What is sniffer.exe?

sniffer.exe is part of Adobe Photoshop GPU Sniffer and developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated according to the sniffer.exe version information.

sniffer.exe's description is "Adobe Photoshop GPU Sniffer"

sniffer.exe is digitally signed by Adobe Inc..

sniffer.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop 2020\' folder.

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on sniffer.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameAdobe Photoshop GPU Sniffer
Company nameAdobe Systems Incorporated
File descriptionAdobe Photoshop GPU Sniffer
Internal namesniffer.exe
Original filenamesniffer.exe
Legal copyright© 2015-2019 Adobe. All rights reserved.
Product version21.0.0.0
File version21.0.0.0

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

Product nameAdobe Photoshop GPU Sniffer
Company nameAdobe Systems Incorporated
File descriptionAdobe Photoshop GPU Sniffer
Internal namesniffer.exe
Original filenamesniffer.exe
Legal copyright© 2015-2019 Adobe. All rights reser..
Product version21.0.0.0
File version21.0.0.0

Digital signatures [?]

sniffer.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameAdobe Inc.
Certificate issuer nameDigiCert EV Code Signing CA (SHA2)
Certificate serial number0e8d5bd8e9b2324fbd1571810d191de0

VirusTotal report

None of the 71 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the sniffer.exe file.

None of the 71 anti-virus programs detected the sniffer.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": 1581277988.375,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "This executable has a PDB path",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "pdb_path",
                "ioc": "E:\\W64Rel\\20200115.r.91\\photoshop\\main\\photoshop\\Targets\\x64\\Release\\sniffer.pdb",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "has_pdb"
    }
]

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": 3.0788469314575195,
            "dport": 137,
            "sport": 137
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 4318,
            "time": 3.0383501052856445,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 51001
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 4646,
            "time": 1.0208649635314941,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 4974,
            "time": 3.0505499839782715,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53848
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 5302,
            "time": 1.5963881015777588,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 54255
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 5630,
            "time": -0.09916496276855469,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 5958,
            "time": 1.5911030769348145,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 1900
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 14640,
            "time": 1.0566740036010742,
            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 18832,
            "time": 3.12545108795166,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 53598
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "425eea2f97010b7ccf9813818eb109f83e4376e6f8ee850da886d586666085b2",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "8b995347d4cc1552a2102df0679904a3fb4e16f2fdc233dd6e963d1b4d479635",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

Screenshot from the sandboxScreenshot from the sandbox

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD59a2212d4b5841418343cbb2391d057da
SHA25638b5d1982f2e4ac28dc2449fb5c7cc18f467f9afa1abab4e92146b803e872e99

Error Messages

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

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

sniffer.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 Photoshop GPU Sniffer has stopped working.

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

sniffer.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with sniffer.exe. 29% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 17 users.

User vote results: There were 5 votes to remove and 12 votes to keep

NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with sniffer.exe. Only 17 users has voted so far so it does not offer a high degree of confidence.

Malware or legitimate?

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