Malware analysis Aqua Tech WaterJet and Laser.pdf Malicious activity

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File name:	Aqua Tech WaterJet and Laser.pdf
Full analysis:	https://app.any.run/tasks/29b209eb-fd81-46c7-b80a-17e26247139d
Verdict:	Malicious activity
Analysis date:	October 09, 2019, 15:10:05
OS:	Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit)
Tags:	phishing phish-pdf generated-doc
Indicators:
MIME:	application/pdf
File info:	PDF document, version 1.7
MD5:	09665C588F126A4015A50971D63B321E
SHA1:	BBD15E5CAB9C2F7E143E68747C73A48753D1D91B
SHA256:	5C0D9A889B252A1282AA01E75505553C0ADA009E7C26F5579BC33B245C4B007E
SSDEEP:	1536:6EuxPaPY/TCVA+YJ52yDhLbgxVvgIRyXOkR8jDc50SsdBS:Hu4PYLCVdYJMydUKFowwS

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Launch configuration

Task duration:: 60 seconds
Heavy Evasion option:: off
Network geolocation:: off
Additional time used:: none
MITM proxy:: off
Privacy:: Public submission
Fakenet option:: off
Route via Tor:: off
Autoconfirmation of UAC:: on
Network:: on

Software preset

Internet Explorer 8.0.7601.17514 undefined
Adobe Acrobat Reader DC MUI (15.023.20070)
Adobe Flash Player 26 ActiveX (26.0.0.131)
Adobe Flash Player 26 NPAPI (26.0.0.131)
Adobe Flash Player 26 PPAPI (26.0.0.131)
Adobe Refresh Manager (1.8.0)
CCleaner (5.35)
FileZilla Client 3.36.0 (3.36.0)
Google Chrome (75.0.3770.100)
Google Update Helper (1.3.34.7)
Java 8 Update 92 (8.0.920.14)
Java Auto Updater (2.8.92.14)
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.2 (4.7.03062)
Microsoft Office Access MUI (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office Access Setup Metadata MUI (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office Excel MUI (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office OneNote MUI (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office Outlook MUI (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office PowerPoint MUI (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office Professional 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office Proof (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office Proof (French) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office Proof (Spanish) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office Proofing (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office Publisher MUI (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office Shared MUI (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office Shared Setup Metadata MUI (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office Single Image 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office Word MUI (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable - x86 9.0.30729.6161 (9.0.30729.6161)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 x86 Redistributable - 10.0.40219 (10.0.40219)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable (x86) - 12.0.30501 (12.0.30501.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 x86 Additional Runtime - 12.0.21005 (12.0.21005)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 x86 Minimum Runtime - 12.0.21005 (12.0.21005)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2019 Redistributable (x86) - 14.21.27702 (14.21.27702.2)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2019 X86 Additional Runtime - 14.21.27702 (14.21.27702)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2019 X86 Minimum Runtime - 14.21.27702 (14.21.27702)
Mozilla Firefox 68.0.1 (x86 en-US) (68.0.1)
Notepad++ (32-bit x86) (7.5.1)
Opera 12.15 (12.15.1748)
Skype version 8.29 (8.29)
Update for Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.2 (KB4087364) (1)
VLC media player (2.2.6)
WinRAR 5.60 (32-bit) (5.60.0)

Hotfixes

Client LanguagePack Package
Client Refresh LanguagePack Package
CodecPack Basic Package
Foundation Package
IE Troubleshooters Package
InternetExplorer Optional Package
KB2534111
KB2999226
KB4019990
KB976902
LocalPack AU Package
LocalPack CA Package
LocalPack GB Package
LocalPack US Package
LocalPack ZA Package
ProfessionalEdition
UltimateEdition

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MALICIOUS
No malicious indicators.
SUSPICIOUS
- Creates files in the program directory
  - AdobeARM.exe (PID: 184)
INFO
- Reads the hosts file
  - RdrCEF.exe (PID: 2512)
- Application launched itself
  - RdrCEF.exe (PID: 2512)
  - AcroRd32.exe (PID: 3208)

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No Malware configuration.

