| File name: | Wns-Employee-Handbook.pdf |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/50787c12-b934-4df0-8d79-8234614b239b |
| Verdict: | Malicious activity |
| Analysis date: | March 24, 2025, 16:44:50 |
| OS: | Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit) |
| Tags: | |
| Indicators: | |
| MIME: | application/pdf |
| File info: | PDF document, version 1.4, 1 page(s) |
| MD5: | 11A6A96291DD541A87EDD943E2A70052 |
| SHA1: | 58F014F7F5C65DFE140A5D9F67D242F7EA07B954 |
| SHA256: | 56727DA5CFCA583B7DD69FEBC6939B981D6471E3CAC6E742B774BF2FB34BD077 |
| SSDEEP: | 3072:BHhx6X0KQ09VWWWoAbPj3ilkWeORVMKIQqwqeQksYO7jEN:BB0XTQ09VWWWZibVMKzqHCO7I |
MALICIOUS
Detects suspicious words and phrases in PDF content (generic)
- Acrobat.exe (PID: 5868)
SUSPICIOUS
No suspicious indicators.INFO
Creates files or folders in the user directory
- BackgroundTransferHost.exe (PID: 7332)
Reads security settings of Internet Explorer
- BackgroundTransferHost.exe (PID: 4068)
Application launched itself
- AcroCEF.exe (PID: 7700)
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TRiD
| | | Adobe Portable Document Format (100) |
EXIF
| PDFVersion: | 1.4 |
|---|---|
| Linearized: | No |
| PageCount: | 1 |
| TaggedPDF: | Yes |
| Language: | en-US |
| Title: | 240d15125024b8604a5ff57bd943b3f2.html |
| Creator: | Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) HeadlessChrome/134.0.0.0 Safari/537.36 |
| Producer: | Skia/PDF m134 |
| CreateDate: | 2025:03:24 15:16:40+00:00 |
| ModifyDate: | 2025:03:24 15:16:40+00:00 |
Total processes
150
Monitored processes
18
Malicious processes
1
Suspicious processes
0
Behavior graph
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Process information
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2236 | "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=8 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2796 --field-trial-handle=1648,i,8968244205912728741,17272818056075959401,131072 --disable-features=BackForwardCache,CalculateNativeWinOcclusion,WinUseBrowserSpellChecker /prefetch:1 | C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrocef_1\AcroCEF.exe | — | AcroCEF.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Adobe Systems Incorporated Integrity Level: LOW Description: Adobe AcroCEF Exit code: 0 Version: 23.1.20093.0 Modules
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| 4068 | "BackgroundTransferHost.exe" -ServerName:BackgroundTransferHost.1 | C:\Windows\System32\BackgroundTransferHost.exe | — | svchost.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
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| 5868 | "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\Acrobat.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Wns-Employee-Handbook.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
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| 5892 | "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=9 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2676 --field-trial-handle=1648,i,8968244205912728741,17272818056075959401,131072 --disable-features=BackForwardCache,CalculateNativeWinOcclusion,WinUseBrowserSpellChecker /prefetch:1 | C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrocef_1\AcroCEF.exe | — | AcroCEF.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Adobe Systems Incorporated Integrity Level: LOW Description: Adobe AcroCEF Version: 23.1.20093.0 Modules
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| 7036 | "BackgroundTransferHost.exe" -ServerName:BackgroundTransferHost.1 | C:\Windows\System32\BackgroundTransferHost.exe | — | svchost.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
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| 7232 | "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrocef_1\AcroCEF.exe" --type=gpu-process --log-severity=disable --user-agent-product="ReaderServices/23.1.20093 Chrome/105.0.0.0" --lang=en-US --gpu-preferences=UAAAAAAAAADgACAYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABgAAAAAAAwAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAEgAAAAAAAAASAAAAAAAAAAYAAAAAgAAABAAAAAAAAAAGAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAOAAAAEAAAAAAAAAABAAAADgAAAAgAAAAAAAAACAAAAAAAAAA= --use-gl=disabled --log-file="C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrocef_1\debug.log" --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2788 --field-trial-handle=1648,i,8968244205912728741,17272818056075959401,131072 --disable-features=BackForwardCache,CalculateNativeWinOcclusion,WinUseBrowserSpellChecker /prefetch:2 | C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrocef_1\AcroCEF.exe | — | AcroCEF.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Adobe Systems Incorporated Integrity Level: LOW Description: Adobe AcroCEF Version: 23.1.20093.0 Modules
