Malware analysis VN2025-019·pdf Malicious activity | ANY.RUN

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File name:	VN2025-019·pdf
Full analysis:	https://app.any.run/tasks/52a814c7-7eea-4f14-8225-825c33525c38
Verdict:	Malicious activity
Analysis date:	April 03, 2025, 08:34:28
OS:	Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit)
Tags:	arch-scr
Indicators:
MIME:	application/zip
File info:	Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compression method=deflate
MD5:	7E244246B91C4078DC49D7969511AC2B
SHA1:	6F3A65E589B5E2CD06175FE451EBB74FFC1C8212
SHA256:	B59E92CCE702F578194BE164AD1CE4DD20E5F7BBF4B6A53823F97B790DD34D5E
SSDEEP:	384:qnCt5TbAvsRDXDdLlk+eGxSZ+tWiLTYYstyzHK529ongYHhLOGkhaeN:bfAkpG+eaSZ+t+YstyOaong/

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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 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
- Generic archive extractor
  - WinRAR.exe (PID: 496)
- Uses sleep, probably for evasion detection (SCRIPT)
  - wscript.exe (PID: 5056)
SUSPICIOUS
- Accesses WMI object, sets custom ImpersonationLevel (SCRIPT)
  - wscript.exe (PID: 5056)
- Runs shell command (SCRIPT)
  - wscript.exe (PID: 5056)
- The process creates files with name similar to system file names
  - WerFault.exe (PID: 668)
- Executes application which crashes
  - wscript.exe (PID: 5056)
INFO
- Manual execution by a user
  - wscript.exe (PID: 5056)
- Creates files or folders in the user directory
  - WerFault.exe (PID: 668)

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No Malware configuration.

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TRiD

.zip	\|	ZIP compressed archive (100)

EXIF

ZIP

ZipRequiredVersion:	20
ZipBitFlag:	-
ZipCompression:	Deflated
ZipModifyDate:	2025:03:20 02:15:20
ZipCRC:	0xa6e16219
ZipCompressedSize:	20140
ZipUncompressedSize:	49433
ZipFileName:	VN2025-019?pdf.vbs

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Total processes

136

Monitored processes

Malicious processes

Suspicious processes

Behavior graph

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Process information

PID

CMD

Path

Indicators

Parent process

496

"C:\Program Files\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\VN2025-019·pdf.zip

C:\Program Files\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe

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explorer.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Alexander Roshal

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

WinRAR archiver

Version:

5.91.0

Modules

Images
c:\program files\winrar\winrar.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\win32u.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32full.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll

668

C:\WINDOWS\system32\WerFault.exe -u -p 5056 -s 1116

C:\Windows\System32\WerFault.exe

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wscript.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Windows Problem Reporting

Exit code:

Version:

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\windows\system32\werfault.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\oleaut32.dll
c:\windows\system32\cryptsp.dll

1056

ping Classic6637.6637.6637.657e

C:\Windows\System32\PING.EXE

—

wscript.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

TCP/IP Ping Command

Exit code:

Version:

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\windows\system32\ping.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\ws2_32.dll
c:\windows\system32\iphlpapi.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\mswsock.dll
c:\windows\system32\dnsapi.dll

3100

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

C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe

—

PING.EXE

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Console Window Host

Exit code:

Version:

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
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

5056

"C:\WINDOWS\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\Users\admin\Desktop\VN2025-019·pdf.vbs"

C:\Windows\System32\wscript.exe

explorer.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Microsoft ® Windows Based Script Host

Exit code:

3221225477

Version:

5.812.10240.16384

Modules

Images
c:\windows\system32\wscript.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

5072

C:\WINDOWS\system32\SppExtComObj.exe -Embedding

C:\Windows\System32\SppExtComObj.Exe

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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

6248

"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

4 511

Read events

4 487

Write events

Delete events

Modification events


(PID) Process:	(496) WinRAR.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\ArcHistory
Operation:	write	Name:	3
Value: C:\Users\admin\Desktop\preferences.zip
(PID) Process:	(496) WinRAR.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\ArcHistory
Operation:	write	Name:	2
Value: C:\Users\admin\Desktop\chromium_ext.zip
(PID) Process:	(496) WinRAR.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\ArcHistory
Operation:	write	Name:	1
Value: C:\Users\admin\Desktop\omni_23_10_2024_.zip
(PID) Process:	(496) WinRAR.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\ArcHistory
Operation:	write	Name:	0
Value: C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\VN2025-019·pdf.zip
(PID) Process:	(496) WinRAR.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\FileList\FileColumnWidths
Operation:	write	Name:	name
Value: 120
(PID) Process:	(496) WinRAR.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\FileList\FileColumnWidths
Operation:	write	Name:	size
Value: 80
(PID) Process:	(496) WinRAR.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\FileList\FileColumnWidths
Operation:	write	Name:	type
Value: 120
(PID) Process:	(496) WinRAR.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\FileList\FileColumnWidths
Operation:	write	Name:	mtime
Value: 100
(PID) Process:	(496) WinRAR.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\DialogEditHistory\ExtrPath
Operation:	write	Name:	2
Value: C:\Users\admin\Desktop\Preferences
(PID) Process:	(496) WinRAR.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\DialogEditHistory\ExtrPath
Operation:	write	Name:	1
Value: C:\Users\admin\Desktop\ext

