File name:

AcrobatHelper.exe

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/a2c484ca-5879-4acd-a97c-a0da5b096a3b
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: January 13, 2022, 13:23:08
OS: Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit)
Indicators:
MIME: application/x-dosexec
File info: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
MD5:

DA263FD6D575138B8F49E8CC1125347D

SHA1:

78320031A36443E1B9A0DA505FFDE792957CBA50

SHA256:

4AE05A4CA409EBBB575E1D292EE01838595B460789A89E60A3E249C2B2FD431B

SSDEEP:

1536:1o/7BObkRlV3aLrq6fuwDA7Cauu8vXcGSvxcVycY/L+XSxMcP2xDYjUe2DkqeY0Q:OT4u3Yq6fuuj0QUbZzIOP+f/

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  • MALICIOUS

    • Drops executable file immediately after starts

      • AcrobatHelper.exe (PID: 1436)

  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Reads the computer name

      • AcrobatHelper.exe (PID: 1436)
      • powershell.exe (PID: 2140)
      • powershell.exe (PID: 2328)
      • powershell.exe (PID: 1472)
      • powershell.exe (PID: 3852)

    • Executable content was dropped or overwritten

      • AcrobatHelper.exe (PID: 1436)

    • Reads Environment values

      • netsh.exe (PID: 2640)

    • Starts application with an unusual extension

      • AcrobatHelper.exe (PID: 1436)

    • Checks supported languages

      • AcrobatHelper.exe (PID: 1436)
      • nsE778.tmp (PID: 1480)
      • nsE863.tmp (PID: 1524)
      • powershell.exe (PID: 2140)
      • powershell.exe (PID: 2328)
      • powershell.exe (PID: 3852)
      • powershell.exe (PID: 1472)

    • Uses NETSH.EXE for network configuration

      • nsE778.tmp (PID: 1480)

    • Executes PowerShell scripts

      • AcrobatHelper.exe (PID: 1436)

  • INFO

    • Reads the hosts file

      • AcrobatHelper.exe (PID: 1436)

    • Checks supported languages

      • netsh.exe (PID: 2640)
      • route.exe (PID: 2968)

    • Checks Windows Trust Settings

      • powershell.exe (PID: 2140)
      • powershell.exe (PID: 3852)
      • powershell.exe (PID: 1472)
      • powershell.exe (PID: 2328)

    • Reads settings of System Certificates

      • powershell.exe (PID: 2140)
      • powershell.exe (PID: 2328)
      • powershell.exe (PID: 3852)
      • powershell.exe (PID: 1472)

    • Reads the computer name

      • netsh.exe (PID: 2640)
Find more information about signature artifacts and mapping to MITRE ATT&CK™ MATRIX at the full report
No Malware configuration.

TRiD

.exe | Win32 Executable MS Visual C++ (generic) (42.2)
.exe | Win64 Executable (generic) (37.3)
.dll | Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (8.8)
.exe | Win32 Executable (generic) (6)
.exe | Generic Win/DOS Executable (2.7)

EXIF

EXE

ProductName: Adobe Acrobat DC v1.0.0
LegalCopyright: © Adobe Systems Inc.
FileVersion: 1.0.0.0
FileDescription: Adobe Acrobat DC v1.0.0
CompanyName: Adobe Systems Inc.
Comments: -
CharacterSet: Unicode
LanguageCode: Hindi
FileSubtype: -
ObjectFileType: Executable application
FileOS: Win32
FileFlags: (none)
FileFlagsMask: 0x0000
ProductVersionNumber: 1.0.0.0
FileVersionNumber: 1.0.0.0
Subsystem: Windows GUI
SubsystemVersion: 4
ImageVersion: 6
OSVersion: 4
EntryPoint: 0x350d
UninitializedDataSize: 16384
InitializedDataSize: 428544
CodeSize: 26112
LinkerVersion: 6
PEType: PE32
TimeStamp: 2019:12:16 01:54:10+01:00
MachineType: Intel 386 or later, and compatibles

Summary

Architecture: IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386
Subsystem: IMAGE_SUBSYSTEM_WINDOWS_GUI
Compilation Date: 16-Dec-2019 00:54:10
Detected languages:
  • English - United States
  • Hindi - India
Comments: -
CompanyName: Adobe Systems Inc.
FileDescription: Adobe Acrobat DC v1.0.0
FileVersion: 1.0.0.0
LegalCopyright: © Adobe Systems Inc.
ProductName: Adobe Acrobat DC v1.0.0

DOS Header

Magic number: MZ
Bytes on last page of file: 0x0090
Pages in file: 0x0003
Relocations: 0x0000
Size of header: 0x0004
Min extra paragraphs: 0x0000
Max extra paragraphs: 0xFFFF
Initial SS value: 0x0000
Initial SP value: 0x00B8
Checksum: 0x0000
Initial IP value: 0x0000
Initial CS value: 0x0000
Overlay number: 0x0000
OEM identifier: 0x0000
OEM information: 0x0000
Address of NE header: 0x000000C8

