File name:

free-pdf-creator.exe.zip

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/ab82b48b-5c7e-4977-8780-5187efb6cb49
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: January 31, 2024, 19:08:16
OS: Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit)
Indicators:
MIME: application/zip
File info: Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract
MD5:

4DDF647A263D8B03F1C0F63D838AC97E

SHA1:

EB41D62EE120CFB03C13E9D46C5CBDE9C876C552

SHA256:

E0631BF060F1201F52D4253B363BB8B9C841E8C907D6F03F066C53132BAC6FE9

SSDEEP:

98304:AplWU1/jJZVEF3W0w0d/chJRwjl6o43guAO93CxZzwMydSx11W5G79MvVqdmvQ1T:z6IMIhHeF/ij7X

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  • MALICIOUS

    • Drops the executable file immediately after the start

      • WinRAR.exe (PID: 1380)
      • free-pdf-creator.exe (PID: 2028)
      • FreePDFCreator.exe (PID: 4080)

  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Reads the Internet Settings

      • free-pdf-creator.exe (PID: 2028)
      • FreePDFCreator.exe (PID: 2308)

    • Executable content was dropped or overwritten

      • free-pdf-creator.exe (PID: 2028)
      • FreePDFCreator.exe (PID: 4080)

    • Process drops legitimate windows executable

      • FreePDFCreator.exe (PID: 4080)

  • INFO

    • Reads the machine GUID from the registry

      • free-pdf-creator.exe (PID: 2028)
      • FreePDFCreator.exe (PID: 2308)

    • Executable content was dropped or overwritten

      • WinRAR.exe (PID: 1380)

    • Checks supported languages

      • free-pdf-creator.exe (PID: 2028)
      • FreePDFCreator.exe (PID: 4080)
      • FreePDFCreator.exe (PID: 2308)
      • wmpnscfg.exe (PID: 1624)

    • Reads the computer name

      • free-pdf-creator.exe (PID: 2028)
      • FreePDFCreator.exe (PID: 4080)
      • FreePDFCreator.exe (PID: 2308)
      • wmpnscfg.exe (PID: 1624)

    • Reads CPU info

      • free-pdf-creator.exe (PID: 2028)

    • Checks proxy server information

      • free-pdf-creator.exe (PID: 2028)

    • Creates files or folders in the user directory

      • free-pdf-creator.exe (PID: 2028)
      • FreePDFCreator.exe (PID: 4080)
      • FreePDFCreator.exe (PID: 2308)

    • Application launched itself

      • chrome.exe (PID: 2756)
      • chrome.exe (PID: 3748)
      • chrome.exe (PID: 2092)

    • The process uses the downloaded file

      • chrome.exe (PID: 120)
      • chrome.exe (PID: 2148)

    • Manual execution by a user

      • wmpnscfg.exe (PID: 1624)
Find more information about signature artifacts and mapping to MITRE ATT&CK™ MATRIX at the full report
No Malware configuration.

TRiD

.zip | ZIP compressed archive (100)

EXIF

ZIP

ZipRequiredVersion: 20
ZipBitFlag: -
ZipCompression: Deflated
ZipModifyDate: 2024:01:31 18:16:36
ZipCRC: 0x93694d3b
ZipCompressedSize: 5714767
ZipUncompressedSize: 9535992
ZipFileName: free-pdf-creator.exe
No data.
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Total processes
72
Monitored processes
32
Malicious processes
3
Suspicious processes
0

Behavior graph

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start winrar.exe free-pdf-creator.exe chrome.exe chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs freepdfcreator.exe freepdfcreator.exe chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs wmpnscfg.exe no specs

