Packages and Binaries:

grokevt

GrokEVT is a collection of scripts built for reading Microsoft Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 event log files.

Currently the scripts work together on one or more mounted Microsoft Windows partitions to extract all information needed (registry entries, message templates, and log files) to convert the logs to a human-readable format.

This program is useful in forensics investigations.

Installed size: 122 KB
How to install: sudo apt install grokevt

grokevt-addlog

A tool for adding a raw event log to an existing GrokEVT database.

root@kali:~# grokevt-addlog -h
USAGE:
  /usr/bin/grokevt-addlog <DATABASE_DIR> <EVT_FILE> <NEW_TYPE> <BASE_TYPE>

This script takes a raw Windows event log and adds it to a
previously built database generated by grokevt-builddb.
See the man page for more details.

grokevt-builddb

Builds a database tree based on a single windows system for the purpose of event log conversion.

root@kali:~# grokevt-builddb -h
USAGE:
  grokevt-builddb [-v] [-c CSID] <CONFIG_PROFILE> <OUTPUT_DIR>

grokevt-builddb builds a database tree based on a
single windows system for the purpose of event log
conversion.  Please see the man page for more
information.
ERROR: Requires at least 2 arguments.

grokevt-dumpmsgs

A tool for dumping the contents of message databases built previously by grokevt-ripdll(1).

root@kali:~# man grokevt-dumpmsgs
grokevt-dumpmsgs(1)                                         grokevt-dumpmsgs(1)

NAME
       grokevt-dumpmsgs  - A tool for dumping the contents of message databases
       built previously by grokevt-ripdll(1).

SYNOPSIS
       grokevt-dumpmsgs message-db1 [message-db2 ...]

DESCRIPTION
       grokevt-dumpmsgs takes one or more message  databases  previously  built
       with  grokevt-ripdll(1)  and  prints  out all entries to stdout. This is
       mainly a debugging tool, but may be useful  for  analyzing  the  message
       contents of PE files while developing other applications.

ARGUMENTS
       grokevt-dumpmsgs uses the following arguments:

       message-dbN
              If  multiple message databases are supplied, entries of all data-
              bases are printed to stdout in the order they are provided.

OUTOUT
       grokevt-dumpmsgs prints each database entry out on a single line, in two
       comma-separated columns. The first column is the message ID, which is in
       the format:

                 XXXX-YYYYYYYY

       Here, XXXX represents the message's language code, and the YYYYYYYY rep-
       resents the message's relative virtual address (RVA) within the  message
       block  of  the  PE file.  The second column contains the message itself.
       Messages containing special characters (such as newlines or commas)  are
       encoded  in the same manner that grokevt-parselog(1) encodes them ("%XX"
       where XX is the hexadecimal value of the character).

BUGS
       Probably several.  This  particular  script  has  not  been  extensively
       tested.

CREDITS
       Written by Timothy D. Morgan.

LICENSE
       Please see the file "LICENSE" included with this software distribution.

       This  program  is  distributed  in  the hope that it will be useful, but
       WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABIL-
       ITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public  Li-
       cense version 3 for more details.

SEE ALSO
       grokevt(7)   grokevt-addlog(1)   grokevt-builddb(1)  grokevt-findlogs(1)
       grokevt-parselog(1) grokevt-ripdll(1)

File Conversion Utilities         20 June 2011              grokevt-dumpmsgs(1)

grokevt-findlogs

Attempts to find log file fragments in raw binary files, such as memory dumps and disk images.

root@kali:~# grokevt-findlogs --help
USAGE:
  grokevt-findlogs -?
  grokevt-findlogs [-v] [-h] [-H] [-o <OFFSET>] <RAW_FILE>

grokevt-findlogs attempts to find log file fragments in raw
binary files, such as memory dumps and disk images.
Please see the man page for more information.

grokevt-parselog

Parse a windows event log and generate human-readable output based on message resources stored in a database.

root@kali:~# grokevt-parselog -h
USAGE:
  grokevt-parselog -?|--help
  grokevt-parselog -l <DATABASE_DIR>
  grokevt-parselog -m <DATABASE_DIR> <LOG_TYPE>
  grokevt-parselog [-v] [-H] [-h] <DATABASE_DIR> <LOG_TYPE>

This program parses a windows event log and prints a
CSV version of the log to stdout.  Please see the man
page for more information.

grokevt-ripdll

A tool for extracting message resources from a PE-formatted file.

root@kali:~# grokevt-ripdll -h
USAGE:
  grokevt-ripdll <INPUT_DLL> <OUTPUT_DB>

grokevt-ripdll is a tool for extracting message resources from a PE-formatted file.
Please see the man page for more information.