Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    153s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    13/08/2026, 12:19

General

  • Target
    Payment_Requisition-Nairobi_City_Water_and_Sewerage_Company_Limited_organized_%281%29_signed.pdf
  • Size 4.3MB
  • Sample260813-phebjayhkd
  • SHA256 bcc645e20e47d3127d8f90ac6cb22cb75521777dc0cb43baa975f4fcc6cad676
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 11 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Processor information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 20 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 7 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs

Processes

  • 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\Payment_Requisition-Nairobi_City_Water_and_Sewerage_Company_Limited_organized_%281%29_signed.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:4500
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AdobeCollabSync.exe
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AdobeCollabSync.exe" -c
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3316
      • C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AdobeCollabSync.exe
        "C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AdobeCollabSync.exe" -c --type=collab-renderer --proc=3316
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Modifies registry class
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1940
        • C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\FullTrustNotifier.exe
          "C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\FullTrustNotifier.exe" GetChannelUri
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:2456
    • 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=16514043
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1436
      • 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=52F49429247EF1CCADDE9591D2835DCE --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1716 --allow-no-sandbox-job --ignored=" --type=renderer " /prefetch:2
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4048
      • 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=1379F8C8994BDB2BC3EF61B970EF8486 --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=1379F8C8994BDB2BC3EF61B970EF8486 --renderer-client-id=2 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1724 --allow-no-sandbox-job /prefetch:1
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4464
      • 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=FE040B239BBD3A2588BFB9D7B65AD7B3 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2316 --allow-no-sandbox-job --ignored=" --type=renderer " /prefetch:2
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4600
      • 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=1DEF0244DB50FFEBB25D8C63BBA957FD --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=1DEF0244DB50FFEBB25D8C63BBA957FD --renderer-client-id=5 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1936 --allow-no-sandbox-job /prefetch:1
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:1608
      • 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=3E58A055B90E49F46CD585241A881E7E --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1944 --allow-no-sandbox-job --ignored=" --type=renderer " /prefetch:2
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2336
      • 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=0DA9AA10D54DD31A47F4A472580F1C18 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2804 --allow-no-sandbox-job --ignored=" --type=renderer " /prefetch:2
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:1788

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

        Replay Monitor

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        Downloads

        ReaderMessages

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\Acrobat\DC\ReaderMessages
        • Size 64KB
        • SHA256 8c9d4a0f980fcbe53e0f220847c48597260b9f216b7a50b31f46bf0344fbe830
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ReaderMessages

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\Acrobat\DC\ReaderMessages
        • Size 36KB
        • SHA256 b1b77e96279ead2b460de3de70e2ea4f5ad1b853598a4e27a5caf3f1a32cc4f3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ReaderMessages

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\Acrobat\DC\ReaderMessages
        • Size 56KB
        • SHA256 111dac2948e4cecb10b0d2e10d8afaa663d78d643826b592d6414a1fd77cc131
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Synchronizer

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\Acrobat\DC\Reader\Synchronizer\metadata\Synchronizer
        • Size 92KB
        • SHA256 87aa4c64348b534771f03919b5bdca09596e89f6e0cca0a992bb3d290ec4155a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Synchronizer

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\Acrobat\DC\Reader\Synchronizer\metadata\Synchronizer
        • Size 92KB
        • SHA256 4107286969a59563bcf41c063e283f7b2abb23f5f7b2c31d3ab32e75c161284c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Synchronizer

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\Acrobat\DC\Reader\Synchronizer\metadata\Synchronizer
        • Size 92KB
        • SHA256 4456b35cd6c112d17a841fb1dd2b7020e0723dfde48c8b8caa822bb22f3199e8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Synchronizer

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\Acrobat\DC\Reader\Synchronizer\metadata\Synchronizer
        • Size 92KB
        • SHA256 eaa47c0a34bf0cf21efcf8789a2e5e1fe2a6376e86a7eecf89f0ca3f7bfffbe7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Synchronizer

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\Acrobat\DC\Reader\Synchronizer\metadata\Synchronizer
        • Size 92KB
        • SHA256 5eff1e093e369b26ffe0413eb2f5a9b3e2c97955aa9349ecb55bceea824084f2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Synchronizer

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\Acrobat\DC\Reader\Synchronizer\metadata\Synchronizer
        • Size 92KB
        • SHA256 a027cf12f2055635a3020f08e0448b2f0314791260ccd25570426088c5b0e307
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Synchronizer

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\Acrobat\DC\Reader\Synchronizer\metadata\Synchronizer
        • Size 92KB
        • SHA256 3bfdcfd0a9617d6fb18b115b797339ce28d00d0936f31028fe2cb76c123e50e9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        resource-19

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\Acrobat\DC\Reader\Synchronizer\resources\resource-19
        • Size 4.3MB
        • SHA256 ed7d2fc2c84e03a3b7805b2d7baafae7b5db47bb1cc513d31ee5953453292abb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        57C8EDB95DF3F0AD4EE2DC2B8CFD4157

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\57C8EDB95DF3F0AD4EE2DC2B8CFD4157
        • Size 4KB
        • SHA256 0300e9ddb527990e8b59d06e9ccf3ec2bd92d3bbd0ef4fba69d6336e4195e82d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        57C8EDB95DF3F0AD4EE2DC2B8CFD4157

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\57C8EDB95DF3F0AD4EE2DC2B8CFD4157
        • Size 342B
        • SHA256 cd801c7bfd256cb6686b38fcbfaebe7e7a5fc86abf7329df38f72b1a16a5258b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        SharedDataEvents

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Adobe\Acrobat\DC\SharedDataEvents
        • Size 12KB
        • SHA256 d7a95c47fcf363955ca81f3e739e54cf3fec16930b33fd990f602563f327109b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        SharedDataEvents

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Adobe\Acrobat\DC\SharedDataEvents
        • Size 12KB
        • SHA256 808b4efef6016868413d2a4b567efe5500cbca8ed2709af87435ac270ebaf4e7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        SharedDataEvents

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Adobe\Acrobat\DC\SharedDataEvents
        • Size 12KB
        • SHA256 8c445705b0e64e7b3858786113a003d92772b35ba3bff48b5c1e2a4e1c84e169
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        SharedDataEvents

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Adobe\Acrobat\DC\SharedDataEvents
        • Size 12KB
        • SHA256 d37555915eb7204f48d2d9e4a314d1ed0d86e7744c8692a779bf6b9476462e0d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        addressbook.acrodata

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Acrobat\DC\Security\addressbook.acrodata
        • Size 14KB
        • SHA256 06a576fc14e995c437b26c0d150b4e84cd745e7cedfd972a84b42b51c842fc9b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        addressbook.acrodata

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Acrobat\DC\Security\addressbook.acrodata
        • Size 6.4MB
        • SHA256 69d8e6484ffeeaa9b1ec6bb8707cdb15fe9cc4e854d1c7a40282c8772f53e1cc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH