What is AGSService.exe?

AGSService.exe is part of Adobe Genuine Software Integrity Service and developed by Adobe Systems, Incorporated according to the AGSService.exe version information.

AGSService.exe's description is "Adobe Genuine Software Integrity Service"

AGSService.exe is digitally signed by Adobe Inc..

AGSService.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 AGSService.exe.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on AGSService.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameAdobe Genuine Software Integrity Service
Company nameAdobe Systems, Incorporated
File descriptionAdobe Genuine Software Integrity Service
Internal nameAdobe Genuine Software Integrity Service
Original filenameAGSService.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright 2014 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved.
Product version6.3.0.73 BuildVersion: 6.3; BuildDate: Sat May 04 2019 14:01:19
File version6.3.0.73

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

Product nameAdobe Genuine Software Integrity Ser..
Company nameAdobe Systems, Incorporated
File descriptionAdobe Genuine Software Integrity Ser..
Internal nameAdobe Genuine Software Integrity Ser..
Original filenameAGSService.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright 2014 Adobe Systems Incorpo..
Product version6.3.0.73 BuildVersion: 6.3; BuildDat..
File version6.3.0.73

Digital signatures [?]

AGSService.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 72 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the AGSService.exe file.

None of the 72 anti-virus programs detected the AGSService.exe file.

Sandbox Report

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

Summary

Successfully executed process in sandbox.

Summary

{
    "file_created": [
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\adobegc.log"
    ],
    "dll_loaded": [
        "kernel32",
        "api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-1",
        "api-ms-win-core-fibers-l1-1-1",
        "api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0",
        "api-ms-win-core-sysinfo-l1-2-1"
    ],
    "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:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\OOBE.debug",
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\asu.trace",
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\asu.debug",
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\adobegc.trace",
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\OOBE.trace"
    ],
    "mutex": [
        "adobegc.log"
    ],
    "file_opened": [
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\adobegc.log"
    ]
}

Dropped

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        "name": "77862c41cbefa984_adobegc.log",
        "filepath": "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\adobegc.log",
        "type": "UTF-8 Unicode (with BOM) text, with CRLF line terminators",
        "sha256": "77862c41cbefa984c43c08c4c48eb9df6963811a32ca365cb37b5d2607871985",
        "urls": [],
        "crc32": "70BACB39",
        "path": "\/home\/hpuser\/.cuckoo\/storage\/analyses\/1333\/files\/77862c41cbefa984_adobegc.log",
        "ssdeep": null,
        "size": 129,
        "sha512": "55ce28ce2f6ed31c78f5d4c680aa394bce17eb5b5deb84718c0ba841d40fa43a110dee278525b3aee77be88d35d92ad8a7874df591ade76fc35a73484c943fd1",
        "pids": [
            2816
        ],
        "md5": "aee12d54a71c17ff271c632750ffae2b"
    }
]

Generic

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    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\c933dfe4ab43e7c34cb9a3c8adb90a1b3303fb7c7d903b5968b0b2545608b435.bin",
        "process_name": "c933dfe4ab43e7c34cb9a3c8adb90a1b3303fb7c7d903b5968b0b2545608b435.bin",
        "pid": 2816,
        "summary": {
            "file_created": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\adobegc.log"
            ],
            "dll_loaded": [
                "kernel32",
                "api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-1",
                "api-ms-win-core-fibers-l1-1-1",
                "api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0",
                "api-ms-win-core-sysinfo-l1-2-1"
            ],
            "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:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\OOBE.debug",
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\asu.trace",
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\asu.debug",
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\adobegc.trace",
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\OOBE.trace"
            ],
            "mutex": [
                "adobegc.log"
            ],
            "file_opened": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\adobegc.log"
            ]
        },
        "first_seen": 1564206786.7656,
        "ppid": 2016
    },
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1564206786.5156,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

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        "markcount": 3,
        "families": [],
        "description": "Command line console output was observed",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
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                "call": {
                    "category": "misc",
                    "status": 1,
                    "stacktrace": [],
                    "api": "WriteConsoleA",
                    "return_value": 1,
                    "arguments": {
                        "buffer": "Parameters:\r\n",
                        "console_handle": "0x00000007"
                    },
                    "time": 1564206786.8286,
                    "tid": 2420,
                    "flags": {}
                },
                "pid": 2816,
                "type": "call",
                "cid": 110
            },
            {
                "call": {
                    "category": "misc",
                    "status": 1,
                    "stacktrace": [],
                    "api": "WriteConsoleA",
                    "return_value": 1,
                    "arguments": {
                        "buffer": " -install  to install the service.\r\n",
                        "console_handle": "0x00000007"
                    },
                    "time": 1564206786.8286,
                    "tid": 2420,
                    "flags": {}
                },
                "pid": 2816,
                "type": "call",
                "cid": 111
            },
            {
                "call": {
                    "category": "misc",
                    "status": 1,
                    "stacktrace": [],
                    "api": "WriteConsoleA",
                    "return_value": 1,
                    "arguments": {
                        "buffer": " -remove   to remove the service.\r\n",
                        "console_handle": "0x00000007"
                    },
                    "time": 1564206786.8286,
                    "tid": 2420,
                    "flags": {}
                },
                "pid": 2816,
                "type": "call",
                "cid": 112
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "console_output"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "This executable has a PDB path",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "pdb_path",
                "ioc": "C:\\builds\\GoCart\\6.3\\source\\gocartclient\\public\\ags\\binaries\\windows\\release\\AGSService.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",
            "offset": 546,
            "time": 3.380998134613,
            "dport": 137,
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            "dport": 138,
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    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "83136ec54f277b7d2a712aaf2f8d2c59044f0529e49a836ca85fedfe8b221729",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "77bc4eb328cdd5255e7e791df827f5f6c6448529c877ee020decc5b45ca42e38",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD56469b092f0b640e2e96605a421cf61be
SHA256c933dfe4ab43e7c34cb9a3c8adb90a1b3303fb7c7d903b5968b0b2545608b435

Error Messages

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

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

agsservice.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 Genuine Software Integrity Service has stopped working.

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

agsservice.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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