File name:

Emily.mignot Vacations and salaries.pdf

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/84a68621-6340-480e-b936-0bd34752c2ca
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: March 25, 2025, 06:32:59
OS: Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit)
Tags:
phishing
pdf-secudoc
qrcode
phish-url
Indicators:
MIME: application/pdf
File info: PDF document, version 1.4, 1 page(s)
MD5:

65FB2AEA0D3E45F423EA177E23EFD13F

SHA1:

00B592C8F7C0CD9F36B778FA6679695F592745F2

SHA256:

4AA771E75F56A94ED24E91DEFB99F8845549FA8D549BC1BD2943846B178D3042

SSDEEP:

1536:cRbQWzKc9XNprvJATIg89gkchSanUlh8wJ:kMWtFNleTImgaUlhtJ

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  • MALICIOUS

    • QR code contains URL with email

      • Acrobat.exe (PID: 5548)
    • Suspicious URL found

      • Acrobat.exe (PID: 5548)
  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Reads security settings of Internet Explorer

      • ShellExperienceHost.exe (PID: 7300)
  • INFO

    • Application launched itself

      • Acrobat.exe (PID: 5548)
      • AcroCEF.exe (PID: 7428)
    • Checks proxy server information

      • BackgroundTransferHost.exe (PID: 7816)
    • Reads security settings of Internet Explorer

      • BackgroundTransferHost.exe (PID: 7816)
      • BackgroundTransferHost.exe (PID: 3096)
      • BackgroundTransferHost.exe (PID: 900)
      • BackgroundTransferHost.exe (PID: 2984)
    • Reads the software policy settings

      • BackgroundTransferHost.exe (PID: 7816)
      • slui.exe (PID: 7372)
    • Creates files or folders in the user directory

      • BackgroundTransferHost.exe (PID: 7816)
    • Reads the computer name

      • ShellExperienceHost.exe (PID: 7300)
    • Checks supported languages

      • ShellExperienceHost.exe (PID: 7300)
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No Malware configuration.

TRiD

.pdf | Adobe Portable Document Format (100)

EXIF

PDF

PDFVersion: 1.4
Linearized: No
Title: -
Creator: -
Producer: Qt 5.5.1
CreateDate: 2025:03:25 01:43:35
PageCount: 1
No data.
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Total processes
153
Monitored processes
20
Malicious processes
1
Suspicious processes
0

Behavior graph

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start acrobat.exe acrobat.exe no specs sppextcomobj.exe no specs slui.exe acrocef.exe no specs acrocef.exe no specs acrocef.exe no specs acrocef.exe acrocef.exe no specs acrocef.exe no specs acrocef.exe no specs acrocef.exe no specs acrocef.exe no specs acrocef.exe no specs backgroundtransferhost.exe no specs backgroundtransferhost.exe backgroundtransferhost.exe no specs backgroundtransferhost.exe no specs slui.exe no specs shellexperiencehost.exe no specs

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
900"BackgroundTransferHost.exe" -ServerName:BackgroundTransferHost.1C:\Windows\System32\BackgroundTransferHost.exesvchost.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Download/Upload Host
Exit code:
1
Version:
10.0.19041.3636 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\backgroundtransferhost.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\kernel.appcore.dll
c:\windows\system32\bcryptprimitives.dll
2984"BackgroundTransferHost.exe" -ServerName:BackgroundTransferHost.1C:\Windows\System32\BackgroundTransferHost.exesvchost.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Download/Upload Host
Exit code:
1
Version:
10.0.19041.3636 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\backgroundtransferhost.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\kernel.appcore.dll
c:\windows\system32\bcryptprimitives.dll
3096"BackgroundTransferHost.exe" -ServerName:BackgroundTransferHost.1C:\Windows\System32\BackgroundTransferHost.exesvchost.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Download/Upload Host
Exit code:
1
Version:
10.0.19041.3636 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\backgroundtransferhost.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\kernel.appcore.dll
c:\windows\system32\bcryptprimitives.dll
4188C:\WINDOWS\System32\slui.exe -EmbeddingC:\Windows\System32\slui.exesvchost.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
4220"C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\Acrobat.exe" --type=renderer /prefetch:1 "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Emily.mignot Vacations and salaries.pdf"C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\Acrobat.exeAcrobat.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Adobe Systems Incorporated
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Adobe Acrobat
Version:
23.1.20093.0
Modules
Images
c:\program files\adobe\acrobat dc\acrobat\acrobat.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
5548"C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\Acrobat.exe" "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Emily.mignot Vacations and salaries.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
Images
c:\program files\adobe\acrobat dc\acrobat\acrobat.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
7248"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=3660 --field-trial-handle=1624,i,5692618539946850181,2567826999791415497,131072 --disable-features=BackForwardCache,CalculateNativeWinOcclusion,WinUseBrowserSpellChecker /prefetch:1C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrocef_1\AcroCEF.exeAcroCEF.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Adobe Systems Incorporated
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Adobe AcroCEF
Version:
23.1.20093.0
Modules
Images
c:\program files\adobe\acrobat dc\acrobat\acrocef_1\acrocef.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
7300"C:\WINDOWS\SystemApps\ShellExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\ShellExperienceHost.exe" -ServerName:App.AppXtk181tbxbce2qsex02s8tw7hfxa9xb3t.mcaC:\Windows\SystemApps\ShellExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\ShellExperienceHost.exesvchost.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows Shell Experience Host
Version:
10.0.19041.3758 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\systemapps\shellexperiencehost_cw5n1h2txyewy\shellexperiencehost.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\oleaut32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\wincorlib.dll
7328C:\WINDOWS\system32\SppExtComObj.exe -EmbeddingC:\Windows\System32\SppExtComObj.Exesvchost.exe
User:
NETWORK SERVICE
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
SYSTEM
Description:
KMS Connection Broker
Version:
10.0.19041.3996 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\sppextcomobj.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\oleaut32.dll
7372"C:\WINDOWS\System32\SLUI.exe" RuleId=3482d82e-ca2c-4e1f-8864-da0267b484b2;Action=AutoActivate;AppId=55c92734-d682-4d71-983e-d6ec3f16059f;SkuId=4de7cb65-cdf1-4de9-8ae8-e3cce27b9f2c;NotificationInterval=1440;Trigger=TimerEventC:\Windows\System32\slui.exe
SppExtComObj.Exe
User:
NETWORK SERVICE
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
SYSTEM
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
Total events
18 564
Read events
18 448
Write events
114
Delete events
2

