Microsoft.Photos.exe
Sources: 300M+ executions observed in the wild.
Summary
Microsoft Photos UWP application for viewing and editing photos and videos on Windows.
Microsoft.Photos.exe is the 92nd most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 276,981 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.Windows.Photos_2018.18021.12420.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe and it is most often launched by svchost.exe.
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Behavior
Top Paths
- C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.Windows.Photos_2018.18021.12420.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe16.77%
- C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.Windows.Photos_2018.18031.15820.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe12.35%
- C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.Windows.Photos_2018.18022.15810.1000_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe10.68%
- C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.Windows.Photos_2017.39101.16720.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe9.12%
- C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.Windows.Photos_2018.18041.15210.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe5.27%
- C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.Windows.Photos_2018.18081.14710.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe5.22%
- C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.Windows.Photos_2018.18041.15530.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe4.74%
- C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.Windows.Photos_2018.18011.13110.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe4.26%
- C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.Windows.Photos_2018.18091.17210.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe3.9%
- C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.Windows.Photos_2019.18114.17710.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe2.28%
Top Hashes (SHA256)
- 27ec59a6eb070c86965504c458b90722c14423cff51e6fbebea85d45ed18c60e16.97%
- 6d34132030b94c8bd29e044c5874949af30827af962680a0023429111bfe7c2612.49%
- 06e105b9bf49f190c6e19e06e2fe8e89a2bd2fefd6a4197a4d5620486e6fc97d12.26%
- 59222d540c8cd9906ba2b295967a36c06ff70d4d15169e2ba743a57f5912a0be8.88%
- 23bb5ed0351b95d518bb74ae8a27abe42bb7249e14c63c53b275d3d8dd2f1f945.32%
- 9eb8d314a849b6cdb4b0596eb8efbe4b8e9eba7c731235c8ec934073b10a06125.28%
- 36f49f31c3d6b91c22e6aed376966b7297dc3c5192abce20746c26e4062c43954.8%
- fb8096e58d373270208cf8ef7bfa8d6707ddbee65e0966ca0708603b7f1663b14.29%
- d4c97ed46046893141652e2ec0056a698f6445109949d7fcabbce331146889ee3.9%
- cf806d8b67a797bb94ce751be804b5b234f44d90fd8518b90ee6f39c093bdba22.37%
Process Ancestry
Top Grandparents
- services.exe100%
Top Parents
- svchost.exe100%
Top Children
- WerFault.exe97.73%
- conhost.exe1.35%
- mscorsvw.exe0.21%
- rundll32.exe0.14%
- wermgr.exe0.14%
- esrv.exe0.07%
- find.exe0.07%
- net1.exe0.07%
- powershell.exe0.07%
- sc.exe0.07%
Security Analysis
What does Microsoft.Photos.exe normally do?
Part of Microsoft software. Normal operation.
When is Microsoft.Photos.exe suspicious?
Running from unexpected paths.
How do attackers abuse Microsoft.Photos.exe?
Not commonly abused.
Detection guidance
No specific detection needed.
False positive notes
Normal Microsoft operation.
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