plaso.containers package

Submodules

plaso.containers.analysis_results module

Analysis result attribute containers.

class plaso.containers.analysis_results.BrowserSearchAnalysisResult(*args: Any, **kwargs: Any)[source]

Bases: AttributeContainer

Browser search analysis plugin result container.

number_of_queries

number of times the search engine was queried.

Type

int

search_engine

search engine that was queried.

Type

str

search_term

term searched for.

Type

str

CONTAINER_TYPE = 'browser_search_analysis_result'
SCHEMA = {'number_of_queries': 'int', 'search_engine': 'str', 'search_term': 'str'}
class plaso.containers.analysis_results.ChromeExtensionAnalysisResult(*args: Any, **kwargs: Any)[source]

Bases: AttributeContainer

Chrome extension analysis plugin result container.

extension

name of the Chrome extension.

Type

str

extension_identifier

identifier of the Chrome extension.

Type

str

username

name of a user that has installed the Chrome extension.

Type

str

CONTAINER_TYPE = 'chrome_extension_analysis_result'
SCHEMA = {'extension': 'str', 'extension_identifier': 'str', 'username': 'str'}

plaso.containers.analyzer_result module

Analyzer result attribute container.

class plaso.containers.analyzer_result.AnalyzerResult(*args: Any, **kwargs: Any)[source]

Bases: AttributeContainer

Attribute container to store results of analyzers.

Analyzers can produce results with different attribute names. For example, the ‘hashing’ analyzer could produce an attribute ‘md5_hash’, with a value of ‘d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e’.

analyzer_name

name of the analyzer that produce the result.

Type

str

attribute_name

name of the attribute produced.

Type

str

attribute_value

value of the attribute produced.

Type

str

CONTAINER_TYPE = 'analyzer_result'

plaso.containers.artifacts module

Artifact attribute containers.

class plaso.containers.artifacts.ArtifactAttributeContainer(*args: Any, **kwargs: Any)[source]

Bases: AttributeContainer

Base class to represent an artifact attribute container.

class plaso.containers.artifacts.EnvironmentVariableArtifact(*args: Any, **kwargs: Any)[source]

Bases: ArtifactAttributeContainer

Environment variable artifact attribute container.

Also see:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environment_variable

case_sensitive

True if environment variable name is case sensitive.

Type

bool

name

environment variable name such as “SystemRoot” as in “%SystemRoot%” or “HOME” as in “$HOME”.

Type

str

value

environment variable value such as “C:Windows” or “/home/user”.

Type

str

CONTAINER_TYPE = 'environment_variable'
SCHEMA = {'case_sensitive': 'bool', 'name': 'str', 'value': 'str'}
class plaso.containers.artifacts.HostnameArtifact(*args: Any, **kwargs: Any)[source]

Bases: ArtifactAttributeContainer

Hostname artifact attribute container.

Also see:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hostname Cybox / Stix Hostname Object

name

name of the host according to the naming schema.

Type

str

schema

naming schema such as “DNS”, “NIS”, “SMB/NetBIOS”.

Type

str

CONTAINER_TYPE = 'hostname'
SCHEMA = {'name': 'str', 'schema': 'str'}
class plaso.containers.artifacts.OperatingSystemArtifact(*args: Any, **kwargs: Any)[source]

Bases: ArtifactAttributeContainer

Operating system artifact attribute container.

family

operating system family name, such as “Linux”, “MacOS” or “Windows”, defined in definitions.OPERATING_SYSTEM_FAMILIES. This value is used to programmatically link a parser preset to an operating system and therefore must be one of predefined values.

Type

str

name

operating system name, such as “macOS Mojave” or “Windows XP”. This value is used to programmatically link a parser preset to an operating system and therefore must be one of predefined values.

Type

str

product

product information, such as “macOS Mojave” or “Windows Professional XP”. This value is typically obtained from the source data.

Type

str

version

version, such as “10.14.1” or “5.1”. This value is typically obtained from the source data.

Type

str

CONTAINER_TYPE = 'operating_system'
IsEquivalent(other)[source]

Determines if 2 operating system artifacts are equivalent.

This function compares the operating systems based in order of: * name derived from product * family and version * family

Parameters

other (OperatingSystemArtifact) – operating system artifact attribute container to compare with.

