Volatility Commands for Basic

Malware Analysis:
Descriptions and Examples

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Command Description
banners.Banners Attempts to identify potential linux
banners in an image
configwriter.Configwriter Runs the automagics and both
prints and outputs configuration in
the output directory.
frameworkinfo.FrameworkInfo Plugin to list the various modular
components of Volatility
isfinfo.IsfInfo Determines information about the
currently available ISF files, or a
specific one
layerwriter.Layerwriter Runs the automagics and writes out
the primary layer produced by the
stacker.
linux.bash.Bash Recovers bash command history
from memory.
linux.check_afinfo.Check_afinfo Verifies the operation function
pointers of network protocols.
linux.check_creds.Check._creds Checks if any processes are sharing
credential structures
linux.check_idt.Check_idt Checks if the IDT has been altered
linux.check_modules.Check_modules Compares module list to sysfs info,
if available
linux.check_syscall.Check_syscall Check system call table for hooks.
linux.elfs.Elfs Lists all memory mapped ELF files
for all processes.
linux.envars.Envars Lists processes with their
linux.enwvars.Enwvars environment variables
linux.iomem.IOMem Generates an output similar to
/proc/iomem on a running system.
linux.keyboard_notifiers.Keyboard_notifiers Parses the keyboard notifier call
chain
linux.kmsg.Kmsg Kernel log buffer reader
linux.Ismod.Lsmod Lists loaded kernel modules.
linux.lsof.Lsof Lists all memory maps for all
processes.
linux.malfind.Malfind Lists process memory ranges that
potentially contain injected code.
linux.mountinfo.MountInfo Lists mount points on processes
mount namespaces
linux.proc.Maps Lists all memory maps for all
processes.
linux.psaux.PsAux Lists processes with their command
line arguments
linux.pslist.PsList Lists the processes present in a
particular linux memory image.

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linux.psscan.PsScan Scans for processes present in a
particular linux image.
linux.pstree.PsTree Plugin for listing processes in a tree
based on their parent process ID.
linux.sockstat.Sockstat Lists all netwonk connections for all
processes.
linux.tty_check.tty_check Checks tty devices for hooks
mac.bash.Bash Recovers bash command history
from memory.
mac.check_Syscall.Check_Syscall Check system call table for hooks.
mac.check_sysctl.Check_sysctl Check sysctl handlers for hooks.
mac.check_trap_table.Check_trap_table Check mach trap table for hooks.
mac. ifconfig.Ifconfig Lists network interface information
for all devices
mac. kauth_listeners.Kauth_listeners Lists kauth listeners and their status
mac. kauth_scopes.Kauth.scopes Lists kauth scopes and their status
mac.kevents.Kevents Lists event handlers registered by
processes
mac.list_files.List_Files Lists all open file descriptors for all
processes.
mac.lsmod.Lsmod Lists loaded kernel modules.
mac.lsof.Lsof Lists all open file descriptors for all
processes.
mac.malfind.Malfind Lists process memory ranges that
potentially contain injected code.
mac.mount.Mount A module containing a collection of
plugins that produce data typically
found in Mac’s mount
command
mac.netstat.Netstat Lists all network connections for all
processes.
mac.proc_maps.Maps Lists process memory ranges that
potentially contain injected code.
mac.psaux.Psaux Recovers program command line
arguments.
mac.pslist.PsList Lists the processes present in a
particular mac memory image.
mac.pstree.Pstree Plugin for listing processes in a tree
based on their parent process ID.
mac.socket_filters.Socket_filters Enumerates kernel socket filters.
mac.timers.Timers Check for malicious kernel timers.
mac.trustedbsd.Trustedbsd Checks for malicious trustedbsd
modules
mac.ufsevents.VFSevents Lists processes that are filtering file
system events

