| File name: | 2019_03- Balance & Payment Report.pdf |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/8eeef37d-6b4b-4a7d-840f-20c717a46602 |
| Verdict: | Malicious activity |
| Threats: | Emotet is one of the most dangerous trojans ever created. Over the course of its lifetime, it was upgraded to become a very destructive malware. It targets mostly corporate victims but even private users get infected in mass spam email campaigns. |
| Analysis date: | March 14, 2019, 15:07:42 |
| OS: | Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit) |
| Tags: | |
| Indicators: | |
| MIME: | application/pdf |
| File info: | PDF document, version 1.3 |
| MD5: | D715D951C15656DDB5E5DC933B56CA90 |
| SHA1: | CD590901F4214B8F015B2D42A81763A3A1A1FEA5 |
| SHA256: | DCE57BBDC799A7BFC120B812BE02CD165D4582BD58EFFA8D1BE503897A13DD23 |
| SSDEEP: | 12288:9eRgZFAb8UClAMl3fW4PUdQ1tMzQszPkQwocVCa/KDJonAg4/tWJb8w+J7/dKg6a:9Aw+4Uk3fncdY684kQwyaiun1D0dKkX3 |
MALICIOUS
No malicious indicators.SUSPICIOUS
Starts Internet Explorer
- AcroRd32.exe (PID: 3404)
INFO
Application launched itself
- AcroRd32.exe (PID: 3404)
- iexplore.exe (PID: 2564)
- RdrCEF.exe (PID: 2560)
Reads Internet Cache Settings
- iexplore.exe (PID: 3164)
- iexplore.exe (PID: 2396)
Creates files in the user directory
- iexplore.exe (PID: 3164)
- iexplore.exe (PID: 2396)
Reads internet explorer settings
- iexplore.exe (PID: 3164)
- iexplore.exe (PID: 2396)
Changes internet zones settings
- iexplore.exe (PID: 2564)
- iexplore.exe (PID: 3568)
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TRiD
| | | Adobe Portable Document Format (100) |
EXIF
| PDFVersion: | 1.3 |
|---|---|
| Linearized: | No |
| PageCount: | 13 |
| Producer: | dompdf + CPDF |
| CreateDate: | 2019:03:14 00:34:05+03:00 |
| ModifyDate: | 2019:03:14 00:34:05+03:00 |
Total processes
40
Monitored processes
11
Malicious processes
1
Suspicious processes
0
Behavior graph
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Process information
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
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| 2396 | "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" SCODEF:3568 CREDAT:71937 | C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe | iexplore.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: LOW Description: Internet Explorer Exit code: 0 Version: 8.00.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) Modules
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| 2560 | "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.exe" --backgroundcolor=16448250 | C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.exe | — | AcroRd32.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Adobe Systems Incorporated Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Adobe RdrCEF Exit code: 0 Version: 15.23.20053.211670 Modules
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| 2564 | "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" -nohome | C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe | AcroRd32.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Internet Explorer Exit code: 0 Version: 8.00.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) Modules
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| 2880 | "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroRd32.exe" --type=renderer "C:\Users\admin\Downloads\2019_03- Balance & Payment Report.pdf" | C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroRd32.exe | — | AcroRd32.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Adobe Systems Incorporated Integrity Level: LOW Description: Adobe Acrobat Reader DC Exit code: 0 Version: 15.23.20070.215641 Modules
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| 3164 | "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" SCODEF:2564 CREDAT:71937 | C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe | iexplore.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: LOW Description: Internet Explorer Exit code: 0 Version: 8.00.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) Modules
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| 3404 | "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroRd32.exe" "C:\Users\admin\Downloads\2019_03- Balance & Payment Report.pdf" | C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroRd32.exe | explorer.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Adobe Systems Incorporated Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Adobe Acrobat Reader DC Exit code: 0 Version: 15.23.20070.215641 Modules
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| 3568 | "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" -nohome | C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe | AcroRd32.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Internet Explorer Exit code: 1 Version: 8.00.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) Modules
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| 3600 | "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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| 3660 | "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.exe" --type=renderer --disable-3d-apis --disable-databases --disable-direct-npapi-requests --disable-file-system --disable-notifications --disable-shared-workers --disable-direct-write --lang=en-US --lang=en-US --log-severity=disable --product-version="ReaderServices/15.23.20053 Chrome/45.0.2454.85" --device-scale-factor=1 --enable-delegated-renderer --num-raster-threads=2 --gpu-rasterization-msaa-sample-count=8 --content-image-texture-target=3553 --video-image-texture-target=3553 --disable-accelerated-video-decode --disable-webrtc-hw-encoding --disable-gpu-compositing --channel="2560.1.1220017229\1961974307" --allow-no-sandbox-job /prefetch:673131151 | C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.exe | — | RdrCEF.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Adobe Systems Incorporated Integrity Level: LOW Description: Adobe RdrCEF Exit code: 0 Version: 15.23.20053.211670 Modules
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| 3820 | "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARM.exe" /PRODUCT:Reader /VERSION:15.0 /MODE:3 | C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARM.exe | — | AcroRd32.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Adobe Systems Incorporated Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Adobe Reader and Acrobat Manager Exit code: 0 Version: 1.824.27.2646 Modules
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Total events
1 170
Read events
1 075
Write events
94
Delete events
1
Modification events
| (PID) Process: | (2880) AcroRd32.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\DC\ExitSection |
| Operation: | write | Name: | bLastExitNormal |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2880) AcroRd32.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\DC\AVGeneral |
