| File name: | AdobeARM.exe |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/6ca2fe0b-53dc-4176-85c0-35b530384755 |
| Verdict: | Malicious activity |
| Analysis date: | February 11, 2021, 20:41:36 |
| OS: | Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit) |
| Indicators: | |
| MIME: | application/x-dosexec |
| File info: | PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows |
| MD5: | B8B96354DD88484208F17101F6704F7C |
| SHA1: | 68815C39F47A0B8F766D9191E7AC55D3199D1C96 |
| SHA256: | AD25D9F873A80F454CE2ACBB75246463070E216C89B042EE87B9A6204DD146C0 |
| SSDEEP: | 24576:o8K1tzizZMWgHWA1r+4tluCgG0XD8aMCFugvVDYb:tK19i7gHWA1r+6luCgtD8aPugvVDYb |
MALICIOUS
Changes settings of System certificates
- AdobeARMHelper.exe (PID: 2284)
- AdobeARM.exe (PID: 672)
Application was dropped or rewritten from another process
- AdobeARMHelper.exe (PID: 2284)
- AdobeARMHelper.exe (PID: 3000)
Loads the Task Scheduler COM API
- MsiExec.exe (PID: 3900)
- MsiExec.exe (PID: 2436)
- MsiExec.exe (PID: 3388)
- MsiExec.exe (PID: 2456)
SUSPICIOUS
Executable content was dropped or overwritten
- AdobeARM.exe (PID: 2428)
- msiexec.exe (PID: 2764)
Drops a file that was compiled in debug mode
- AdobeARM.exe (PID: 2428)
- msiexec.exe (PID: 2764)
Creates files in the program directory
- AdobeARM.exe (PID: 2428)
- AdobeARMHelper.exe (PID: 2284)
Creates files in the Windows directory
- AdobeARM.exe (PID: 2428)
- MsiExec.exe (PID: 3940)
Removes files from Windows directory
- AdobeARM.exe (PID: 2428)
- MsiExec.exe (PID: 3940)
Adds / modifies Windows certificates
- AdobeARMHelper.exe (PID: 2284)
- AdobeARM.exe (PID: 672)
INFO
Loads dropped or rewritten executable
- MsiExec.exe (PID: 3900)
- MsiExec.exe (PID: 2436)
- MsiExec.exe (PID: 3388)
- MsiExec.exe (PID: 2456)
- MsiExec.exe (PID: 3940)
Creates files in the program directory
- msiexec.exe (PID: 2764)
Creates a software uninstall entry
- msiexec.exe (PID: 2764)
Application launched itself
- msiexec.exe (PID: 2764)
Reads settings of System Certificates
- msiexec.exe (PID: 2764)
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TRiD
| .exe | | | Win64 Executable (generic) (64.6) |
|---|---|---|
| .dll | | | Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (15.4) |
| .exe | | | Win32 Executable (generic) (10.5) |
| .exe | | | Generic Win/DOS Executable (4.6) |
| .exe | | | DOS Executable Generic (4.6) |
EXIF
EXE
| MachineType: | Intel 386 or later, and compatibles |
|---|---|
| TimeStamp: | 2021:01:26 06:50:58+01:00 |
| PEType: | PE32 |
| LinkerVersion: | 14.24 |
| CodeSize: | 738816 |
| InitializedDataSize: | 832512 |
| UninitializedDataSize: | - |
| EntryPoint: | 0x68630 |
| OSVersion: | 6 |
| ImageVersion: | - |
| SubsystemVersion: | 6 |
| Subsystem: | Windows GUI |
| FileVersionNumber: | 1.824.42.176 |
| ProductVersionNumber: | 1.824.42.176 |
| FileFlagsMask: | 0x003f |
| FileFlags: | (none) |
| FileOS: | Win32 |
| ObjectFileType: | Executable application |
| FileSubtype: | - |
| LanguageCode: | English (U.S.) |
| CharacterSet: | Windows, Latin1 |
| CompanyName: | Adobe Inc. |
| FileDescription: | Adobe Reader and Acrobat Manager |
| FileVersion: | 1.824.42.0176 |
| InternalName: | AdobeARM.exe |
| LegalCopyright: | Copyright © 2020 Adobe Inc. All rights reserved. |
| OriginalFileName: | AdobeARM.exe |
| ProductName: | Adobe Reader and Acrobat Manager |
| ProductVersion: | 1.824.42.0176 |
Summary
| Architecture: | IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386 |
|---|---|
| Subsystem: | IMAGE_SUBSYSTEM_WINDOWS_GUI |
| Compilation Date: | 26-Jan-2021 05:50:58 |
| Detected languages: |
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| Debug artifacts: |
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| CompanyName: | Adobe Inc. |
| FileDescription: | Adobe Reader and Acrobat Manager |
| FileVersion: | 1.824.42.0176 |
| InternalName: | AdobeARM.exe |
| LegalCopyright: | Copyright © 2020 Adobe Inc. All rights reserved. |
| OriginalFilename: | AdobeARM.exe |
| ProductName: | Adobe Reader and Acrobat Manager |
| ProductVersion: | 1.824.42.0176 |
DOS Header
| Magic number: | MZ |
|---|---|
| Bytes on last page of file: | 0x0090 |
| Pages in file: | 0x0003 |
| Relocations: | 0x0000 |
| Size of header: | 0x0004 |
| Min extra paragraphs: | 0x0000 |
| Max extra paragraphs: | 0xFFFF |
| Initial SS value: | 0x0000 |
| Initial SP value: | 0x00B8 |
| Checksum: | 0x0000 |
| Initial IP value: | 0x0000 |
| Initial CS value: | 0x0000 |
| Overlay number: | 0x0000 |
| OEM identifier: | 0x0000 |
| OEM information: | 0x0000 |
| Address of NE header: | 0x00000110 |
PE Headers
| Signature: | PE |
|---|---|
| Machine: | IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386 |
| Number of sections: | 5 |
| Time date stamp: | 26-Jan-2021 05:50:58 |
| Pointer to Symbol Table: | 0x00000000 |
| Number of symbols: | 0 |
| Size of Optional Header: | 0x00E0 |
| Characteristics: |
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Sections
Name | Virtual Address | Virtual Size | Raw Size | Charateristics | Entropy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
