Unrelenting coreservicesd process occupied CPU@92% and temp at 96ºC

I started up my mbp, logged in and loaded mail, safari and what not as usual. Having just been turned on, I thought it a bit odd that it as cooking up to 92ºC within minutes. Then I noticed via my iStat menu running on the top bar that CPU usage was committing 92% usage to coreservicesd (Core Services Daemon). I kicked on the fans, propped it to vent the underside and tried to figure out what coreservicesd was. 15 minutes later, 92% of the CPU was still taxed by coreservicesd. I couldn't find anything in the session log. Did a restart and everything works as normal.
So, any insight as to what coreservicesd was doing and why it got seemingly stuck?
Rgds,

What version of iStat menu are you using now? You can always stop a process by opening /Applications/Utilities/Activity Monitor and using that to kill the process.

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