| Operation: | write | Name: | bExpandRHPInViewer |
Value: 1 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2880) AcroRd32.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\DC\NoTimeOut |
| Operation: | write | Name: | smailto |
Value: 5900 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3404) AcroRd32.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\DC\AVGeneral\cRecentFiles\c1 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | aFS |
Value: DOS | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3404) AcroRd32.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\DC\AVGeneral\cRecentFiles\c1 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | tDIText |
Value: /C/Users/admin/Downloads/2019_03- Balance & Payment Report.pdf | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3404) AcroRd32.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\DC\AVGeneral\cRecentFiles\c1 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | tFileName |
Value: 2019_03- Balance & Payment Report.pdf | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3404) AcroRd32.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\DC\AVGeneral\cRecentFiles\c1 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | tFileSource |
Value: local | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3404) AcroRd32.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\DC\AVGeneral\cRecentFiles\c1 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | sFileAncestors |
Value: 5B5D00 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3404) AcroRd32.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\DC\AVGeneral\cRecentFiles\c1 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | sDI |
Value: 2F432F55736572732F61646D696E2F446F776E6C6F6164732F323031395F30332D2042616C616E63652026205061796D656E74205265706F72742E70646600 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3404) AcroRd32.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\DC\AVGeneral\cRecentFiles\c1 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | sDate |
Value: 443A32303139303331343135303830355A00 | |||
Executable files
0
Suspicious files
5
Text files
7
Unknown types
12
Dropped files
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2880 | AcroRd32.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\Acrobat\DC\ReaderMessages-journal | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 2564 | iexplore.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\R9ZEWH8D\favicon[1].ico | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 2564 | iexplore.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Services\search_{0633EE93-D776-472f-A0FF-E1416B8B2E3A}.ico | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 2564 | iexplore.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\~DF6139491B2070EACF.TMP | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3568 | iexplore.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\0UU90R59\favicon[1].ico | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3568 | iexplore.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Services\search_{0633EE93-D776-472f-A0FF-E1416B8B2E3A}.ico | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3568 | iexplore.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\~DF528B8EA95E26DE42.TMP | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 2880 | AcroRd32.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\acrord32_sbx\A9R1axq3p7_q7nsp4_280.tmp | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 2880 | AcroRd32.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\acrord32_sbx\A9R1k9sczc_q7nsp3_280.tmp | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 2880 | AcroRd32.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\acrord32_sbx\A9R16dkv2c_q7nsp5_280.tmp | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
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HTTP(S) requests
9
TCP/UDP connections
10
DNS requests
5
Threats
2
HTTP requests
PID | Process | Method | HTTP Code | IP | URL | CN | Type | Size | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3164 | iexplore.exe | GET | — | 159.89.31.29:80 | http://159.89.31.29/wp-content/bx6n-83qbbx-aejixm/ | US | — | — | suspicious |
3404 | AcroRd32.exe | GET | 304 | 2.16.186.32:80 | http://acroipm2.adobe.com/15/rdr/ENU/win/nooem/none/consumer/280_15_23_20070.zip | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
3404 | AcroRd32.exe | GET | — | 2.16.186.32:80 | http://acroipm2.adobe.com/15/rdr/ENU/win/nooem/none/consumer/278_15_23_20070.zip | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
3404 | AcroRd32.exe | GET | 304 | 2.16.186.32:80 | http://acroipm2.adobe.com/15/rdr/ENU/win/nooem/none/consumer/281_15_23_20070.zip | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
3404 | AcroRd32.exe | GET | 304 | 2.16.186.32:80 | http://acroipm2.adobe.com/15/rdr/ENU/win/nooem/none/consumer/message.zip | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
2564 | iexplore.exe | GET | 200 | 204.79.197.200:80 | http://www.bing.com/favicon.ico | US | image | 237 b | whitelisted |
2396 | iexplore.exe | GET | 200 | 159.89.31.29:80 | http://159.89.31.29/wp-content/bx6n-83qbbx-aejixm/ | US | document | 236 Kb | suspicious |
3404 | AcroRd32.exe | GET | — | 2.16.186.32:80 | http://acroipm2.adobe.com/15/rdr/ENU/win/nooem/none/consumer/277_15_23_20070.zip | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
3568 | iexplore.exe | GET | 200 | 204.79.197.200:80 | http://www.bing.com/favicon.ico | US | image | 237 b | whitelisted |
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Connections
PID | Process | IP | Domain | ASN | CN | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2564 | iexplore.exe | 204.79.197.200:80 | www.bing.com | Microsoft Corporation | US | whitelisted |
3164 | iexplore.exe | 159.89.31.29:80 | — | — | US | suspicious |
3404 | AcroRd32.exe | 2.18.233.74:443 | armmf.adobe.com | Akamai International B.V. | — | whitelisted |
3404 | AcroRd32.exe | 2.16.186.32:80 | acroipm2.adobe.com | Akamai International B.V. | — | whitelisted |
3568 | iexplore.exe | 204.79.197.200:80 | www.bing.com | Microsoft Corporation | US | whitelisted |
2396 | iexplore.exe | 159.89.31.29:80 | — | — | US | suspicious |
— | — | 2.18.233.74:443 | armmf.adobe.com | Akamai International B.V. | — | whitelisted |
DNS requests
Domain | IP | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
www.bing.com |
| whitelisted |
acroipm2.adobe.com |
| whitelisted |
armmf.adobe.com |
| whitelisted |
Threats
PID | Process | Class | Message |
|---|---|---|---|
2396 | iexplore.exe | Potential Corporate Privacy Violation | ET POLICY Office Document Download Containing AutoOpen Macro |
2396 | iexplore.exe | Misc activity | SUSPICIOUS [PTsecurity] Download DOC file with VBAScript |