File name:

MBS-Israel.pdf

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/48288509-deb2-4e5b-89ae-c049863388e3
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: November 29, 2020, 12:16:33
OS: Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit)
Tags:
generated-doc
Indicators:
MIME: application/pdf
File info: PDF document, version 1.4
MD5:

4C61985A5C8C11EB516E592397343F27

SHA1:

0A2B7AC50F1467588B0E0B1B73FDFD270EAF86A0

SHA256:

553127CB586591CBFBAE54DD4E28D4CD40FDDDEBAF4E0E7E1F3F23C446A621BB

SSDEEP:

768:G/5p2k9F7m37fOVU1QdwZZE9KKgoqf3o8inTeFYXvvKWH+uSukp7XwVeqOACl5nu:MkfXkO3o8u33KAH2DYD8JE

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  • MALICIOUS

    • Application was dropped or rewritten from another process

      • Details of MBS meeting with the US Secretary of State.Nov.23.20.MoM.exe (PID: 2468)
      • Details crown prince held 'secret meeting' with Israeli PM.Nov.23.20.MoM.exe (PID: 3132)
      • Talking points for meeting.exe (PID: 2876)
      • Talking points for meeting.exe (PID: 2544)
    • Drops executable file immediately after starts

      • Talking points for meeting.exe (PID: 2876)
    • Loads dropped or rewritten executable

      • Talking points for meeting.exe (PID: 2544)
  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Starts Internet Explorer

      • AcroRd32.exe (PID: 2760)
    • Drops a file with a compile date too recent

      • WinRAR.exe (PID: 3156)
    • Executable content was dropped or overwritten

      • WinRAR.exe (PID: 3156)
      • Talking points for meeting.exe (PID: 2876)
    • Creates files in the program directory

      • AdobeARM.exe (PID: 3212)
      • Details crown prince held 'secret meeting' with Israeli PM.Nov.23.20.MoM.exe (PID: 3132)
    • Drops a file that was compiled in debug mode

      • Talking points for meeting.exe (PID: 2876)
    • Application launched itself

      • Talking points for meeting.exe (PID: 2876)
    • Loads Python modules

      • Talking points for meeting.exe (PID: 2544)
  • INFO

    • Changes internet zones settings

      • iexplore.exe (PID: 856)
    • Application launched itself

      • RdrCEF.exe (PID: 2772)
      • AcroRd32.exe (PID: 2760)
      • iexplore.exe (PID: 856)
    • Creates files in the user directory

      • iexplore.exe (PID: 3760)
    • Reads settings of System Certificates

      • AcroRd32.exe (PID: 2760)
      • iexplore.exe (PID: 3760)
    • Changes IE settings (feature browser emulation)

      • AcroRd32.exe (PID: 2760)
    • Reads the hosts file

      • RdrCEF.exe (PID: 2772)
    • Manual execution by user

      • WinRAR.exe (PID: 3156)
      • Details crown prince held 'secret meeting' with Israeli PM.Nov.23.20.MoM.exe (PID: 3132)
      • Details of MBS meeting with the US Secretary of State.Nov.23.20.MoM.exe (PID: 2468)
      • Talking points for meeting.exe (PID: 2876)
    • Modifies the phishing filter of IE

      • iexplore.exe (PID: 856)
    • Dropped object may contain Bitcoin addresses

      • Talking points for meeting.exe (PID: 2876)
Find more information about signature artifacts and mapping to MITRE ATT&CK™ MATRIX at the full report
No Malware configuration.

TRiD

.pdf | Adobe Portable Document Format (100)

EXIF

PDF

PDFVersion: 1.4
Linearized: No
PageCount: 1
Creator: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/87.0.4280.66 Safari/537.36
Producer: Skia/PDF m87
CreateDate: 2020:11:24 08:37:26+00:00
ModifyDate: 2020:11:24 08:37:26+00:00
No data.
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Total processes
52
Monitored processes
14
Malicious processes
3
Suspicious processes
2

Behavior graph

Click at the process to see the details
start acrord32.exe acrord32.exe no specs iexplore.exe no specs iexplore.exe rdrcef.exe no specs rdrcef.exe no specs rdrcef.exe no specs winrar.exe adobearm.exe no specs reader_sl.exe no specs details crown prince held 'secret meeting' with israeli pm.nov.23.20.mom.exe no specs details of mbs meeting with the us secretary of state.nov.23.20.mom.exe talking points for meeting.exe talking points for meeting.exe no specs