Returns

True if the operating systems are considered equivalent, False if

the most specific criteria do no match, or no criteria are available.

Return type

bool

SCHEMA = {'family': 'str', 'name': 'str', 'product': 'str', 'version': 'str'}
property version_tuple

version tuple or None if version is not set or invalid.

Type

tuple[int]

class plaso.containers.artifacts.PathArtifact(*args: Any, **kwargs: Any)[source]

Bases: ArtifactAttributeContainer

Path artifact attribute container.

data_stream

name of a data stream.

Type

str

path_segment_separator

path segment separator.

Type

str

path_segments

path segments.

Type

list[str]

CONTAINER_TYPE = 'path'
ContainedIn(other)[source]

Determines if the path are contained in other.

Parameters

other (str) – path to compare against.

Returns

True if the path is contained in other.

Return type

bool

SCHEMA = {'data_stream': 'str', 'path_segment_separator': 'str', 'path_segments': 'List[str]'}
__eq__(other)[source]

Determines if the path is equal to other.

Parameters

other (str) – path to compare against.

Returns

True if the path are equal to other.

Return type

bool

__ge__(other)[source]

Determines if the path are greater than or equal to other.

Parameters

other (str) – path to compare against.

Returns

True if the path are greater than or equal to other.

Return type

bool

Raises

ValueError – if other is not an instance of string.

__gt__(other)[source]

Determines if the path are greater than other.

Parameters

other (str) – path to compare against.

Returns

True if the path are greater than other.

Return type

bool

Raises

ValueError – if other is not an instance of string.

__le__(other)[source]

Determines if the path are greater than or equal to other.

Parameters

other (str) – path to compare against.

Returns

True if the path are greater than or equal to other.

Return type

bool

Raises

ValueError – if other is not an instance of string.

__lt__(other)[source]

Determines if the path are less than other.

Parameters

other (str) – path to compare against.

Returns

True if the path are less than other.

Return type

bool

Raises

ValueError – if other is not an instance of string.

__ne__(other)[source]

Determines if the path are not equal to other.

Parameters

other (str) – path to compare against.

Returns

True if the path are not equal to other.

Return type

bool

class plaso.containers.artifacts.SourceConfigurationArtifact(*args: Any, **kwargs: Any)[source]

Bases: ArtifactAttributeContainer

Source configuration artifact attribute container.

The source configuration contains the configuration data of a source that is (or going to be) processed such storage media image or a mounted directory.

path

path of the source.

Type

str

source_type

type of source.

Type

str

CONTAINER_TYPE = 'source_configuration'
SCHEMA = {'path': 'str', 'source_type': 'str'}
class plaso.containers.artifacts.SystemConfigurationArtifact(*args: Any, **kwargs: Any)[source]

Bases: ArtifactAttributeContainer

System configuration artifact attribute container.

The system configuration contains the configuration data of a specific system installation such as Windows or Linux.

available_time_zones

available time zones.

Type

list[TimeZone]

code_page

system code page.

Type

str

environment_variables

environment variables.

Type

list[EnvironmentVariableArtifact]

hostname

hostname.

Type

HostnameArtifact

keyboard_layout

keyboard layout.

Type

str

language

system language.

Type

str

operating_system

operating system for example “MacOS” or “Windows”.

Type

str

operating_system_product

operating system product for example “Windows XP”.

Type

str

operating_system_version

operating system version for example “10.9.2” or “8.1”.

Type

str

path_specs

path specifications of the file systems the system configuration was retrieved from.

Type

list[dfvfs.PathSpec]

time_zone

system time zone.

Type

str

user_accounts

user accounts.

Type

list[UserAccountArtifact]

CONTAINER_TYPE = 'system_configuration'
class plaso.containers.artifacts.TimeZoneArtifact(*args: Any, **kwargs: Any)[source]

Bases: ArtifactAttributeContainer

Time zone artifact attribute container.

localized_name

name describing the time zone in localized language for example “Greenwich (standaardtijd)”.

Type

str

mui_form

MUI form of the name describing the time zone for example “@tzres.dll,-112”.

Type

str

name

name describing the time zone for example “Greenwich Standard Time”.

