metadata.exe
Summary
GNU Image Manipulation Program Plug-In
metadata.exe is the 4486th most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 25 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from C:\Program Files\GIMP 2\lib\gimp\2.0\plug-ins and it is most often launched by gimp-2.8.exe.
4486th
most commonly executed Windows program
25
observed executions
low
statistical confidence
Behavior
Top Paths
- C:\Program Files\GIMP 2\lib\gimp\2.0\plug-ins100%
Top Hashes (SHA256)
- 9d4203c88b256b79ca3240287966826a80158d1cf6363c6509831acfbb62884856%
- 66e164388672cc2a63fe9cf2b600c901a321dd7c8d8be421a7ad5a3ebca048c044%
Process Ancestry
Top Grandparents
- explorer.exe96%
Top Parents
- gimp-2.8.exe100%
Rare or environment-specific process names are omitted from ancestry tables. Percentages are of all observed relationships.
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Data from EchoTrail's dataset of ~346M Windows process executions. Last extracted 2026-08-04.