.text | 0x00001000 | 0x000B45BA | 0x000B4600 | IMAGE_SCN_CNT_CODE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_EXECUTE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ | 6.61991 |
.rdata | 0x000B6000 | 0x000579A4 | 0x00057A00 | IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ | 3.85077 |
.data | 0x0010E000 | 0x00008500 | 0x00002E00 | IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE | 4.17471 |
.rsrc | 0x00117000 | 0x0005F1E0 | 0x0005F200 | IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ | 5.21497 |
.reloc | 0x00177000 | 0x0000C01C | 0x0000C200 | IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_DISCARDABLE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ | 6.63446 |
Resources
Title | Entropy | Size | Codepage | Language | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 5.12107 | 796 | UNKNOWN | English - United States | RT_MANIFEST |
2 | 2.91909 | 16936 | UNKNOWN | English - United States | RT_ICON |
3 | 2.97932 | 9640 | UNKNOWN | English - United States | RT_ICON |
4 | 3.46925 | 4264 | UNKNOWN | English - United States | RT_ICON |
5 | 3.74186 | 2440 | UNKNOWN | English - United States | RT_ICON |
6 | 3.55989 | 1128 | UNKNOWN | English - United States | RT_ICON |
7 | 2.97932 | 9640 | UNKNOWN | English - United States | RT_ICON |
8 | 3.02695 | 308 | UNKNOWN | English - United States | RT_CURSOR |
9 | 3.18243 | 286 | UNKNOWN | English - United States | RT_DIALOG |
10 | 2.34038 | 308 | UNKNOWN | English - United States | RT_CURSOR |
Imports
ADVAPI32.dll |
COMCTL32.dll |
CRYPT32.dll |
GDI32.dll |
KERNEL32.dll |
OLEACC.dll |
OLEAUT32.dll |
PSAPI.DLL |
SHELL32.dll |
SHLWAPI.dll |
Total processes
48
Monitored processes
11
Malicious processes
3
Suspicious processes
1
Behavior graph
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Process information
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 672 | "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARM.exe" /ArmUpdate /MSI FOLDER:"C:\ProgramData\Adobe\ARM\S\8094" /MODE:1 /PRODUCT:Reader /VERSION:15.0 /LANG:ENU | C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARM.exe | — | AdobeARMHelper.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Adobe Systems Incorporated Integrity Level: HIGH Description: Adobe Reader and Acrobat Manager Exit code: 0 Version: 1.824.27.2646 Modules
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| 2284 | "C:\ProgramData\Adobe\ARM\S\8094\AdobeARMHelper.exe" /ArmUpdate /MSI FOLDER:"C:\ProgramData\Adobe\ARM\S\8094" /MODE:1 /PRODUCT:Reader /VERSION:15.0 /LANG:ENU | C:\ProgramData\Adobe\ARM\S\8094\AdobeARMHelper.exe | AdobeARM.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Adobe Systems Incorporated Integrity Level: HIGH Description: Adobe Reader and Acrobat Manager Helper Exit code: 0 Version: 1.824.27.2646 Modules
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| 2428 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AdobeARM.exe" | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AdobeARM.exe | explorer.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Adobe Inc. Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Adobe Reader and Acrobat Manager Exit code: 0 Version: 1.824.42.0176 Modules
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| 2436 | C:\Windows\system32\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 0031A7DE8EA4B1228C34248A7129DD5C M Global\MSI0000 | C:\Windows\system32\MsiExec.exe | — | msiexec.exe | |||||||||||
User: SYSTEM Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: SYSTEM Description: Windows® installer Exit code: 0 Version: 5.0.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) Modules
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| 2456 | C:\Windows\system32\MsiExec.exe -Embedding C1D927A7C92EE1ABC23493181751F11B M Global\MSI0000 | C:\Windows\system32\MsiExec.exe | — | msiexec.exe | |||||||||||
User: SYSTEM Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: SYSTEM Description: Windows® installer Exit code: 0 Version: 5.0.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) Modules
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| 2764 | C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe /V | C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe | services.exe | ||||||||||||
User: SYSTEM Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: SYSTEM Description: Windows® installer Exit code: 0 Version: 5.0.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) Modules
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| 3000 | "C:\ProgramData\Adobe\ARM\S\8094\AdobeARMHelper.exe" /ArmUpdate /MSI FOLDER:"C:\ProgramData\Adobe\ARM\S\8094" /MODE:1 /PRODUCT:Reader /VERSION:15.0 /LANG:ENU | C:\ProgramData\Adobe\ARM\S\8094\AdobeARMHelper.exe | — | AdobeARM.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Adobe Systems Incorporated Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Adobe Reader and Acrobat Manager Helper Exit code: 3221226540 Version: 1.824.27.2646 Modules
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| 3388 | C:\Windows\system32\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 9F248C27F0434DCED45E24762010C60E M Global\MSI0000 | C:\Windows\system32\MsiExec.exe | — | msiexec.exe | |||||||||||