Type

str

offset

time zone offset in number of minutes from UTC.

Type

int

CONTAINER_TYPE = 'time_zone'
SCHEMA = {'localized_name': 'str', 'mui_form': 'str', 'name': 'str', 'offset': 'int'}
class plaso.containers.artifacts.UserAccountArtifact(*args: Any, **kwargs: Any)[source]

Bases: ArtifactAttributeContainer

User account artifact attribute container.

Also see:

Cybox / Stix User Account Object

full_name

name describing the user.

Type

str

group_identifier

identifier of the primary group the user is part of.

Type

str

identifier

user identifier.

Type

str

user_directory

path of the user (or home or profile) directory.

Type

str

username

name uniquely identifying the user.

Type

str

CONTAINER_TYPE = 'user_account'
GetUserDirectoryPathSegments()[source]

Retrieves the path segments of the user directory.

Returns

path segments of the user directory or an empty list if no

user directory is set.

Return type

list[str]

SCHEMA = {'full_name': 'str', 'group_identifier': 'str', 'identifier': 'str', 'user_directory': 'str', 'username': 'str'}
class plaso.containers.artifacts.WindowsEventLogMessageFileArtifact(*args: Any, **kwargs: Any)[source]

Bases: ArtifactAttributeContainer

Windows EventLog message file artifact attribute container.

path

path.

Type

str

windows_path

path as defined by the Windows EventLog provider.

Type

str

CONTAINER_TYPE = 'windows_eventlog_message_file'
SCHEMA = {'path': 'str', 'windows_path': 'str'}
class plaso.containers.artifacts.WindowsEventLogMessageStringArtifact(*args: Any, **kwargs: Any)[source]

Bases: ArtifactAttributeContainer

Windows EventLog message string artifact attribute container.

language_identifier

language identifier.

Type

str

message_identifier

message identifier.

Type

int

string

string.

Type

str

CONTAINER_TYPE = 'windows_eventlog_message_string'
GetMessageFileIdentifier()[source]

Retrieves the identifier of the associated message file.

Returns

message file identifier or None when

not set.

Return type

AttributeContainerIdentifier

SCHEMA = {'_message_file_identifier': 'AttributeContainerIdentifier', 'language_identifier': 'int', 'message_identifier': 'int', 'string': 'str'}
SetMessageFileIdentifier(message_file_identifier)[source]

Sets the identifier of the associated message file.

Parameters

message_file_identifier (AttributeContainerIdentifier) – message file identifier.

class plaso.containers.artifacts.WindowsEventLogProviderArtifact(*args: Any, **kwargs: Any)[source]

Bases: ArtifactAttributeContainer

Windows EventLog provider artifact attribute container.

additional_identifier

additional identifier of the provider, contains a GUID.

Type

str

category_message_files

filenames of the category message files.

Type

list[str]

event_message_files

filenames of the event message files.

Type

list[str]

identifier

identifier of the provider, contains a GUID.

Type

str

log_sources

names of the corresponding Event Log sources.

Type

list[str]

log_types

Windows Event Log types.

Type

list[str]

parameter_message_files

filenames of the parameter message files.

Type

list[str]

CONTAINER_TYPE = 'windows_eventlog_provider'
SCHEMA = {'_system_configuration_identifier': 'AttributeContainerIdentifier', 'additional_identifier': 'str', 'category_message_files': 'List[str]', 'event_message_files': 'List[str]', 'identifier': 'str', 'log_sources': 'List[str]', 'log_types': 'List[str]', 'parameter_message_files': 'List[str]'}
class plaso.containers.artifacts.WindowsMountedDeviceArtifact(*args: Any, **kwargs: Any)[source]

Bases: ArtifactAttributeContainer

Windows mounted device artifact attribute container.

device

device.

Type

str

disk_identity

MBR disk identity.

Type

int

identifier

identifier.

Type

str

partition_identifier

GPT partition identifier.

Type

str

partition_offset

MBR partition offset.

