Analysis
- geolocation tags
nanew-jerseynorth-americaunited-statesususa - user interaction
yes - max time kernel
26s - max time network
18s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260513-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows - submitted
28/06/2026, 04:34
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
cefb809a5176ae85fa381fba3b62bbaceee2155f4b78f5ffc46aed7a1cf01c7c.pdf
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
7 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
cefb809a5176ae85fa381fba3b62bbaceee2155f4b78f5ffc46aed7a1cf01c7c.pdf
Resource
win10ltsc2021-20260513-en
14 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral3
Sample
cefb809a5176ae85fa381fba3b62bbaceee2155f4b78f5ffc46aed7a1cf01c7c.pdf
Resource
win11-20260513-en
7 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target cefb809a5176ae85fa381fba3b62bbaceee2155f4b78f5ffc46aed7a1cf01c7c.pdf
- Size 22KB
- Sample260628-e63c6afs6n
- SHA256 cefb809a5176ae85fa381fba3b62bbaceee2155f4b78f5ffc46aed7a1cf01c7c
- MD5 148a25aadbe0faeab73fdea2ae43a92a
- SHA1 f59dbfea501d72250e38736e84f9873dc9026f38
- SHA512 0234349c57d3581ab827384791b7e8a62d621e936ca17a2767a31870f6916969ad067dcae41312f392d61a7e62df89e7e07d4f6e7ca2e73a0dd305ccf2a93fa0
- SSDEEP 384:mH+TcZ516pQF6D0MKgUOQVD9yZEdxdJiNnxDHYDIlYDIvJoYDIR1:mH+Tc5FEVQVD+AdJEhw
- TLSH T160B24B8455ACDC58C089F4629C99F185E17F3A3685F2F592F3F79E179042140FE8622F
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Malware Config
Signatures
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 8 IoCs
Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language RdrCEF.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language RdrCEF.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language RdrCEF.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language AcroRd32.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language RdrCEF.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language RdrCEF.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language RdrCEF.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language RdrCEF.exe - Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
Processor information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0 AcroRd32.exe Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\~MHz AcroRd32.exe -
description ioc Process Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-204488895-2999877624-296153668-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_BROWSER_EMULATION AcroRd32.exe - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 20 IoCs
pid Process 768 AcroRd32.exe 768 AcroRd32.exe 768 AcroRd32.exe 768 AcroRd32.exe 768 AcroRd32.exe 768 AcroRd32.exe 768 AcroRd32.exe 768 AcroRd32.exe 768 AcroRd32.exe 768 AcroRd32.exe 768 AcroRd32.exe 768 AcroRd32.exe 768 AcroRd32.exe 768 AcroRd32.exe 768 AcroRd32.exe 768 AcroRd32.exe 768 AcroRd32.exe 768 AcroRd32.exe 768 AcroRd32.exe 768 AcroRd32.exe - Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs
pid Process 768 AcroRd32.exe - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 5 IoCs
pid Process 768 AcroRd32.exe 768 AcroRd32.exe 768 AcroRd32.exe 768 AcroRd32.exe 768 AcroRd32.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 768 wrote to memory of 1896 768 AcroRd32.exe 88 PID 1896 wrote to memory of 1844 1896 RdrCEF.exe 90 PID 1896 wrote to memory of 1844 1896 RdrCEF.exe 90 PID 1896 wrote to memory of 1512 1896 RdrCEF.exe 91 PID 1896 wrote to memory of 2312 1896 RdrCEF.exe 94 PID 1896 wrote to memory of 2312 1896 RdrCEF.exe 94 PID 1896 wrote to memory of 2792 1896 RdrCEF.exe 95 PID 1896 wrote to memory of 1804 1896 RdrCEF.exe 96 PID 1896 wrote to memory of 2764 1896 RdrCEF.exe 97
Processes