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Executable files

Suspicious files

Text files

Unknown types

Dropped files

PID	Process	Filename		Type
668	WerFault.exe	C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportQueue\AppCrash_WScript.exe_1cca757ab2cb4c9e5f686f545a9565ea6591b_debcac4a_ef285e8c-8536-4940-8de8-48955403c2fb\Report.wer		—
		MD5:—	SHA256:—
496	WinRAR.exe	C:\Users\admin\Desktop\VN2025-019·pdf.vbs		text
		MD5:ACE4FBF07F293F54016B7AC02105D1EE	SHA256:7531DA30E866B405160207BF2611873A5E14F628F47DE0112B5D2F858DFBD912
668	WerFault.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\CrashDumps\wscript.exe.5056.dmp		binary
		MD5:9FF995964E47D6B45179179C7F6B389A	SHA256:889D029A14CBEAA00C77BB0D1458CF575650B87EC96DC9F0AEE6F4505721E666
668	WerFault.exe	C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WERD99.tmp.dmp		binary
		MD5:7ECD35AAEC2D2597163F8B9C918DA6F0	SHA256:4ADDD1FACD3545C59E45D8379F9BB83A5F480F80ACDDCC863D446275DB48146E
668	WerFault.exe	C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WERFBE.tmp.xml		xml
		MD5:AFA12BE938E732B3399686CF737467DC	SHA256:1F9BE4C92F1425B37855C4628525861DAD50E7DFC218E87D39F1C84C81CA184F
668	WerFault.exe	C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WERF7F.tmp.WERInternalMetadata.xml		binary
		MD5:2630D94975851949AF8C7AEB9E4FB8AF	SHA256:D0AAF38ED8A8A05B9C6E3F9083F74456A4379A30A34310CB60628055065CA99F

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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
6544	svchost.exe	GET	200	2.17.190.73:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
—	—	GET	200	2.16.164.120:80	http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
5984	SIHClient.exe	GET	200	104.85.1.163:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
5984	SIHClient.exe	GET	200	104.85.1.163:80	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	192.168.100.255:138	—	—	—	whitelisted
—	—	20.73.194.208:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	NL	whitelisted
—	—	2.16.164.120:80	crl.microsoft.com	Akamai International B.V.	NL	whitelisted
3216	svchost.exe	20.198.162.78:443	client.wns.windows.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	SG	whitelisted
4	System	192.168.100.255:137	—	—	—	whitelisted
6544	svchost.exe	40.126.32.72:443	login.live.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	NL	whitelisted
6544	svchost.exe	2.17.190.73:80	ocsp.digicert.com	AKAMAI-AS	DE	whitelisted
2104	svchost.exe	40.127.240.158:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
5984	SIHClient.exe	52.149.20.212:443	slscr.update.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	US	whitelisted
5984	SIHClient.exe	104.85.1.163:80	www.microsoft.com	AKAMAI-AS	NL	whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain	IP	Reputation
google.com	142.250.185.110	whitelisted
settings-win.data.microsoft.com	20.73.194.208 40.127.240.158	whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com	2.16.164.120 2.16.164.49	whitelisted
client.wns.windows.com	20.198.162.78	whitelisted
login.live.com	40.126.32.72 40.126.32.134 20.190.160.22 40.126.32.138 20.190.160.65 40.126.32.140 20.190.160.4 20.190.160.132	whitelisted
ocsp.digicert.com	2.17.190.73	whitelisted
Classic6637.6637.6637.657e	—	unknown
slscr.update.microsoft.com	52.149.20.212	whitelisted
www.microsoft.com	104.85.1.163	whitelisted
fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com	13.95.31.18	whitelisted

Threats

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General Info

VN2025-019·pdf

7E244246B91C4078DC49D7969511AC2B

6F3A65E589B5E2CD06175FE451EBB74FFC1C8212

B59E92CCE702F578194BE164AD1CE4DD20E5F7BBF4B6A53823F97B790DD34D5E

384:qnCt5TbAvsRDXDdLlk+eGxSZ+tWiLTYYstyzHK529ongYHhLOGkhaeN:bfAkpG+eaSZ+t+YstyOaong/

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Behavior activities

MALICIOUS

Generic archive extractor

Uses sleep, probably for evasion detection (SCRIPT)

SUSPICIOUS

Accesses WMI object, sets custom ImpersonationLevel (SCRIPT)

Runs shell command (SCRIPT)

The process creates files with name similar to system file names

Executes application which crashes

INFO

Manual execution by a user

Creates files or folders in the user directory

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