| File name: | MSI-2022-Definitive-Proxy-Statement.pdf |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/392157b5-6174-4dbc-8250-518d1136827c |
| Verdict: | Malicious activity |
| Analysis date: | October 05, 2022, 07:34:14 |
| OS: | Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit) |
| Indicators: | |
| MIME: | application/pdf |
| File info: | PDF document, version 1.6 (password protected) |
| MD5: | 10FE12B1E084D6483B9F36325788CC1D |
| SHA1: | 24F7615F6F570AB093BA41253CAF4843BB573D74 |
| SHA256: | EC8BF88BB75C2ED0B3A43A32A01B2920EA213815B8808DED428DFC496EE8045A |
| SSDEEP: | 24576:7kET8laTC/u6S6eyCbi22bWlgux8xQ6/5S0Mqf9OonI26R56:7kxYyCbi27gzBMqf9O66R56 |
MALICIOUS
No malicious indicators.SUSPICIOUS
Reads Internet Settings
- AdobeARM.exe (PID: 3492)
Reads the machine GUID from the registry
- AdobeARM.exe (PID: 3492)
Executable content was dropped or overwritten
- AdobeARM.exe (PID: 3492)
Reads security settings of Internet Explorer
- AdobeARM.exe (PID: 3492)
Checks Windows Trust Settings
- AdobeARM.exe (PID: 3492)
Reads settings of System Certificates
- AdobeARM.exe (PID: 3492)
INFO
Application launched itself
- AcroRd32.exe (PID: 1300)
- RdrCEF.exe (PID: 3992)
Reads the computer name
- AdobeARM.exe (PID: 3492)
Checks supported languages
- AdobeARM.exe (PID: 3492)
- Reader_sl.exe (PID: 4068)
Process checks LSA protection
- AdobeARM.exe (PID: 3492)
Reads the hosts file
- RdrCEF.exe (PID: 3992)
Creates a file in a temporary directory
- AdobeARM.exe (PID: 3492)
Process checks are UAC notifies on
- AdobeARM.exe (PID: 3492)
Creates files in the user directory
- AdobeARM.exe (PID: 3492)
Creates files in the program directory
- AdobeARM.exe (PID: 3492)
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TRiD
| | | Adobe Portable Document Format (100) |
Total processes
48
Monitored processes
12
Malicious processes
2
Suspicious processes
0
Behavior graph
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Process information
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
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| 1300 | "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroRd32.exe" "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI-2022-Definitive-Proxy-Statement.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: 20.13.20064.405839 Modules
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| 1360 | "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.exe" --type=renderer --log-file="C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\debug.log" --touch-events=enabled --field-trial-handle=1184,10142039248972379004,11832123157592061056,131072 --disable-features=NetworkService,VizDisplayCompositor --disable-gpu-compositing --lang=en-US --disable-pack-loading --log-file="C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\debug.log" --log-severity=disable --product-version="ReaderServices/20.13.20064 Chrome/80.0.0.0" --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --service-request-channel-token=9871208263597250702 --renderer-client-id=7 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1504 --allow-no-sandbox-job /prefetch:1 | 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: 20.13.20064.405839 Modules
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| 1868 | "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.exe" --type=renderer --log-file="C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\debug.log" --touch-events=enabled --field-trial-handle=1184,10142039248972379004,11832123157592061056,131072 --disable-features=NetworkService,VizDisplayCompositor --disable-gpu-compositing --lang=en-US --disable-pack-loading --log-file="C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\debug.log" --log-severity=disable --product-version="ReaderServices/20.13.20064 Chrome/80.0.0.0" --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --service-request-channel-token=18320603867396737465 --renderer-client-id=8 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1580 --allow-no-sandbox-job /prefetch:1 | 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: 20.13.20064.405839 Modules
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| 2208 | "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.exe" --type=renderer --log-file="C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\debug.log" --touch-events=enabled --field-trial-handle=1184,10142039248972379004,11832123157592061056,131072 --disable-features=NetworkService,VizDisplayCompositor --disable-gpu-compositing --lang=en-US --disable-pack-loading --log-file="C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\debug.log" --log-severity=disable --product-version="ReaderServices/20.13.20064 Chrome/80.0.0.0" --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --service-request-channel-token=12130341705862823218 --renderer-client-id=2 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1192 --allow-no-sandbox-job /prefetch:1 | 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: 20.13.20064.405839 Modules
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| 2424 | "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.exe" --type=gpu-process --field-trial-handle=1184,10142039248972379004,11832123157592061056,131072 --disable-features=NetworkService,VizDisplayCompositor --disable-pack-loading --log-file="C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\debug.log" --log-severity=disable --product-version="ReaderServices/20.13.20064 Chrome/80.0.0.0" --lang=en-US --gpu-preferences=KAAAAAAAAADgACAgAQAAAAAAAAAAAGAAAAAAABAAAAAIAAAAAAAAACgAAAAEAAAAIAAAAAAAAAAoAAAAAAAAADAAAAAAAAAAOAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAFAAAAEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABgAAABAAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAUAAAAQAAAAAAAAAAEAAAAGAAAA --use-gl=swiftshader-webgl --log-file="C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\debug.log" --service-request-channel-token=6587095373574045142 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1384 --allow-no-sandbox-job --ignored=" --type=renderer " /prefetch:2 | 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: 1 Version: 20.13.20064.405839 Modules
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| 2992 | "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.exe" --type=gpu-process --field-trial-handle=1184,10142039248972379004,11832123157592061056,131072 --disable-features=NetworkService,VizDisplayCompositor --disable-pack-loading --log-file="C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\debug.log" --log-severity=disable --product-version="ReaderServices/20.13.20064 Chrome/80.0.0.0" --lang=en-US --gpu-preferences=KAAAAAAAAADgACAgAQAAAAAAAAAAAGAAAAAAABAAAAAIAAAAAAAAACgAAAAEAAAAIAAAAAAAAAAoAAAAAAAAADAAAAAAAAAAOAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAFAAAAEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABgAAABAAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAUAAAAQAAAAAAAAAAEAAAAGAAAA --use-gl=swiftshader-webgl --log-file="C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\debug.log" --service-request-channel-token=7533673994988515325 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1212 --allow-no-sandbox-job --ignored=" --type=renderer " /prefetch:2 | 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: 1 Version: 20.13.20064.405839 Modules
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| 3408 | "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroRd32.exe" --type=renderer "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI-2022-Definitive-Proxy-Statement.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: 20.13.20064.405839 Modules
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| 3492 | "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARM.exe" /PRODUCT:Reader /VERSION:20.0 /MODE:3 | C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARM.exe | AcroRd32.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Adobe Inc. Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Adobe Reader and Acrobat Manager Exit code: 0 Version: 1.824.39.9311 Modules
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| 3676 | "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.exe" --type=renderer --log-file="C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\debug.log" --touch-events=enabled --field-trial-handle=1184,10142039248972379004,11832123157592061056,131072 --disable-features=NetworkService,VizDisplayCompositor --disable-gpu-compositing --lang=en-US --disable-pack-loading --log-file="C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\debug.log" --log-severity=disable --product-version="ReaderServices/20.13.20064 Chrome/80.0.0.0" --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --service-request-channel-token=9293815144614267603 --renderer-client-id=6 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1528 --allow-no-sandbox-job /prefetch:1 | 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: 20.13.20064.405839 Modules
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| 3992 | "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.exe" --backgroundcolor=16514043 | C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.exe | AcroRd32.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Adobe Systems Incorporated Integrity Level: LOW Description: Adobe RdrCEF Exit code: 0 Version: 20.13.20064.405839 Modules
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Total events
17 545
Read events
17 455
Write events
87
Delete events
3
Modification events
| (PID) Process: | (3408) AcroRd32.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\DC\ExitSection |
| Operation: | write | Name: | bLastExitNormal |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3408) AcroRd32.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\DC\AVGeneral |
| Operation: | write | Name: | iNumReaderLaunches |
Value: 2 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3408) AcroRd32.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\DC\FTEDialog |
| Operation: | write | Name: | bShowUpdateFTE |
Value: 1 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3408) AcroRd32.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\DC\HomeWelcome |
| Operation: | write | Name: | bIsAcrobatUpdated |
Value: 1 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3408) AcroRd32.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\DC\HomeWelcomeFirstMileReader |
| Operation: | write | Name: | iCardCountShown |
Value: 2 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3408) AcroRd32.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\DC\FTEDialog |
| Operation: | delete value | Name: | iLastCardShown |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (1300) AcroRd32.exe | Key: | HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\MuiCache\16C\52C64B7E |
| Operation: | write | Name: | LanguageList |
Value: en-US | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3408) AcroRd32.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\DiskCabs |
| Operation: | write | Name: | bForms_AdhocWorkflowBackup |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3408) AcroRd32.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\DC\SessionManagement |
| Operation: | write | Name: | bNormalExit |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3408) AcroRd32.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\DC\SessionManagement\cWindowsCurrent\cWin0 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | iTabCount |
Value: 0 | |||
Executable files
1
Suspicious files
139
Text files
5
Unknown types
7
Dropped files
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3992 | RdrCEF.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\AcroCef\DC\Acrobat\Cache\Code Cache\js\bba29d2e6197e2f4_0 | binary | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3992 | RdrCEF.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\AcroCef\DC\Acrobat\Cache\Code Cache\js\4a0e94571d979b3c_0 | binary | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3992 | RdrCEF.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\AcroCef\DC\Acrobat\Cache\Code Cache\js\2a426f11fd8ebe18_0 | binary | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3992 | RdrCEF.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\AcroCef\DC\Acrobat\Cache\Code Cache\js\983b7a3da8f39a46_0 | binary | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3992 | RdrCEF.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\AcroCef\DC\Acrobat\Cache\Code Cache\js\8e417e79df3bf0e9_0 | binary | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3992 | RdrCEF.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\AcroCef\DC\Acrobat\Cache\Code Cache\js\560e9c8bff5008d8_0 | binary | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3992 | RdrCEF.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\AcroCef\DC\Acrobat\Cache\Code Cache\js\8c84d92a9dbce3e0_0 | binary | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3992 | RdrCEF.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\AcroCef\DC\Acrobat\Cache\Code Cache\js\946896ee27df7947_0 | binary | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3992 | RdrCEF.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\AcroCef\DC\Acrobat\Cache\Code Cache\js\f941376b2efdd6e6_0 | binary | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3992 | RdrCEF.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\AcroCef\DC\Acrobat\Cache\Code Cache\js\0786087c3c360803_0 | binary | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
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HTTP(S) requests
3
TCP/UDP connections
18
DNS requests
8
Threats
1
HTTP requests
PID | Process | Method | HTTP Code | IP | URL | CN | Type | Size | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1300 | AcroRd32.exe | GET | 200 | 93.184.220.29:80 | http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAH9o%2BtuynXIiEOLckvPvJE%3D | US | der | 471 b | whitelisted |
1300 | AcroRd32.exe | GET | 200 | 93.184.221.240:80 | http://ctldl.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3/static/trustedr/en/disallowedcertstl.cab?ff38ae2ebd9280ec | US | compressed | 4.70 Kb | whitelisted |
1300 | AcroRd32.exe | GET | 200 | 93.184.221.240:80 | http://ctldl.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3/static/trustedr/en/disallowedcertstl.cab?964175cb774731dd | US | compressed | 4.70 Kb | whitelisted |
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Connections
PID | Process | IP | Domain | ASN | CN | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3992 | RdrCEF.exe | 23.35.236.137:443 | geo2.adobe.com | AKAMAI-AS | DE | suspicious |
3992 | RdrCEF.exe | 2.18.233.74:443 | armmf.adobe.com | AKAMAI-AS | DE | whitelisted |
1300 | AcroRd32.exe | 23.48.23.54:443 | acroipm2.adobe.com | Akamai International B.V. | DE | suspicious |
1300 | AcroRd32.exe | 93.184.220.29:80 | ocsp.digicert.com | EDGECAST | GB | whitelisted |
1300 | AcroRd32.exe | 93.184.221.240:80 | ctldl.windowsupdate.com | EDGECAST | GB | whitelisted |
880 | svchost.exe | 2.18.233.74:443 | armmf.adobe.com | AKAMAI-AS | DE | whitelisted |
880 | svchost.exe | 23.48.23.39:443 | ardownload3.adobe.com | Akamai International B.V. | DE | suspicious |
3492 | AdobeARM.exe | 23.48.23.39:443 | ardownload3.adobe.com | Akamai International B.V. | DE | suspicious |
3992 | RdrCEF.exe | 18.207.85.246:443 | p13n.adobe.io | AMAZON-AES | US | suspicious |
DNS requests
Domain | IP | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
geo2.adobe.com |
| whitelisted |
p13n.adobe.io |
| whitelisted |
armmf.adobe.com |
| whitelisted |
acroipm2.adobe.com |
| whitelisted |
ctldl.windowsupdate.com |
| whitelisted |
ocsp.digicert.com |
| whitelisted |
ardownload3.adobe.com |
| whitelisted |
Threats
PID | Process | Class | Message |
|---|---|---|---|
880 | svchost.exe | Potentially Bad Traffic | ET INFO TLS Handshake Failure |