| File name: | Cathay Pacific-Employee-eFile.pdf |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/65d26e24-5287-4cee-9663-8a0e820248c3 |
| Verdict: | Malicious activity |
| Analysis date: | August 01, 2025, 02:35:40 |
| OS: | Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit) |
| Tags: | |
| Indicators: | |
| MIME: | application/pdf |
| File info: | PDF document, version 1.7, 1 page(s) (zip deflate encoded) |
| MD5: | D12AD15F82DDC6E616E5F3777A136D61 |
| SHA1: | B6998881547A8F6FAD43A798B256E966A5B477D8 |
| SHA256: | 88BDE61279B73D7F0A6ABC4CEFE438BF714AACFE6F57C7DB13654CD5175DE357 |
| SSDEEP: | 768:wvD2ltlXizz8guynihW+Xx7crkJbO7rQB6dVPd3FTFSzK18p+P9B6mMtMMHYp5NK:08zyQwxIYcqai3dT18M/Xm7 |
MALICIOUS
Suspicious URL found
- Acrobat.exe (PID: 4036)
QR code contains URL with email
- Acrobat.exe (PID: 4036)
SUSPICIOUS
QR code with Mixed Case Domain (Potential Phishing)
- Acrobat.exe (PID: 4036)
INFO
Application launched itself
- AcroCEF.exe (PID: 5764)
- Acrobat.exe (PID: 4036)
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TRiD
| | | Adobe Portable Document Format (100) |
EXIF
| PDFVersion: | 1.7 |
|---|---|
| Linearized: | No |
| PageCount: | 1 |
| PageMode: | UseOutlines |
| Language: | en-US |
| TaggedPDF: | Yes |
| Producer: | LibreOffice 24.2 |
| CreateDate: | 2025:07:31 15:30:01-07:00 |
Total processes
148
Monitored processes
13
Malicious processes
1
Suspicious processes
0
Behavior graph
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Process information
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
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| 1128 | "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=2832 --field-trial-handle=1628,i,3020995276940202892,13451688055419031234,131072 --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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| 1216 | "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\Acrobat.exe" --type=renderer /prefetch:1 "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Cathay Pacific-Employee-eFile.pdf" | C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\Acrobat.exe | — | Acrobat.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Adobe Systems Incorporated Integrity Level: LOW Description: Adobe Acrobat Version: 23.1.20093.0 Modules
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| 1244 | "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=angle --use-angle=swiftshader-webgl --log-file="C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrocef_1\debug.log" --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2560 --field-trial-handle=1628,i,3020995276940202892,13451688055419031234,131072 --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 Exit code: 0 Version: 23.1.20093.0 Modules
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| 2460 | "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrocef_1\AcroCEF.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=network.mojom.NetworkService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=none --log-severity=disable --user-agent-product="ReaderServices/23.1.20093 Chrome/105.0.0.0" --lang=en-US --log-file="C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrocef_1\debug.log" --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2092 --field-trial-handle=1628,i,3020995276940202892,13451688055419031234,131072 --disable-features=BackForwardCache,CalculateNativeWinOcclusion,WinUseBrowserSpellChecker /prefetch:8 | 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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| 2580 | "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=2964 --field-trial-handle=1628,i,3020995276940202892,13451688055419031234,131072 --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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| 4032 | "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" --first-renderer-process --log-file="C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrocef_1\debug.log" --touch-events=enabled --lang=en-US --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --renderer-client-id=5 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2248 --field-trial-handle=1628,i,3020995276940202892,13451688055419031234,131072 --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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| 4036 | "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\Acrobat.exe" "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Cathay Pacific-Employee-eFile.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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| 5468 | "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= --log-file="C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrocef_1\debug.log" --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1428 --field-trial-handle=1628,i,3020995276940202892,13451688055419031234,131072 --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 Exit code: 0 Version: 23.1.20093.0 Modules
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| 5476 | "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrocef_1\AcroCEF.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=storage.mojom.StorageService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=utility --log-severity=disable --user-agent-product="ReaderServices/23.1.20093 Chrome/105.0.0.0" --lang=en-US --log-file="C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrocef_1\debug.log" --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2076 --field-trial-handle=1628,i,3020995276940202892,13451688055419031234,131072 --disable-features=BackForwardCache,CalculateNativeWinOcclusion,WinUseBrowserSpellChecker /prefetch:8 | 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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| 5764 | "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrocef_1\AcroCEF.exe" --backgroundcolor=16514043 | C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrocef_1\AcroCEF.exe | — | Acrobat.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Adobe Systems Incorporated Integrity Level: LOW Description: Adobe AcroCEF Version: 23.1.20093.0 Modules
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Total events
15 791
Read events
15 689
Write events
100
Delete events
2
Modification events
| (PID) Process: | (4036) Acrobat.exe | Key: | HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Mappings\S-1-15-2-2034283098-2252572593-1072577386-2659511007-3245387615-27016815-3920691934 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | DisplayName |
Value: Adobe Acrobat Reader Protected Mode | |||
