File name:

2019_03- Balance & Payment Report.pdf

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/d15df8e4-be26-4e82-9294-20c33a82fe8a
Verdict: Malicious activity
Threats:

Emotet is one of the most dangerous trojans ever created. Over the course of its lifetime, it was upgraded to become a very destructive malware. It targets mostly corporate victims but even private users get infected in mass spam email campaigns.

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Analysis date: March 14, 2019, 14:48:32
OS: Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit)
Tags:
generated-doc
opendir
loader
emotet
emotet-doc
Indicators:
MIME: application/pdf
File info: PDF document, version 1.3
MD5:

DEC927052B1E270E1A2F3F3AB9A45CAC

SHA1:

A57D15D99C62ABA6936720C8A4E7DC3D2F522D48

SHA256:

54792F59CA17ACAA82085DE2704425D04C75EFACE5133F61517ED100396C2EBD

SSDEEP:

12288:u9gbaT9+H2i0kkg2GSN29XqnIAtBE0FQMgEu/U+TCObIcCiZ:+Sft0YLSNc6nIUEGDgEu/MObIIZ

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  • MALICIOUS

    • Application was dropped or rewritten from another process

      • 272.exe (PID: 1744)
      • wabmetagen.exe (PID: 2364)
      • wabmetagen.exe (PID: 3908)
      • 272.exe (PID: 3284)

    • Downloads executable files from the Internet

      • powershell.exe (PID: 3976)

    • Emotet process was detected

      • wabmetagen.exe (PID: 2364)

  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Starts Internet Explorer

      • AcroRd32.exe (PID: 2952)

    • Starts Microsoft Office Application

      • iexplore.exe (PID: 3896)
      • WINWORD.EXE (PID: 972)

    • Application launched itself

      • WINWORD.EXE (PID: 972)
      • 272.exe (PID: 1744)
      • wabmetagen.exe (PID: 2364)

    • Executable content was dropped or overwritten

      • powershell.exe (PID: 3976)
      • 272.exe (PID: 3284)

    • Creates files in the user directory

      • powershell.exe (PID: 3976)

    • Starts itself from another location

      • 272.exe (PID: 3284)

    • Creates files in the program directory

      • AdobeARM.exe (PID: 3860)

  • INFO

    • Application launched itself

      • RdrCEF.exe (PID: 4052)
      • AcroRd32.exe (PID: 2952)
      • iexplore.exe (PID: 3896)

    • Creates files in the user directory

      • AcroRd32.exe (PID: 2952)
      • iexplore.exe (PID: 2836)
      • WINWORD.EXE (PID: 972)

    • Reads Internet Cache Settings

      • iexplore.exe (PID: 2836)

    • Reads internet explorer settings

      • iexplore.exe (PID: 2836)

    • Changes internet zones settings

      • iexplore.exe (PID: 3896)

    • Reads Microsoft Office registry keys

      • WINWORD.EXE (PID: 972)
      • WINWORD.EXE (PID: 1200)
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No Malware configuration.

TRiD

.pdf | Adobe Portable Document Format (100)

EXIF

PDF

PDFVersion: 1.3
Linearized: No
PageCount: 2
Producer: dompdf + CPDF
CreateDate: 2019:03:14 17:21:11+03:00
ModifyDate: 2019:03:14 17:21:11+03:00
No data.
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Total processes
48
Monitored processes
16
Malicious processes
4
Suspicious processes
1

Behavior graph

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start drop and start drop and start acrord32.exe acrord32.exe no specs rdrcef.exe no specs rdrcef.exe no specs rdrcef.exe no specs iexplore.exe iexplore.exe winword.exe no specs winword.exe no specs powershell.exe 272.exe no specs 272.exe adobearm.exe no specs reader_sl.exe no specs #EMOTET wabmetagen.exe no specs wabmetagen.exe no specs