Type

int

CONTAINER_TYPE = 'windows_mounted_device'
SCHEMA = {'device': 'str', 'disk_identity': 'int', 'identifier': 'str', 'partition_identifier': 'str', 'partition_offset': 'int'}
class plaso.containers.artifacts.WindowsServiceConfigurationArtifact(*args: Any, **kwargs: Any)[source]

Bases: ArtifactAttributeContainer

Windows service (or driver) configuration artifact attribute container.

error_control

error control value of the service (or driver) executable.

Type

int

image_path

path of the service (or driver) executable.

Type

str

name

name of the service (or driver).

Type

str

object_name

service object name.

Type

str

service_dll

service DLL.

Type

str

service_type

service (or driver) type.

Type

int

start_type

service (or driver) start type.

Type

int

CONTAINER_TYPE = 'windows_service_configuration'
SCHEMA = {'error_control': 'int', 'image_path': 'str', 'name': 'str', 'object_name': 'str', 'service_dll': 'str', 'service_type': 'int', 'start_type': 'int'}
class plaso.containers.artifacts.WindowsWevtTemplateEvent(*args: Any, **kwargs: Any)[source]

Bases: ArtifactAttributeContainer

Windows WEVT_TEMPLATE event definition.

identifier

event identifier.

Type

int

message_identifier

identifier of the event message.

Type

int

provider_identifier

identifier of the EventLog provider, contains a GUID.

Type

str

version

event version.

Type

int

CONTAINER_TYPE = 'windows_wevt_template_event'
GetMessageFileIdentifier()[source]

Retrieves the identifier of the associated message file.

Returns

message file identifier or None when

not set.

Return type

AttributeContainerIdentifier

SCHEMA = {'_message_file_identifier': 'AttributeContainerIdentifier', 'identifier': 'int', 'message_identifier': 'int', 'provider_identifier': 'str', 'version': 'int'}
SetMessageFileIdentifier(message_file_identifier)[source]

Sets the identifier of the associated message file.

Parameters

message_file_identifier (AttributeContainerIdentifier) – message file identifier.

plaso.containers.counts module

Count related attribute container definitions.

class plaso.containers.counts.EventLabelCount(*args: Any, **kwargs: Any)[source]

Bases: AttributeContainer

Event label count attribute container.

label

event label.

Type

str

number_of_events

number of events with label.

Type

int

CONTAINER_TYPE = 'event_label_count'
SCHEMA = {'label': 'str', 'number_of_events': 'int'}
class plaso.containers.counts.ParserCount(*args: Any, **kwargs: Any)[source]

Bases: AttributeContainer

Parser count attribute container.

name

name of the parser or parser plugin.

Type

str

number_of_events

number of events generated by the parser or parser plugin.

Type

int

CONTAINER_TYPE = 'parser_count'
SCHEMA = {'name': 'str', 'number_of_events': 'int'}

plaso.containers.event_sources module

Event source attribute containers.

class plaso.containers.event_sources.EventSource(*args: Any, **kwargs: Any)[source]

Bases: AttributeContainer

Event source attribute container.

The event source object contains information about where a specific event originates e.g. a file, the $STANDARD_INFORMATION MFT attribute, or Application Compatibility cache.

data_type

attribute container type indicator.

Type

str

file_entry_type

dfVFS file entry type.

Type

str

path_spec

path specification.

Type

dfvfs.PathSpec

CONTAINER_TYPE = 'event_source'
DATA_TYPE = None
SCHEMA = {'data_type': 'str', 'file_entry_type': 'str', 'path_spec': 'dfvfs.PathSpec'}
__lt__(other)[source]

Compares if the event source attribute container is less than the other.

Parameters

other (EventSource) – event source attribute container to compare to.

Returns

True if the event source attribute container is less than the other.

Return type

bool

class plaso.containers.event_sources.FileEntryEventSource(*args: Any, **kwargs: Any)[source]

Bases: EventSource

File entry event source.

The file entry event source is an event source that represents a file within a file system.

DATA_TYPE = 'file_entry'

plaso.containers.events module

Event attribute containers.

plaso.containers.events.CalculateEventValuesHash(event_data, event_data_stream)[source]

Calculates a digest hash of the event values.

Parameters
  • event_data (EventData) – event data.

  • event_data_stream (EventDataStream) – an event data stream or None if not available.

Returns

digest hash of the event values content.

