AcroCEF.exe

by Adobe
Application

Summary

Adobe Acrobat Chromium Embedded Framework browser component. Handles web-based content rendering within Adobe Acrobat and Reader.

AcroCEF.exe is the 119th most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 185,091 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroCEF and it is most often launched by AcroCEF.exe.

119th
most commonly executed Windows program
185,091
observed executions
medium
statistical confidence

Behavior

Top Paths

  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroCEF81.35%
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrocef_110.57%
  • C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrocef_24.75%
  • C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrocef_13.11%
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrocef_20.11%
  • C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrocef_30.06%
  • C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroCEF0.05%

Top Hashes (SHA256)

  • 0c3280fb216fecdc579d6bf0b9216e876067ea641f01ed5f8e5c05e84ba7839513.27%
  • f8e48d65780ad9647324e46061172c5c31ca0ec8d83b6331ddbbb278201535b510.68%
  • 7dcd34779f96465883c0c18f0e74cba954894e389ef534365cf2b15cd61d0a277.74%
  • 9948e7c5bf66b4a330903f3b90d46d0c84bdf9bbdd953a38d2cf4256ae65ddb46.59%
  • 07902c85806f1197aebfca36636bbe27f06419d37037d2126bcee1497e9d22186.54%
  • 6e7abfcce80b88e8bd9ece63c33947925350a6aebe017405c5dfa60bc77bee185.19%
  • f7fe2971c94a1abbe009ba0b07ff132443a958b3eeb155ffc8da00377ed60ffe3.01%
  • 680521ed4b757f3742fc6a53cd7f0de0c19fd9c1cc0175539296b918052255502.57%
  • d84593284d8f78dab9bb60d53e26e2b1e299fe3be87e53138e10e4be8f7cde242.24%
  • 3df23d29ea7ec7f4798f179f7ac276dbcfc133f37214cc9263db0030559307ad2.1%

Process Ancestry

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Rare or environment-specific process names are omitted from ancestry tables. Percentages are of all observed relationships.

Security Analysis

What does AcroCEF.exe normally do?

Part of Adobe software. Normal operation.

When is AcroCEF.exe suspicious?

Running from unexpected paths.

How do attackers abuse AcroCEF.exe?

Not commonly abused.

Detection guidance

No specific detection needed.

False positive notes

Normal Adobe operation.

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Data from EchoTrail's dataset of ~346M Windows process executions. Last extracted 2026-08-04.