Chromium User Profiles
Overview
Section titled “Overview”Evidence: Chromium User Profiles
Description: Collect Chromium User Profiles
Category: Applications
Platform: linux
Short Name: chprfls
Is Parsed: Yes
Sent to Investigation Hub: Yes
Collect File(s): No
Background
Section titled “Background”Browser user profiles store per-user browser configurations, extensions, settings, and data segregation. This data reveals multiple user accounts, profile switching patterns, and user-specific browsing behavior.
Data Collected
Section titled “Data Collected”This collector gathers structured data about chromium user profiles.
Collection Method
Section titled “Collection Method”This collector enumerates browser user profiles and extracts profile metadata, configurations, and associated data paths.
Forensic Value
Section titled “Forensic Value”Profile analysis identifies multiple user accounts, profile-specific extensions and configurations, shared device usage patterns, and potential privilege escalation or lateral movement using different browser profiles. Investigators can correlate activity across profiles and identify unauthorized profile creation.