Return type

str

Raises

RuntimeError – if the event values hash cannot be determined.

class plaso.containers.events.EventData(*args: Any, **kwargs: Any)[source]

Bases: AttributeContainer

Event data attribute container.

The event data attribute container represents the attributes of an entity, such as a database record or log line.

data_type

event data type indicator.

Type

str

CONTAINER_TYPE = 'event_data'
GetAttributeValuesString()[source]

Retrieves a comparable string of the attribute values.

Returns

comparable string of the attribute values.

Return type

str

Raises

TypeError – if the attribute value type is not supported.

GetEventDataStreamIdentifier()[source]

Retrieves the identifier of the associated event data stream.

The event data stream identifier is a storage specific value that requires special handling during serialization.

Returns

event data stream or None when not set.

Return type

AttributeContainerIdentifier

SetEventDataStreamIdentifier(event_data_stream_identifier)[source]

Sets the identifier of the associated event data stream.

The event data stream identifier is a storage specific value that requires special handling during serialization.

Parameters

event_data_stream_identifier (AttributeContainerIdentifier) – event data stream identifier.

class plaso.containers.events.EventDataStream(*args: Any, **kwargs: Any)[source]

Bases: AttributeContainer

Event data stream attribute container.

The event data stream attribute container represents the attributes of a data stream, such as the content of a file or extended attribute.

file_entropy

byte entropy value of the data stream.

Type

str

md5_hash

MD5 digest hash of the data stream.

Type

str

path_spec

path specification of the data stream.

Type

dfvfs.PathSpec

sha1_hash

SHA-1 digest hash of the data stream.

Type

str

sha256_hash

SHA-256 digest hash of the data stream.

Type

str

yara_match

names of the Yara rules that matched the data stream.

Type

list[str]

CONTAINER_TYPE = 'event_data_stream'
SCHEMA = {'file_entropy': 'str', 'md5_hash': 'str', 'path_spec': 'dfvfs.PathSpec', 'sha1_hash': 'str', 'sha256_hash': 'str', 'yara_match': 'List[str]'}
class plaso.containers.events.EventObject(*args: Any, **kwargs: Any)[source]

Bases: AttributeContainer

Event attribute container.

The framework is designed to parse files and create events from individual records, log lines or keys extracted from files. The event object provides an extensible data store for event attributes.

date_time

date and time values.

Type

dfdatetime.DateTimeValues

timestamp

timestamp, which contains the number of microseconds since January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 UTC.

Type

int

timestamp_desc

description of the meaning of the timestamp.

Type

str

CONTAINER_TYPE = 'event'
GetEventDataIdentifier()[source]

Retrieves the identifier of the associated event data.

The event data identifier is a storage specific value that requires special handling during serialization.

Returns

event data identifier or None when not set.

Return type

AttributeContainerIdentifier

SCHEMA = {'_event_data_identifier': 'AttributeContainerIdentifier', 'date_time': 'dfdatetime.DateTimeValues', 'timestamp': 'int', 'timestamp_desc': 'str'}
SetEventDataIdentifier(event_data_identifier)[source]

Sets the identifier of the associated event data.

The event data identifier is a storage specific value that requires special handling during serialization.

Parameters

event_data_identifier (AttributeContainerIdentifier) – event data identifier.

__lt__(other)[source]

Compares if the event attribute container is less than the other.

Events are compared by timestamp.

Parameters

other (EventObject) – event attribute container to compare to.

Returns

True if the event attribute container is less than the other.

Return type

bool

class plaso.containers.events.EventTag(*args: Any, **kwargs: Any)[source]

Bases: AttributeContainer

Event tag attribute container.

labels

labels, such as “malware”, “application_execution”.

Type

list[str]

AddLabel(label)[source]

Adds a label to the event tag.

Parameters

label (str) – label.

Raises
  • TypeError – if the label provided is not a string.

  • ValueError – if a label is malformed.

AddLabels(labels)[source]

Adds labels to the event tag.

Parameters

labels (list[str]) – labels.

Raises

ValueError – if a label is malformed.

CONTAINER_TYPE = 'event_tag'
classmethod CopyTextToLabel(text, prefix='')[source]

Copies a string to a label.

A label only supports a limited set of characters therefore unsupported characters are replaced with an underscore.

Parameters
  • text (str) – label text.

  • prefix (Optional[str]) – label prefix.

Returns

label.

Return type

str

GetEventIdentifier()[source]

Retrieves the identifier of the associated event.

The event identifier is a storage specific value that requires special handling during serialization.

Returns

event identifier or None when not set.

Return type

AttributeContainerIdentifier

SCHEMA = {'_event_identifier': 'AttributeContainerIdentifier', 'labels': 'List[str]'}
SetEventIdentifier(event_identifier)[source]

Sets the identifier of the associated event.

The event identifier is a storage specific value that requires special handling during serialization.

Parameters

event_identifier (AttributeContainerIdentifier) – event identifier.

class plaso.containers.events.YearLessLogHelper(*args: Any, **kwargs: Any)[source]

Bases: AttributeContainer

Year-less log helper attribute container.

earliest_year

earliest possible year the event data stream was created.

Type

int

last_relative_year

last relative year determined by the year-less log helper.

Type

int

latest_year

latest possible year the event data stream was created.

Type

int

CONTAINER_TYPE = 'year_less_log_helper'
GetEventDataStreamIdentifier()[source]

Retrieves the identifier of the associated event data stream.

The event data stream identifier is a storage specific value that requires special handling during serialization.

Returns

event data stream or None when not set.

Return type

AttributeContainerIdentifier

SCHEMA = {'_event_data_stream_identifier': 'AttributeContainerIdentifier', 'earliest_year': 'int', 'last_relative_year': 'int', 'latest_year': 'int'}
SetEventDataStreamIdentifier(event_data_stream_identifier)[source]

Sets the identifier of the associated event data stream.

The event data stream identifier is a storage specific value that requires special handling during serialization.

Parameters

event_data_stream_identifier (AttributeContainerIdentifier) – event data stream identifier.

plaso.containers.plist_event module

Plist event attribute containers.

class plaso.containers.plist_event.PlistTimeEventData(*args: Any, **kwargs: Any)[source]

Bases: EventData

Plist event data attribute container.

key

name of plist key.

Type

str

root

path from the root to this plist key.

Type

str

written_time

entry written date and time.

Type

dfdatetime.DateTimeValues

DATA_TYPE = 'plist:key'

plaso.containers.reports module

Report related attribute container definitions.

class plaso.containers.reports.AnalysisReport(*args: Any, **kwargs: Any)[source]

Bases: AttributeContainer

Analysis report attribute container.

analysis_counter

counter of analysis results, for example number of events analyzed and tagged.

Type

collections.Counter

event_filter

event filter expression that was used when the analysis plugin was run.

Type

str

plugin_name

name of the analysis plugin that generated the report.

Type

str

text

report text.

Type

str

time_compiled

timestamp of the date and time the report was compiled.

Type

int

CONTAINER_TYPE = 'analysis_report'
CopyToDict()[source]

Copies the attribute container to a dictionary.

Returns

attribute values per name.

Return type

dict[str, object]

plaso.containers.sessions module

Session related attribute container definitions.

class plaso.containers.sessions.Session(*args: Any, **kwargs: Any)[source]

Bases: AttributeContainer

Session attribute container.

aborted

True if the session was aborted.

Type

bool

artifact_filters

Names of artifact definitions that are used for filtering file system and Windows Registry key paths.

Type

list[str]

command_line_arguments

command line arguments.

Type

str

completion_time

time that the session was completed. Contains the number of micro seconds since January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 UTC.

Type

int

debug_mode

True if debug mode was enabled.

Type

bool

enabled_parser_names

parser and parser plugin names that were enabled.

Type

list[str]

filter_file

path to a file with find specifications.

Type

str

identifier

unique identifier of the session.

Type

str

parser_filter_expression

parser filter expression.

Type

str

preferred_codepage

preferred codepage.

Type

str

preferred_encoding

preferred encoding.

Type

str

preferred_language

preferred language.

Type

str

preferred_time_zone

preferred time zone.

Type

str

preferred_year

preferred year.

Type

int

product_name

name of the product that created the session for example “log2timeline”.

Type

str

product_version

version of the product that created the session.

Type

str

start_time

time that the session was started. Contains the number of micro seconds since January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 UTC.

Type

int

CONTAINER_TYPE = 'session'
SCHEMA = {'aborted': 'bool', 'artifact_filters': 'List[str]', 'command_line_arguments': 'str', 'completion_time': 'int', 'debug_mode': 'bool', 'enabled_parser_names': 'List[str]', 'file_entropy': 'str', 'filter_file': 'str', 'identifier': 'str', 'parser_filter_expression': 'str', 'preferred_codepage': 'str', 'preferred_encoding': 'str', 'preferred_language': 'str', 'preferred_time_zone': 'str', 'preferred_year': 'int', 'product_name': 'str', 'product_version': 'str', 'start_time': 'int'}

plaso.containers.tasks module

Task attribute container definition.

class plaso.containers.tasks.Task(*args: Any, **kwargs: Any)[source]

Bases: AttributeContainer

Task attribute container.

A task describes a piece of work for a multi processing worker process for example a task to process a path specification or to analyze an event.

aborted

True if the task was aborted.

Type

bool

completion_time

time that the task was completed. Contains the number of micro seconds since January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 UTC.

Type

int

file_entry_type

dfVFS type of the file entry the path specification is referencing.

Type

str

has_retry

True if the task was previously abandoned and a retry task was created, False otherwise.

Type

bool

identifier

unique identifier of the task.

Type

str

last_processing_time

the last time the task was marked as being processed as number of milliseconds since January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 UTC.

Type

int

merge_priority

priority used for the task storage file merge, where a lower value indicates a higher priority to merge.

Type

int

path_spec

path specification.

Type

dfvfs.PathSpec

session_identifier

the identifier of the session the task is part of.

Type

str

start_time

time that the task was started. Contains the number of micro seconds since January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 UTC.

Type

int

storage_file_size

size of the storage file in bytes.

Type

int

storage_format

the format the task results are to be stored in.

Type

str

CONTAINER_TYPE = 'task'
CreateRetryTask()[source]

Creates a new task to retry a previously abandoned task.

The retry task will have a new identifier but most of the attributes will be a copy of the previously abandoned task.

Returns

a task to retry a previously abandoned task.

Return type

Task

SCHEMA = {'aborted': 'bool', 'completion_time': 'int', 'file_entry_type': 'str', 'has_retry': 'bool', 'identifier': 'str', 'last_processing_time': 'int', 'merge_priority': 'int', 'path_spec': 'dfvfs.PathSpec', 'session_identifier': 'str', 'start_time': 'int', 'storage_file_size': 'int', 'storage_format': 'str'}
UpdateProcessingTime()[source]

Updates the processing time to now.

__lt__(other)[source]

Compares if the task attribute container is less than the other.

Parameters

other (Task) – task attribute container to compare to.

Returns

True if the task attribute container is less than the other.

Return type

bool

plaso.containers.warnings module

Warning attribute containers.

class plaso.containers.warnings.AnalysisWarning(*args: Any, **kwargs: Any)[source]

Bases: AttributeContainer

Analysis warning attribute container.

Analysis warnings are produced by analysis plugins when they encounter situations that should be brought to the users’ attention but are not analysis results.

message

warning message.

Type

str

plugin_name

name of the analysis plugin to which the warning applies.

Type

str

CONTAINER_TYPE = 'analysis_warning'
SCHEMA = {'message': 'str', 'plugin_name': 'str'}
class plaso.containers.warnings.ExtractionWarning(*args: Any, **kwargs: Any)[source]

Bases: AttributeContainer

Extraction warning attribute container.

Extraction warnings are produced by parsers/plugins when they encounter situations that should be brought to the users’ attention but are not event data derived from the data being processed.

message

warning message.

Type

str

parser_chain

parser chain to which the warning applies.

Type

str

path_spec

path specification of the file entry to which the warning applies.

Type

dfvfs.PathSpec

CONTAINER_TYPE = 'extraction_warning'
SCHEMA = {'message': 'str', 'parser_chain': 'str', 'path_spec': 'dfvfs.PathSpec'}
class plaso.containers.warnings.PreprocessingWarning(*args: Any, **kwargs: Any)[source]

Bases: AttributeContainer

Preprocessing warning attribute container.