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
972"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE" /n "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Low\Content.IE5\OCDM6JB6\PAY8886348700292761764[1].doc"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE—iexplore.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Microsoft Word
Exit code:
0
Version:
14.0.6024.1000
Modules
Images
c:\program files\microsoft office\office14\winword.exe
c:\systemroot\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\winsxs\x86_microsoft.vc90.crt_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_9.0.30729.6161_none_50934f2ebcb7eb57\msvcr90.dll
c:\windows\winsxs\x86_microsoft.windows.common-controls_6595b64144ccf1df_5.82.7601.17514_none_ec83dffa859149af\comctl32.dll
1200"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE" /EmbeddingC:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE—WINWORD.EXE
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Microsoft Word
Exit code:
0
Version:
14.0.6024.1000
Modules
Images
c:\program files\microsoft office\office14\winword.exe
c:\systemroot\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\winsxs\x86_microsoft.vc90.crt_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_9.0.30729.6161_none_50934f2ebcb7eb57\msvcr90.dll
c:\windows\winsxs\x86_microsoft.windows.common-controls_6595b64144ccf1df_5.82.7601.17514_none_ec83dffa859149af\comctl32.dll
1744"C:\Users\admin\272.exe" C:\Users\admin\272.exe—powershell.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Microsoft® HTML Help Executable
Exit code:
0
Version:
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\272.exe
c:\systemroot\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
2292"C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroRd32.exe" --type=renderer "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2019_03- Balance & Payment Report.pdf"C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroRd32.exe—AcroRd32.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Adobe Systems Incorporated
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Adobe Acrobat Reader DC
Exit code:
0
Version:
15.23.20070.215641
Modules
Images
c:\program files\adobe\acrobat reader dc\reader\acrord32.exe
c:\systemroot\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
2364"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\wabmetagen\wabmetagen.exe"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\wabmetagen\wabmetagen.exe
272.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Microsoft® HTML Help Executable
Exit code:
0
Version:
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\wabmetagen\wabmetagen.exe
c:\systemroot\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
2836"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" SCODEF:3896 CREDAT:71937C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
iexplore.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Internet Explorer
Exit code:
0
Version:
8.00.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
Modules
Images
c:\program files\internet explorer\iexplore.exe
c:\systemroot\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\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
2952"C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroRd32.exe" "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2019_03- Balance & Payment Report.pdf"C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroRd32.exe
explorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Adobe Systems Incorporated
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Adobe Acrobat Reader DC
Exit code:
0
Version:
15.23.20070.215641
Modules
Images
c:\program files\adobe\acrobat reader dc\reader\acrord32.exe
c:\systemroot\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
3284"C:\Users\admin\272.exe"C:\Users\admin\272.exe
272.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Microsoft® HTML Help Executable
Exit code:
0
Version:
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\272.exe
c:\systemroot\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
3312"C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.exe" --type=renderer --disable-3d-apis --disable-databases --disable-direct-npapi-requests --disable-file-system --disable-notifications --disable-shared-workers --disable-direct-write --lang=en-US --lang=en-US --log-severity=disable --product-version="ReaderServices/15.23.20053 Chrome/45.0.2454.85" --device-scale-factor=1 --enable-delegated-renderer --num-raster-threads=2 --gpu-rasterization-msaa-sample-count=8 --content-image-texture-target=3553 --video-image-texture-target=3553 --disable-accelerated-video-decode --disable-webrtc-hw-encoding --disable-gpu-compositing --channel="4052.0.1985366828\64233931" --allow-no-sandbox-job /prefetch:673131151C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.exe—RdrCEF.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Adobe Systems Incorporated
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Adobe RdrCEF
Exit code:
0
Version:
15.23.20053.211670
Modules
Images
c:\program files\adobe\acrobat reader dc\reader\acrocef\rdrcef.exe
c:\systemroot\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
3336"C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.exe" --type=renderer --disable-3d-apis --disable-databases --disable-direct-npapi-requests --disable-file-system --disable-notifications --disable-shared-workers --disable-direct-write --lang=en-US --lang=en-US --log-severity=disable --product-version="ReaderServices/15.23.20053 Chrome/45.0.2454.85" --device-scale-factor=1 --enable-delegated-renderer --num-raster-threads=2 --gpu-rasterization-msaa-sample-count=8 --content-image-texture-target=3553 --video-image-texture-target=3553 --disable-accelerated-video-decode --disable-webrtc-hw-encoding --disable-gpu-compositing --channel="4052.1.1368322876\1124427651" --allow-no-sandbox-job /prefetch:673131151C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.exe—RdrCEF.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Adobe Systems Incorporated
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Adobe RdrCEF
Exit code:
0
Version:
15.23.20053.211670
Modules
Images
c:\program files\adobe\acrobat reader dc\reader\acrocef\rdrcef.exe
c:\systemroot\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
Total events
2 949
Read events
2 474
Write events
465
Delete events
10

Modification events

(PID) Process:(2292) AcroRd32.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\DC\ExitSection
Operation:writeName:bLastExitNormal
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(2292) AcroRd32.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\DC\AVGeneral
Operation:writeName:bExpandRHPInViewer
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(2292) AcroRd32.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\DC\NoTimeOut
Operation:writeName:smailto
Value:
5900
(PID) Process:(3896) iexplore.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main
Operation:writeName:CompatibilityFlags
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(3896) iexplore.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap
Operation:writeName:UNCAsIntranet
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(3896) iexplore.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap
Operation:writeName:AutoDetect
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(3896) iexplore.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones
Operation:writeName:SecuritySafe
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(3896) iexplore.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings
Operation:writeName:ProxyEnable
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(3896) iexplore.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Connections
Operation:writeName:SavedLegacySettings
Value:
4600000069000000010000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000C0E333BBEAB1D301000000000000000000000000020000001700000000000000FE800000000000007D6CB050D9C573F70B000000000000006D00330032005C004D00530049004D004700330032002E0064006C000100000004AA400014AA4000040000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000002000000C0A8016400000000000000000000000000000000000000000800000000000000805D3F00983740000008000002000000000000600000002060040000B8A94000020000008802000060040000B8A9400004000000F8010000B284000088B64000B84B400043003A000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
(PID) Process:(3896) iexplore.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\Active
Operation:writeName:{505946A5-4668-11E9-BAD8-5254004A04AF}
Value:
0
Executable files
2
Suspicious files
6
Text files
24
Unknown types
15

