File name:

AcroTray.exe

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/632b0741-c683-48fa-b84e-a50c4236790e
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: April 22, 2025, 18:49:02
OS: Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit)
MIME: application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
File info: PE32+ executable (GUI) x86-64, for MS Windows, 7 sections
MD5:

A24790016B238AD4A296E40598B11EDA

SHA1:

2CF48FE181A3BF7AB39ECE03925FBA0FD6B803B3

SHA256:

D72D5423BFFDE4AC581C93BACBEFF72CD3A2DB7966A0076FB5FA484E7977B33B

SSDEEP:

98304:D5o96CGecQe1iCB/PX5VyCJk9ViFaB9tDpXRxtVUEX9LJZw7hv0+yDUgxZKF3YYv:XHzWYr

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  • MALICIOUS

    • Executing a file with an untrusted certificate

      • AcroTray.exe (PID: 5720)

  • SUSPICIOUS

    • There is functionality for taking screenshot (YARA)

      • AcroTray.exe (PID: 5720)

  • INFO

    • The sample compiled with english language support

      • AcroTray.exe (PID: 5720)

    • Checks supported languages

      • AcroTray.exe (PID: 5720)

    • Reads the software policy settings

      • slui.exe (PID: 2392)

    • Checks proxy server information

      • slui.exe (PID: 2392)
Find more information about signature artifacts and mapping to MITRE ATT&CK™ MATRIX at the full report
No Malware configuration.

TRiD

.exe | Win64 Executable (generic) (76.4)
.exe | Win32 Executable (generic) (12.4)
.exe | Generic Win/DOS Executable (5.5)
.exe | DOS Executable Generic (5.5)

EXIF

EXE

MachineType: AMD AMD64
TimeStamp: 2024:01:13 15:36:31+00:00
ImageFileCharacteristics: Executable, Large address aware
PEType: PE32+
LinkerVersion: 14.28
CodeSize: 5186048
InitializedDataSize: 2739200
UninitializedDataSize: -
EntryPoint: 0x42b930
OSVersion: 6
ImageVersion: -
SubsystemVersion: 6
Subsystem: Windows GUI
FileVersionNumber: 23.8.20470.0
ProductVersionNumber: 23.8.20470.0
FileFlagsMask: 0x003f
FileFlags: (none)
FileOS: Windows NT 32-bit
ObjectFileType: Executable application
FileSubtype: -
LanguageCode: English (U.S.)
CharacterSet: Unicode
Comments: -
CompanyName: Adobe Systems Inc.
FileDescription: Acrobat Licensing Service
FileVersion: 23.8.20470.0
InternalName: AcroTray
LegalCopyright: Copyright © Adobe Systems Inc. 1992-2023
LegalTrademarks: -
OriginalFileName: AcroTray.exe
PrivateBuild: -
ProductName: AcroTray - Adobe Acrobat Distiller helper application.
ProductVersion: 23.8.20470.0
SpecialBuild: -
No data.
screenshot
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Total processes
123
Monitored processes
2
Malicious processes
0
Suspicious processes
1

Behavior graph

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start acrotray.exe no specs slui.exe

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
2392C:\WINDOWS\System32\slui.exe -EmbeddingC:\Windows\System32\slui.exe
svchost.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows Activation Client
Exit code:
0
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
5720"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\AcroTray.exe" C:\Users\admin\Desktop\AcroTray.exe—explorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Adobe Systems Inc.
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Acrobat Licensing Service
Version:
23.8.20470.0
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\desktop\acrotray.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.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
Total events
3 378
Read events
3 378
Write events
0
Delete events
0

Modification events

No data
Executable files
0
Suspicious files
0
Text files
0
Unknown types
0

Dropped files

No data
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HTTP(S) requests
23
TCP/UDP connections
41
DNS requests
14
Threats
0

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
—
—
GET
304
4.175.87.197:443
https://slscr.update.microsoft.com/SLS/%7B522D76A4-93E1-47F8-B8CE-07C937AD1A1E%7D/x64/10.0.19045.4046/0?CH=686&L=en-US&P=&PT=0x30&WUA=10.0.19041.3996&MK=DELL&MD=DELL
unknown
—
—
—
4008
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
23.48.23.141:80
http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
4008
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
23.35.229.160:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20Update%20Signing%20CA%202.1.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
4008
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
23.48.23.141:80
http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut_2010-06-23.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
4008
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
23.35.229.160:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
4008
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
23.48.23.141:80
http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicTimStaPCA_2010-07-01.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
4008
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
23.35.229.160:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Signing%20CA%202.1.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
—
—
GET
200
13.85.23.206:443
https://fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com/clientwebservice/ping
unknown
—
—
—
4008
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
23.35.229.160:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Signing%20CA%202.2.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
—
—
GET
200
4.175.87.197:443
https://slscr.update.microsoft.com/sls/ping
unknown
—
—
—
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
—
—
20.73.194.208:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
NL
whitelisted
—
—
192.168.100.255:137
—
—
—
whitelisted
—
—
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
3216
svchost.exe
172.211.123.250:443
client.wns.windows.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
FR
whitelisted
4008
SIHClient.exe
4.175.87.197:443
slscr.update.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
US
whitelisted
4008
SIHClient.exe
23.48.23.141:80
crl.microsoft.com
Akamai International B.V.
DE
whitelisted
4008
SIHClient.exe
23.35.229.160:80
www.microsoft.com
AKAMAI-AS
DE
whitelisted
4008
SIHClient.exe
13.85.23.206:443
fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
US
whitelisted
6248
slui.exe
20.83.72.98:443
activation-v2.sls.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
US
whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
  • 20.73.194.208
  • 40.127.240.158
whitelisted
google.com
  • 142.250.181.238
whitelisted
client.wns.windows.com
  • 172.211.123.250
  • 172.211.123.248
whitelisted
slscr.update.microsoft.com
  • 4.175.87.197
whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com
  • 23.48.23.141
  • 23.48.23.139
  • 23.48.23.190
  • 23.48.23.143
  • 23.48.23.137
  • 23.48.23.173
  • 23.48.23.150
  • 23.48.23.140
  • 23.48.23.147
whitelisted
www.microsoft.com
  • 23.35.229.160
whitelisted
fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com
  • 13.85.23.206
whitelisted
activation-v2.sls.microsoft.com
  • 20.83.72.98
whitelisted
nexusrules.officeapps.live.com
  • 52.111.227.11
whitelisted
login.live.com
  • 40.126.31.69
  • 40.126.31.3
  • 20.190.159.130
  • 20.190.159.0
  • 20.190.159.23
  • 20.190.159.68
  • 40.126.31.67
  • 40.126.31.131
whitelisted

Threats

No threats detected
No debug info
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