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
120"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=quarantine.mojom.Quarantine --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=none --disable-quic --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2116 --field-trial-handle=1196,i,10504192914293400443,10339296043107581802,131072 /prefetch:8C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe—chrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google LLC
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Google Chrome
Exit code:
0
Version:
109.0.5414.120
Modules
Images
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\109.0.5414.120\chrome_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\version.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
696"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --disable-gpu-compositing --lang=en-US --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --renderer-client-id=11 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1268 --field-trial-handle=1196,i,10504192914293400443,10339296043107581802,131072 /prefetch:1C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe—chrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google LLC
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Google Chrome
Exit code:
0
Version:
109.0.5414.120
Modules
Images
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\109.0.5414.120\chrome_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\version.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
880"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --disable-gpu-compositing --lang=en-US --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --renderer-client-id=16 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=4296 --field-trial-handle=1196,i,10504192914293400443,10339296043107581802,131072 /prefetch:1C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe—chrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google LLC
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Google Chrome
Exit code:
0
Version:
109.0.5414.120
Modules
Images
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\109.0.5414.120\chrome_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\version.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
956"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=crashpad-handler "--user-data-dir=C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data" /prefetch:7 --monitor-self-annotation=ptype=crashpad-handler "--database=C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Crashpad" --url=https://clients2.google.com/cr/report --annotation=channel= --annotation=plat=Win32 --annotation=prod=Chrome --annotation=ver=109.0.5414.120 --initial-client-data=0xc8,0xcc,0xd0,0x9c,0xd4,0x61c08b38,0x61c08b48,0x61c08b54C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe—chrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google LLC
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Google Chrome
Exit code:
0
Version:
109.0.5414.120
Modules
Images
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\109.0.5414.120\chrome_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\version.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
1112"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=data_decoder.mojom.DataDecoderService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=service --disable-quic --mojo-platform-channel-handle=4296 --field-trial-handle=1196,i,10504192914293400443,10339296043107581802,131072 /prefetch:8C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe—chrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google LLC
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Google Chrome
Exit code:
0
Version:
109.0.5414.120
Modules
Images
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\109.0.5414.120\chrome_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\version.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
1380"C:\Program Files\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe" "C:\Users\admin\Desktop\free-pdf-creator.exe.zip"C:\Program Files\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe
explorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Alexander Roshal
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
WinRAR archiver
Exit code:
0
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\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\lpk.dll
c:\windows\system32\usp10.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\comdlg32.dll
1624"C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmpnscfg.exe"C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmpnscfg.exe—explorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service Configuration Application
Exit code:
0
Version:
12.0.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
Modules
Images
c:\program files\windows media player\wmpnscfg.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
1692"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=gpu-process --gpu-preferences=UAAAAAAAAADgAAAYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABgAAAAAAAwAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAEgAAAAAAAAASAAAAAAAAAAYAAAAAgAAABAAAAAAAAAAGAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAOAAAAEAAAAAAAAAABAAAADgAAAAgAAAAAAAAACAAAAAAAAAA= --use-gl=angle --use-angle=swiftshader-webgl --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1324 --field-trial-handle=1196,i,10504192914293400443,10339296043107581802,131072 /prefetch:2C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe—chrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google LLC
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Google Chrome
Exit code:
0
Version:
109.0.5414.120
Modules
Images
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\109.0.5414.120\chrome_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\version.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
1888"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=data_decoder.mojom.DataDecoderService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=service --disable-quic --mojo-platform-channel-handle=4388 --field-trial-handle=1196,i,10504192914293400443,10339296043107581802,131072 /prefetch:8C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe—chrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google LLC
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Google Chrome
Exit code:
0
Version:
109.0.5414.120
Modules
Images
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\109.0.5414.120\chrome_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\version.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
2028"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$EXa1380.10725\free-pdf-creator.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$EXa1380.10725\free-pdf-creator.exe
WinRAR.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
FreePDFCreatorInstallationWizard
Exit code:
3221225547
Version:
1.0.0.0
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\rar$exa1380.10725\free-pdf-creator.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\mscoree.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\microsoft.net\framework\v4.0.30319\mscoreei.dll
Total events
7 687
Read events
7 558
Write events
127
Delete events
2

Modification events

(PID) Process:(1380) WinRAR.exeKey:HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\MuiCache\182\52C64B7E
Operation:writeName:LanguageList
Value:
en-US
(PID) Process:(1380) WinRAR.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\WinRAR\ArcHistory
Operation:writeName:3
Value:
C:\Users\admin\Desktop\virtio_ivshmem_master_build.zip
(PID) Process:(1380) WinRAR.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\WinRAR\ArcHistory
Operation:writeName:2
Value:
C:\Users\admin\Desktop\phacker.zip
(PID) Process:(1380) WinRAR.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\WinRAR\ArcHistory
Operation:writeName:1
Value:
C:\Users\admin\Desktop\Win7-KB3191566-x86.zip
(PID) Process:(1380) WinRAR.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\WinRAR\ArcHistory
Operation:writeName:0
Value:
C:\Users\admin\Desktop\curl-8.5.0_1-win32-mingw.zip
(PID) Process:(1380) WinRAR.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\WinRAR\FileList\FileColumnWidths
Operation:writeName:name
Value:
120
(PID) Process:(1380) WinRAR.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\WinRAR\FileList\FileColumnWidths
Operation:writeName:size
Value:
80
(PID) Process:(1380) WinRAR.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\WinRAR\FileList\FileColumnWidths
Operation:writeName:type
Value:
120
(PID) Process:(1380) WinRAR.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\WinRAR\FileList\FileColumnWidths
Operation:writeName:mtime
Value:
100
(PID) Process:(1380) WinRAR.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap
Operation:writeName:ProxyBypass
Value:
1
Executable files
17
Suspicious files
172
Text files
52
Unknown types
9

