What is AGCInvokerUtility.exe?

AGCInvokerUtility.exe is part of GC Invoker Utility and developed by Adobe Systems, Incorporated according to the AGCInvokerUtility.exe version information.

AGCInvokerUtility.exe's description is "Adobe GC Invoker Utility"

AGCInvokerUtility.exe is digitally signed by Adobe Inc..

AGCInvokerUtility.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\AdobeGCClient\' folder.

None of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal reports anything malicious about AGCInvokerUtility.exe.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on AGCInvokerUtility.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameGC Invoker Utility
Company nameAdobe Systems, Incorporated
File descriptionAdobe GC Invoker Utility
Internal nameAGCInvokerUtility.exe
Original filenameAGCInvokerUtility.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright 2017 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved.
Product version6.4.0.40 BuildVersion: 6.4; BuildDate: Wed Sep 25 2019 11:35:56
File version6.4.0.40

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

Product nameGC Invoker Utility
Company nameAdobe Systems, Incorporated
File descriptionAdobe GC Invoker Utility
Internal nameAGCInvokerUtility.exe
Original filenameAGCInvokerUtility.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright 2017 Adobe Systems Incorpo..
Product version6.4.0.40 BuildVersion: 6.4; BuildDat..
File version6.4.0.40

Digital signatures [?]

AGCInvokerUtility.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameAdobe Inc.
Certificate issuer nameDigiCert EV Code Signing CA (SHA2)
Certificate serial number06f24d9f4db07bd7ecad067f5ee26c29

VirusTotal report

None of the 69 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the AGCInvokerUtility.exe file.

None of the 69 anti-virus programs detected the AGCInvokerUtility.exe file.

Sandbox Report

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

Summary

Successfully executed process in sandbox.

Summary

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    "file_created": [
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\adobegc.log"
    ],
    "directory_created": [
        "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Common Files\\Adobe",
        "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Common Files\\Adobe\\AdobeGCClient"
    ],
    "dll_loaded": [
        "kernel32",
        "api-ms-win-core-fibers-l1-1-1",
        "api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-1",
        "api-ms-win-core-sysinfo-l1-2-1",
        "api-ms-win-appmodel-runtime-l1-1-1",
        "ext-ms-win-kernel32-package-current-l1-1-0",
        "api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0"
    ],
    "file_failed": [
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\adobegc.log"
    ],
    "file_written": [
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\adobegc.log"
    ],
    "file_exists": [
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\adobegc.debug",
        "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Common Files",
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\OOBE.debug",
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\asu.trace",
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\asu.debug",
        "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Common Files\\Adobe\\AdobeGCClient\\AdobeGCClient.exe",
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\adobegc.trace",
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\OOBE.trace",
        "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Common Files\\Adobe\\AdobeGCClient",
        "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Common Files\\Adobe"
    ],
    "mutex": [
        "adobegc.log"
    ],
    "file_opened": [
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\adobegc.log"
    ],
    "regkey_read": [
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles"
    ]
}

Dropped

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        "sha1": "4c7e7685aff9a19a799178f0ddbbf56003e4dc03",
        "name": "6d9cb6fdc62ee972_adobegc.log",
        "filepath": "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\adobegc.log",
        "type": "UTF-8 Unicode (with BOM) text, with CRLF line terminators",
        "sha256": "6d9cb6fdc62ee9729600ad041033cd504a09f85fc6c1aad1f3fbd4700bb80a7f",
        "urls": [],
        "crc32": "6EE941B5",
        "path": "\/home\/hpuser\/.cuckoo\/storage\/analyses\/2801\/files\/6d9cb6fdc62ee972_adobegc.log",
        "ssdeep": null,
        "size": 1817,
        "sha512": "dfa240e997eb6975b91e4129d013a3f0ddb9a315094a0d3d5e6b970c7cb58205a70a43b68c15adc6cbbde767a44cdb9cce62e1a41a742216a6b181b56ae83cf3",
        "pids": [
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        ],
        "md5": "e4270783c863e1f90ff7e64a31f3540b"
    }
]

Generic

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    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\2ee4c8847c46921ce5a6f0e837de50dd0de9b22f36f2a466f15293ed011acf52.bin",
        "process_name": "2ee4c8847c46921ce5a6f0e837de50dd0de9b22f36f2a466f15293ed011acf52.bin",
        "pid": 2816,
        "summary": {
            "file_created": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\adobegc.log"
            ],
            "directory_created": [
                "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Common Files\\Adobe",
                "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Common Files\\Adobe\\AdobeGCClient"
            ],
            "dll_loaded": [
                "kernel32",
                "api-ms-win-core-fibers-l1-1-1",
                "api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-1",
                "api-ms-win-core-sysinfo-l1-2-1",
                "api-ms-win-appmodel-runtime-l1-1-1",
                "ext-ms-win-kernel32-package-current-l1-1-0",
                "api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0"
            ],
            "file_failed": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\adobegc.log"
            ],
            "file_written": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\adobegc.log"
            ],
            "file_exists": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\adobegc.debug",
                "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Common Files",
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\OOBE.debug",
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\asu.trace",
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\asu.debug",
                "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Common Files\\Adobe\\AdobeGCClient\\AdobeGCClient.exe",
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\adobegc.trace",
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\OOBE.trace",
                "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Common Files\\Adobe\\AdobeGCClient",
                "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Common Files\\Adobe"
            ],
            "mutex": [
                "adobegc.log"
            ],
            "file_opened": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\adobegc.log"
            ],
            "regkey_read": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles"
            ]
        },
        "first_seen": 1571075584.7969,
        "ppid": 2308
    },
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1571075584.5156,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

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    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "This executable has a PDB path",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "pdb_path",
                "ioc": "C:\\builds\\GoCart\\6.4\\source\\gocartclient\\public\\gcinvokerutility\\binaries\\windows\\release\\AGCInvokerUtility.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

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            "dst": "192.168.56.255",
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        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 2490,
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            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 51001
        },
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        },
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    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "f447b6c5af3b4b3e568922e343cd7ccbf10a222f8cd1f99d631a59cc8c1c2b9d",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "7a1e0c08c9109ec9c9e4aca73b4df775f502e110d806202670d8fb324a9ce707",
    "irc": [],
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}

Screenshots

Screenshot from the sandbox

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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD54746c75cdb41c65c75281b5d24ad2352
SHA2562ee4c8847c46921ce5a6f0e837de50dd0de9b22f36f2a466f15293ed011acf52

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to agcinvokerutility.exe:

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

agcinvokerutility.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.

Adobe GC Invoker Utility has stopped working.

End Program - agcinvokerutility.exe. This program is not responding.

agcinvokerutility.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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