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Timeliner.Timeliner Runs all relevant plugins that
provide time related information
and orders the results by time.
windows.bigpools.BigPools List big page pools.
windows.callbacks.Callbacks Lists kernel callbacks and
notification routines.
windows.cmdline.CmdLine Lists process command line
arguments.
windows.crashinfo.Crashinfo Lists the information from a
Windows crash dump.
windows.devicetree.DeviceTree Listing tree based on drivers and
attached devices in a particular
windows memory image.
windows.dillist.DIlList Lists the loaded modules in a
particular windows memory image.
windows.driverirp.DriverIrp List IRPs for drivers in a particular
windows memory image.
windows.drivermodule.DriverModule Determines if any loaded drivers
were hidden by a rootkit
windows.driverscan.DriverScan Scans for drivers present in a
particular windows memory image.
windows.dumpfiles.DumpFiles Dumps cached file contents from
Windows memory samples.
windows.envars.Envars Display process environment
variables
windows.filescan.Filescan Scans for file objects present in a
particular windows memory image.
windows.getservicesids.GetServiceSIDs Lists process token sids.
windows.getsids.GetSIDs Print the SIDs owning each process
windows.handles.Handles Lists process open handles.
windows.info.Info Show OS & kernel details of the
memory sample being analyzed.
windows.joblinks.Joblinks Print process job link information
windows.ldrmodules.LdrModules Lists the loaded modules in a
particular windows memory image.
windows.malfind.Malfind Lists process memory ranges that
potentially contain injected code.
windows.mbrscan.MBRScan Scans for and parses potential
Master Boot Records (MBRs)
windows.memmap.Memmap Prints the memory map
windows.modscan.Modscan Scans for modules present in a
particular windows memory image.
windows.modules.Modules Lists the loaded kernel modules.
windows.mutantscan.MutantScan Scans for mutexes present in a
particular windows memory image.

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windows.netscan.Netscan Scans for network objects present
in a particular windows memory
image.
windows.netstat.NetStat Traverses network tracking
structures present in a particular
windows memory image.
windows.poolscanner.Poolscanner A generic pool scanner plugin.
windows.privileges.Privs Lists process token privileges
windows.pslist.PsList Lists the processes present in a
particular windows memory image.
windows.psscan.Psscan Scans for processes present in a
particular windows memory image.
windows.pstree.PsTree Plugin for listing processes in a tree
based on their parent process ID.
windows.registry.certificates.Certificates Lists the certificates in the registry's
Certificate Store.
windows.registry.hivelist.Hivelist Lists the registry hives present in a
particular memory image.
windows.registry.hivescan.Hivescan Scans for registry hives present in a
particular windows memory image.
windows.registry printkey.PrintKey Lists the registry keys under a hive
or specific key value.
windows.registry.userassist.UserAssist Print userassist registry keys and
information.
windows.sessions.Sessions lists Processes with Session
information extracted from
Environmental Variables
windows.skeleton_key_check.Skeleton_Key_Check Looks for signs of Skeleton Key
malware
windows.ssdt.SSDT Lists the system call table.
windows.statistics.Statistics Lists statistics about the memory
space.
windows.strings.Strings Reads output from the strings
command and indicates which
process(es) each string belongs to.
windows.symlinkscan.Symlinkscan Scans for links present in a
particular windows memory image.
windows.vadinfo.VadInfo Lists process memory ranges.
windows.wadwalk.Vadwalk Walk the VAD tree.
windows.verinfo.VerInfo Lists version information from PE
files.
windows.wirtmap.VirtMap Lists virtual mapped sections.

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Examples of volatility command

• python vol.py -f [filepath] windows.info.Info > [pathtosaveresult.txt]

Shows OS & kernel details of the memory sample being analysed.

• python vol.py -f [filepath] windows.pstree.PsTree > [pathtosaveresult.txt]

Shows Plugin for listing processes in a tree based on their parent process ID.

• python vol.py -f [filepath] windows.netscan.NetScan > [pathtosaveresult.txt]

Shows Scans for network objects present in a particular windows memory image.

• python vol.py -f [filepath] windows.pslist.PsList > [pathtosaveresult.txt]

Lists the processes present in a particular windows memory image.

• python vol.py -f [filepath] windows.dlllist.DllList > [pathtosaveresult.txt]

Lists the loaded modules in a particular windows memory image.

• python vol.py -f [filepath] windows.netstat.NetStat > [pathtosaveresult.txt]

Shows traverses network tracking structures present in a particular windows memory

A Typical Volatility Command Example

python vol.py -f “C:\Users\hascyberX\Desktop\memdump.mem” windows.pslist.PsList >

The command above will list the processes present in the memdump.mem image, save the
result on the desktop as processlists.txt, which can be opened with Notepad++ to analyze
the output results.

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