What is FlashPlayerUpdateService.exe?

FlashPlayerUpdateService.exe is part of Adobe® Flash® Player Update Service and developed by Adobe according to the FlashPlayerUpdateService.exe version information.

FlashPlayerUpdateService.exe's description is "Adobe® Flash® Player Update Service 32.0 r0"

FlashPlayerUpdateService.exe is digitally signed by Adobe Inc..

FlashPlayerUpdateService.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\' folder.

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on FlashPlayerUpdateService.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameAdobe® Flash® Player Update Service
Company nameAdobe
File descriptionAdobe® Flash® Player Update Service 32.0 r0
Legal copyrightCopyright © 1996-2019 Adobe
Legal trademarkAdobe® Flash® Player
Product version32,0,0,270
File version32,0,0,270

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

Product nameAdobe® Flash® Player Update Service
Company nameAdobe
File descriptionAdobe® Flash® Player Update Servic..
Legal copyrightCopyright © 1996-2019 Adobe
Legal trademarkAdobe® Flash® Player
Product version32,0,0,270
File version32,0,0,270

Digital signatures [?]

FlashPlayerUpdateService.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameAdobe Inc.
Certificate issuer nameDigiCert EV Code Signing CA (SHA2)
Certificate serial number0d2caccd3e9eec06738410ba31bf6595

VirusTotal report

None of the 70 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the FlashPlayerUpdateService.exe file.

None of the 70 anti-virus programs detected the FlashPlayerUpdateService.exe file.

Sandbox Report

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

Summary

Successfully executed process in sandbox.

Summary

{
    "file_failed": [
        "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\Macromed\\Flash\\mms.cfg"
    ],
    "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"
    ]
}

Generic

[
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\e5da31f2bc4fd226632f967ad73cc6bbbd79292049d934b669b16dfa5ff5e5d6.bin",
        "process_name": "e5da31f2bc4fd226632f967ad73cc6bbbd79292049d934b669b16dfa5ff5e5d6.bin",
        "pid": 2816,
        "summary": {
            "file_failed": [
                "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\Macromed\\Flash\\mms.cfg"
            ],
            "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"
            ]
        },
        "first_seen": 1570783984.75,
        "ppid": 2016
    },
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1570783984.3281,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "This executable has a PDB path",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "pdb_path",
                "ioc": "E:\\r\\ws\\St_Make\\code\\build\\win\\results\\FlashPlayerUpdateService\\Release\\Win32\\FlashPlayerUpdateService.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": 662,
            "time": 6.2666058540344,
            "dport": 137,
            "sport": 137
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "192.168.56.255",
            "offset": 5342,
            "time": 12.327404975891,
            "dport": 138,
            "sport": 138
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 7186,
            "time": 6.1739399433136,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 51001
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
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            "dport": 5355,
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        },
        {
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            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
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            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53848
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 8170,
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            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 54255
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
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            "time": 3.0430870056152,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 8826,
            "time": 4.6565790176392,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 1900
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 28236,
            "time": 4.170923948288,
            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 36620,
            "time": 6.2683920860291,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 53598
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "3146b9b4ce87e781aa011179239ccc11c96953ca18030d7b25736868f0d89ea8",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "809c07a4312f3c333901f779d091685f994e8e3f16a3bb8dbab02afb779cf985",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

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Folder name variants

FlashPlayerUpdateService.exe may also be located in other folders than C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\. The most common variants are listed below:

Other files also named FlashPlayerUpdateService.exe

FlashPlayerUpdateService.exe (64 votes)

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5e55b0a0789ed372e2e9a245e8ecd3332
SHA256e5da31f2bc4fd226632f967ad73cc6bbbd79292049d934b669b16dfa5ff5e5d6

Error Messages

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

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

flashplayerupdateservice.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® Flash® Player Update Service 32.0 r0 has stopped working.

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

flashplayerupdateservice.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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