Is 48 Laws of Power (Only the ideas).pdf safe?
PDF opened cleanly inside Adobe Acrobat with zero malicious detections across 77 engines.
All 77 engines returned clean. Sandbox behaviour matches legitimate Acrobat PDF handling; no malicious children or host reputation hits exist.
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Intelligence
The saved assessment, checked against the scan evidence and recorded coverage.
The reasoning behind this verdict
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All 77 engines returned clean. Sandbox behaviour matches legitimate Acrobat PDF handling; no malicious children or host reputation hits exist.
Zero malicious detections from 77 engines, including 18 tier-1 engines, combined with a 13-year submission history and no malicious dropped children, indicate the file is benign. The observed MITRE techniques are artefacts of Acrobat's own credential and cache operations rather than PDF payload malice. Direct-IP traffic lacks host-reputation coverage, but this absence is neutral and does not override the clean engine consensus.
What We Detected
77 antivirus engines scanned the PDF; none flagged it malicious or suspicious. Sandbox execution inside Adobe Acrobat DC produced typical Acrobat artefacts (credential cache writes, mutex creation) but no malicious verdict.
Threat Behavior
No C2 domains, no malicious child files, and no persistence mechanisms were attributed to the PDF content itself. The two direct-IP contacts lack reputation data because the host cross-check was not completed.
What To Do Now
The file can be opened safely. Keep endpoint protection enabled; no further action is required.
Where this verdict could be wrong1 caveat
- contactedHosts is null; two direct-IP addresses were observed but no host-reputation result is available.
These are the assessment's weak points. If you believe one applies to your file, report the verdict and we'll re-review it.
- Zero malicious detections across 77 engines
- 13-year clean submission history
- No malicious dropped children
Open the document normally; no security action needed.
Coverage & freshness
Complete means the check returned a usable result. It does not mean the file is safe.
Antivirus
Complete0 of 77 engines flagged the file.
Sandbox
Complete1 isolated runtime environment contributed observations.
Network
Partial2 runtime contacts were observed without a completed reputation cross-check.
YARA
Complete2 signature or behavior rules matched.
External intel
Complete3 of 3 independent reference sources completed.
Behavior
Plain-English impact first, then the observed runtime evidence.
Runtime flight recorder
Capture complete- 1isolated sandbox run
- 15MITRE ATT&CK techniques
- 5spawned processes
- 2network contacts
- 40filesystem & mutex artifacts
Attack story
Runtime observations grouped by analysis stage. Arrows organize the stages; they do not claim chronology or causality.
Input file
The submitted object
- FileObserved
48 Laws of Power (Only the ideas).pdf
afac86c8be2333de5d3111c6dd3f485690dce4fbe6689a0653e87837f1f01966
01Uploaded file
Processes
Runtime execution
- ProcessObserved
Observed process
"C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\Acrobat.exe" "C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\document.pdf"
02Isolated runtime analysis - ProcessObserved
Observed process
"C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\Adobe Crash Processor.exe"
03Isolated runtime analysis - +1 more recorded observation in Analyst mode
Files
Created or changed
- Written fileObserved
SOPHIA.json
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Adobe\Acrobat\DC\SOPHIA\Reader\SOPHIA.json
04Isolated runtime analysis - Written fileObserved
LocalLow
C:\Users\user\AppData\LocalLow
05Isolated runtime analysis - +1 more recorded observation in Analyst mode
Network
Hosts contacted
- Contacted hostObserved
104.80.224.135
Contact observed during runtime.
06Isolated runtime analysis - Contacted hostObserved
52.5.13.197
Contact observed during runtime.
07Isolated runtime analysis - +1 more recorded observation in Analyst mode
7 recorded facts from one runtime window. Every fact remains independently traceable in Analyst mode.
What this file did when executed
This file was detonated in 1 sandbox and its runtime behaviour was observed.
Adversary techniques mapped to the MITRE ATT&CK framework.
