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Windows Gather File and Registry Artifacts Enumeration

Disclosed
N/A
Created
May 30, 2018

Description

This module will check the file system and registry for particular artifacts.

The list of artifacts is read in YAML format from data/post/enum_artifacts_list.txt
or a user specified file. Any matches are written to the loot.

Author

averagesecurityguy [email protected]

Platform

Windows

Module Options

To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':


msf > use post/windows/gather/enum_artifacts
msf post(enum_artifacts) > show actions
...actions...
msf post(enum_artifacts) > set ACTION < action-name >
msf post(enum_artifacts) > show options
...show and set options...
msf post(enum_artifacts) > run

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