PE Headers

Signature: PE
Machine: IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386
Number of sections: 5
Time date stamp: 16-Dec-2019 00:54:10
Pointer to Symbol Table: 0x00000000
Number of symbols: 0
Size of Optional Header: 0x00E0
Characteristics:
  • IMAGE_FILE_32BIT_MACHINE
  • IMAGE_FILE_EXECUTABLE_IMAGE
  • IMAGE_FILE_LINE_NUMS_STRIPPED
  • IMAGE_FILE_LOCAL_SYMS_STRIPPED
  • IMAGE_FILE_RELOCS_STRIPPED

Sections

Name
Virtual Address
Virtual Size
Raw Size
Charateristics
Entropy
.text
0x00001000
0x0000647B
0x00006600
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_CODE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_EXECUTE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
6.42194
.rdata
0x00008000
0x00001384
0x00001400
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
5.13635
.data
0x0000A000
0x00066358
0x00000600
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE
4.00201
.ndata
0x00071000
0x00090000
0x00000000
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_UNINITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE
0
.rsrc
0x00101000
0x0005B5A0
0x0005B600
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
2.40706

Resources

Title
Entropy
Size
Codepage
Language
Type
1
5.28847
1070
UNKNOWN
English - United States
RT_MANIFEST
2
2.43615
67624
UNKNOWN
English - United States
RT_ICON
3
2.63306
16936
UNKNOWN
English - United States
RT_ICON
4
2.74584
9640
UNKNOWN
English - United States
RT_ICON
5
2.84995
4264
UNKNOWN
English - United States
RT_ICON
6
3.21969
1128
UNKNOWN
English - United States
RT_ICON
7
0
296
UNKNOWN
English - United States
RT_ICON
103
2.51066
104
UNKNOWN
English - United States
RT_GROUP_ICON
105
2.54849
244
UNKNOWN
English - United States
RT_DIALOG
106
2.88287
272
UNKNOWN
English - United States
RT_DIALOG

Imports

ADVAPI32.dll
COMCTL32.dll
GDI32.dll
KERNEL32.dll
SHELL32.dll
USER32.dll
ole32.dll
No data.
screenshot
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Total processes
52
Monitored processes
10
Malicious processes
1
Suspicious processes
4

Behavior graph

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start acrobathelper.exe nse778.tmp no specs netsh.exe no specs nse863.tmp no specs route.exe no specs powershell.exe no specs powershell.exe no specs powershell.exe no specs powershell.exe no specs acrobathelper.exe no specs

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
1436"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AcrobatHelper.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AcrobatHelper.exe
Explorer.EXE
User:
admin
Company:
Adobe Systems Inc.
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
Adobe Acrobat DC v1.0.0
Exit code:
0
Version:
1.0.0.0
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\acrobathelper.exe
c:\windows\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\shell32.dll
1472C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -nologo -noninteractive -windowStyle hidden -noprofile -command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\amtlib.dll' -Force"C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe—AcrobatHelper.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
Windows PowerShell
Exit code:
1
Version:
10.0.14409.1005 (rs1_srvoob.161208-1155)
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\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\atl.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
1480"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsrE777.tmp\nsE778.tmp" netsh.exe advfirewall firewall delete rule name="all" remoteip=95.141.193.133C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsrE777.tmp\nsE778.tmp—AcrobatHelper.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Exit code:
1
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\nsre777.tmp\nse778.tmp
c:\windows\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
1524"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsrE777.tmp\nsE863.tmp" route.exe delete 95.141.193.133C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsrE777.tmp\nsE863.tmp—AcrobatHelper.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Exit code:
0
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\nsre777.tmp\nse863.tmp
c:\windows\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
2140C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -nologo -noninteractive -windowStyle hidden -noprofile -command "Add-MpPreference -ThreatIDDefaultAction_Ids 2147757790 -ThreatIDDefaultAction_Actions Allow -Force"C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe—AcrobatHelper.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
Windows PowerShell
Exit code:
1
Version:
10.0.14409.1005 (rs1_srvoob.161208-1155)
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\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\atl.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
2328C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -nologo -noninteractive -windowStyle hidden -noprofile -command "Add-MpPreference -ThreatIDDefaultAction_Ids 2147743020 -ThreatIDDefaultAction_Actions Allow -Force"C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe—AcrobatHelper.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
Windows PowerShell
Exit code:
1
Version:
10.0.14409.1005 (rs1_srvoob.161208-1155)
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\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
2640netsh.exe advfirewall firewall delete rule name="all" remoteip=95.141.193.133C:\Windows\system32\netsh.exe—nsE778.tmp
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
Network Command Shell
Exit code:
1
Version:
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\netsh.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\credui.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
2968route.exe delete 95.141.193.133C:\Windows\system32\route.exe—nsE863.tmp
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
TCP/IP Route Command
Exit code:
0
Version:
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\route.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\iphlpapi.dll
c:\windows\system32\nsi.dll
c:\windows\system32\winnsi.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
3148"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AcrobatHelper.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AcrobatHelper.exe—Explorer.EXE
User:
admin
Company:
Adobe Systems Inc.
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Adobe Acrobat DC v1.0.0
Exit code:
3221226540
Version:
1.0.0.0
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\acrobathelper.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
3852C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -nologo -noninteractive -windowStyle hidden -noprofile -command "Add-MpPreference -ThreatIDDefaultAction_Ids 2147593794 -ThreatIDDefaultAction_Actions Allow -Force"C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe—AcrobatHelper.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
Windows PowerShell
Exit code:
1
Version:
10.0.14409.1005 (rs1_srvoob.161208-1155)
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\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\atl.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
Total events
15 386
Read events
15 236
Write events
150
Delete events
0