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
2028free-pdf-creator.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\FreePDFCreator\FreePDFInstallerVideo.wmv —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
3748chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\commerce_subscription_db\LOG.old~RF169d4e.TMP —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
3748chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\commerce_subscription_db\LOG.old —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
1380WinRAR.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$DIa1380.10155\free-pdf-creator.exeexecutable
MD5:FFAC90F80AAF90C12203141AA12502CA
SHA256:A9C2F75B1682DC7726623E00B18DC16A95F57E2F72DD8EB72064DD1F8AD9EDFD
3748chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Sync Data\LevelDB\LOG.oldtext
MD5:ECD3386BCC950E73B86EB128A5F57622
SHA256:C9A068EAFBC587EDFC89392F64DDD350EEB96C5CF195CDB030BAB8F6DD33833B
3748chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Last Versiontext
MD5:9F941EA08DBDCA2EB3CFA1DBBBA6F5DC
SHA256:127F71DF0D2AD895D4F293E62284D85971AE047CA15F90B87BF6335898B0B655
3748chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Crashpad\settings.datbinary
MD5:9C016064A1F864C8140915D77CF3389A
SHA256:0E7265D4A8C16223538EDD8CD620B8820611C74538E420A88E333BE7F62AC787
1380WinRAR.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$EXa1380.10725\checksums.txttext
MD5:42A50B72A4BE8DE2E31EEB9006A62492
SHA256:65F2FA4C4C784B61F8D486A95C6B2C6FCBB0BB372387E323F1585BD469314FDB
3748chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\coupon_db\LOG.old~RF169fa0.TMP —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
3748chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\coupon_db\LOG.old —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
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HTTP(S) requests
0
TCP/UDP connections
37
DNS requests
40
Threats
0

HTTP requests

No HTTP requests
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
4
System
192.168.100.255:137
—
—
—
whitelisted
4
System
192.168.100.255:138
—
—
—
whitelisted
1080
svchost.exe
224.0.0.252:5355
—
—
—
unknown
3748
chrome.exe
239.255.255.250:1900
—
—
—
unknown
2136
chrome.exe
172.217.23.99:443
clientservices.googleapis.com
GOOGLE
US
whitelisted
2136
chrome.exe
74.125.133.84:443
accounts.google.com
GOOGLE
US
unknown
2136
chrome.exe
142.250.184.228:443
www.google.com
GOOGLE
US
whitelisted
2136
chrome.exe
142.250.184.195:443
www.gstatic.com
GOOGLE
US
whitelisted
2136
chrome.exe
142.250.185.78:443
apis.google.com
GOOGLE
US
whitelisted
2136
chrome.exe
104.21.87.28:443
pc.amazing-search.com
CLOUDFLARENET
—
unknown

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
clientservices.googleapis.com
  • 172.217.23.99
whitelisted
accounts.google.com
  • 74.125.133.84
shared
www.google.com
  • 142.250.184.228
  • 172.217.16.196
whitelisted
www.gstatic.com
  • 142.250.184.195
whitelisted
apis.google.com
  • 142.250.185.78
whitelisted
pc.amazing-search.com
  • 104.21.87.28
  • 172.67.140.19
unknown
update.googleapis.com
  • 142.250.184.195
whitelisted
cdnjs.cloudflare.com
  • 104.17.24.14
  • 104.17.25.14
whitelisted
www.amazing-search.com
  • 172.67.140.19
  • 104.21.87.28
unknown
fonts.googleapis.com
  • 172.217.16.202
whitelisted

Threats

No threats detected
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Reports
free-pdf-creator.exe.zip