A memory forensics analysis platform.
sudo apt install volatility
volatility [OPTIONS] <target>
Volatility Foundation Volatility Framework 2.6
Usage: Volatility - A memory forensics analysis platform.
Options:
-h, --help list all available options and their default values.
Default values may be set in the configuration file
(/etc/volatilityrc)
--conf-file=/home/b/.volatilityrc
User based configuration file
-d, --debug Debug volatility
--plugins=PLUGINS Additional plugin directories to use (colon separated)
--info Print information about all registered objects
--cache-directory=/home/b/.cache/volatility
Directory where cache files are stored
--cache Use caching
--tz=TZ Sets the (Olson) timezone for displaying timestamps
using pytz (if installed) or tzset
-f FILENAME, --filename=FILENAME
Filename to use when opening an image
--profile=WinXPSP2x86
Name of the profile to load (use --info to see a list
of supported profiles)
-l LOCATION, --location=LOCATION
A URN location from which to load an address space
-w, --write Enable write support
--dtb=DTB DTB Address
--shift=SHIFT Mac KASLR shift address
--output=text Output in this format (support is module specific, see
the Module Output Options below)
--output-file=OUTPUT_FILE
Write output in this file
-v, --verbose Verbose information
--physical_shift=PHYSICAL_SHIFT
Linux kernel physical shift address
--virtual_shift=VIRTUAL_SHIFT
Linux kernel virtual shift address
-g KDBG, --kdbg=KDBG Specify a KDBG virtual address (Note: for 64-bit
Windows 8 and above this is the address of
KdCopyDataBlock)
--force Force utilization of suspect profile
--cookie=COOKIE Specify the address of nt!ObHeaderCookie (valid for
Windows 10 only)
-k KPCR, --kpcr=KPCR Specify a specific KPCR address
Supported Plugin Commands:
amcache Print AmCache information
apihooks Detect API hooks in process and kernel memory
atoms Print session and window station atom tables
atomscan Pool scanner for atom tables
auditpol Prints out the Audit Policies from HKLM\SECURITY\Policy\PolAdtEv
bigpools Dump the big page pools using BigPagePoolScanner
bioskbd Reads the keyboard buffer from Real Mode memory
cachedump Dumps cached domain hashes from memory
callbacks Print system-wide notification routines
clipboard Extract the contents of the windows clipboard
cmdline Display process command-line arguments
cmdscan Extract command history by scanning for _COMMAND_HISTORY
connections Print list of open connections [Windows XP and 2003 Only]
connscan Pool scanner for tcp connections
consoles Extract command history by scanning for _CONSOLE_INFORMATION
crashinfo Dump crash-dump information
deskscan Poolscaner for tagDESKTOP (desktops)
devicetree Show device tree
dlldump Dump DLLs from a process address space
dlllist Print list of loaded dlls for each process
driverirp Driver IRP hook detection
drivermodule Associate driver objects to kernel modules
driverscan Pool scanner for driver objects
dumpcerts Dump RSA private and public SSL keys
dumpfiles Extract memory mapped and cached files
dumpregistry Dumps registry files out to disk
editbox Displays information about Edit controls. (Listbox experimental.)
envars Display process environment variables
eventhooks Print details on windows event hooks
evtlogs Extract Windows Event Logs (XP/2003 only)
filescan Pool scanner for file objects
gahti Dump the USER handle type information
gditimers Print installed GDI timers and callbacks
gdt Display Global Descriptor Table
getservicesids Get the names of services in the Registry and return Calculated SID
getsids Print the SIDs owning each process
handles Print list of open handles for each process
hashdump Dumps passwords hashes (LM/NTLM) from memory
hibinfo Dump hibernation file information
hivedump Prints out a hive
hivelist Print list of registry hives.
hivescan Pool scanner for registry hives
hpakextract Extract physical memory from an HPAK file
hpakinfo Info on an HPAK file
idt Display Interrupt Descriptor Table
iehistory Reconstruct Internet Explorer cache / history
imagecopy Copies a physical address space out as a raw DD image
imageinfo Identify information for the image
impscan Scan for calls to imported functions
joblinks Print process job link information
kdbgscan Search for and dump potential KDBG values
kpcrscan Search for and dump potential KPCR values
ldrmodules Detect unlinked DLLs
lsadump Dump (decrypted) LSA secrets from the registry
machoinfo Dump Mach-O file format information
malfind Find hidden and injected code
mbrparser Scans for and parses potential Master Boot Records (MBRs)
memdump Dump the addressable memory for a process
memmap Print the memory map
messagehooks ist desktop and thread window message hooks
mftparser Scans for and parses potential MFT entries
moddump Dump a kernel driver to an executable file sample
modscan Pool scanner for kernel modules
modules Print list of loaded modules
multiscan Scan for various objects at once
mutantscan Pool scanner for mutex objects
notepad List currently displayed notepad text
objtypescan Scan for Windows object type objects
patcher Patches memory based on page scans
poolpeek Configurable pool scanner plugin
printkey Print a registry key, and its subkeys and values
privs Display process privileges
procdump Dump a process to an executable file sample
pslist Print all running processes by following the EPROCESS lists
psscan Pool scanner for process objects
pstree Print process list as a tree
psxview Find hidden processes with various process listings
qemuinfo Dump Qemu information
raw2dmp Converts a physical memory sample to a windbg crash dump
screenshot Save a pseudo-screenshot based on GDI windows
servicediff List Windows services (ala Plugx)
sessions List details on _MM_SESSION_SPACE (user logon sessions)
shellbags Prints ShellBags info
shimcache Parses the Application Compatibility Shim Cache registry key
shutdowntime Print ShutdownTime of machine from registry
sockets Print list of open sockets
sockscan Pool scanner for tcp socket objects
ssdt Display SSDT entries
strings Match physical offsets to virtual addresses (may take a while, VERY verbose)
svcscan Scan for Windows services
symlinkscan Pool scanner for symlink objects
thrdscan Pool scanner for thread objects
threads Investigate _ETHREAD and _KTHREADs
timeliner Creates a timeline from various artifacts in memory
timers Print kernel timers and associated module DPCs
truecryptmaster Recover TrueCrypt 7.1a Master Keys
truecryptpassphrase TrueCrypt Cached Passphrase Finder
truecryptsummary TrueCrypt Summary
unloadedmodules Print list of unloaded modules
userassist Print userassist registry keys and information
userhandles Dump the USER handle tables
vaddump Dumps out the vad sections to a file
vadinfo Dump the VAD info
vadtree Walk the VAD tree and display in tree format
vadwalk Walk the VAD tree
vboxinfo Dump virtualbox information
verinfo Prints out the version information from PE images
vmwareinfo Dump VMware VMSS/VMSN information
volshell Shell in the memory image
windows Print Desktop Windows (verbose details)
wintree Print Z-Order Desktop Windows Tree
wndscan Pool scanner for window stations
yarascan Scan process or kernel memory with Yara signatures
$ volatility -f dump.raw imageinfo
Volatility Foundation Volatility Framework 2.6
INFO : volatility.debug : Determining profile based on KDBG search...
