volatility3.framework.layers.registry module

exception RegistryFormatException(layer_name, *args)[source]

Bases: LayerException

Thrown when an error occurs with the underlying Registry file format.

add_note(): Exception.add_note(note) – add a note to the exception

args

with_traceback(): Exception.with_traceback(tb) – set self.__traceback__ to tb and return self.

class RegistryHive(context, config_path, name, metadata=None)[source]

Bases: LinearlyMappedLayer

Basic initializer that allows configurables to access their own config settings.

property address_mask: int: Return a mask that allows for the volatile bit to be set.

build_configuration()

Constructs a HierarchicalDictionary of all the options required to build this component in the current context.

Ensures that if the class has been created, it can be recreated using the configuration built Inheriting classes must override this to ensure any dependent classes update their configurations too

Return type:: HierarchicalDict

property config: HierarchicalDict: The Hierarchical configuration Dictionary for this Configurable object.

property config_path: str: The configuration path on which this configurable lives.

property context: ContextInterface: The context object that this configurable belongs to/configuration is stored in.

property dependencies: List[str]: Returns a list of layer names that this layer translates onto.

destroy()

Causes a DataLayer to close any open handles, etc.

Systems that make use of Data Layers should call destroy when they are done with them. This will close all handles, and make the object unreadable (exceptions will be thrown using a DataLayer after destruction)

Return type:: None

get_cell(cell_offset)[source]

Returns the appropriate Cell value for a cell offset.

Return type:: StructType

get_key(key, return_list=False)[source]

Gets a specific registry key by key path.

return_list specifies whether the return result will be a single node (default) or a list of nodes from root to the current node (if return_list is true).

Return type:: Union[List[StructType], StructType]

get_name()[source]

Return type:: str

get_node(cell_offset)[source]

Returns the appropriate Node, interpreted from the Cell based on its Signature.

Return type:: StructType

classmethod get_requirements()[source]

Returns a list of Requirement objects for this type of layer.

Return type:: List[RequirementInterface]

property hive_offset: int

is_valid(offset, length=1)[source]

Returns a boolean based on whether the offset is valid or not.

Return type:: bool

classmethod make_subconfig(context, base_config_path, **kwargs)

Convenience function to allow constructing a new randomly generated sub-configuration path, containing each element from kwargs.

Parameters:

context (ContextInterface) – The context in which to store the new configuration
base_config_path (str) – The base configuration path on which to build the new configuration
kwargs – Keyword arguments that are used to populate the new configuration path

Returns:

The newly generated full configuration path

Return type:

str

mapping(offset, length, ignore_errors=False)[source]

Returns a sorted iterable of (offset, sublength, mapped_offset, mapped_length, layer) mappings.

ignore_errors will provide all available maps with gaps, but their total length may not add up to the requested length This allows translation layers to provide maps of contiguous regions in one layer

Return type:: Iterable[Tuple[int, int, int, int, str]]

property maximum_address: int: Returns the maximum valid address of the space.

property metadata: Mapping: Returns a ReadOnly copy of the metadata published by this layer.

property minimum_address: int: Returns the minimum valid address of the space.

property name: str: Returns the layer name.

read(offset, length, pad=False)

Reads an offset for length bytes and returns ‘bytes’ (not ‘str’) of length size.

Return type:: bytes

property root_cell_offset: int: Returns the offset for the root cell in this hive.

scan(context, scanner, progress_callback=None, sections=None)

Scans a Translation layer by chunk.

Note: this will skip missing/unmappable chunks of memory

Parameters:

context (ContextInterface) – The context containing the data layer
scanner (ScannerInterface) – The constructed Scanner object to be applied
progress_callback (Optional[Callable[[float, str], None]]) – Method that is called periodically during scanning to update progress
sections (Iterable[Tuple[int, int]]) – A list of (start, size) tuples defining the portions of the layer to scan

Return type:

Iterable[Any]

Returns:

The output iterable from the scanner object having been run against the layer

translate(offset, ignore_errors=False)

Return type:: Tuple[Optional[int], Optional[str]]

classmethod unsatisfied(context, config_path)

Returns a list of the names of all unsatisfied requirements.

Since a satisfied set of requirements will return [], it can be used in tests as follows:

unmet = configurable.unsatisfied(context, config_path)
if unmet:
    raise RuntimeError("Unsatisfied requirements: {}".format(unmet)

Return type:: Dict[str, RequirementInterface]

visit_nodes(visitor, node=None)[source]

Applies a callable (visitor) to all nodes within the registry tree from a given node.

Return type:: None

write(offset, value)

Writes a value at offset, distributing the writing across any underlying mapping.

Return type:: None

exception RegistryInvalidIndex(layer_name, *args)[source]

Bases: LayerException

Thrown when an index that doesn’t exist or can’t be found occurs.

add_note(): Exception.add_note(note) – add a note to the exception

args

with_traceback(): Exception.with_traceback(tb) – set self.__traceback__ to tb and return self.