.exe no specs msedge.exe no specs msedge.exe no specs msedge.exe no specs msedge.exe no specs msedge.exe no specs msedge.exe no specs msedge.exe no specs msedge.exe no specs msedge.exe no specs msedge.exe no specs msedge.exe no specs msedge.exe no specs

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
120"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=quarantine.mojom.Quarantine --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=none --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3192 --field-trial-handle=1140,i,16862321497671805823,9928391882331918731,131072 /prefetch:8C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe—chrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google LLC
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Google Chrome
Exit code:
0
Version:
109.0.5414.120
Modules
Images
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\109.0.5414.120\chrome_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\version.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
276"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=unzip.mojom.Unzipper --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=service --mojo-platform-channel-handle=4048 --field-trial-handle=1140,i,16862321497671805823,9928391882331918731,131072 /prefetch:8C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe—chrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google LLC
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Google Chrome
Exit code:
0
Version:
109.0.5414.120
Modules
Images
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\109.0.5414.120\chrome_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\version.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
284"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=chrome.mojom.UtilReadIcon --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=icon_reader --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3496 --field-trial-handle=1140,i,16862321497671805823,9928391882331918731,131072 /prefetch:8C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe—chrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google LLC
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Google Chrome
Exit code:
0
Version:
109.0.5414.120
Modules
Images
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\109.0.5414.120\chrome_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\version.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
328"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=quarantine.mojom.Quarantine --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=none --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3856 --field-trial-handle=1140,i,16862321497671805823,9928391882331918731,131072 /prefetch:8C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe—chrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google LLC
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Google Chrome
Exit code:
0
Version:
109.0.5414.120
Modules
Images
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\109.0.5414.120\chrome_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\version.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
564"C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=network.mojom.NetworkService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=none --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1420 --field-trial-handle=1248,i,7635386798274762637,17693823195043891983,131072 /prefetch:3C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe
msedge.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Microsoft Edge
Exit code:
0
Version:
109.0.1518.115
Modules
Images
c:\program files\microsoft\edge\application\msedge.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\microsoft\edge\application\109.0.1518.115\msedge_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
956C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\PDFConvert\FreePDFConverter.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\PDFConvert\FreePDFConverter.exe—free-pdf-convert.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
FreePDFConverter
Exit code:
2148734720
Version:
1.0.0.0
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\roaming\pdfconvert\freepdfconverter.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\mscoree.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\microsoft.net\framework\v4.0.30319\mscoreei.dll
1236"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=unzip.mojom.Unzipper --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=service --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3468 --field-trial-handle=1140,i,16862321497671805823,9928391882331918731,131072 /prefetch:8C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe—chrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google LLC
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Google Chrome
Exit code:
0
Version:
109.0.5414.120
Modules
Images
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\109.0.5414.120\chrome_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\version.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
1296"C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=unzip.mojom.Unzipper --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=service --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3888 --field-trial-handle=1248,i,7635386798274762637,17693823195043891983,131072 /prefetch:8C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe—msedge.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Microsoft Edge
Exit code:
0
Version:
109.0.1518.115
Modules
Images
c:\program files\microsoft\edge\application\msedge.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\microsoft\edge\application\109.0.1518.115\msedge_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
1608"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=quarantine.mojom.Quarantine --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=none --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3396 --field-trial-handle=1140,i,16862321497671805823,9928391882331918731,131072 /prefetch:8C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe—chrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google LLC
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Google Chrome
Exit code:
0
Version:
109.0.5414.120
Modules
Images
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\109.0.5414.120\chrome_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\version.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
1660"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=unzip.mojom.Unzipper --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=service --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3408 --field-trial-handle=1140,i,16862321497671805823,9928391882331918731,131072 /prefetch:8C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe—chrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google LLC
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Google Chrome
Exit code:
0
Version:
109.0.5414.120
Modules
Images
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\109.0.5414.120\chrome_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\version.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
Total events
9 816
Read events
9 681
Write events
131
Delete events
4

Modification events

(PID) Process:(3440) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\BLBeacon
Operation:writeName:failed_count
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(3440) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\BLBeacon
Operation:writeName:state
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(3440) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\ThirdParty
Operation:writeName:StatusCodes
Value:
01000000
(PID) Process:(3440) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\BLBeacon
Operation:writeName:state
Value:
2
(PID) Process:(3440) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Update\ClientState\{8A69D345-D564-463c-AFF1-A69D9E530F96}
Operation:writeName:dr
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(3440) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\StabilityMetrics
Operation:writeName:user_experience_metrics.stability.exited_cleanly
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(3440) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome
Operation:writeName:UsageStatsInSample
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(3440) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Google\Update\ClientStateMedium\{8A69D345-D564-463C-AFF1-A69D9E530F96}
Operation:writeName:usagestats
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(3440) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Update\ClientState\{8A69D345-D564-463c-AFF1-A69D9E530F96}
Operation:writeName:metricsid_installdate
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(3440) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Update\ClientState\{8A69D345-D564-463c-AFF1-A69D9E530F96}
Operation:writeName:metricsid_enableddate
Value:
0
Executable files
20
Suspicious files
208
Text files
99
Unknown types
0