Modification events

(PID) Process:(2640) netsh.exeKey:HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\MuiCache\16C\52C64B7E
Operation:writeName:LanguageList
Value:
en-US
(PID) Process:(2640) netsh.exeKey:HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\MuiCache\16C\52C64B7E
Operation:writeName:@%SystemRoot%\system32\dhcpqec.dll,-100
Value:
DHCP Quarantine Enforcement Client
(PID) Process:(2640) netsh.exeKey:HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\MuiCache\16C\52C64B7E
Operation:writeName:@%SystemRoot%\system32\dhcpqec.dll,-101
Value:
Provides DHCP based enforcement for NAP
(PID) Process:(2640) netsh.exeKey:HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\MuiCache\16C\52C64B7E
Operation:writeName:@%SystemRoot%\system32\dhcpqec.dll,-103
Value:
1.0
(PID) Process:(2640) netsh.exeKey:HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\MuiCache\16C\52C64B7E
Operation:writeName:@%SystemRoot%\system32\dhcpqec.dll,-102
Value:
Microsoft Corporation
(PID) Process:(2640) netsh.exeKey:HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\MuiCache\16C\52C64B7E
Operation:writeName:@%SystemRoot%\system32\napipsec.dll,-1
Value:
IPsec Relying Party
(PID) Process:(2640) netsh.exeKey:HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\MuiCache\16C\52C64B7E
Operation:writeName:@%SystemRoot%\system32\napipsec.dll,-2
Value:
Provides IPsec based enforcement for Network Access Protection
(PID) Process:(2640) netsh.exeKey:HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\MuiCache\16C\52C64B7E
Operation:writeName:@%SystemRoot%\system32\napipsec.dll,-4
Value:
1.0
(PID) Process:(2640) netsh.exeKey:HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\MuiCache\16C\52C64B7E
Operation:writeName:@%SystemRoot%\system32\napipsec.dll,-3
Value:
Microsoft Corporation
(PID) Process:(2640) netsh.exeKey:HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\MuiCache\16C\52C64B7E
Operation:writeName:@%SystemRoot%\system32\tsgqec.dll,-100
Value:
RD Gateway Quarantine Enforcement Client
Executable files
3
Suspicious files
8
Text files
0
Unknown types
1

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
2140powershell.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractivedbf
MD5:446DD1CF97EABA21CF14D03AEBC79F27
SHA256:A7DE5177C68A64BD48B36D49E2853799F4EBCFA8E4761F7CC472F333DC5F65CF
1472powershell.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\5vsczmbf.a1m.psm1binary
MD5:C4CA4238A0B923820DCC509A6F75849B
SHA256:—
1436AcrobatHelper.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsrE777.tmp\nsE863.tmpexecutable
MD5:F27689C513E7D12C7C974D5F8EF710D6
SHA256:1F18F4126124B0551F3DBCD0FEC7F34026F930CA509F04435657CEDC32AE8C47
2328powershell.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b2qzlttt.oyx.psm1binary
MD5:C4CA4238A0B923820DCC509A6F75849B
SHA256:—
3852powershell.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\sbyr3y0u.ruh.psm1binary
MD5:C4CA4238A0B923820DCC509A6F75849B
SHA256:—
2140powershell.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pa0rwsam.uss.ps1binary
MD5:C4CA4238A0B923820DCC509A6F75849B
SHA256:—
2328powershell.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tnttcfbn.tzz.ps1binary
MD5:C4CA4238A0B923820DCC509A6F75849B
SHA256:—
1472powershell.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\csimukw3.5fz.ps1binary
MD5:C4CA4238A0B923820DCC509A6F75849B
SHA256:—
3852powershell.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tw05fkkx.0kh.ps1binary
MD5:C4CA4238A0B923820DCC509A6F75849B
SHA256:—
1436AcrobatHelper.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsrE777.tmp\nsE778.tmpexecutable
MD5:F27689C513E7D12C7C974D5F8EF710D6
SHA256:1F18F4126124B0551F3DBCD0FEC7F34026F930CA509F04435657CEDC32AE8C47
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HTTP(S) requests
0
TCP/UDP connections
0
DNS requests
0
Threats
0

HTTP requests

No HTTP requests
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Connections

No data

DNS requests

No data

Threats

No threats detected
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AcrobatHelper.exe