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
856"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1NnMlUPwkxK4_wAJwrqxqBAfdKCPDxyehC:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exeAcroRd32.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Internet Explorer
Exit code:
0
Version:
11.00.9600.16428 (winblue_gdr.131013-1700)
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\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\api-ms-win-downlevel-advapi32-l1-1-0.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\iertutil.dll
2460"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="2772.0.39598891\623797318" --allow-no-sandbox-job /prefetch:673131151C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.exeRdrCEF.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
2468"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\MOM\MOM\Details of MBS meeting with the US Secretary of State.Nov.23.20.MoM.exe" C:\Users\admin\Desktop\MOM\MOM\Details of MBS meeting with the US Secretary of State.Nov.23.20.MoM.exe
explorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Open Office World
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
World
Exit code:
0
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\desktop\mom\mom\details of mbs meeting with the us secretary of state.nov.23.20.mom.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
2544"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\MOM\MOM\Talking points for meeting.exe" C:\Users\admin\Desktop\MOM\MOM\Talking points for meeting.exeTalking points for meeting.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Exit code:
0
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\desktop\mom\mom\talking points for meeting.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
2760"C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroRd32.exe" "C:\Users\admin\Desktop\MBS-Israel.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
2772"C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.exe" --backgroundcolor=16448250C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.exeAcroRd32.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Adobe Systems Incorporated
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
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
2796"C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\Reader_sl.exe" C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\Reader_sl.exeAdobeARM.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Adobe Systems Incorporated
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Adobe Acrobat SpeedLauncher
Exit code:
0
Version:
15.23.20053.211670
Modules
Images
c:\program files\adobe\acrobat reader dc\reader\reader_sl.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\lpk.dll
c:\windows\system32\usp10.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
2876"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\MOM\MOM\Talking points for meeting.exe" C:\Users\admin\Desktop\MOM\MOM\Talking points for meeting.exe
explorer.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Exit code:
0
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\desktop\mom\mom\talking points for meeting.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
2912"C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroRd32.exe" --type=renderer "C:\Users\admin\Desktop\MBS-Israel.pdf"C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroRd32.exeAcroRd32.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
2952"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="2772.1.1582301984\2051139371" --allow-no-sandbox-job /prefetch:673131151C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.exeRdrCEF.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
1 431
Read events
1 258
Write events
171
Delete events
2

Modification events

(PID) Process:(2912) AcroRd32.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\DC\ExitSection
Operation:writeName:bLastExitNormal
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(2760) AcroRd32.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions\Cached
Operation:writeName:{17FE9752-0B5A-4665-84CD-569794602F5C} {7F9185B0-CB92-43C5-80A9-92277A4F7B54} 0xFFFF
Value:
0100000000000000E06C868549C6D601
(PID) Process:(856) iexplore.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\UrlBlockManager
Operation:writeName:NextCheckForUpdateLowDateTime
Value:
2541273174
(PID) Process:(856) iexplore.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\UrlBlockManager
Operation:writeName:NextCheckForUpdateHighDateTime
Value:
30852681
(PID) Process:(856) iexplore.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\Content
Operation:writeName:CachePrefix
Value:
(PID) Process:(856) iexplore.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\Cookies
Operation:writeName:CachePrefix
Value:
Cookie:
(PID) Process:(856) iexplore.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\History
Operation:writeName:CachePrefix
Value:
Visited:
(PID) Process:(856) iexplore.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main
Operation:writeName:CompatibilityFlags
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(856) iexplore.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings
Operation:writeName:ProxyEnable
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(856) iexplore.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Connections
Operation:writeName:SavedLegacySettings
Value:
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
Executable files
29
Suspicious files
16
Text files
29
Unknown types
27

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
2912AcroRd32.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\Acrobat\DC\ReaderMessages-journal
MD5:
SHA256:
3760iexplore.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Low\Cab5751.tmp
MD5:
SHA256:
3760iexplore.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Low\Tar5752.tmp
MD5:
SHA256:
2912AcroRd32.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\acrord32_sbx\A9Rysuftu_1ab6xkk_28w.tmp
MD5:
SHA256:
2912AcroRd32.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\acrord32_sbx\A9R57iwr_1ab6xkl_28w.tmp
MD5:
SHA256:
2912AcroRd32.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\acrord32_sbx\A9Rzmx9us_1ab6xkm_28w.tmp
MD5:
SHA256:
2912AcroRd32.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\acrord32_sbx\A9Racref6_1ab6xkj_28w.tmp
MD5:
SHA256:
2760AcroRd32.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Cab8C6B.tmp
MD5:
SHA256:
2760AcroRd32.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Tar8C6C.tmp
MD5:
SHA256:
3760iexplore.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Low\Content.IE5\MFAQUS6V\MOM[1].rar
MD5:
SHA256:
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HTTP(S) requests
8
TCP/UDP connections
13
DNS requests
9
Threats
0