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TRiD

.pdf	\|	Adobe Portable Document Format (100)

EXIF

PDF

Trapped:	-
Title:	-
Subject:	-
SourceModified:	D:20191008184830+17'48'
Producer:	-
ModifyDate:	2019:10:08 18:48:30+17:48
Creator:	WPS Writer
CreateDate:	2019:10:08 18:48:30+17:48
Company:	-
Comments:	-
Author:	-
PageCount:	1
Linearized:	No
PDFVersion:	1.7

No data.

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Total processes

Monitored processes

Malicious processes

Suspicious processes

Behavior graph

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Process information

PID	CMD	Path	Indicators	Parent process
3208	"C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroRd32.exe" "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Aqua Tech WaterJet and Laser.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 Version: 15.23.20070.215641
2164	"C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroRd32.exe" --type=renderer "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Aqua Tech WaterJet and Laser.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 Version: 15.23.20070.215641
2512	"C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.exe" --backgroundcolor=16448250	C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.exe	—	AcroRd32.exe
User: admin Company: Adobe Systems Incorporated Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Adobe RdrCEF Version: 15.23.20053.211670
3752	"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="2512.0.1974801888\662500989" --allow-no-sandbox-job /prefetch:673131151	C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.exe	—	RdrCEF.exe
User: admin Company: Adobe Systems Incorporated Integrity Level: LOW Description: Adobe RdrCEF Version: 15.23.20053.211670
2296	"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="2512.1.897527784\75906" --allow-no-sandbox-job /prefetch:673131151	C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.exe	—	RdrCEF.exe
User: admin Company: Adobe Systems Incorporated Integrity Level: LOW Description: Adobe RdrCEF Version: 15.23.20053.211670
184	"C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARM.exe" /PRODUCT:Reader /VERSION:15.0 /MODE:3	C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARM.exe	—	AcroRd32.exe
User: admin Company: Adobe Systems Incorporated Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Adobe Reader and Acrobat Manager Version: 1.824.27.2646
3504	"C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\Reader_sl.exe"	C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\Reader_sl.exe	—	AdobeARM.exe
User: admin Company: Adobe Systems Incorporated Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Adobe Acrobat SpeedLauncher Exit code: 0 Version: 15.23.20053.211670

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Total events

219

Read events

185

Write events

Delete events

Modification events


(PID) Process:	(2164) AcroRd32.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\DC\ExitSection
Operation:	write	Name:	bLastExitNormal
Value: 0
(PID) Process:	(2164) AcroRd32.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\DC\AVGeneral
Operation:	write	Name:	bExpandRHPInViewer
Value: 1
(PID) Process:	(2164) AcroRd32.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\DC\NoTimeOut
Operation:	write	Name:	smailto
Value: 5900
(PID) Process:	(3208) AcroRd32.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings
Operation:	write	Name:	ProxyEnable
Value: 0
(PID) Process:	(3208) AcroRd32.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Connections
Operation:	write	Name:	SavedLegacySettings
Value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
(PID) Process:	(3208) AcroRd32.exe	Key:	HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\MuiCache\72\52C64B7E
Operation:	write	Name:	LanguageList
Value: en-US
(PID) Process:	(3208) AcroRd32.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap
Operation:	write	Name:	UNCAsIntranet
Value: 0
(PID) Process:	(3208) AcroRd32.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap
Operation:	write	Name:	AutoDetect
Value: 1
(PID) Process:	(184) AdobeARM.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Adobe ARM\1.0\ARM
Operation:	write	Name:	iSpeedLauncherLogonTime
Value: 62975DF2B56FD501
(PID) Process:	(184) AdobeARM.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap
Operation:	write	Name:	UNCAsIntranet
Value: 0