- 104.80.224.135
- 52.5.13.197
- C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Adobe\Acrobat\DC\SOPHIA\Reader\SOPHIA.json
- C:\Users\user\AppData\LocalLow
- C:\Users\user\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\AcroCef\DC\Acrobat\Cache\Cache
- C:\Users\user\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\AcroCef\DC\Acrobat\Cache\Cache\data_0
- C:\Users\user\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\AcroCef\DC\Acrobat\Cache\Cache\data_1
- C:\Users\user\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\AcroCef\DC\Acrobat\Cache\Code Cache\js\05349744be1ad4ad_0
- C:\Users\user\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\AcroCef\DC\Acrobat\Cache\Code Cache\js\0786087c3c360803_0
- C:\Users\user\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\AcroCef\DC\Acrobat\Cache\Code Cache\js\0998db3a32ab3f41_0
- C:\Users\user\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\AcroCef\DC\Acrobat\Cache\Code Cache\js\0f25049d69125b1e_0
- C:\Users\user\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\AcroCef\DC\Acrobat\Cache\Code Cache\js\230e5fe3e6f82b2c_0
- Local\Acrobat Instance Mutex
- Global\_MSIExecute
- Global\AdobeCrashProcessorLocalLowLock
- Local\ZonesCacheCounterMutex
- Local\ZonesLockedCacheCounterMutex
Files this sample writes at runtime
This file drops 10 children at runtime. None are currently flagged malicious in our cache.
- 33a126d7e7e8920be251…bd3ce5Never scannednever seen before
- 04f1a4a5966f8ff5336c…e5800cNever scannednever seen before
- e893f8b5477689c8fcd0…42ddd3Never scannednever seen before
- 4c611db89ee5c7efe710…e0b11aNever scannednever seen before
- d57ad682be6ff5008e90…08797aNever scannednever seen before
- 7f64762eb432f2f8ad05…3793bbNever scannednever seen before
- a38ab060bef87d71715c…d1dd52Never scannednever seen before
- b4c10ef9ed918315fa24…469024Never scannednever seen before
- 81ff65efc4487853bdb4…7c8e06Never scannednever seen before
- 14c0cb93ee60c4404dae…892f6cNever scannednever seen before
Detection & Forensics
Consensus, attribution, signatures, code structure, prevalence, and identity.
Evidence integrity
Chain of custody for the facts preserved in this report.
- 2rule hits recorded
- 0 / 77engines flagged
- 55sources in submission history
Why these facts are shown
Each statement identifies whether it was directly recorded or derived from saved scan facts.
- 01
0 of 77 antivirus engines flagged the file.
Verdict inputView chapterProvenanceObservedSourceAntivirus analysisObserved at - 02
The hash has been submitted 64 times from 55 sources.
ProvenanceDerivedSourceSaved report factsObserved at - 03
Scanned file: 48 Laws of Power (Only the ideas).pdf — afac86c8be2333de5d3111c6dd3f485690dce4fbe6689a0653e87837f1f01966
ProvenanceObservedSourceUploaded fileObserved at - 04
Observed process — "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\Acrobat.exe" "C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\document.pdf"
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at - 05
Observed process — "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\Adobe Crash Processor.exe"
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at - 06
File written: SOPHIA.json — C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Adobe\Acrobat\DC\SOPHIA\Reader\SOPHIA.json
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at - 07
File written: LocalLow — C:\Users\user\AppData\LocalLow
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at - 08
Contacted host: 104.80.224.135 — Contact observed during runtime.
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at - 09
Contacted host: 52.5.13.197 — Contact observed during runtime.
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at
Detection sources at a glance
The available sources did not agree on a named threat category.
MalwareBazaar, YARAify, and CIRCL hashlookup completed and returned no entries for this hash.
Signatures and behavior heuristics
Behavioral heuristics matched patterns associated with malware. Corroborating evidence determines how much weight they carry.
MITRE T1003 (OS Credential Dumping) mapped by at least one sandbox run.
The sample contacted an external IP address directly and no application domain was recorded. Direct-IP traffic also occurs in legitimate installers and infrastructure, so this is supporting context only and requires corroboration from host reputation and other runtime evidence.
Evidence104.80.224.135 · 52.5.13.197
0 of 77 engines flagged this file
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PE structure
Not applicablePE structure analysis applies to Windows executable formats, not this file type.
How widely this file has been seen
Moderate prevalence — neither rare nor common. No strong prior applies.
Fingerprint and provenance
- File name
- 48 Laws of Power (Only the ideas).pdf
- Format
- Code signing
- Not applicable to this file type
- Size
- 102.5 KB
- Last analyzed
- Aug 5, 2026, 1:02 PM UTC
afac86c8be2333de5d3111c6dd3f485690dce4fbe6689a0653e87837f1f01966Safety & FAQ
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What to do now
This file appears low risk based on the evidence available now.
- Recovery step 01
Open it only when its sender or download source is one you independently trust.
- Recovery step 02
A clean result reduces known risk, but it cannot guarantee that every new or targeted threat has been detected.
- Recovery step 03
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