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
3760
iexplore.exe
GET
200
172.217.21.195:80
http://ocsp.pki.goog/gts1o1core/MFIwUDBOMEwwSjAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBRCRjDCJxnb3nDwj%2Fxz5aZfZjgXvAQUmNH4bhDrz5vsYJ8YkBug630J%2FSsCEQD76E8xQFZstgIAAAAAgFWS
US
der
472 b
whitelisted
2760
AcroRd32.exe
GET
200
93.184.220.29:80
http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAH9o%2BtuynXIiEOLckvPvJE%3D
US
der
471 b
whitelisted
3760
iexplore.exe
GET
200
172.217.21.195:80
http://ocsp.pki.goog/gts1o1core/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBRCRjDCJxnb3nDwj%2Fxz5aZfZjgXvAQUmNH4bhDrz5vsYJ8YkBug630J%2FSsCEAhrYrWeURCWAgAAAACAVck%3D
US
der
471 b
whitelisted
3760
iexplore.exe
GET
200
172.217.21.195:80
http://ocsp.pki.goog/gsr2/ME4wTDBKMEgwRjAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBTgXIsxbvr2lBkPpoIEVRE6gHlCnAQUm%2BIHV2ccHsBqBt5ZtJot39wZhi4CDQHjtJqhjYqpgSVpULg%3D
US
der
468 b
whitelisted
2760
AcroRd32.exe
GET
304
92.122.188.31:80
http://acroipm2.adobe.com/15/rdr/ENU/win/nooem/none/consumer/281_15_23_20070.zip
unknown
whitelisted
2760
AcroRd32.exe
GET
304
92.122.188.31:80
http://acroipm2.adobe.com/15/rdr/ENU/win/nooem/none/consumer/277_15_23_20070.zip
unknown
whitelisted
3760
iexplore.exe
GET
200
172.217.21.195:80
http://ocsp.pki.goog/gts1o1core/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBRCRjDCJxnb3nDwj%2Fxz5aZfZjgXvAQUmNH4bhDrz5vsYJ8YkBug630J%2FSsCEAhrYrWeURCWAgAAAACAVck%3D
US
der
471 b
whitelisted
2760
AcroRd32.exe
GET
304
92.122.188.31:80
http://acroipm2.adobe.com/15/rdr/ENU/win/nooem/none/consumer/280_15_23_20070.zip
unknown
whitelisted
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
3760
iexplore.exe
172.217.22.78:443
drive.google.com
Google Inc.
US
whitelisted
3760
iexplore.exe
172.217.21.195:80
ocsp.pki.goog
Google Inc.
US
whitelisted
3760
iexplore.exe
216.58.206.1:443
doc-0s-ac-docs.googleusercontent.com
Google Inc.
US
whitelisted
2760
AcroRd32.exe
93.184.220.29:80
ocsp.digicert.com
MCI Communications Services, Inc. d/b/a Verizon Business
US
whitelisted
2760
AcroRd32.exe
104.79.88.64:443
armmf.adobe.com
Time Warner Cable Internet LLC
US
suspicious
104.111.214.232:443
ardownload2.adobe.com
Akamai International B.V.
NL
whitelisted
104.79.88.64:443
armmf.adobe.com
Time Warner Cable Internet LLC
US
suspicious
2760
AcroRd32.exe
92.122.188.31:80
acroipm2.adobe.com
NTT America, Inc.
suspicious

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
drive.google.com
  • 172.217.22.78
shared
ocsp.pki.goog
  • 172.217.21.195
whitelisted
doc-0s-ac-docs.googleusercontent.com
  • 216.58.206.1
whitelisted
acroipm2.adobe.com
  • 92.122.188.31
  • 92.122.188.30
whitelisted
armmf.adobe.com
  • 104.79.88.64
whitelisted
ocsp.digicert.com
  • 93.184.220.29
whitelisted
ardownload2.adobe.com
  • 104.111.214.232
whitelisted

Threats

No threats detected
Process
Message
Details of MBS meeting with the US Secretary of State.Nov.23.20.MoM.exe
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