exiftool.exe
Sources: 300M+ executions observed in the wild.
Summary
ExifTool - metadata reader/writer for images, audio, video, and document files. Used in forensics and media management.
exiftool.exe is the 1030th most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 1,910 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from C:\Users\... and it is most often launched by exiftool.exe.
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Behavior
Top Paths
- C:\Users\...63.66%
- C:\Program Files\Magnet Forensics\Magnet AXIOM\AXIOM Process34.97%
- C:\...0.99%
- C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\SharpenedProductions.FileViewerPlus_3.3.2.0_x86__xkt78gamzntbr\lib0.37%
Top Hashes (SHA256)
- 190fa21bca88e2c4ac0ebea467be79f2fda63ccd45915d72a2582ca30a3c7c6750%
- 4a5854b53492e6e159c3ea4f586cbffaa67a94d42305afc33d681f6462428a5120.65%
- 3c0340f0b44cbfcbb8130adbfad348b3462d2701b1bc69fbacd1c61b351a120b14.36%
- 5573e908c64394d5a6b4de3a4418d91bcba12cf28475754e26df2059c47e9f9512.74%
- 0b601543d069ee8a67aa2fae401d2b33b88e290572a4c66e088d07d92add588c1.31%
- c919b8fb66ef8c6cfc75b307a48e1f536c6d5206afe42dfb65dea519623542b60.37%
- 6583bce1d13acfa7ba539160130b70ee980146f194946d8c0b0913b39fa7bf840.31%
- 35e2d4ab73d5140f1c9f53f2634c9e68aad5e3f1a2239f573163af4c4fc6934d0.26%
Process Ancestry
Top Grandparents
- cmd.exe50%
- powershell.exe49.8%
- explorer.exe0.2%
Top Parents
- exiftool.exe50%
- AXIOMProcess.exe34.97%
- powershell.exe12.72%
- cmd.exe1.78%
- explorer.exe0.16%
Top Children
- exiftool.exe47.77%
- conhost.exe33.92%
- cmd.exe18.31%
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