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C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroRd32.exe"C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroRd32.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\cefb809a5176ae85fa381fba3b62bbaceee2155f4b78f5ffc46aed7a1cf01c7c.pdf"1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Checks processor information in registry
- Modifies Internet Explorer settings
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:768 -
C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.exe"C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.exe" --backgroundcolor=165140432⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1896 -
C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.exe"C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.exe" --type=renderer --disable-browser-side-navigation --disable-gpu-compositing --service-pipe-token=A0E23A341D2468A96474A7CCFABD265A --lang=en-US --disable-pack-loading --lang=en-US --log-file="C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\debug.log" --log-severity=disable --product-version="ReaderServices/19.10.20064 Chrome/64.0.3282.119" --enable-pinch --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=4 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --enable-gpu-async-worker-context --content-image-texture-target=0,0,3553;0,1,3553;0,2,3553;0,3,3553;0,4,3553;0,5,3553;0,6,3553;0,7,3553;0,8,3553;0,9,3553;0,10,3553;0,11,3553;0,12,3553;0,13,3553;0,14,3553;0,15,3553;0,16,3553;0,17,3553;0,18,3553;1,0,3553;1,1,3553;1,2,3553;1,3,3553;1,4,3553;1,5,3553;1,6,3553;1,7,3553;1,8,3553;1,9,3553;1,10,3553;1,11,3553;1,12,3553;1,13,3553;1,14,3553;1,15,3553;1,16,3553;1,17,3553;1,18,3553;2,0,3553;2,1,3553;2,2,3553;2,3,3553;2,4,3553;2,5,3553;2,6,3553;2,7,3553;2,8,3553;2,9,3553;2,10,3553;2,11,3553;2,12,3553;2,13,3553;2,14,3553;2,15,3553;2,16,3553;2,17,3553;2,18,3553;3,0,3553;3,1,3553;3,2,3553;3,3,3553;3,4,3553;3,5,3553;3,6,3553;3,7,3553;3,8,3553;3,9,3553;3,10,3553;3,11,3553;3,12,3553;3,13,3553;3,14,3553;3,15,3553;3,16,3553;3,17,3553;3,18,3553;4,0,3553;4,1,3553;4,2,3553;4,3,3553;4,4,3553;4,5,3553;4,6,3553;4,7,3553;4,8,3553;4,9,3553;4,10,3553;4,11,3553;4,12,3553;4,13,3553;4,14,3553;4,15,3553;4,16,3553;4,17,3553;4,18,3553;5,0,3553;5,1,3553;5,2,3553;5,3,3553;5,4,3553;5,5,3553;5,6,3553;5,7,3553;5,8,3553;5,9,3553;5,10,3553;5,11,3553;5,12,3553;5,13,3553;5,14,3553;5,15,3553;5,16,3553;5,17,3553;5,18,3553;6,0,3553;6,1,3553;6,2,3553;6,3,3553;6,4,3553;6,5,3553;6,6,3553;6,7,3553;6,8,3553;6,9,3553;6,10,3553;6,11,3553;6,12,3553;6,13,3553;6,14,3553;6,15,3553;6,16,3553;6,17,3553;6,18,3553 --disable-accelerated-video-decode --service-request-channel-token=A0E23A341D2468A96474A7CCFABD265A --renderer-client-id=2 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1732 --allow-no-sandbox-job /prefetch:13⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:1844
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C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.exe"C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.exe" --type=gpu-process --disable-pack-loading --lang=en-US --log-file="C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\debug.log" --log-severity=disable --product-version="ReaderServices/19.10.20064 Chrome/64.0.3282.119" --gpu-preferences=GAAAAAAAAAAAB4AAAQAAAAAAAAAAAGAA --use-gl=swiftshader-webgl --gpu-vendor-id=0x1234 --gpu-device-id=0x1111 --gpu-driver-vendor="Google Inc." --gpu-driver-version=3.3.0.2 --gpu-driver-date=2017/04/07 --disable-pack-loading --lang=en-US --log-file="C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\debug.log" --log-severity=disable --product-version="ReaderServices/19.10.20064 Chrome/64.0.3282.119" --service-request-channel-token=8EAC2030CE3EC0C696D71297512BBD4E --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1740 --allow-no-sandbox-job --ignored=" --type=renderer " /prefetch:23⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:1512
