"""Using the `yarp` library to open Windows registry hives using a class structure that is very portable and flexible. Example Usage: ``$ python yarp_base.py {NTUSER HIVE}`` References: * https://github.com/msuhanov/yarp * https://docs.python.org/3/library/struct.html * https://docs.python.org/3/library/datetime.html Opening a Registry Hive ======================= This class demonstrates how to open a registry hive file with the `yarp` tool. This library not only allows us to open a single offline hive, but also leverage any available transaction logs to include additional information otherwise available on the Window's system. This class handles both the opening of the primary hive and attempted recovery of the transaction logs. .. literalinclude:: ../sections/section_02/yarp_base.py :pyobject: RegistryBase Docstring References ==================== """ from datetime import datetime, timedelta import struct # Installed via: # pip install https://github.com/msuhanov/yarp/archive/1.0.28.tar.gz from yarp import Registry, RegistryHelpers """ 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__ = 20190707 __license__ = 'MIT Copyright 2019 Chapin Bryce' __desc__ = '''Registry parsing class that opens an offline hive.''' __docs__ = [ 'https://github.com/msuhanov/yarp', 'https://docs.python.org/3/library/datetime.html', 'https://docs.python.org/3/library/struct.html' ] class RegistryBase(): """Base class containing common registry parsing code. Will open a hive and attempt recovery using available transaction logs""" def __init__(self, reg_file): """Base __init__ method, responsible for opening a hive.""" self.reg_file = reg_file self.tx_log_files = [] self.hive = None self._open_hive() def _open_hive(self): """Open a registry hive with yarp. Must be an open file object with read permissions. Will attempt to recover the hive with transaction logs if present. """ self.hive = Registry.RegistryHive(self.reg_file) self._recover_hive() def _recover_hive(self): """Search for transaction logs and attempt recovery of the hive.""" hive_path = self.hive.registry_file.file_object.name tx_logs = RegistryHelpers.DiscoverLogFiles(hive_path) self.tx_log_files = [] for tx_path in ['log_path', 'log1_path', 'log2_path']: log_obj = None if getattr(tx_logs, tx_path, None): log_obj = open(getattr(tx_logs, tx_path), 'rb') self.tx_log_files.append(log_obj) self.hive.recover_auto(*self.tx_log_files) def close(self): """Properly close a hive.""" self.hive = None self.reg_file.close() for log in self.tx_log_files: if log: log.close() def main(reg_file): reg = RegistryBase(reg_file) print("Hive: " + reg.hive.registry_file.file_object.name) print("Last written time: " + reg.hive.last_written_timestamp().isoformat()) print("Root key: " + reg.hive.root_key().name()) if __name__ == "__main__": import argparse parser = argparse.ArgumentParser( description='Registry Parsing', formatter_class=argparse.ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter, epilog=f"Built by {__author__}, v.{__date__}" ) parser.add_argument('REG_FILE', help='Path to registry file', type=argparse.FileType('rb')) args = parser.parse_args() main(args.REG_FILE)