Suggested Profile(s) : WinXPSP2x86, WinXPSP3x86 (Instantiated with WinXPSP2x86)
AS Layer1 : IA32PagedMemoryPae (Kernel AS)
AS Layer2 : FileAddressSpace (dump.raw)
PAE type : PAE
DTB : 0x3bc000L
KDBG : 0x8054d2e0L
Number of Processors : 1
Image Type (Service Pack) : 3
KPCR for CPU 0 : 0xffdff000L
KUSER_SHARED_DATA : 0xffdf0000L
Image date and time : 2016-02-24 12:55:34 UTC+0000
Image local date and time : 2016-02-24 13:55:34 +0100
$ volatility -f dump.raw --profile=WinXPSP2x86 pstree
Volatility Foundation Volatility Framework 2.6
Name Pid PPid Thds Hnds Time
-------------------------------------------------- ------ ------ ------ ------ ----
0x877c1660:System 4 0 60 338 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC+0000
. 0x874eada0:smss.exe 564 4 3 19 2016-02-24 09:51:11 UTC+0000
.. 0x876ae2a0:winlogon.exe 904 564 20 509 2016-02-24 09:51:21 UTC+0000
... 0x87521020:services.exe 948 904 15 278 2016-02-24 09:51:21 UTC+0000
$ volatility -f dump.raw --profile=WinXPSP2x86 cmdline
Volatility Foundation Volatility Framework 2.6
************************************************************************
System pid: 4
************************************************************************
smss.exe pid: 564
Command line : \SystemRoot\System32\smss.exe
************************************************************************
avgrsx.exe pid: 616
Command line : c:\PROGRA~1\AVG\AVG2014\avgrsx.exe /boot
$ volatility -f dump.raw --profile=WinXPSP2x86 cmdscan
Volatility Foundation Volatility Framework 2.6
**************************************************
CommandProcess: csrss.exe Pid: 880
CommandHistory: 0x10a86f8 Application: cmd.exe Flags: Allocated, Reset
CommandCount: 14 LastAdded: 13 LastDisplayed: 13
FirstCommand: 0 CommandCountMax: 50
ProcessHandle: 0x44c
Cmd #0 @ 0x10a7ba8: cd \WINDOWS\Web\transfer
Cmd #1 @ 0x10c4cb0: dir
Cmd #2 @ 0x10b0fd8: cd \
Cmd #3 @ 0x10b8008: dir
Cmd #4 @ 0x10c0960: cd "Documents and Settings"
$ volatility -f dump.raw --profile=WinXPSP2x86 connections
Volatility Foundation Volatility Framework 2.6
Offset(V) Local Address Remote Address Pid
---------- ------------------------- ------------------------- ---
0x872f1e68 192.168.87.153:1180 192.168.87.141:8080 3992
$ volatility -f dump.raw --profile=WinXPSP2x86 dumpfiles --dump-dir output
Volatility Foundation Volatility Framework 2.6
DataSectionObject 0x875d10d0 4 \Device\HarddiskVolume1\WINDOWS\system32\config\systemprofile\Local Settings\Application Data\Avg2014\log\avgidpeh.log
SharedCacheMap 0x875d10d0 4 \Device\HarddiskVolume1\WINDOWS\system32\config\systemprofile\Local Settings\Application Data\Avg2014\log\avgidpeh.log
DataSectionObject 0x8732cef0 4 \Device\HarddiskVolume1\WINDOWS\system32\config\systemprofile\Local Settings\Application Data\Avg2014\log\avgtdi.log
$ volatility -f dump.raw --profile=WinXPSP2x86 procdump --dump-dir output
Volatility Foundation Volatility Framework 2.6
Process(V) ImageBase Name Result
---------- ---------- -------------------- ------
0x877c1660 ---------- System Error: PEB at 0x0 is unavailable (possibly due to paging)
0x874eada0 0x48580000 smss.exe OK: executable.564.exe
0x87517580 0x00400000 avgrsx.exe OK: executable.616.exe
0x875139f8 0x00400000 avgcsrvx.exe OK: executable.668.exe
0x87646610 0x4a680000 csrss.exe OK: executable.880.exe
0x876ae2a0 0x01000000 winlogon.exe OK: executable.904.exe
0x87521020 0x01000000 services.exe OK: executable.948.exe
0x8734a1e0 0x01000000 lsass.exe OK: executable.960.exe