"""Example for opening EVTX files. Demonstrates how to open an EVTX file and get basic details about the event log. This section makes use of python-evtx, a python library for reading event log files. To install, run ``pip install python-evtx``. Other libraries for parsing these event logs exist and we welcome others to add snippets that showcase how to make use of them in reading EVTX files. Example Usage: ``$ python open_evtx.py System.evtx`` References: * https://github.com/williballenthin/python-evtx Open Windows Event Logs (EVTX) ============================== This function shows an example of opening an EVTX file and parsing out several common parameters about the file. .. literalinclude:: ../sections/section_03/open_evtx.py :pyobject: open_evtx Docstring References ==================== """ from collections import OrderedDict import os import Evtx.Evtx as evtx """ Copyright 2019 Chapin Bryce Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. """ __author__ = 'Chapin Bryce' __date__ = 20191103 __license__ = 'MIT Copyright 2019 Chapin Bryce' __desc__ = '''Sample script to read EVTX files.''' __docs__ = [ 'https://github.com/williballenthin/python-evtx' ] def open_evtx(input_file): """Opens a Windows Event Log and displays common log parameters. Arguments: input_file (str): Path to evtx file to open """ with evtx.Evtx(input_file) as open_log: header = open_log.get_file_header() properties = OrderedDict([ ('major_version', 'File version (major)'), ('minor_version', 'File version (minor)'), ('is_dirty', 'File is ditry'), ('is_full', 'File is full'), ('next_record_number', 'Next record number') ]) for key, value in properties.items(): print(f"{value}: {getattr(header, key)()}") if __name__ == "__main__": import argparse parser = argparse.ArgumentParser( description=__desc__, formatter_class=argparse.ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter, epilog=f"Built by {__author__}, v.{__date__}" ) parser.add_argument('EVTX_FILE', help="EVTX file to read") args = parser.parse_args() open_evtx(args.EVTX_FILE)