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| 7332 | "BackgroundTransferHost.exe" -ServerName:BackgroundTransferHost.1 | C:\Windows\System32\BackgroundTransferHost.exe | svchost.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
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| 7344 | C:\WINDOWS\system32\SppExtComObj.exe -Embedding | C:\Windows\System32\SppExtComObj.Exe | — | svchost.exe | |||||||||||
User: NETWORK SERVICE Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: SYSTEM Description: KMS Connection Broker Version: 10.0.19041.3996 (WinBuild.160101.0800) | |||||||||||||||
| 7376 | "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=TimerEvent | C:\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) | |||||||||||||||
| 7576 | "BackgroundTransferHost.exe" -ServerName:BackgroundTransferHost.1 | C:\Windows\System32\BackgroundTransferHost.exe | — | svchost.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
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Total events
14 005
Read events
13 989
Write events
15
Delete events
1
Modification events
| (PID) Process: | (5868) Acrobat.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\AdobeViewer |
| Operation: | delete value | Name: | ProductInfoCache |
Value: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (7972) BackgroundTransferHost.exe | Key: | HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\microsoft.windows.contentdeliverymanager_cw5n1h2txyewy\Internet Settings\Cache\Content |
| Operation: | write | Name: | CachePrefix |
Value: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (7972) BackgroundTransferHost.exe | Key: | HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\microsoft.windows.contentdeliverymanager_cw5n1h2txyewy\Internet Settings\Cache\Cookies |
| Operation: | write | Name: | CachePrefix |
Value: Cookie: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (7972) BackgroundTransferHost.exe | Key: | HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\microsoft.windows.contentdeliverymanager_cw5n1h2txyewy\Internet Settings\Cache\History |
| Operation: | write | Name: | CachePrefix |
Value: Visited: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (7332) BackgroundTransferHost.exe | Key: | HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\microsoft.windows.contentdeliverymanager_cw5n1h2txyewy\Internet Settings\Cache\Content |
| Operation: | write | Name: | CachePrefix |
Value: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (7332) BackgroundTransferHost.exe | Key: | HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\microsoft.windows.contentdeliverymanager_cw5n1h2txyewy\Internet Settings\Cache\Cookies |
| Operation: | write | Name: | CachePrefix |
Value: Cookie: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (7332) BackgroundTransferHost.exe | Key: | HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\microsoft.windows.contentdeliverymanager_cw5n1h2txyewy\Internet Settings\Cache\History |
| Operation: | write | Name: | CachePrefix |
Value: Visited: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (4068) BackgroundTransferHost.exe | Key: | HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\microsoft.windows.contentdeliverymanager_cw5n1h2txyewy\Internet Settings\Cache\Content |
| Operation: | write | Name: | CachePrefix |
Value: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (4068) BackgroundTransferHost.exe | Key: | HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\microsoft.windows.contentdeliverymanager_cw5n1h2txyewy\Internet Settings\Cache\Cookies |
| Operation: | write | Name: | CachePrefix |
Value: Cookie: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (4068) BackgroundTransferHost.exe | Key: | HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\microsoft.windows.contentdeliverymanager_cw5n1h2txyewy\Internet Settings\Cache\History |
| Operation: | write | Name: | CachePrefix |
Value: Visited: | |||
Executable files
0
Suspicious files
141
Text files
6
Unknown types
0
Dropped files
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7700 | AcroCEF.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\AcroCef\DC\Acrobat\Cache\Code Cache\js\4a0e94571d979b3c_0 | binary | |
MD5:DF436818A26318B14E16E44E9DB793DE | SHA256:61A414B186C9D59513ADBA3DAC8B9E6734C00DFC8AB34A04FC9D2E4D059DCD16 | |||
| 7700 | AcroCEF.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\AcroCef\DC\Acrobat\Cache\Session Storage\LOG.old | text | |
MD5:EB1590F2607E1CE46DBF6A521F772EA0 | SHA256:4355D9A8A115BA4E41178B456A8A5578846EB1F7EC9509249C2405F758F31731 | |||
| 7700 | AcroCEF.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\AcroCef\DC\Acrobat\Cache\LOG.old | text | |
MD5:2EF1F7C0782D1A46974286420D24F629 | SHA256:D3A9BB7E09E1F4B0C41FF7808E930DDACF5DB3BACD98ECCF5BC7DB4863D1FCF5 | |||
| 7700 | AcroCEF.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\AcroCef\DC\Acrobat\Cache\Code Cache\js\8e417e79df3bf0e9_0 | binary | |
