What is AcroRd32.exe?

AcroRd32.exe is part of Adobe Acrobat Reader DC and developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated according to the AcroRd32.exe version information.

AcroRd32.exe's description is "Adobe Acrobat Reader DC "

AcroRd32.exe is digitally signed by Adobe Inc..

AcroRd32.exe is usually located in the 'F:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected AcroRd32.exe.

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VirusTotal report

1 of the 67 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the AcroRd32.exe file. That's a 1% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Antiy-AVL	GrayWare/Win32.Generic

Sandbox Report

The following information was gathered by executing the file inside Cuckoo Sandbox.

Summary

Successfully executed process in sandbox.

Summary

{
    "file_exists": [
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\6f4a502ecc055f7521b99f090bf0e18598ab08adc76f41d364d848157fd81b6e.bin"
    ],
    "regkey_opened": [
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Policies\\Adobe\\Acrobat Reader\\DC\\FeatureLockDown",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Adobe\\Acrobat Reader\\DC\\FeatureState",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Adobe\\Adobe Acrobat\\DC\\FeatureState",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Adobe\\Acrobat Reader\\DC\\Privileged"
    ],
    "directory_enumerated": [
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp",
        "C:\\Users\\cuck",
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData",
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local",
        "C:\\Users"
    ],
    "dll_loaded": [
        "kernel32",
        "SHELL32.dll"
    ],
    "regkey_read": [
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles"
    ]
}

Generic

[
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1562935985.3594,
        "ppid": 376
    },
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\6f4a502ecc055f7521b99f090bf0e18598ab08adc76f41d364d848157fd81b6e.bin",
        "process_name": "6f4a502ecc055f7521b99f090bf0e18598ab08adc76f41d364d848157fd81b6e.bin",
        "pid": 2676,
        "summary": {
            "file_exists": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\6f4a502ecc055f7521b99f090bf0e18598ab08adc76f41d364d848157fd81b6e.bin"
            ],
            "regkey_opened": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Policies\\Adobe\\Acrobat Reader\\DC\\FeatureLockDown",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Adobe\\Acrobat Reader\\DC\\FeatureState",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Adobe\\Adobe Acrobat\\DC\\FeatureState",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Adobe\\Acrobat Reader\\DC\\Privileged"
            ],
            "directory_enumerated": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp",
                "C:\\Users\\cuck",
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData",
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local",
                "C:\\Users"
            ],
            "dll_loaded": [
                "kernel32",
                "SHELL32.dll"
            ],
            "regkey_read": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles"
            ]
        },
        "first_seen": 1562935985.6094,
        "ppid": 2724
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "This executable has a PDB path",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "pdb_path",
                "ioc": "D:\\DCB\\CBT_Main\\BuildResults\\bin\\Release\\AcroRd32Exe.pdb",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "has_pdb"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "The executable contains unknown PE section names indicative of a packer (could be a false positive)",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "section",
                "ioc": ".didat",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "pe_features"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 3,
        "families": [],
        "description": "The file contains an unknown PE resource name possibly indicative of a packer",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "resource name",
                "ioc": "PNG",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            },
            {
                "category": "resource name",
                "ioc": "TYPELIB",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            },
            {
                "category": "resource name",
                "ioc": "None",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "pe_unknown_resource_name"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 4,
        "families": [],
        "description": "Foreign language identified in PE resource",
        "severity": 2,
        "marks": [
            {
                "name": "TYPELIB",
                "language": "LANG_ENGLISH",
                "offset": "0x001bd900",
                "filetype": "data",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_ARABIC_QATAR",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x000004d4"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_BITMAP",
                "language": "LANG_ENGLISH",
                "offset": "0x001bd5d0",
                "filetype": "GLS_BINARY_LSB_FIRST",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_ARABIC_QATAR",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x0000032a"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_BITMAP",
                "language": "LANG_ENGLISH",
                "offset": "0x001bd5d0",
                "filetype": "GLS_BINARY_LSB_FIRST",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_ARABIC_QATAR",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x0000032a"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_BITMAP",
                "language": "LANG_ENGLISH",
                "offset": "0x001bd5d0",
                "filetype": "GLS_BINARY_LSB_FIRST",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_ARABIC_QATAR",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x0000032a"
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "origin_langid"
    }
]

Yara

The Yara rules did not detect anything in the file.

Network

{
    "tls": [],
    "udp": [
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "192.168.56.255",
            "offset": 662,
            "time": 6.2269058227539,
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            "sport": 137
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            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 51001
        },
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    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "a92e4289413390213e9f4c597063ac6fc3f23bfeb106614ad47702a53d4ce11c",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "4edf67fb92e82d40d335c5986d0fb62b3994bb775e390080a1753dbde68f2182",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

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Error Messages

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