b4b78d6da201912ea0a6c85ee9f6997fb20883b20e19122f60e2322158f4284b

General

Target
70-Article Text-115-1-10-20200730.pdf
Size 719KB
Sample260822-ajtehszbqa
SHA256 b4b78d6da201912ea0a6c85ee9f6997fb20883b20e19122f60e2322158f4284b
MD5 b323740a731757b114e6cdd60d07185a
SHA1 a9a0f7ef2d4e63f0552194564dd2fa0ccdbb2068
SHA512 f01decc848876f6aacb89ad26df3a74ca7092cfb01277107537e7a1967264faa2a07fd8220fdd33de313ff13d42a22bb9e0ebafce5793c074a234232b2ad8c22
SSDEEP 12288:i6X824+oCXMQyVioo8QX1jM13QSGJr29+ho4GO9jgMLzj1Ehwmmh6hNJHydqpQdd:iG3YC8h4q3yr8+/pgMb6ymbhNByddr1z
TLSH
T101F40218925C7DECE2A64A86E70B3C9B761DF036F1CA5581061EC71342A4F7BEA172C7
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Score

3^/10

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.

discovery

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

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	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
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.

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

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

Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

adware spyware

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3611646547-550105268-947503007-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_BROWSER_EMULATION	AcroRd32.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 20 IoCs

pid	Process
1548	AcroRd32.exe
1548	AcroRd32.exe
1548	AcroRd32.exe
1548	AcroRd32.exe
1548	AcroRd32.exe
1548	AcroRd32.exe
1548	AcroRd32.exe
1548	AcroRd32.exe
1548	AcroRd32.exe
1548	AcroRd32.exe
1548	AcroRd32.exe
1548	AcroRd32.exe
1548	AcroRd32.exe
1548	AcroRd32.exe
1548	AcroRd32.exe
1548	AcroRd32.exe
1548	AcroRd32.exe
1548	AcroRd32.exe
1548	AcroRd32.exe
1548	AcroRd32.exe

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1548	AcroRd32.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 6 IoCs

pid	Process
1548	AcroRd32.exe
1548	AcroRd32.exe
1548	AcroRd32.exe
1548	AcroRd32.exe
1548	AcroRd32.exe
1548	AcroRd32.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1548 wrote to memory of 4680	1548	AcroRd32.exe	89
PID 4680 wrote to memory of 1180	4680	RdrCEF.exe	90
PID 4680 wrote to memory of 1180	4680	RdrCEF.exe	90
PID 4680 wrote to memory of 5344	4680	RdrCEF.exe	91
PID 4680 wrote to memory of 1552	4680	RdrCEF.exe	92
PID 4680 wrote to memory of 1552	4680	RdrCEF.exe	92
PID 4680 wrote to memory of 2372	4680	RdrCEF.exe	94
PID 4680 wrote to memory of 1928	4680	RdrCEF.exe	96
PID 4680 wrote to memory of 2424	4680	RdrCEF.exe	99

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\70-Article Text-115-1-10-20200730.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:1548
- 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:4680
- - 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=E02814C6943BA23562EE7F7D1FCF3FDD --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=E02814C6943BA23562EE7F7D1FCF3FDD --renderer-client-id=2 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1808 --allow-no-sandbox-job /prefetch:1
    3⤵
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:1180
- - 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=90B3F39B8CC4A96991AF59D2C6B725BB --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1816 --allow-no-sandbox-job --ignored=" --type=renderer " /prefetch:2
    3⤵
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:5344
- - 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=6B2E7795B7D32E56D720CEC006402799 --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=6B2E7795B7D32E56D720CEC006402799 --renderer-client-id=4 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2384 --allow-no-sandbox-job /prefetch:1
    3⤵
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:1552
- - 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=A1A3C4F989F4164F7B6C95ABD133D7CD --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2732 --allow-no-sandbox-job --ignored=" --type=renderer " /prefetch:2
    3⤵
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:2372
- - 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=46E8BB8616D7802F84CF75D1F5A14A9C --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2136 --allow-no-sandbox-job --ignored=" --type=renderer " /prefetch:2
    3⤵
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:1928
- - 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=6CB2AED984CA2F29931EA13E2A6FDF3A --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2880 --allow-no-sandbox-job --ignored=" --type=renderer " /prefetch:2
    3⤵
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:2424

C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k GPSvcGroup
1⤵
PID:2248

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

1

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

1

T1012

System Information Discovery

1

T1082

System Location Discovery

1

T1614

System Language Discovery

1

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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ReaderMessages

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

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ReaderMessages

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

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ReaderMessages

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\Acrobat\DC\ReaderMessages
Size 64KB
SHA256 b9946c138a8c9e68baafc9a8bec6a34bd154dd6cccce0688aa8560c66ceafebe
MD5 cffe9255e03374f00a8ef9dd6f2abc3e
SHA1 47cb288958cf291b49601cf26cb985bf250a6ca4
SHA512 b3667ce48ca31f8d3e30ca901e53362f78765fbc2384ab7d057cbd7dd663adf2cb833e79f4b907334e80283cf94c80c6dfc477dc40ade6c00ae8ec950eabe385
SSDEEP 384:yeJdThatELJ8SWvDTuGmQgZsLglKhubvGZsLRZh+vS4:4+eUZsLQCZsL3hUS4
TLSH
T1A153CBDB26348040CA07A8BBADB5731BB662D0BFC1C6F1E87E858A1780F453D9775687
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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