Preprocessing warnings are produced by preprocessing plugins when they encounter situations that should be brought to the users’ attention but are not preprocessing results.

message

warning message.

Type

str

path_spec

path specification of the file entry to which the warning applies.

Type

dfvfs.PathSpec

plugin_name

name of the preprocessing plugin to which the warning applies.

Type

str

CONTAINER_TYPE = 'preprocessing_warning'
SCHEMA = {'message': 'str', 'path_spec': 'dfvfs.PathSpec', 'plugin_name': 'str'}
class plaso.containers.warnings.RecoveryWarning(*args: Any, **kwargs: Any)[source]

Bases: AttributeContainer

Recovery warning attribute container.

Recovery warnings are warning encountered during recovery. They are typically produced by parsers/plugins when they are unable to recover event data.

message

warning message.

Type

str

parser_chain

parser chain to which the warning applies.

Type

str

path_spec

path specification of the file entry to which the warning applies.

Type

dfvfs.PathSpec

CONTAINER_TYPE = 'recovery_warning'
SCHEMA = {'message': 'str', 'parser_chain': 'str', 'path_spec': 'dfvfs.PathSpec'}
class plaso.containers.warnings.TimeliningWarning(*args: Any, **kwargs: Any)[source]

Bases: AttributeContainer

Timelining warning attribute container.

Timelining warnings are produced by the timeliner when it encounters situations that should be brought to the users’ attention but are not events derived from the event data being processed.

message

warning message.

Type

str

parser_chain

parser chain to which the warning applies.

Type

str

path_spec

path specification of the file entry to which the warning applies.

Type

dfvfs.PathSpec

CONTAINER_TYPE = 'timelining_warning'
SCHEMA = {'message': 'str', 'parser_chain': 'str', 'path_spec': 'dfvfs.PathSpec'}

plaso.containers.windows_events module

Windows event data attribute containers.

class plaso.containers.windows_events.WindowsDistributedLinkTrackingEventData(*args: Any, **kwargs: Any)[source]

Bases: EventData

Windows distributed link event data attribute container.

creation_time

file entry creation date and time.

Type

dfdatetime.DateTimeValues

mac_address

MAC address stored in the UUID.

Type

str

origin

origin of the event (event source). E.g. the path of the corresponding LNK file or file reference MFT entry with the corresponding NTFS $OBJECT_ID attribute.

Type

str

uuid

UUID.

Type

str

DATA_TYPE = 'windows:distributed_link_tracking:creation'
class plaso.containers.windows_events.WindowsRegistryEventData(*args: Any, **kwargs: Any)[source]

Bases: EventData

Windows Registry event data attribute container.

key_path

Windows Registry key path.

Type

str

last_written_time

key last written date and time.

Type

dfdatetime.DateTimeValues

values

name, data type and data of the values in the key.

Type

list[tuple[str, str, str]]

DATA_TYPE = 'windows:registry:key_value'
class plaso.containers.windows_events.WindowsShellItemFileEntryEventData(*args: Any, **kwargs: Any)[source]

Bases: EventData

Windows shell item file entry event data attribute container.

access_time

file entry last access date and time.

Type

dfdatetime.DateTimeValues

creation_time

file entry creation date and time.

Type

dfdatetime.DateTimeValues

file_reference

NTFS file reference, in the format: “MTF entry - sequence number”.

Type

str

localized_name

localized name of the file entry shell item.

Type

str

long_name

long name of the file entry shell item.

Type

str

modification_time

file entry last modification date and time.

Type

dfdatetime.DateTimeValues

name

name of the file entry shell item.

Type

str

origin

origin of the event.

Type

str

shell_item_path

shell item path.

Type

str

DATA_TYPE = 'windows:shell_item:file_entry'
class plaso.containers.windows_events.WindowsVolumeEventData(*args: Any, **kwargs: Any)[source]

Bases: EventData

Windows volume event data attribute container.

creation_time

volume creation date and time.

Type

dfdatetime.DateTimeValues

device_path

volume device path.

Type

str

origin

origin of the event (event source), for example the corresponding Prefetch file name.

Type

str

serial_number

volume serial number.

Type

str

DATA_TYPE = 'windows:volume:creation'

Module contents

This file imports Python modules that register attribute container types.