python-forensics-handbook/sections/section_02/yarp_base.py

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"""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
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"""
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
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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)