User: SYSTEM Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: SYSTEM Description: Windows® installer Exit code: 0 Version: 5.0.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) Modules
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| 3840 | "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 Modules
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| 3900 | C:\Windows\system32\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 15C0AD03D0B7BD86DC33BA89DCD252A0 M Global\MSI0000 | C:\Windows\system32\MsiExec.exe | — | msiexec.exe | |||||||||||
User: SYSTEM Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: SYSTEM Description: Windows® installer Exit code: 0 Version: 5.0.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) Modules
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Total events
4 359
Read events
4 130
Write events
191
Delete events
38
Modification events
| (PID) Process: | (2428) AdobeARM.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\Content |
| Operation: | write | Name: | CachePrefix |
Value: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2428) AdobeARM.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\Cookies |
| Operation: | write | Name: | CachePrefix |
Value: Cookie: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2428) AdobeARM.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\History |
| Operation: | write | Name: | CachePrefix |
Value: Visited: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2428) AdobeARM.exe | Key: | HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\MuiCache\13B\52C64B7E |
| Operation: | write | Name: | LanguageList |
Value: en-US | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2764) msiexec.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\InProgress |
| Operation: | write | Name: | (default) |
Value: C:\Windows\Installer\d2711.ipi | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2764) msiexec.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders |
| Operation: | write | Name: | C:\Config.Msi\ |
Value: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2764) msiexec.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Rollback\Scripts |
| Operation: | write | Name: | C:\Config.Msi\d2712.rbs |
Value: 30867638 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2764) msiexec.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Rollback\Scripts |
| Operation: | write | Name: | C:\Config.Msi\d2712.rbsLow |
Value: 1595653152 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2764) msiexec.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData\S-1-5-18\Components\A1BF16734F09DF24787B7AE363E01A86 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | 68AB67CA408033019195008142726264 |
Value: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARM.exe | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2764) msiexec.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData\S-1-5-18\Components\6639F7A1600D0DD43B6C80F98BA770EC |
| Operation: | write | Name: | 68AB67CA408033019195008142726264 |
Value: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARMHelper.exe | |||
Executable files
6
Suspicious files
8
Text files
50
Unknown types
0
Dropped files
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2428 | AdobeARM.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\TmpABE.tmp | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 2428 | AdobeARM.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\TmpACF.tmp | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 2428 | AdobeARM.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Tmp258C.tmp | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 2428 | AdobeARM.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Tmp259C.tmp | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 2764 | msiexec.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\~DF95B930D3D9F40BB7.TMP | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 2764 | msiexec.exe | C:\Config.Msi\d2713.rbf | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 2764 | msiexec.exe | C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\armsvc.exe | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 2764 | msiexec.exe | C:\Windows\Installer\MSI28E7.tmp | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 2764 | msiexec.exe | C:\Windows\Installer\MSI2965.tmp | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 2764 | msiexec.exe | C:\Config.Msi\d2712.rbs | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
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HTTP(S) requests
0
TCP/UDP connections
2
DNS requests
3
Threats
0
HTTP requests
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Connections
PID | Process | IP | Domain | ASN | CN | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
— | — | 104.80.28.144:443 | ardownload2.adobe.com | Akamai Technologies, Inc. | US | suspicious |
— | — | 104.79.88.64:443 | armmf.adobe.com | Time Warner Cable Internet LLC | US | suspicious |
DNS requests
Domain | IP | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
armmf.adobe.com |
| whitelisted |
ardownload2.adobe.com |
| whitelisted |