Modification events

(PID) Process:(4220) Acrobat.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\ExitSection
Operation:writeName:bLastExitNormal
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(4220) Acrobat.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\AVEntitlement
Operation:writeName:bSynchronizeOPL
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(4220) Acrobat.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\AVGeneral
Operation:writeName:uLastAppLaunchTimeStamp
Value:
(PID) Process:(4220) Acrobat.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\AVGeneral
Operation:writeName:iNumAcrobatLaunches
Value:
7
(PID) Process:(4220) Acrobat.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\ToolsSearch
Operation:writeName:iSearchHintIndex
Value:
3
(PID) Process:(5548) Acrobat.exeKey:HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Mappings\S-1-15-2-2034283098-2252572593-1072577386-2659511007-3245387615-27016815-3920691934
Operation:writeName:DisplayName
Value:
Adobe Acrobat Reader Protected Mode
(PID) Process:(4220) Acrobat.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\AVEntitlement
Operation:writeName:sProductGUID
Value:
4143524F4241545F475549445F4E474C5F44554D4D5900
(PID) Process:(4220) Acrobat.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\SessionManagement
Operation:writeName:bNormalExit
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(4220) Acrobat.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\AdobeViewer
Operation:delete valueName:ProductInfoCache
Value:
(PID) Process:(4220) Acrobat.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\AdobeViewer
Operation:writeName:EULAAcceptedForBrowser
Value:
1
Executable files
0
Suspicious files
197
Text files
9
Unknown types
0

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
4220Acrobat.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Adobe\Acrobat\DC\SOPHIA\Acrobat\SOPHIA.jsonbinary
MD5:837C1211E392A24D64C670DC10E8DA1B
SHA256:8013AC030684B86D754BBFBAB8A9CEC20CAA4DD9C03022715FF353DC10E14031
7428AcroCEF.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\AcroCef\DC\Acrobat\Cache\Code Cache\js\2a426f11fd8ebe18_0binary
MD5:0553F1B2685B0E4FB02C014673B3E1A6
SHA256:711C842F61B7DBD8F9FB794F42F1DCF62180582F8F9CB52F2FB6D7CA6CD64B8F
7428AcroCEF.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\AcroCef\DC\Acrobat\Cache\Local Storage\leveldb\LOG.old~RF10ce6d.TMPtext
MD5:ED7D8AAE48211E2BFAF557130572C62A
SHA256:A5CF8D8ADC86DCA357396AF7E3A24A116072D5C1E5552EEB76601AE2673DED6E
7428AcroCEF.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\AcroCef\DC\Acrobat\Cache\Session Storage\LOG.old~RF10ce6d.TMPtext
MD5:7383516745DEC1E86152192435F92D1F
SHA256:E22D34BBD915EEB277D4F4138D176EACE5577CF035EF7C2C80A4BC4D9B6C0E1D
7428AcroCEF.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\AcroCef\DC\Acrobat\Cache\Code Cache\js\aba6710fde0876af_0binary
MD5:3FA913B9B531299397D89B4F501FD7CA
SHA256:4EDD741E910D04B8E9D2EB8C698AB1B21D3E5279B483134EAB5F874BAA19C500
7428AcroCEF.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\AcroCef\DC\Acrobat\Cache\Code Cache\js\0786087c3c360803_0binary
MD5:43E88B53379F76F93DF9DB84814310DC
SHA256:568A98BA57142E67C05DF10BCFFA1B548718321078E48299DB084202838B12BF
7428AcroCEF.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\AcroCef\DC\Acrobat\Cache\Session Storage\LOG.oldtext
MD5:EB1590F2607E1CE46DBF6A521F772EA0
SHA256:4355D9A8A115BA4E41178B456A8A5578846EB1F7EC9509249C2405F758F31731
7428AcroCEF.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\AcroCef\DC\Acrobat\Cache\Code Cache\js\72d9f526d2e2e7c8_0binary
MD5:6EFC38E62F85A16C8ACE6CC80896C698
SHA256:6D5D1E06CC701D859E8FC10869E868AB19B8E6613C7D760ADC3B5C342B7F9477
7428AcroCEF.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\AcroCef\DC\Acrobat\Cache\Code Cache\js\86b8040b7132b608_0binary
MD5:4FEA1B3A8627A188BBBBD83677F36932
SHA256:086E801DE463A4CB7BF20EB52A108FECF4B1413BDBC5D4EC0861AA460E7F4EF0
7428AcroCEF.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\AcroCef\DC\Acrobat\Cache\Code Cache\js\bba29d2e6197e2f4_0binary
MD5:24A439528DCE0B5905C4FDCA2F012EAE
SHA256:3F8E878F74EAA7DAADCBD924EB27A23A7E28C36ACBD371D849AAC172B4D488BF
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HTTP(S) requests
7
TCP/UDP connections
30
DNS requests
22
Threats
0

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
6800
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
2.23.246.101:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl
unknown
whitelisted
7816
BackgroundTransferHost.exe
GET
200
184.30.131.245:80
http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBTrjrydRyt%2BApF3GSPypfHBxR5XtQQUs9tIpPmhxdiuNkHMEWNpYim8S8YCEAI5PUjXAkJafLQcAAsO18o%3D
unknown
whitelisted
6800
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
2.23.246.101:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Secure%20Server%20CA%202.1.crl
unknown
whitelisted
7280
backgroundTaskHost.exe
GET
200
184.30.131.245:80
http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBQ50otx%2Fh0Ztl%2Bz8SiPI7wEWVxDlQQUTiJUIBiV5uNu5g%2F6%2BrkS7QYXjzkCEAUZZSZEml49Gjh0j13P68w%3D
unknown
whitelisted
6544
svchost.exe
GET
200
184.30.131.245:80
http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D
unknown
whitelisted
5496
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
GET
200
23.216.77.20:80
http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl
unknown
whitelisted
5548
Acrobat.exe
GET
200
184.30.131.245:80
http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAfy81yHqHeveu%2FpR5k1Jb0%3D
unknown
whitelisted
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
4
System
192.168.100.255:137
whitelisted
2104
svchost.exe
40.127.240.158:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
40.127.240.158:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
4
System
192.168.100.255:138
whitelisted
5496
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
23.216.77.20:80
crl.microsoft.com
Akamai International B.V.
DE
whitelisted
3216
svchost.exe
40.113.110.67:443
client.wns.windows.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
NL
whitelisted
6544
svchost.exe
40.126.31.67:443
login.live.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
6544
svchost.exe
184.30.131.245:80
ocsp.digicert.com
AKAMAI-AS
US
whitelisted
7584
AcroCEF.exe
95.100.184.205:443
geo2.adobe.com
AKAMAI-AS
FR
whitelisted
7584
AcroCEF.exe
18.213.11.84:443
p13n.adobe.io
AMAZON-AES
US
whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
  • 40.127.240.158
  • 51.124.78.146
whitelisted
google.com
  • 142.250.74.206
whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com
  • 23.216.77.20
  • 23.216.77.42
  • 23.216.77.36
whitelisted
client.wns.windows.com
  • 40.113.110.67
whitelisted
login.live.com
  • 40.126.31.67
  • 20.190.159.23
  • 40.126.31.130
  • 40.126.31.128
  • 20.190.159.131
  • 40.126.31.69
  • 20.190.159.68
  • 20.190.159.64
whitelisted
ocsp.digicert.com
  • 184.30.131.245
whitelisted
geo2.adobe.com
  • 95.100.184.205
whitelisted
p13n.adobe.io
  • 18.213.11.84
  • 50.16.47.176
  • 54.224.241.105
  • 34.237.241.83
whitelisted
armmf.adobe.com
  • 2.19.216.170
whitelisted
acroipm2.adobe.com
  • 23.50.131.75
  • 23.50.131.87
whitelisted

Threats

No threats detected
No debug info