splunk-optimize.exe
Sources: 300M+ executions observed in the wild.
Summary
Splunk index optimization process. Merges and optimizes Splunk index buckets for improved search performance on Splunk Universal Forwarder or full Splunk installations.
splunk-optimize.exe is the 74th most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 367,726 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from C:\Program Files\Splunk\bin and it is most often launched by splunkd.exe.
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Behavior
Top Paths
- C:\Program Files\Splunk\bin100%
Top Hashes (SHA256)
- 5660954209593ae96bbc810809d604cb158d197837dab12898f864c7dfddeb3c100%
Process Ancestry
Top Grandparents
- services.exe99.99%
- splunkd.exe0.01%
Top Parents
- splunkd.exe100%
Security Analysis
What does splunk-optimize.exe normally do?
Part of Splunk software. Normal operation.
When is splunk-optimize.exe suspicious?
Running from unexpected paths.
How do attackers abuse splunk-optimize.exe?
Not commonly abused.
Detection guidance
No specific detection needed.
False positive notes
Normal Splunk operation.
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