Regipy is a python library for parsing offline registry hives. regipy has a lot of capabilities:
- Use as a library:
- Recurse over the registry hive, from root or a given path and get all subkeys and values
- Read specific subkeys and values
- Apply transaction logs on a registry hive
- Command Line Tools
- Dump an entire registry hive to json
- Apply transaction logs on a registry hive
- Compare registry hives
- Execute plugins from a robust plugin system (i.e: amcache, shimcache, extract computer name...)
Only python 3.6 and up is supported:
pip install regipy[cli]
NOTE: using pip with regipy[cli]
instead of the plain regipy
is a
significant change from version 1.9.x
For using regipy as a library, install only regipy
which comes with fewer
dependencies:
pip install regipy
Also, it is possible to install from source by cloning the repository and executing:
pip install --editable .[cli]
registry-parse-header ~/Documents/TestEvidence/Registry/SYSTEM
Example output:
╒════════════════════════╤══════════╕
│ signature │ b'regf' │
├────────────────────────┼──────────┤
│ primary_sequence_num │ 11639 │
├────────────────────────┼──────────┤
│ secondary_sequence_num │ 11638 │
├────────────────────────┼──────────┤
│ last_modification_time │ 0 │
├────────────────────────┼──────────┤
│ major_version │ 1 │
├────────────────────────┼──────────┤
│ minor_version │ 5 │
├────────────────────────┼──────────┤
│ file_type │ 0 │
├────────────────────────┼──────────┤
│ file_format │ 1 │
├────────────────────────┼──────────┤
│ root_key_offset │ 32 │
├────────────────────────┼──────────┤
│ hive_bins_data_size │ 10534912 │
├────────────────────────┼──────────┤
│ clustering_factor │ 1 │
├────────────────────────┼──────────┤
│ file_name │ SYSTEM │
├────────────────────────┼──────────┤
│ checksum │ 0 │
╘════════════════════════╧══════════╛
[2019-02-09 13:46:12.111654] WARNING: regipy.cli: Hive is not clean! You should apply transaction logs
- When parsing the header of a hive, also checksum validation and transaction validations are done
registry-dump ~/Documents/TestEvidence/Registry/NTUSER-CCLEANER.DAT -o /tmp/output.json
registry-dump util can also output a timeline instead of a JSON, by adding the -t
flag
registry-plugins-run ~/Documents/TestEvidence/Registry/SYSTEM -o /tmp/plugins_output.json
The hive type will be detected automatically and the relevant plugins will be executed. See the plugins section for more information
Compare registry hives of the same type and output to CSV (if -o
is not specified output will be printed to screen)
registry-diff NTUSER.dat NTUSER_modified.dat -o /tmp/diff.csv
Example output:
[2019-02-11 19:49:18.824245] INFO: regipy.cli: Comparing NTUSER.DAT vs NTUSER_modified.DAT
╒══════════════╤══════════════╤════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╤════════════════════════════════════════════════╕
│ difference │ first_hive │ second_hive │ description │
╞══════════════╪══════════════╪════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╪════════════════════════════════════════════════╡
│ new_subkey │ │ 2019-02-11T19:46:31.832134+00:00 │ \Software\Microsoft\legitimate_subkey │
├──────────────┼──────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ new_value │ │ not_a_malware: c:\temp\legitimate_binary.exe @ 2019-02-11 19:45:25.516346+00:00 │ \Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run │
╘══════════════╧══════════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════╛
[2019-02-11 19:49:18.825328] INFO: regipy.cli: Detected 2 differences
registry-transaction-logs NTUSER.DAT -p ntuser.dat.log1 -s ntuser.dat.log2 -o recovered_NTUSER.dat
After recovering, compare the hives with registry-diff to see what changed
from regipy.registry import RegistryHive
reg = RegistryHive('/Users/martinkorman/Documents/TestEvidence/Registry/Vibranium-NTUSER.DAT')
for entry in reg.recurse_subkeys(as_json=True):
print(entry)
for sk in reg.get_key('Software').iter_subkeys():
print(sk.name, convert_wintime(sk.header.last_modified).isoformat())
Adobe 2019-02-03T22:05:32.525965
AppDataLow 2019-02-03T22:05:32.526047
McAfee 2019-02-03T22:05:32.526140
Microsoft 2019-02-03T22:05:32.526282
Netscape 2019-02-03T22:05:32.526352
ODBC 2019-02-03T22:05:32.526521
Policies 2019-02-03T22:05:32.526592
reg.get_key('Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\BrowserEmulation').get_values(as_json=True)
[{'name': 'CVListTTL',
'value': 0,
'value_type': 'REG_DWORD',
'is_corrupted': False},
{'name': 'UnattendLoaded',
'value': 0,
'value_type': 'REG_DWORD',
'is_corrupted': False},
{'name': 'TLDUpdates',
'value': 0,
'value_type': 'REG_DWORD',
'is_corrupted': False},
{'name': 'CVListXMLVersionLow',
'value': 2097211,
'value_type': 'REG_DWORD',
'is_corrupted': False},
{'name': 'CVListXMLVersionHigh',
'value': None,
'value_type': 'REG_DWORD',
'is_corrupted': False},
{'name': 'CVListLastUpdateTime',
'value': None,
'value_type': 'REG_DWORD',
'is_corrupted': False},
{'name': 'IECompatVersionHigh',
'value': None,
'value_type': 'REG_DWORD',
'is_corrupted': False},
{'name': 'IECompatVersionLow',
'value': 2097211,
'value_type': 'REG_DWORD',
'is_corrupted': False},
{'name': 'StaleCompatCache',
'value': 0,
'value_type': 'REG_DWORD',
'is_corrupted': False}]
from regipy.plugins.ntuser.ntuser_persistence import NTUserPersistencePlugin
NTUserPersistencePlugin(reg, as_json=True).run()
{
'Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Run': {
'timestamp': '2019-02-03T22:10:52.655462',
'values': [{
'name': 'Sidebar',
'value': '%ProgramFiles%\\Windows Sidebar\\Sidebar.exe /autoRun',
'value_type': 'REG_EXPAND_SZ',
'is_corrupted': False
}]
}
}
from regipy.plugins.utils import run_relevant_plugins
reg = RegistryHive('/Users/martinkorman/Documents/TestEvidence/Registry/SYSTEM')
run_relevant_plugins(reg, as_json=True)
{
'routes': {},
'computer_name': [{
'control_set': 'ControlSet001\\Control\\ComputerName\\ComputerName',
'computer_name': 'DESKTOP-5EG84UG',
'timestamp': '2019-02-03T22:19:28.853219'
}]
}