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12 Investigating Windows Systems (Part 2 of 3)
- 1. CNIT 152: Incident Response 12 Investigating Windows System s (Part 2) Updated 11-10-22
- 2. Ch 12 Part 2 Ch 12 Part 3
- 4. Purpose • The registry contains con fi guration data for the Windows operating system and application s • Many artifacts of great forensic value
- 5. Hive Files • Binary fi les that store the Registr y • Five main registry hives in %SYSTEMROOT%system32con fi g • SYSTEM, SECURITY, SOFTWARE, SAM, DEFAUL T • User-speci fi c hive fi les in each user's pro fi le director y • UsersusernameNTUSER.DA T • UsersusernameAppDataLocalMicrosoft WindowsUSRCLASS.DAT
- 6. Windows Pro fi les • Created the fi rst time a user interactively logs on to a syste m • Users who connect over the network don't create a pro fi le folder
- 8. The Five Root Keys
- 9. HKEY_USERS
- 10. Virtual Key Paths • Dynamically created in a running syste m • Not visible on a registry captur e • HKEY_Current_Use r • Links to HKEY_USERS{SID} • HKLMSYSTEMCurrentControlSe t • Links to HKLMSYSTEMControlSetNN N • HKEY_CLASSES_ROO T • Merges two subkeys
- 11. Registry Timestamps • Only one: LastWriteTim e • Stored on a key, not valu e • Changed when any value under the key is added, removed, or change d • But not when subkeys' values are modi fi ed
- 12. Example • Run key: programs that launch on system startu p • Cannot determine when these three Run items were added, without other evidence
- 13. More Limitations • Windows frequently updates the LastUpdateTime for large swaths of registry key s • During updates, and sometimes even from a reboo t • Attackers cannot easily change registry timestamps, although SetRegTime can do thi s • Link Ch 12o
- 14. Registry Re fl ection and Redirection • 64-bit Windows allows 32-bit software to ru n • 32-bit programs are redirected by the W0W64 sybsystem to alternate registry keys, lik e • HKLMSOFTWAREWoW6432Nod e • This means 32-bit forensic software won't see the whole Registry
- 17. Basic System Information • Computer Nam e • HKLMSystemCurrentControlSet ControlComputernam e • Windows Versio n • HKLMSoftwareMicrosoftWindows NT CurrentVersio n • Time Zon e • HKLMSystemCurrentControlSet ControlTimeZoneInformation
- 18. Basic System Information • List of Installed Application s • HKLMSoftwareMicrosoftWindows CurrentVersionUninstall{Appname} • Mounted Devices (with drive letters ) • HKLMSystemMountedDevices
- 19. USBSTOR • Shows every USB device that has been connecte d • A forensic examiner should look here fi rst, to fi nd out what other devices should be requested for discovery, by court order or search warrant
- 20. Network Information • Network adapter con fi guratio n • Wireless networks previously use d • Share s • Firewall settings
- 21. User and Security Information • Audit polic y • Pro fi le folder pat h • Group membership
- 22. Shim Cache
- 23. Shim Cache • Also called "Application Compatibility Cache " • Used to track special compatibility settings for executable fi les and script s • May include : • File name, path, and siz e • Last modi fi ed dat e • Whether the fi le actually ran on the system
- 24. Shim Cache • Maintained in memory, written to the registry on shutdow n • Maintains up to 1024 entrie s • More than Prefetch (128 ) • includes apps that haven't executed ye t • Next two slides from link Ch 12a
- 27. Ch 12b-1
- 29. Auto-Run Keys (Auto-Start Extensibility Points) • Load programs on system boot, user login, and other condition s • Commonly used by malware to attain persistenc e • Windows provides hundreds of registry- based persistence mechanism s • Some are still undocumented
- 30. Services • Most common and widely used persistence mechanis m • Services run in the backgroun d • Usually under one of these login account s • Local System (most powerful ) • Network Syste m • Local Service
- 31. Services in the Registry • Each service has its own subkey unde r • HKLMCurrentControlSetservicesservicenam e • With this information : • DisplayName and Descriptio n • ImagePat h • How service start s • Type of service, such as driver or process
- 32. ServiceDLL • Most services are DLL, not EXE fi les
- 33. Service Control Manager • Services.ex e • Launches Windows services upon startu p • Command-line "sc" command lets you examine, start, stop, and create services
- 34. sc at Command line
- 35. Services GUI
- 36. One EXE Can Run Several Services
- 37. Four Common Run Keys
- 38. Active Setup • Facilitates software installation and update s • Subkeys named with GUIDs (long random-looking numbers ) • Malware authors often re-use GUIDs so Googling them can be usefu l • StubPath points to an EXE that will run on startup
- 39. AppInit_DLLs • DLLs that will be automatically loaded whenever a user-mode app linked to user32.dll is launche d • Almost every app uses user32 to draw windows, etc. (link Ch 12p)
- 40. AppInit_DLLs • Starting in Windows 8, the AppInit_DLLs infrastructure is disabled when secure boot is enable d • Secure boot is a UEFI protocol and not a Windows 8 feature.
- 41. LSA (Local Security Authority) Packages • Load on startu p • Intended for authentication packages, but can be used to launch malware
- 42. Browser Helper Objects (BHOs) • Add-ons or plug-ins for Internet Explore r • Such as toolbars, adware, scarewar e • No longer supported in Edge
- 43. Shell Extensions • Like Browser Helper Objects, but for Windows Explore r • Add context items when right-clicking a fi l e • Found at : • HKCRCLSID{CLSID}InprocServer32 • HKCR{sub-key}shellex
- 44. Shell Extensions
- 45. Winlogon Shell • The shell that loads when a user logs o n • Normally set to Explorer.ex e • Can be set to any executable fi le
- 46. Winlogon Userinit • Loads logon and group policy scripts, other auto-runs, and the Explorer shel l • Attackers can append additional executables to this value
- 47. Identifying Malicious Auto-Runs • Eyeball it, looking for suspicious fi les or paths, spelling errors, broken English, etc . • Risky; real commercial software is often sloppily made, and some attackers are carefu l • Next slide: which item is malicious?
- 48. A B C D
- 49. Real DLL is iprip.dll Spelling error but genuine No description, runs from Temp, but genuine
- 50. Recommended Steps 1. Exclude persistent binaries signed by trusted publishers (but not all signed binaries ) 2. Exclude persistent items created outside the time window of interes t 3. Examine paths of remaining persistent binarie s • Attackers tend to use Temp folders or common directories within %SYSTEMROOT % • Not deeply nested subdirectories speci fi c to obscure third-party applications
- 51. Recommended Steps 4. Research MD5 hashes for remaining persistent binaries on VirusTotal, Bit9, etc . 5. Compare remaining unknowns against a known "gold image" used to install the systems
- 52. Best Tool • Sysinternals AutoRuns
- 53. Signed Malware • Attackers have been stealing code-signing signatures, and signing malwar e • Also, not all legitimate persistent fi les, even Windows components, are signe d • Sometimes updates remove signatures
- 54. Ch 12b-2
- 55. User Hive Registry Keys
- 56. Personalization • User hive registry keys contain personalization settings for each use r • First priority: examine compromised account s • Acquire NTUSER.DAT and USRCLASS.DA T • Check machine accounts, such as NetworkService and LocalSyste m • May also contain evidence
- 57. Most Helpful User-Speci fi c Keys • Shellbag s • UserAssis t • MUICach e • Most Recently Used (MRU ) • TypedURL s • TypedPaths
- 58. Shellbags • Used to remember size, position, and view settings of window s • Persist even if a directory is delete d • Saved in a user’s pro fi le registry hive
- 59. Shellbags Contain • Full directory paths accessed via Explore r • Date and time of acces s • Modi fi ed, Accessed, and Created times of each path recorded when the access occurre d • Such historical records are very useful to track attacker actions
- 60. Example Shellbags • Link Ch 12q
- 61. UserAssist • Tracks applications a user has launched through the Windows Explorer shel l • Populates Start menu with frequently launched programs
- 62. UserAssist v. Prefetch • UserAssist only tracks items opened via Explore r • Including from the Run box and Start men u • But not from the command promp t • Prefetch fi les don't identify which user executed a program
- 64. MUICache • Multilingual User Interfac e • Another list of programs executed by a use r • HKEY_USERS{SID}_ClassesLocalSettingsSoftware MicrosoftWindowsShellMuiCache
- 65. Most Recently Used (MRU) Keys • Used by many application s • No standard registry path or value naming convention
- 66. MRU-Blaster • Clears the MRU lists (link Ch 12r)
- 67. Explorer Open and Save MRU • Files and folders most recently accessed in the Open and Save dialog menu s • RegRipper can fi nd the data
- 68. Start Menu Run MRU • Programs recently launched from the Run bo x • Human-readabl e • HKEY_USERS{SID}SoftwareMicrosoftWindows CurrentVersionExplorerRunMRU
- 69. RecentDocs • Recently opened documents (any fi le extension ) • Used to populate File menu of various application s • HKEY_USERS{SID}SoftwareMicrosoft WindowsCurrentVersionExplorer RecentDocs
- 70. Internet Explorer TypedURLs & TypedPaths • Used to populate the address bar drop-down list in Internet Explore r • May contain URLs and paths to local fi le s • HKEY_USERS{SID}SoftwareMicrosoft InternetExplorerTypedURL s • HKEY_USERS{SID} SoftwareMicrosoftInternetExplorer TypedPaths
- 72. Proves Intent • User typed (or pasted) these URLs into the address ba r • Didn't just click a link
- 73. Remote Desktop MRU • Used to remotely control Windows machine s • Maintains history of recent connections and con fi guration dat a • May tell you where a user connected and who they attempted to log in as
- 75. All-In-One Tools • RegRipper (link Ch 10m ) • Windows Registry Decoder (link Ch 12s ) • AutoRun s • Velociraptor
- 76. Single-Purpose Utilities • ShimCacheParse r • Shellbags.p y • sba g • UserAssis t • Nirsoft Registry Analysis Tools
- 77. Ch 12b-3