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C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.exe"C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.exe" --type=renderer --disable-browser-side-navigation --disable-gpu-compositing --service-pipe-token=6008DA3D014F5622F5201AC27BE0CCC5 --lang=en-US --disable-pack-loading --lang=en-US --log-file="C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\debug.log" --log-severity=disable --product-version="ReaderServices/19.10.20064 Chrome/64.0.3282.119" --enable-pinch --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=4 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --enable-gpu-async-worker-context --content-image-texture-target=0,0,3553;0,1,3553;0,2,3553;0,3,3553;0,4,3553;0,5,3553;0,6,3553;0,7,3553;0,8,3553;0,9,3553;0,10,3553;0,11,3553;0,12,3553;0,13,3553;0,14,3553;0,15,3553;0,16,3553;0,17,3553;0,18,3553;1,0,3553;1,1,3553;1,2,3553;1,3,3553;1,4,3553;1,5,3553;1,6,3553;1,7,3553;1,8,3553;1,9,3553;1,10,3553;1,11,3553;1,12,3553;1,13,3553;1,14,3553;1,15,3553;1,16,3553;1,17,3553;1,18,3553;2,0,3553;2,1,3553;2,2,3553;2,3,3553;2,4,3553;2,5,3553;2,6,3553;2,7,3553;2,8,3553;2,9,3553;2,10,3553;2,11,3553;2,12,3553;2,13,3553;2,14,3553;2,15,3553;2,16,3553;2,17,3553;2,18,3553;3,0,3553;3,1,3553;3,2,3553;3,3,3553;3,4,3553;3,5,3553;3,6,3553;3,7,3553;3,8,3553;3,9,3553;3,10,3553;3,11,3553;3,12,3553;3,13,3553;3,14,3553;3,15,3553;3,16,3553;3,17,3553;3,18,3553;4,0,3553;4,1,3553;4,2,3553;4,3,3553;4,4,3553;4,5,3553;4,6,3553;4,7,3553;4,8,3553;4,9,3553;4,10,3553;4,11,3553;4,12,3553;4,13,3553;4,14,3553;4,15,3553;4,16,3553;4,17,3553;4,18,3553;5,0,3553;5,1,3553;5,2,3553;5,3,3553;5,4,3553;5,5,3553;5,6,3553;5,7,3553;5,8,3553;5,9,3553;5,10,3553;5,11,3553;5,12,3553;5,13,3553;5,14,3553;5,15,3553;5,16,3553;5,17,3553;5,18,3553;6,0,3553;6,1,3553;6,2,3553;6,3,3553;6,4,3553;6,5,3553;6,6,3553;6,7,3553;6,8,3553;6,9,3553;6,10,3553;6,11,3553;6,12,3553;6,13,3553;6,14,3553;6,15,3553;6,16,3553;6,17,3553;6,18,3553 --disable-accelerated-video-decode --service-request-channel-token=6008DA3D014F5622F5201AC27BE0CCC5 --renderer-client-id=4 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2320 --allow-no-sandbox-job /prefetch:13⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:2312
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C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.exe"C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.exe" --type=gpu-process --disable-pack-loading --lang=en-US --log-file="C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\debug.log" --log-severity=disable --product-version="ReaderServices/19.10.20064 Chrome/64.0.3282.119" --gpu-preferences=GAAAAAAAAAAAB4AAAQAAAAAAAAAAAGAA --use-gl=swiftshader-webgl --gpu-vendor-id=0x1234 --gpu-device-id=0x1111 --gpu-driver-vendor="Google Inc." --gpu-driver-version=3.3.0.2 --gpu-driver-date=2017/04/07 --disable-pack-loading --lang=en-US --log-file="C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\debug.log" --log-severity=disable --product-version="ReaderServices/19.10.20064 Chrome/64.0.3282.119" --service-request-channel-token=5CFFF4185A0B94F1995C5B179ABB9052 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2664 --allow-no-sandbox-job --ignored=" --type=renderer " /prefetch:23⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:2792
