| File name: | pdfskills.exe |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/faa9b000-a531-4ad6-aaf9-9b0aa1caf33a |
| Verdict: | Malicious activity |
| Analysis date: | December 04, 2024, 18:29:31 |
| OS: | Windows 10 Professional (build: 19045, 64 bit) |
| Tags: | |
| Indicators: | |
| MIME: | application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable |
| File info: | PE32+ executable (GUI) x86-64 Mono/.Net assembly, for MS Windows, 2 sections |
| MD5: | D1AAD5E46B5659869EC0C7D2BC049A9D |
| SHA1: | 1A2566DE43937BD59C75E84861A3426082892A7B |
| SHA256: | EF35E3D843043518BACC8245BF32CC2DDA251B5A61B6FE48A9C0A94EAB46142B |
| SSDEEP: | 98304:lw4DuwYxT2ZyydrgUHeLSzW8vdj2iXrVfY1c7muzdFhb4PyH1ZH30kMhdP:hZBk |
| .exe | | | Win64 Executable (generic) (87.3) |
|---|---|---|
| .exe | | | Generic Win/DOS Executable (6.3) |
| .exe | | | DOS Executable Generic (6.3) |
| MachineType: | AMD AMD64 |
|---|---|
| TimeStamp: | 2075:07:10 21:11:40+00:00 |
| ImageFileCharacteristics: | Executable, Large address aware |
| PEType: | PE32+ |
| LinkerVersion: | 48 |
| CodeSize: | 2264064 |
| InitializedDataSize: | 17408 |
| UninitializedDataSize: | - |
| EntryPoint: | 0x0000 |
| OSVersion: | 4 |
| ImageVersion: | - |
| SubsystemVersion: | 6 |
| Subsystem: | Windows GUI |
| FileVersionNumber: | 247.8.41.106 |
| ProductVersionNumber: | 247.8.41.106 |
| FileFlagsMask: | 0x003f |
| FileFlags: | (none) |
| FileOS: | Win32 |
| ObjectFileType: | Executable application |
| FileSubtype: | - |
| LanguageCode: | Neutral |
| CharacterSet: | Unicode |
| Comments: | - |
| CompanyName: | - |
| FileDescription: | PDFSkills |
| FileVersion: | 247.8.41.106 |
| InternalName: | PDFSkills.exe |
| LegalCopyright: | Copyright © 2015-2023 RED ROOT All rights reserved |
| LegalTrademarks: | - |
| OriginalFileName: | PDFSkills.exe |
| ProductName: | PDFSkills |
| ProductVersion: | 247.8.41.106 |
| AssemblyVersion: | 247.8.41.106 |
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
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| 420 | "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 --no-appcompat-clear --mojo-platform-channel-handle=5824 --field-trial-handle=1932,i,18330850336732645578,10050659629484520737,262144 --variations-seed-version /prefetch:8 | C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe | — | chrome.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Google LLC Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Google Chrome Exit code: 0 Version: 122.0.6261.70 Modules
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| 440 | "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 --no-appcompat-clear --mojo-platform-channel-handle=5744 --field-trial-handle=1932,i,18330850336732645578,10050659629484520737,262144 --variations-seed-version /prefetch:8 | C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe | — | chrome.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Google LLC Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Google Chrome Exit code: 0 Version: 122.0.6261.70 Modules
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| 1888 | "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=unzip.mojom.Unzipper --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=service --disable-quic --no-appcompat-clear --mojo-platform-channel-handle=5608 --field-trial-handle=1932,i,18330850336732645578,10050659629484520737,262144 --variations-seed-version /prefetch:8 | C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe | — | chrome.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Google LLC Integrity Level: LOW Description: Google Chrome Exit code: 0 Version: 122.0.6261.70 Modules
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| 2612 | "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 --no-appcompat-clear --mojo-platform-channel-handle=5720 --field-trial-handle=1932,i,18330850336732645578,10050659629484520737,262144 --variations-seed-version /prefetch:8 | C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe | — | chrome.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Google LLC Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Google Chrome Exit code: 0 Version: 122.0.6261.70 Modules
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| 2940 | "C:\Users\admin\Downloads\pdfskills.exe" | C:\Users\admin\Downloads\pdfskills.exe | explorer.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: PDFSkills Exit code: 0 Version: 247.8.41.106 Modules
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| 3532 | "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" https://www.pdfskillsapp.com/thanks?userid=12bd05fe-ec36-4e0c-8845-0d27362bdc4d | C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe | pdfskills.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Google LLC Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Google Chrome Exit code: 0 Version: 122.0.6261.70 Modules
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| 3620 | "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=crashpad-handler "--user-data-dir=C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data" /prefetch:4 --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=Win64 --annotation=prod=Chrome --annotation=ver=122.0.6261.70 --initial-client-data=0x220,0x224,0x228,0x1fc,0x22c,0x7ff821dfdc40,0x7ff821dfdc4c,0x7ff821dfdc58 | C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe | — | chrome.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Google LLC Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Google Chrome Exit code: 0 Version: 122.0.6261.70 Modules
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| 3692 | "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 --no-appcompat-clear --mojo-platform-channel-handle=5560 --field-trial-handle=1932,i,18330850336732645578,10050659629484520737,262144 --variations-seed-version /prefetch:8 | C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe | — | chrome.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Google LLC Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Google Chrome Exit code: 0 Version: 122.0.6261.70 Modules
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| 3884 | "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 --no-appcompat-clear --mojo-platform-channel-handle=5936 --field-trial-handle=1932,i,18330850336732645578,10050659629484520737,262144 --variations-seed-version /prefetch:8 | C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe | — | chrome.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Google LLC Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Google Chrome Exit code: 0 Version: 122.0.6261.70 Modules
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| 4624 | "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=network.mojom.NetworkService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=none --disable-quic --no-appcompat-clear --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1964 --field-trial-handle=1932,i,18330850336732645578,10050659629484520737,262144 --variations-seed-version /prefetch:3 | C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe | chrome.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Google LLC Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Google Chrome Exit code: 0 Version: 122.0.6261.70 Modules
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| (PID) Process: | (2940) pdfskills.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\pdfskills_RASAPI32 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | EnableFileTracing |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2940) pdfskills.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\pdfskills_RASAPI32 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | EnableAutoFileTracing |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2940) pdfskills.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\pdfskills_RASAPI32 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | EnableConsoleTracing |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2940) pdfskills.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\pdfskills_RASAPI32 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | FileTracingMask |
Value: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2940) pdfskills.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\pdfskills_RASAPI32 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | ConsoleTracingMask |
Value: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2940) pdfskills.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\pdfskills_RASAPI32 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | MaxFileSize |
Value: 1048576 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2940) pdfskills.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\pdfskills_RASAPI32 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | FileDirectory |
Value: %windir%\tracing | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2940) pdfskills.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\pdfskills_RASMANCS |
| Operation: | write | Name: | EnableFileTracing |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2940) pdfskills.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\pdfskills_RASMANCS |
| Operation: | write | Name: | EnableAutoFileTracing |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2940) pdfskills.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\pdfskills_RASMANCS |
| Operation: | write | Name: | EnableConsoleTracing |
Value: 0 | |||
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2940 | pdfskills.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\SMCR\userId.txt | text | |
MD5:8386F899D7D3F6BFF85E2DCCFF830592 | SHA256:79DBF99C424313371EC6F31D203DF0B281A4BC57064A885CB6BEF69CCAFBB913 | |||
| 2940 | pdfskills.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\PDFSkills\skillsUserId.txt | text | |
MD5:8386F899D7D3F6BFF85E2DCCFF830592 | SHA256:79DBF99C424313371EC6F31D203DF0B281A4BC57064A885CB6BEF69CCAFBB913 | |||
| 6744 | powershell.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_nshzephu.c04.ps1 | text | |
MD5:D17FE0A3F47BE24A6453E9EF58C94641 | SHA256:96AD1146EB96877EAB5942AE0736B82D8B5E2039A80D3D6932665C1A4C87DCF7 | |||
| 2940 | pdfskills.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\PDFSkills\Libraries.dll | executable | |
MD5:08B1B14B4573E95BDB5E6DDCA74D2513 | SHA256:EE803D254AF9E2FE4781E3335164D24BEC31512A229E607A3A93254D47177F52 | |||
| 2940 | pdfskills.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\PDFSkills\update_task_ad.ps1 | text | |
MD5:303E2E6AD62BDBC4AB32F6041FEA897A | SHA256:5FDF76A78556E479E41422D577F6FC7B672CBC9C131721B725FEA765E288EED9 | |||
| 2940 | pdfskills.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\PDFSkills\msvcp140_2.dll | executable | |
MD5:AA0148E20D34C10E01A4A9E1BAB1D058 | SHA256:583AD842BCF2F77AF57D07B8F00ECA77BB2DF763DF96BB9C50F7E52031B54E42 | |||
| 2940 | pdfskills.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\PDFSkills\msvcp140_codecvt_ids.dll | executable | |
MD5:165308EE66D0B8F11CA20F3BCD410EA9 | SHA256:08DF3AB1B59D1F7D63F0811838E4FCCC107087FCBC469D94975C0E44477058E7 | |||
| 2940 | pdfskills.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\PDFSkills\vcruntime140.dll | executable | |
MD5:E9B690FBE5C4B96871214379659DD928 | SHA256:A06C9EA4F815DAC75D2C99684D433FBFC782010FAE887837A03F085A29A217E8 | |||
| 2940 | pdfskills.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\PDFSkills\vcomp140.dll | executable | |
MD5:EF76327FF132A48F3BAC24598C99B373 | SHA256:D49B394DE1154176B39611C37C669EBFF50AA5A818DBD5FF3D2214A299368DDD | |||
| 2940 | pdfskills.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\PDFSkills\vcamp140.dll | executable | |
MD5:8441A618D2CEF67BDEDCA224FD61AFA2 | SHA256:6CD300E597C477260809C5CA036993D923CD8BE304AE323C9C4D7776115FE62D | |||
PID | Process | Method | HTTP Code | IP | URL | CN | Type | Size | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
— | — | GET | 200 | 88.221.169.152:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
— | — | GET | 200 | 2.16.241.12:80 | http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
1176 | svchost.exe | GET | 200 | 192.229.221.95:80 | http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
2736 | backgroundTaskHost.exe | GET | 200 | 192.229.221.95:80 | http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBQ50otx%2Fh0Ztl%2Bz8SiPI7wEWVxDlQQUTiJUIBiV5uNu5g%2F6%2BrkS7QYXjzkCEAn5bsKVVV8kdJ6vHl3O1J0%3D | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
7092 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 88.221.169.152:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
7092 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 88.221.169.152:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Secure%20Server%20CA%202.1.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
5064 | SearchApp.exe | GET | 200 | 192.229.221.95:80 | http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBTrjrydRyt%2BApF3GSPypfHBxR5XtQQUs9tIpPmhxdiuNkHMEWNpYim8S8YCEAI5PUjXAkJafLQcAAsO18o%3D | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
PID | Process | IP | Domain | ASN | CN | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:137 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
2380 | svchost.exe | 51.104.136.2:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
4712 | MoUsoCoreWorker.exe | 51.104.136.2:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
— | — | 51.104.136.2:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
— | — | 2.16.241.12:80 | crl.microsoft.com | Akamai International B.V. | DE | whitelisted |
— | — | 88.221.169.152:80 | www.microsoft.com | AKAMAI-AS | DE | whitelisted |
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:138 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
5064 | SearchApp.exe | 2.23.209.150:443 | www.bing.com | Akamai International B.V. | GB | whitelisted |
2940 | pdfskills.exe | 198.71.59.132:443 | val.skillcli.com | IONOS SE | US | unknown |
5064 | SearchApp.exe | 192.229.221.95:80 | ocsp.digicert.com | EDGECAST | US | whitelisted |
Domain | IP | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
settings-win.data.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
google.com |
| whitelisted |
crl.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
www.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
www.bing.com |
| whitelisted |
val.skillcli.com |
| unknown |
ocsp.digicert.com |
| whitelisted |
login.live.com |
| whitelisted |
go.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
clientservices.googleapis.com |
| whitelisted |
PID | Process | Class | Message |
|---|---|---|---|
4624 | chrome.exe | Not Suspicious Traffic | INFO [ANY.RUN] Cloudflare content delivery network (cdnjs .cloudflare .com) |
4624 | chrome.exe | Not Suspicious Traffic | INFO [ANY.RUN] Cloudflare content delivery network (cdnjs .cloudflare .com) |