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Executable files

Suspicious files

Text files

Unknown types

Dropped files

PID	Process	Filename		Type
2164	AcroRd32.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\acrord32_sbx\A9Rbxkgq5_59nsyw_1o4.tmp		—
		MD5:—	SHA256:—
2164	AcroRd32.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\acrord32_sbx\A9R1j5wr86_59nsyx_1o4.tmp		—
		MD5:—	SHA256:—
2164	AcroRd32.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\acrord32_sbx\A9R1hqddu0_59nsyy_1o4.tmp		—
		MD5:—	SHA256:—
2164	AcroRd32.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\acrord32_sbx\A9Rl2i7zz_59nsyz_1o4.tmp		—
		MD5:—	SHA256:—
2164	AcroRd32.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\acrord32_sbx\A9R1wqvdjg_59nsyv_1o4.tmp		—
		MD5:—	SHA256:—
184	AdobeARM.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\TmpD90C.tmp		—
		MD5:—	SHA256:—
184	AdobeARM.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\TmpD91D.tmp		—
		MD5:—	SHA256:—
2164	AcroRd32.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Adobe\Acrobat\DC\UserCache.bin		binary
		MD5:95E9076CF2E0D03E275778F49E306F22	SHA256:198F16F5B7E01819336540ED7127E6324C91A1DEDA7ECB92C56E14166E0269EC
2164	AcroRd32.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\Acrobat\DC\ReaderMessages-journal		binary
		MD5:8B88D2014BC80CE28AEAAC64D23D7AD6	SHA256:0B2FC35C5E5C06481C06BA3D97D6DA7C44F3505365EB444098328D1141DF6259
2164	AcroRd32.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\Acrobat\DC\ReaderMessages		sqlite
		MD5:0B8BDBB076B08E5036ED7E9D59564860	SHA256:60E1FE70C2C455F22D9BE3E19CAB4FF36C4D12D92B5058EE5CE71A8C8373E3EB

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HTTP(S) requests

TCP/UDP connections

DNS requests

Threats

HTTP requests

PID	Process	Method	HTTP Code	IP	URL	CN	Type	Size	Reputation
3208	AcroRd32.exe	GET	304	2.16.186.57:80	http://acroipm2.adobe.com/15/rdr/ENU/win/nooem/none/consumer/281_15_23_20070.zip	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
3208	AcroRd32.exe	GET	304	2.16.186.57:80	http://acroipm2.adobe.com/15/rdr/ENU/win/nooem/none/consumer/280_15_23_20070.zip	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
3208	AcroRd32.exe	GET	304	2.16.186.57:80	http://acroipm2.adobe.com/15/rdr/ENU/win/nooem/none/consumer/277_15_23_20070.zip	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
3208	AcroRd32.exe	GET	304	2.16.186.57:80	http://acroipm2.adobe.com/15/rdr/ENU/win/nooem/none/consumer/message.zip	unknown	—	—	whitelisted

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Connections

PID	Process	IP	Domain	ASN	CN	Reputation
3208	AcroRd32.exe	2.16.186.57:80	acroipm2.adobe.com	Akamai International B.V.	—	whitelisted
3208	AcroRd32.exe	2.21.36.203:443	armmf.adobe.com	GTT Communications Inc.	FR	suspicious
—	—	2.21.36.203:443	armmf.adobe.com	GTT Communications Inc.	FR	suspicious
—	—	2.18.233.74:443	ardownload2.adobe.com	Akamai International B.V.	—	whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain	IP	Reputation
acroipm2.adobe.com	2.16.186.57 2.16.186.97	whitelisted
armmf.adobe.com	2.21.36.203	whitelisted
ardownload2.adobe.com	2.18.233.74	whitelisted

Threats

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General Info

Aqua Tech WaterJet and Laser.pdf

09665C588F126A4015A50971D63B321E

BBD15E5CAB9C2F7E143E68747C73A48753D1D91B

5C0D9A889B252A1282AA01E75505553C0ADA009E7C26F5579BC33B245C4B007E

1536:6EuxPaPY/TCVA+YJ52yDhLbgxVvgIRyXOkR8jDc50SsdBS:Hu4PYLCVdYJMydUKFowwS

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MALICIOUS

SUSPICIOUS

Creates files in the program directory

INFO

Reads the hosts file

Application launched itself

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TRiD

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PDF

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