AcroCEF.exe
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.
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
Top Grandparents
- Acrobat.exe77.24%
- explorer.exe11.34%
- OUTLOOK.EXE7.24%
- iexplore.exe1.03%
- AdobeCollabSync.exe0.97%
- InDesign.exe0.71%
- firefox.exe0.46%
- WINWORD.EXE0.46%
- acrotray.exe0.2%
- chrome.exe0.06%
Top Parents
- AcroCEF.exe80.66%
- Acrobat.exe18.6%
- acrobat_sl.exe0.59%
- iexplore.exe0.14%
Top Children
- AcroCEF.exe100%
- WerFault.exe<0.01%
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.