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
2292AcroRd32.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\Acrobat\DC\ReaderMessages-journal —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
3896iexplore.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\RB73MZ6Y\favicon[1].ico —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
3896iexplore.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Services\search_{0633EE93-D776-472f-A0FF-E1416B8B2E3A}.ico —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2836iexplore.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Cookies\Low\admin@horseshows[1].txt —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
3896iexplore.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\~DF371C67F0F59F8DBB.TMP —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2292AcroRd32.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\acrord32_sbx\A9R1uuqiwx_1y6j88d_1ro.tmp —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2292AcroRd32.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\acrord32_sbx\A9R4j0aea_1y6j88e_1ro.tmp —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2292AcroRd32.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\acrord32_sbx\A9Rc0tlie_1y6j88f_1ro.tmp —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2292AcroRd32.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\acrord32_sbx\A9R9ly9vi_1y6j88g_1ro.tmp —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
972WINWORD.EXEC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\CVRCE72.tmp.cvr —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
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HTTP(S) requests
9
TCP/UDP connections
10
DNS requests
7
Threats
3

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
2952
AcroRd32.exe
GET
304
2.16.186.32:80
http://acroipm2.adobe.com/15/rdr/ENU/win/nooem/none/consumer/280_15_23_20070.zip
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
2952
AcroRd32.exe
GET
304
2.16.186.32:80
http://acroipm2.adobe.com/15/rdr/ENU/win/nooem/none/consumer/message.zip
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
—
—
GET
—
187.233.152.78:443
http://187.233.152.78:443/
MX
—
—
malicious
3976
powershell.exe
GET
200
178.128.41.189:80
http://turningspeech.com/rm44r5z/usg/
GR
executable
182 Kb
suspicious
3896
iexplore.exe
GET
200
204.79.197.200:80
http://www.bing.com/favicon.ico
US
image
237 b
whitelisted
2836
iexplore.exe
GET
301
104.18.36.33:80
http://horseshows.io/c2nkrlt/wm1f4-ozg75-eqdvotudf/
US
—
—
shared
2952
AcroRd32.exe
GET
304
2.16.186.32:80
http://acroipm2.adobe.com/15/rdr/ENU/win/nooem/none/consumer/277_15_23_20070.zip
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
2952
AcroRd32.exe
GET
304
2.16.186.32:80
http://acroipm2.adobe.com/15/rdr/ENU/win/nooem/none/consumer/281_15_23_20070.zip
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
2952
AcroRd32.exe
GET
304
2.16.186.32:80
http://acroipm2.adobe.com/15/rdr/ENU/win/nooem/none/consumer/278_15_23_20070.zip
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
2836
iexplore.exe
104.18.36.33:80
horseshows.io
Cloudflare Inc
US
shared
3976
powershell.exe
178.128.41.189:80
turningspeech.com
Forthnet
GR
suspicious
2952
AcroRd32.exe
2.16.186.32:80
acroipm2.adobe.com
Akamai International B.V.
—
whitelisted
—
—
187.233.152.78:443
—
Uninet S.A. de C.V.
MX
malicious
—
—
2.18.233.74:443
armmf.adobe.com
Akamai International B.V.
—
whitelisted
2836
iexplore.exe
104.18.36.33:443
horseshows.io
Cloudflare Inc
US
shared
2952
AcroRd32.exe
2.18.233.74:443
armmf.adobe.com
Akamai International B.V.
—
whitelisted
3896
iexplore.exe
204.79.197.200:80
www.bing.com
Microsoft Corporation
US
whitelisted
—
—
23.58.217.61:443
ardownload2.adobe.com
Akamai Technologies, Inc.
US
whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
www.bing.com
  • 204.79.197.200
  • 13.107.21.200
whitelisted
horseshows.io
  • 104.18.36.33
  • 104.18.37.33
unknown
acroipm2.adobe.com
  • 2.16.186.32
  • 2.16.186.33
whitelisted
armmf.adobe.com
  • 2.18.233.74
whitelisted
turningspeech.com
  • 178.128.41.189
suspicious
ardownload2.adobe.com
  • 23.58.217.61
whitelisted

Threats

PID
Process
Class
Message
3976
powershell.exe
Potential Corporate Privacy Violation
ET POLICY PE EXE or DLL Windows file download HTTP
3976
powershell.exe
Potentially Bad Traffic
ET INFO Executable Retrieved With Minimal HTTP Headers - Potential Second Stage Download
3976
powershell.exe
Misc activity
ET INFO EXE - Served Attached HTTP
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