What is Adobe Desktop Service.exe?

Adobe Desktop Service.exe is part of Adobe Creative Cloud and developed by Adobe Inc. according to the Adobe Desktop Service.exe version information.

Adobe Desktop Service.exe's description is "Creative Cloud"

Adobe Desktop Service.exe is digitally signed by Adobe Systems Incorporated.

Adobe Desktop Service.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\Adobe Desktop Common\ADS\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected Adobe Desktop Service.exe.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on Adobe Desktop Service.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameAdobe Creative Cloud
Company nameAdobe Inc.
File descriptionCreative Cloud
Internal nameAdobe Creative Cloud.exe
Original filenameAdobe Creative Cloud.exe
Legal copyright© 2013-2018 Adobe. All rights reserved.
Product version4.8.0.421
File version4.8.0.421

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Product nameAdobe Creative Cloud
Company nameAdobe Inc.
File descriptionCreative Cloud
Internal nameAdobe Creative Cloud.exe
Original filenameAdobe Creative Cloud.exe
Legal copyright© 2013-2018 Adobe. All rights reser..
Product version4.8.0.421
File version4.8.0.421

Digital signatures [?]

Adobe Desktop Service.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameAdobe Systems Incorporated
Certificate issuer nameDigiCert EV Code Signing CA (SHA2)
Certificate serial number06b922a8397e632fe5348da267275b4f

VirusTotal report

1 of the 65 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the Adobe Desktop Service.exe file. That's a 2% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
CrowdStrike win/malicious_confidence_90% (D)
1 of the 65 anti-virus programs detected the Adobe Desktop Service.exe file.

Sandbox Report

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

Summary

Successfully executed process in sandbox.

Generic

[
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1604807586.421875,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "This executable has a PDB path",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "pdb_path",
                "ioc": "C:\\builds\\ACC\\GM\\source\\dev\\target\\win32\\Release\\ADS\\Adobe Desktop Service.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": ".gfids",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "pe_features"
    }
]

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": 546,
            "time": 3.0779011249542236,
            "dport": 137,
            "sport": 137
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 5074,
            "time": 3.036520004272461,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 51001
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 5402,
            "time": 1.016435146331787,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 5730,
            "time": 3.0497729778289795,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53848
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 6058,
            "time": 1.631688117980957,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 54255
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 6386,
            "time": -0.09725785255432129,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 6714,
            "time": 1.562540054321289,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 1900
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 16512,
            "time": 1.049964189529419,
            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 24896,
            "time": 3.0933711528778076,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 53598
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "d91970e5bc24cc32e569fe1994e408ae294b920b21d498b5181d6f206ecedbc0",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "fd391876adfda1e203fc4450755d911eefdd10d96ef337af899c351edc2afb5a",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

Screenshot from the sandboxScreenshot from the sandbox

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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5a5b9b7a8074dd541d3c564134c6790fb
SHA256594c9a50b9226d6b05ee4ea41e0a01d8ae7589cf08f0aee309953c619ac4ca57

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to adobe desktop service.exe:

adobe desktop service.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

adobe desktop service.exe - Application Error. The instruction at "0xXXXXXXXX" referenced memory at "0xXXXXXXXX". The memory could not be "read/written". Click on OK to terminate the program.

Creative Cloud has stopped working.

End Program - adobe desktop service.exe. This program is not responding.

adobe desktop service.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

adobe desktop service.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

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