| (PID) Process: | (1216) Acrobat.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\ExitSection |
| Operation: | write | Name: | bLastExitNormal |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (1216) Acrobat.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\AVEntitlement |
| Operation: | write | Name: | sProductGUID |
Value: 4143524F4241545F475549445F4E474C5F44554D4D5900 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (1216) Acrobat.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\AVEntitlement |
| Operation: | write | Name: | sProductGUID |
Value: 4143524F5F5245534944554500 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (1216) Acrobat.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\AdobeViewer |
| Operation: | delete value | Name: | ProductInfoCache |
Value: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (1216) Acrobat.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\AdobeViewer |
| Operation: | write | Name: | EULAAcceptedForBrowser |
Value: 1 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (1216) Acrobat.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\AVEntitlement |
| Operation: | write | Name: | bSynchronizeOPL |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (1216) Acrobat.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\AVGeneral |
| Operation: | write | Name: | uLastAppLaunchTimeStamp |
Value: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (1216) Acrobat.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\AVGeneral |
| Operation: | write | Name: | iNumAcrobatLaunches |
Value: 7 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (1216) Acrobat.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\ToolsSearch |
| Operation: | write | Name: | iSearchHintIndex |
Value: 3 | |||
Executable files
0
Suspicious files
173
Text files
9
Unknown types
7
Dropped files
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4036 | Acrobat.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Adobe\Acrobat\DC\AdobeSysFnt23.lst | ps | |
MD5:366B140BAFC863B7E366AA1E51604759 | SHA256:CBC8B288DBD2C72432081CF33CEF431572A94C7FB89DBCD59973B99E3871814E | |||
| 1216 | Acrobat.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Adobe\Acrobat\DC\SOPHIA\Acrobat\SOPHIA.json | binary | |
MD5:837C1211E392A24D64C670DC10E8DA1B | SHA256:8013AC030684B86D754BBFBAB8A9CEC20CAA4DD9C03022715FF353DC10E14031 | |||
| 5764 | AcroCEF.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\AcroCef\DC\Acrobat\Cache\LOG.old~RF18d685.TMP | text | |
MD5:D012E5B4EB91B61F6E8AE2F8EC3C623E | SHA256:1BDA750084F20306722008016420E1912BA608CA8EFB9C661F7E7EFCF5E89673 | |||
| 1216 | Acrobat.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\acrobat_sbx\NGL\NGLClient_AcrobatReader123.1.20093.6 2025-08-01 02-35-48-504.log | text | |
MD5:460C6041966002D8384A18C895A65EB0 | SHA256:C83EC6E8FB3EC62481289C033238C1D9B08DB8076EAAD304099FD7A7F594F1B9 | |||
| 5764 | AcroCEF.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\AcroCef\DC\Acrobat\Cache\LOG.old | text | |
MD5:2EF1F7C0782D1A46974286420D24F629 | SHA256:D3A9BB7E09E1F4B0C41FF7808E930DDACF5DB3BACD98ECCF5BC7DB4863D1FCF5 | |||
| 1216 | Acrobat.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Adobe\Acrobat\DC\SOPHIA\Acrobat\Files\TESTING | mp3 | |
MD5:DC84B0D741E5BEAE8070013ADDCC8C28 | SHA256:81FF65EFC4487853BDB4625559E69AB44F19E0F5EFBD6D5B2AF5E3AB267C8E06 | |||
| 1216 | Acrobat.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\acrobat_sbx\acroNGLLog.txt | text | |
MD5:76742FED1FCB8852ED1D85BF5D4EF227 | SHA256:2E8069B59B83DE2687C17F025130FB834339C9C097834DAC3A669B024DCF2E97 | |||
| 1216 | Acrobat.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Adobe\Acrobat\DC\SharedDataEvents-journal | binary | |
MD5:7DF02C7D359D2E31324236DC12B70AB6 | SHA256:682F01566F2B91FDDA8078F9149CC329412B66374852D81C412675E2974604A8 | |||
| 5764 | AcroCEF.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\AcroCef\DC\Acrobat\Cache\Code Cache\js\4a0e94571d979b3c_0 | binary | |
MD5:6A38E68BD41E6B3D0F16F0D60ECE7D46 | SHA256:2EF792E1B1B566D1839DCAB35E71AC94F20F109314BF313816EFCD0B8295B86B | |||
| 5764 | AcroCEF.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\AcroCef\DC\Acrobat\Cache\Session Storage\LOG.old | text | |
MD5:EB1590F2607E1CE46DBF6A521F772EA0 | SHA256:4355D9A8A115BA4E41178B456A8A5578846EB1F7EC9509249C2405F758F31731 | |||
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HTTP(S) requests
6
TCP/UDP connections
28
DNS requests
22
Threats
0
HTTP requests
PID | Process | Method | HTTP Code | IP | URL | CN | Type | Size | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1268 | svchost.exe | GET | 200 | 23.216.77.28:80 | http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
1268 | svchost.exe | GET | 200 | 23.35.229.160:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
4036 | Acrobat.exe | GET | 200 | 184.30.131.245:80 | http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAfy81yHqHeveu%2FpR5k1Jb0%3D | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
4224 | svchost.exe | GET | 200 | 184.30.131.245:80 | http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
7836 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 23.3.109.244:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
7836 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 23.3.109.244:80 | 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 |
5944 | MoUsoCoreWorker.exe | 40.127.240.158:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
1268 | svchost.exe | 40.127.240.158:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
1740 | RUXIMICS.exe | 40.127.240.158:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:138 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
2460 | AcroCEF.exe | 23.35.236.137:443 | geo2.adobe.com | AKAMAI-AS | DE | whitelisted |
2460 | AcroCEF.exe | 54.224.241.105:443 | p13n.adobe.io | AMAZON-AES | US | whitelisted |
1268 | svchost.exe | 4.231.128.59:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
1268 | svchost.exe | 23.216.77.28:80 | crl.microsoft.com | Akamai International B.V. | DE | whitelisted |
1268 | svchost.exe | 23.35.229.160:80 | www.microsoft.com | AKAMAI-AS | DE | whitelisted |
DNS requests
Domain | IP | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
settings-win.data.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
google.com |
| whitelisted |
geo2.adobe.com |
| whitelisted |
p13n.adobe.io |
| whitelisted |
crl.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
www.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
armmf.adobe.com |
| whitelisted |
acroipm2.adobe.com |
| whitelisted |
ocsp.digicert.com |
| whitelisted |
login.live.com |
| whitelisted |