CCLibrary.exe
Summary
Adobe Creative Cloud Library process manages creative assets and synchronization for Adobe Creative Cloud applications.
CCLibrary.exe is the 131st most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 159,900 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Adobe Creative Cloud\CCLibrary and it is most often launched by Adobe Desktop Service.exe.
Behavior
Top Paths
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Adobe Creative Cloud\CCLibrary99.6%
- C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Creative Cloud Libraries0.22%
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\Creative Cloud Libraries0.18%
Top Hashes (SHA256)
- fc42d2de487fa27c593ce7388493e7ebb9d58ee836e2ff22a2cce2ac77b92c7b98.67%
- 7d3304f749c72471a61b6da6814ae1d11502a52fac7311b6d985a7053d14689e0.36%
- 9212b90bcc416770343178121874d2dbe93ac81c2448e9a2c233c501a07288ca0.33%
- 3b8c6df9362227ec6141807314d4e7f30e0f6b24f6530ea284b6d69990b6f3310.18%
- e8d28d7b366d218eca36c4e28e15df1ac3dd7ee9cf89fe4af73d47d664c40df30.05%
- b335c25ff12d1ac94d6d2138fe4c83b59c95bef11b14ec62ad79943c43d169990.05%
- 874ffcf2721b73d692517538759b4e30bb93cc6308a781d796831912dbb2e7270.04%
- a2ca82ac35ceb5a8092956611d06f6be349a8d9f3f3f9f64fb963b506f24b3df0.04%
- ce1ed2b057da0260ac08d88098569290a443f1c0ce872e9bd728f92dfdc31a740.04%
- 9c673852ae50cd70c82467d76a82c1905184b9337693b6d45d4d06219628c2120.04%
Process Ancestry
Top Grandparents
- explorer.exe98.78%
- Creative Cloud.exe0.54%
- OpenWith.exe0.01%
- OUTLOOK.EXE<0.01%
Top Parents
- InDesign.exe0.22%
- Creative Cloud.exe0.21%
- Photoshop.exe0.05%
- AfterFX.exe0.03%
- Illustrator.exe0.02%
Top Children
- node.exe100%
Rare or environment-specific process names are omitted from ancestry tables. Percentages are of all observed relationships.
Security Analysis
What does CCLibrary.exe normally do?
Part of Adobe software. Normal operation.
When is CCLibrary.exe suspicious?
Running from unexpected paths.
How do attackers abuse CCLibrary.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.