What is Updater.CZE?

Updater.CZE is part of Adobe Acrobat and developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated according to the Updater.CZE version information.

Updater.CZE's description is "Adobe Acrobat Updater Plug-in"

Updater.CZE is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Reader\plug_ins\' folder.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on Updater.CZE:

PropertyValue
Product nameAdobe Acrobat
Company nameAdobe Systems Incorporated
File descriptionAdobe Acrobat Updater Plug-in
Original filenameUpdater.api
Legal copyrightCopyright 1984-2009 Adobe Systems Incorporated and its licensors. All rights reserved.
Product version9.2.0.124
File version9.2.0.124

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

Product nameAdobe Acrobat
Company nameAdobe Systems Incorporated
File descriptionAdobe Acrobat Updater Plug-in
Original filenameUpdater.api
Legal copyrightCopyright 1984-2009 Adobe Systems In..
Product version9.2.0.124
File version9.2.0.124

Digital signatures [?]

Updater.CZE is not signed.

VirusTotal report

None of the 41 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the Updater.CZE file.

None of the 41 anti-virus programs detected the Updater.CZE file.

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\\ff7178adeca385fb1130783c5a3999094da53b10de5c1a47c720d0d8e027986a.bin.dll",
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\ff7178adeca385fb1130783c5a3999094da53b10de5c1a47c720d0d8e027986a.bin.dll.manifest"
    ],
    "regkey_read": [
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles"
    ],
    "dll_loaded": [
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\ff7178adeca385fb1130783c5a3999094da53b10de5c1a47c720d0d8e027986a.bin.dll"
    ]
}

Generic

[
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\rundll32.exe",
        "process_name": "rundll32.exe",
        "pid": 2448,
        "summary": {
            "file_exists": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\ff7178adeca385fb1130783c5a3999094da53b10de5c1a47c720d0d8e027986a.bin.dll",
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\ff7178adeca385fb1130783c5a3999094da53b10de5c1a47c720d0d8e027986a.bin.dll.manifest"
            ],
            "regkey_read": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles"
            ],
            "dll_loaded": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\ff7178adeca385fb1130783c5a3999094da53b10de5c1a47c720d0d8e027986a.bin.dll"
            ]
        },
        "first_seen": 1561449192.6094,
        "ppid": 2780
    },
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1561449192.3281,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 3,
        "families": [],
        "description": "The file contains an unknown PE resource name possibly indicative of a packer",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "resource name",
                "ioc": "EVEF",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            },
            {
                "category": "resource name",
                "ioc": "EXVW",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            },
            {
                "category": "resource name",
                "ioc": "ZDCT",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "pe_unknown_resource_name"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "Foreign language identified in PE resource",
        "severity": 2,
        "marks": [
            {
                "name": "RT_MANIFEST",
                "language": "LANG_JAPANESE",
                "offset": "0x00003810",
                "filetype": "ASCII text, with CRLF line terminators",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_DEFAULT",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x00000056"
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "origin_langid"
    }
]

Yara

The Yara rules did not detect anything in the file.

Network

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    "tls": [],
    "udp": [
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "192.168.56.255",
            "offset": 662,
            "time": 6.213485956192,
            "dport": 137,
            "sport": 137
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 5190,
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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,
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        },
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            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 5846,
            "time": 6.1676290035248,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53848
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 6174,
            "time": 4.6688010692596,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 54255
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 6502,
            "time": 3.0482001304626,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 6830,
            "time": 4.6824350357056,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 1900
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 15512,
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            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 19704,
            "time": 6.3381209373474,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 53598
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "73ec3f7b0b569ba4fa0d47a469ff2b94c6d265cf44d52d60ae88d35410ff7b91",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "5a1e4913d071354dd8b706b52d84353d7d61f506966c5d3133192ac0da238b7a",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

Screenshot from the sandboxScreenshot from the sandbox

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5734290a5fad88dc08201871629f9dbe0
SHA256ff7178adeca385fb1130783c5a3999094da53b10de5c1a47c720d0d8e027986a

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