The following categories contain descriptions of the types of
evidence collected from Windows endpoints by the Incident Response Evidence Collection playbook, Collect Evidence task, and Trend Micro
Incident Response Toolkit. These evidence types are displayed in columns after
selecting an evidence category when examining an Evidence
Report.
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Portable Executable (PE) File Attributes
Note
PE file attributes may be embedded into multiple evidence categories.
Attribute | Description |
File path
|
Absolute path of the file
|
File size
|
Size of the file in bytes
|
SHA1
|
SHA1-encrypted hash of the file contents
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User account
|
Account name or security identifier associated with the file
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User domain
|
Domain name of the security identifier associated with the file
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File extension
|
Suffix indicating file format of the file
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True file type
|
File type as determined by signatures in the file header
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Catalog signed
|
Indication of whether the file contains a digital signature in the catalog
file
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Embedded signed
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Indication of whether the signature on the embedded PE file is verified
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Catalog signer
|
Signer of the digital signature in the catalog file
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Embedded signer
|
Signer of the digital signature in the embedded PE file
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Compiled timestamp
|
Time the PE file was compiled
|
Import table hash
|
MD5 hash of the imported functions in the PE file |
Linker version
|
Version number of the file linker
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File version
|
File version number represented in four 16-bit integers
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Debug paths
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File paths of any debug information present
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Sub system
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Which Windows subsystem is required to run the image
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Company name
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Internal company name when the file was compiled
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File description
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Internal description of the file when the file was compiled
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Internal name
|
Internal name for the file
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Create time
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Time the file was created in the file system
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Modify time
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Last time the file was modified in the file system
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Access time
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Last time the file was accessed in the file system
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Evidence Type
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Evidence Data
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Description
|
System Information
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Host name
|
DNS host name of the endpoint
|
UUID
|
System-generated globally unique identifier (GUID) string for the endpoint
hardware profile
|
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CPU type
|
The system processor architecture
|
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CPU brand
|
Brand of the currently supported processor
|
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CPU physical cores
|
Number of physical cores in the CPU
|
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CPU logical cores
|
Number of logical cores in the CPU
|
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CPU microcode
|
Intermediary code acting as CPU firmware | |
Physical memory (KB) |
Amount of physical memory displayed in KB
|
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Hardware vendor
|
Manufacturer of the system motherboard | |
Hardware model
|
Device model of the endpoint | |
Hardware serial
|
Serial number of the endpoint hardware's software component | |
Computer name
|
NetBIOS name of the endpoint
|
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OS Version
|
Name
|
OS distribution or product name
|
Installation time
|
Date the OS was installed on the endpoint
|
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Version
|
Primary OS version running on the endpoint
|
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Major
|
Major release version of the current OS
|
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Minor
|
Minor release version of the current OS | |
Build
|
Build-specific or variant OS version identifier | |
Platform
|
OS platform or ID
|
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Platform like
|
Closely related platforms
|
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Code name
|
OS version code name | |
Arch
|
OS architecture | |
Interface Detail
|
MAC
|
Media Access Control (MAC) address for the endpoint network adapter
|
Last modification time
|
Time of last device modification | |
Network interface
|
Index of IPv4 interface associated with network IPv4 addresses
|
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MTU
|
Maximum transmission unit (MTU) size in bytes
|
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Metric
|
IPv4 interface metric for the network adapter address
|
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Flags
|
Flags specifying network adapter settings | |
Collisions
|
Number of packet collisions detected | |
Friendly name
|
User-friendly name for the network adapter | |
Description
|
Description of the network adapter
|
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Manufacturer
|
Manufacturer of the network adapter
|
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Connection ID
|
Name of the network connections as appearing in the Control Panel Network
Connections section
|
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Connection status
|
State of the network adapter network connection | |
Enabled
|
Indication of whether or not the adapter is enabled
|
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Physical adapter | Indication of whether or not the adapter is physical | |
Speed
|
Estimation of current bandwidth in bits per second or the nominal bandwidth when no estimation can be made | |
Service
|
Service name of the network adapter
|
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DHCP enabled | Indication of whether or not DHCP v4 is enabled | |
DHCP lease expires
|
Expiration date and time of the leased IP address assigned to the endpoint bu the DHCP server | |
DHCP lease obtained
|
Date and time the leased IP address was assigned to the endpoint through the DHCP server | |
DHCP server
|
IP address of the DHCP server
|
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DNS domain
|
Domain name and suffix of the organization
|
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DNS domain suffix search order
|
List of DNS domain suffixes to be applied at the end of the end of the host name
when attempting domain name resolution
|
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DNS host name
|
Name used to identify the endpoint for authentication
|
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DNS server search order
|
List of server IP addresses used when querying for DNS servers
|
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iPackets
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Number of unicast packets received by the interface | |
oPackets
|
Number of octets of data sent through the interface | |
iBytes
|
Number of octets of data received by the interface
|
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oBytes
|
Number of unicast packets sent through the interface
|
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iErrors
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Number of incoming packets discarded because of errors
|
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oErrors
|
Number of outgoing packets discarded because of errors
|
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iDrops
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Number of incoming packets discarded despite not having errors
|
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oDrops
|
Number of outgoing packets discarded despite not having errors
|
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Interface Address
|
Network interface
|
Index of IPv4 interface associated with network IPv4 addresses
|
Address
|
Read-only user-friendly name for the address
|
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Mask
|
IPv4 subnet mask
|
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Type
|
Origin of the IPv4 or IPv6 address suffix | |
Friendly Name
|
User-friendly name for the network adapter | |
Volume Information
|
Path
|
Current disk drive path |
Name
|
Name of the disk drive on the file system | |
System
|
File system type, such as FAT or NTFS | |
Maximum component length
|
Maximum character length of file names supported by the file system
|
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File system flags
|
Flags associated with the file system
|
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Drive type
|
Value indicating disk drive type, such as removable, fixed, SSD, or CD-ROM
|
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System Drive Environment
|
System root
|
Root Windows directory
|
System drive
|
The drive on which Windows is installed
|
Evidence Data
|
Description
|
Creation time ($FN)
|
Time and date the file was created according to newer NTFS systems |
Path
|
Absolute path of the file
|
Modification time ($FN)
|
Time and date the file was last modified according to newer NTFS systems
|
Access time ($FN)
|
Time and date the file was last accessed according to newer NTFS systems
|
Record time ($FN)
|
Time and date of the file's last status change according to newer NTFS
systems
|
Directory
|
Directory in which the file is located
|
Filename
|
Name portion of the file path
|
Inode
|
Number of the file system index node
|
File ID |
ID value of the file
|
UID
|
User ID of the file owner
|
Attributes
|
String defining attributes of the file
|
Symlink
|
Indication of whether not the file path is a symbolic link
|
Type
|
Current status of the file
|
Creation time ($STD)
|
Time and date the file was created according to older NTFS systems
|
Write time ($STD)
|
Time and date the file was last modified according to older NTFS systems |
Access time ($STD)
|
Time and date the file was last accessed according to older NTFS systems
|
Record time ($STD)
|
Time and date of the file's last status change according to older NTFS
systems
|
Hard links
|
Number of hard links to the file
|
File version
|
Current version of the file
|
Size
|
Size of the file in bytes |
Evidence Data
|
Description
|
Process name
|
Name of the process
|
Process image
|
Path of the image file for the process |
PID
|
Process ID
|
Parent PID
|
Process ID of the parent process |
Process file SHA1
|
SHA1 hash of the process file
|
Catalog signature
|
Indicates whether the catalog file for the process is signed or unsigned
|
Embedded signature
|
Indicates whether the process contains an embedded signature
|
User name
|
Uer account that executed the process
|
Domain
|
Domain of the user that executed the process
|
Creation time
|
Time the process was created
|
Exit time
|
Exit time of the process
|
Kernel time
|
Amount of time the process has executed in kernel mode |
User time
|
Amount of time the process has executed in user mode |
Evidence Type
|
Evidence Data
|
Description
|
Autostart Entries
|
Source
|
Registry path pattern for the autorun entry
|
File system creation time
|
The time the entry was created in the file system
|
|
Name
|
Name of the file associated with the autorun entry in the registry
|
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Registry path
|
Full registry path of the autorun entry
|
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Entry name
|
Registry folder for or key name of the autorun entry
|
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Execution command
|
Registry value of the autorun entry, used to run the entry | |
Path
|
File path for the entry obtained from the registry
|
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Registry modification time
|
Last time the registry key or associated entry values were modified
|
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Scheduled Tasks
|
Name
|
Name of the registered task
|
Action
|
Executable action performed by the task
|
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Path
|
Path to the executable file
|
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Enabled
|
Indication of whether the task is currently enabled
|
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State
|
Operational state of the registered task
|
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Hidden
|
Indication of whether the task is visible on the user interface
|
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Last run time
|
Time the registered task was last run
|
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Next run time
|
Time the registered task is next scheduled to run
|
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Last run message
|
Messages returned on the failure of the task's last execution
|
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Last run code
|
Results returned on the success of the task's last execution
|
Evidence Type | Evidence Data | Description |
AmCache
|
Record time
|
Program execution, installation, or data update time
|
Registry modification time
|
Last time the registry was modified
|
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ShimCache |
Record time
|
Last time the application file was modified
|
Last update time
|
Last time the registry was modified
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