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
3440chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\commerce_subscription_db\LOG.old~RF167861.TMP —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
3440chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\commerce_subscription_db\LOG.old —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
3440chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Sync Data\LevelDB\LOG.oldtext
MD5:E91E138A25FD7E5BCA5E60111F39C91A
SHA256:B1F7E3537A31A4B847F862858E5D2581993CC9372F19ABF19EA2A9185FE42A4F
3440chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Variationsbinary
MD5:961E3604F228B0D10541EBF921500C86
SHA256:F7B24F2EB3D5EB0550527490395D2F61C3D2FE74BB9CB345197DAD81B58B5FED
3440chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Site Characteristics Database\LOG.oldtext
MD5:513218482935B0D388C0A990D868387A
SHA256:8E39CBAAF4AACC3A01AFA74EA8C30FB24FE69A22B8B30728AFB1614FD68809D9
3440chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Local Storage\leveldb\LOG.old~RF167a36.TMPtext
MD5:561161B0FF5BCA89BF47F8AC972A7499
SHA256:ECCA5CCFA0BEED7581B39FCE03D0FD3B694DF0F92BFFF780F702118AD51FC17D
3440chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\coupon_db\LOG.old~RF167c39.TMP —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
3440chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\coupon_db\LOG.old —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
3440chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Crashpad\settings.datbinary
MD5:9C016064A1F864C8140915D77CF3389A
SHA256:0E7265D4A8C16223538EDD8CD620B8820611C74538E420A88E333BE7F62AC787
3440chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\optimization_guide_hint_cache_store\LOG.old~RF168d7f.TMP —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
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HTTP(S) requests
0
TCP/UDP connections
29
DNS requests
37
Threats
0

HTTP requests

No HTTP requests
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
4
System
192.168.100.255:137
—
—
—
whitelisted
3500
chrome.exe
188.114.96.3:443
www.free-pdf-convert.com
—
—
unknown
2588
svchost.exe
239.255.255.250:1900
—
—
—
whitelisted
3440
chrome.exe
239.255.255.250:1900
—
—
—
whitelisted
3500
chrome.exe
142.250.184.205:443
accounts.google.com
GOOGLE
US
whitelisted
3500
chrome.exe
172.64.141.13:443
use.fontawesome.com
CLOUDFLARENET
US
unknown
3500
chrome.exe
104.17.24.14:443
cdnjs.cloudflare.com
CLOUDFLARENET
—
unknown
3500
chrome.exe
172.217.16.138:443
fonts.googleapis.com
GOOGLE
US
whitelisted
3500
chrome.exe
151.101.1.229:443
cdn.jsdelivr.net
FASTLY
US
unknown
3500
chrome.exe
142.250.185.67:443
fonts.gstatic.com
GOOGLE
US
whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
accounts.google.com
  • 142.250.184.205
shared
www.free-pdf-convert.com
  • 188.114.97.3
  • 188.114.96.3
unknown
use.fontawesome.com
  • 172.64.141.13
  • 172.64.140.13
whitelisted
cdnjs.cloudflare.com
  • 104.17.24.14
  • 104.17.25.14
whitelisted
fonts.googleapis.com
  • 172.217.16.138
whitelisted
cdn.jsdelivr.net
  • 151.101.1.229
  • 151.101.129.229
  • 151.101.65.229
  • 151.101.193.229
whitelisted
fonts.gstatic.com
  • 142.250.185.67
whitelisted
www.google.com
  • 142.250.185.132
whitelisted
optimizationguide-pa.googleapis.com
  • 142.250.186.138
  • 142.250.185.138
  • 172.217.16.138
  • 172.217.18.10
  • 172.217.16.202
  • 142.250.185.170
  • 142.250.186.42
  • 142.250.185.234
  • 142.250.186.74
  • 142.250.185.106
  • 142.250.185.202
  • 142.250.181.234
  • 142.250.185.74
  • 142.250.186.106
  • 142.250.184.202
  • 142.250.184.234
whitelisted
armmf.adobe.com
  • 95.101.148.135
whitelisted

Threats

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Reports
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