MD5:3B298CBA05F2E514B4A534ECA94739C0 | SHA256:3BEC8EA0593DCEE1E93A3FC8CA889A309D10E3CB3EA737E7AC060C9CE45D8B1E | |||
| 7700 | AcroCEF.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\AcroCef\DC\Acrobat\Cache\Code Cache\js\0786087c3c360803_0 | binary | |
MD5:BD6035C030C5FFE8CE5106FA0106B67F | SHA256:C5E549FF1AE552FD00E5E58C0CDD39EC9FF3F60C8353EFB84EEFE73DCD3C9380 | |||
| 7700 | AcroCEF.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\AcroCef\DC\Acrobat\Cache\Code Cache\js\bba29d2e6197e2f4_0 | binary | |
MD5:A665C10F4CDA7886F2AEFAE947C07F42 | SHA256:E45C4F718FAF3407AC9D94E37A43E9BB71620E9FA9AFBC2358D695C46B977A25 | |||
| 7700 | AcroCEF.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\AcroCef\DC\Acrobat\Cache\Code Cache\js\2a426f11fd8ebe18_0 | binary | |
MD5:2E2A6651288EF73B9ABC3A18FE85389D | SHA256:4755D0DCAC549FB5AF7A920663D60E76CA0244E7CBC297612F09FAB72C1008F8 | |||
| 7700 | AcroCEF.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\AcroCef\DC\Acrobat\Cache\LOG.old~RF10cd06.TMP | text | |
MD5:D012E5B4EB91B61F6E8AE2F8EC3C623E | SHA256:1BDA750084F20306722008016420E1912BA608CA8EFB9C661F7E7EFCF5E89673 | |||
| 7700 | AcroCEF.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\AcroCef\DC\Acrobat\Cache\Local Storage\leveldb\LOG.old~RF10cff4.TMP | text | |
MD5:ED7D8AAE48211E2BFAF557130572C62A | SHA256:A5CF8D8ADC86DCA357396AF7E3A24A116072D5C1E5552EEB76601AE2673DED6E | |||
| 7700 | AcroCEF.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\AcroCef\DC\Acrobat\Cache\Session Storage\LOG.old~RF10cff4.TMP | text | |
MD5:7383516745DEC1E86152192435F92D1F | SHA256:E22D34BBD915EEB277D4F4138D176EACE5577CF035EF7C2C80A4BC4D9B6C0E1D | |||
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HTTP(S) requests
7
TCP/UDP connections
29
DNS requests
19
Threats
0
HTTP requests
PID | Process | Method | HTTP Code | IP | URL | CN | Type | Size | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
6544 | svchost.exe | GET | 200 | 23.54.109.203:80 | http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
— | — | GET | 200 | 23.48.23.156:80 | http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
5344 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 23.219.150.101:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
5344 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 23.219.150.101:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Secure%20Server%20CA%202.1.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
7636 | backgroundTaskHost.exe | GET | 200 | 23.54.109.203:80 | http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBQ50otx%2Fh0Ztl%2Bz8SiPI7wEWVxDlQQUTiJUIBiV5uNu5g%2F6%2BrkS7QYXjzkCEAUZZSZEml49Gjh0j13P68w%3D | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
7332 | BackgroundTransferHost.exe | GET | 200 | 23.54.109.203:80 | http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBTrjrydRyt%2BApF3GSPypfHBxR5XtQQUs9tIpPmhxdiuNkHMEWNpYim8S8YCEAI5PUjXAkJafLQcAAsO18o%3D | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
5868 | Acrobat.exe | GET | 200 | 23.54.109.203:80 | http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAfy81yHqHeveu%2FpR5k1Jb0%3D | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
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Connections
PID | Process | IP | Domain | ASN | CN | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
— | — | 51.124.78.146:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | NL | whitelisted |
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:137 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
— | — | 192.168.100.255:138 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
— | — | 23.48.23.156:80 | crl.microsoft.com | Akamai International B.V. | DE | whitelisted |
2112 | svchost.exe | 20.73.194.208:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | NL | whitelisted |
3216 | svchost.exe | 20.197.71.89:443 | client.wns.windows.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | SG | whitelisted |
6544 | svchost.exe | 40.126.31.130:443 | login.live.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
6544 | svchost.exe | 23.54.109.203:80 | ocsp.digicert.com | AKAMAI-AS | DE | whitelisted |
7876 | AcroCEF.exe | 23.35.236.137:443 | geo2.adobe.com | AKAMAI-AS | DE | whitelisted |
7876 | AcroCEF.exe | 3.219.243.226:443 | p13n.adobe.io | AMAZON-AES | US | whitelisted |
DNS requests
Domain | IP | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
settings-win.data.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
crl.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
google.com |
| whitelisted |
client.wns.windows.com |
| whitelisted |
login.live.com |
| whitelisted |
ocsp.digicert.com |
| whitelisted |
geo2.adobe.com |
| whitelisted |
p13n.adobe.io |
| whitelisted |
arc.msn.com |
| whitelisted |
www.bing.com |
| whitelisted |