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PDQConnect


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 5 File information Comments
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SHA256 hash: a9fa3370a9dca78b29ec466e7f3875f914f92c67a7effbf4b7f97e472bfe33db
SHA3-384 hash: bea269fd5b83a619a53ec90de3f4e738359e840c8c1c90a68298d506b964599b9779bd99161c5f1b94a8850de5b32bf6
SHA1 hash: bfc0ccabd747d9da1fb391892c1443932a3422ab
MD5 hash: 163ae6c0a6285f984c7d727bede6b048
humanhash: floor-chicken-triple-florida
File name:20251709-5.9.1.PDF.msi
Download: download sample
Signature PDQConnect
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File size:5'114'368 bytes
First seen:2025-09-23 16:05:13 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Microsoft Software Installer (MSI) msi
MIME type:application/x-msi
ssdeep 98304:VXAaFvtlLgiu+/OrIG9Ba4BNEb0y9LtluAa6s2FykX2:tnvZqIV4MlvmNGya2
Threatray 48 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH T160360119B6940CADD8E64235842EF115AE71780D273C85DB0F7A3DF97E2AAD0633A7C1
TrID 86.8% (.MSI) Microsoft Windows Installer (454500/1/170)
11.6% (.MST) Windows SDK Setup Transform script (61000/1/5)
1.5% (.) Generic OLE2 / Multistream Compound (8000/1)
Magika msi
Reporter Anonymous
Tags:msi PDQConnect signed

Code Signing Certificate

Organisation:PDQ.com Corporation
Issuer:DigiCert Trusted G4 Code Signing RSA4096 SHA384 2021 CA1
Algorithm:sha256WithRSAEncryption
Valid from:2025-08-07T00:00:00Z
Valid to:2028-09-21T23:59:59Z
Serial number: 067804e0ab0aa6f03d5381e3c238a748
Intelligence: 64 malware samples on MalwareBazaar are signed with this code signing certificate
Thumbprint Algorithm:SHA256
Thumbprint: 26baa107629cde6a41b32f7923451ad1355a3149cb0269ffafa1c48128b48ea3
Source:This information was brought to you by ReversingLabs A1000 Malware Analysis Platform

Intelligence

File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
37
Origin country :
US US
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Detection:
n/a
Link:
https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/28676/
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
92.5%
Link:
https://cyber-fortress.com/docs/result/index.php?id=68d2c5a8a8481b7a76abdbb9
Tags:
spawn
Verdict:
Suspicious
Threat level:
  5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
expand lolbin masquerade obfuscated rundll32 signed threat wix
Link:
https://www.filescan.io/uploads/68d2c64dc24f53840f2efd37/reports/decee6f3-8b46-4525-8185-e6769e695d07/overview
Verdict:
Suspicious
Labled as:
Trojan.MSI.MalPDQCnt
Link:
https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/a9fa3370a9dca78b29ec466e7f3875f914f92c67a7effbf4b7f97e472bfe33db
Result
Verdict:
MALICIOUS
Link:
https://labs.inquest.net/dfi/sha256/a9fa3370a9dca78b29ec466e7f3875f914f92c67a7effbf4b7f97e472bfe33db
Verdict:
Adware
File Type:
msi
First seen:
2025-09-22T20:05:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-09-22T20:05:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Link:
https://opentip.kaspersky.com/a9fa3370a9dca78b29ec466e7f3875f914f92c67a7effbf4b7f97e472bfe33db/results?tab=lookup
Score:
4%
Verdict:
Benign
File Type:
ARCHIVE
Link:
https://malprob.io/report/a9fa3370a9dca78b29ec466e7f3875f914f92c67a7effbf4b7f97e472bfe33db
Verdict:
inconclusive
YARA:
4 match(es)
Tags:
.Net CAB:COMPRESSION:LZX Executable Managed .NET Office Document PDB Path PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout SOS: 0.20 SOS: 0.21 SOS: 0.22
Link:
https://app.malva.re/file/163ae6c0a6285f984c7d727bede6b048
Detection:
n/a
Link:
https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/a9fa3370a9dca78b29ec466e7f3875f914f92c67a7effbf4b7f97e472bfe33db/
Verdict:
malicious
Label(s):
admintool_pdqconnectagent
Create hunting rule
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7f6dad75615565376cb447044fc93c9a9975d0e94a28a2042cbcb03f90a3accb
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b2011d6e78c449de79b9302fd3417b0053fe0a5359b2b733dfedb0451da2d3d7
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da0e4be31458c29e7c4af566c2ffe2882b69379c3144a8d71a42ad6e44a0ed61
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error
PDQConnect
fa76da7d823f2f36aaec9988d52cdc7b78c9f076efcfc5d2b2c76a6141ab2822
PDQConnect
+ 38 additional samples on MalwareBazaar
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  6/10
Tags:
execution persistence privilege_escalation ransomware
Link:
https://tria.ge/reports/250923-tldxdscq3v/
Behaviour
Checks SCSI registry key(s)
Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
Modifies registry class
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API
Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
Event Triggered Execution: Installer Packages
Drops file in Program Files directory
Drops file in Windows directory
Executes dropped EXE
Launches sc.exe
Loads dropped DLL
Drops file in System32 directory
Badlisted process makes network request
Enumerates connected drives
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
n/a
YARA:
n/a
Link:
https://app.threat.zone/submission/04e1b626-1447-406e-89f2-05361b52f6e2
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.
Threat name:
Malicious File
Score:
1.00
Link:
https://yomi.yoroi.company/submissions/a9fa3370a9dca78b29ec466e7f3875f914f92c67a7effbf4b7f97e472bfe33db

YARA Signatures

MalwareBazaar uses YARA rules from several public and non-public repositories, such as YARAhub and Malpedia. Those are being matched against malware samples uploaded to MalwareBazaar as well as against any suspicious process dumps they may create. Please note that only results from TLP:CLEAR rules are being displayed.

Rule name:CP_AllMal_Detector
Create hunting rule
Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:CrossPlatform All Malwares Detector: Detect PE, ELF, Mach-O, scripts, archives; overlay, obfuscation, encryption, spoofing, hiding, high entropy, network communication
Rule name:CP_Script_Inject_Detector
Create hunting rule
Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:Detects attempts to inject code into another process across PE, ELF, Mach-O binaries
Rule name:DebuggerCheck__API
Create hunting rule
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:FreddyBearDropper
Create hunting rule
Author:Dwarozh Hoshiar
Description:Freddy Bear Dropper is dropping a malware through base63 encoded powershell scrip.
Rule name:NET
Create hunting rule
Author:malware-lu

File information

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Cape
Cape
https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/28676/

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