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C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.exe"C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.exe" --type=gpu-process --disable-pack-loading --lang=en-US --log-file="C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\debug.log" --log-severity=disable --product-version="ReaderServices/19.10.20064 Chrome/64.0.3282.119" --gpu-preferences=GAAAAAAAAAAAB4AAAQAAAAAAAAAAAGAA --use-gl=swiftshader-webgl --gpu-vendor-id=0x1234 --gpu-device-id=0x1111 --gpu-driver-vendor="Google Inc." --gpu-driver-version=3.3.0.2 --gpu-driver-date=2017/04/07 --disable-pack-loading --lang=en-US --log-file="C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\debug.log" --log-severity=disable --product-version="ReaderServices/19.10.20064 Chrome/64.0.3282.119" --service-request-channel-token=5B000DE68CC9BC485DCC32A9D52DB88D --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1812 --allow-no-sandbox-job --ignored=" --type=renderer " /prefetch:23⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:1804
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C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.exe"C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.exe" --type=gpu-process --disable-pack-loading --lang=en-US --log-file="C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\debug.log" --log-severity=disable --product-version="ReaderServices/19.10.20064 Chrome/64.0.3282.119" --gpu-preferences=GAAAAAAAAAAAB4AAAQAAAAAAAAAAAGAA --use-gl=swiftshader-webgl --gpu-vendor-id=0x1234 --gpu-device-id=0x1111 --gpu-driver-vendor="Google Inc." --gpu-driver-version=3.3.0.2 --gpu-driver-date=2017/04/07 --disable-pack-loading --lang=en-US --log-file="C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\debug.log" --log-severity=disable --product-version="ReaderServices/19.10.20064 Chrome/64.0.3282.119" --service-request-channel-token=0D702E4D2F4CEA331D48658A72B0C2BD --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1716 --allow-no-sandbox-job --ignored=" --type=renderer " /prefetch:23⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:2764
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C:\Windows\System32\CompPkgSrv.exeC:\Windows\System32\CompPkgSrv.exe -Embedding1⤵PID:4032
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\Acrobat\DC\ReaderMessages
- Size 36KB
- SHA256 b1b77e96279ead2b460de3de70e2ea4f5ad1b853598a4e27a5caf3f1a32cc4f3
- MD5 b30d3becc8731792523d599d949e63f5
- SHA1 19350257e42d7aee17fb3bf139a9d3adb330fad4
- SHA512 523f54895fb07f62b9a5f72c8b62e83d4d9506bda57b183818615f6eb7286e3b9c5a50409bc5c5164867c3ccdeae88aa395ecca6bc7e36d991552f857510792e
- SSDEEP 24:TLiXlzkrFsgIFsxX3pALXmnHpkDGjmcxBSkomXk+2m9RFTsyg+wmf9Mzm+Zs3tGl:TqlmFTIF3XmHjBoGGR+jMz+LhT
- TLSH T178F21D566E241E3CCA9EC336340836C34D78023DACF3B762A58A719747AD181E37D6E9
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\Acrobat\DC\ReaderMessages
- Size 56KB
- SHA256 111dac2948e4cecb10b0d2e10d8afaa663d78d643826b592d6414a1fd77cc131
- MD5 752a1f26b18748311b691c7d8fc20633
- SHA1 c1f8e83eebc1cc1e9b88c773338eb09ff82ab862
- SHA512 a2f5f262faf2c3e9756da94b2c47787ce3a9391b5bd53581578aa9a764449e114836704d6dec4aadc097fed4c818831baa11affa1eb25be2bfad9349bb090fe5
- SSDEEP 192:wedRBvVrThe4p4/KhTB4p4CitZtkZsLRGVDbw6H3ph+v3YQa9:weZdThkKhBvkZsLRGlzh+vS9
- TLSH T1C94379DF2A348110CA0768BABD71771BB655D0BFC1C2F0A87AD68A1780B463CE775687
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\Acrobat\DC\ReaderMessages
- Size 64KB
- SHA256 468f6d6d5f224d32f177aa688920830d3b5e88fff89f5cb1a370ba9abaaa2577
- MD5 9a389bca1bae0bd1db30b7ba07a19213
- SHA1 e0b7cc1a4c0f4018ea66e69c815593083cf3f065
- SHA512 82730d7130a9a5312fca4f692ca7f3150da19847a11500db529d1ddcfe3d8742b2cb9b1e19788794b564a5a7e64d3c74da7ed4e1af44519cf547592cbbcb25cc
- SSDEEP 384:yepdThatELJ8SWvDTuGmQgZsLglKhubvGZsLRZh+vS4:g+eUZsLQCZsL3hUS4
- TLSH T12853CBDB26348040CA07A8BBADB5731BB662D0BFC1C6F1E87E858A1780F453D9775687
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH