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winreg_artifacts/
sam.rs

1//! Windows SAM hive artifact extractor.
2//!
3//! Extracts local user account data from a SAM registry hive.
4//!
5//! Key paths (SAM hive):
6//! - `SAM\Domains\Account\Users\Names\<username>` — username subkeys
7//! - `SAM\Domains\Account\Users\<RID_hex>\F`      — account flags / timestamps
8//! - `SAM\Domains\Account\Users\<RID_hex>\V`      — binary user data (not decoded here)
9
10use std::io::Cursor;
11
12use winreg_core::hive::Hive;
13use winreg_core::key::filetime_to_datetime;
14
15// ── Output type ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
16
17/// Information about a local user account from the SAM hive.
18#[derive(Debug, Clone, serde::Serialize)]
19pub struct SamUserEntry {
20    /// Account username.
21    pub username: String,
22    /// Relative Identifier (RID), e.g. 500 for Administrator.
23    pub rid: u32,
24    /// Last login timestamp (ISO 8601), from F record bytes 8-15 (FILETIME).
25    pub last_login: Option<String>,
26    /// Password last set timestamp (ISO 8601), from F record bytes 16-23.
27    pub password_last_set: Option<String>,
28    /// Account expiry timestamp (ISO 8601), from F record bytes 24-31. `None` = never.
29    pub account_expires: Option<String>,
30    /// Login count, from F record bytes 66-67 (u16 LE).
31    pub login_count: u16,
32    /// Account control flags, from F record bytes 56-59 (u32 LE).
33    pub account_flags: u32,
34    /// Whether the account is disabled (`account_flags & 0x0001`).
35    pub is_disabled: bool,
36    /// Whether the account is locked (`account_flags & 0x0010`).
37    pub is_locked: bool,
38}
39
40// ── F record field offsets ────────────────────────────────────────────────────
41
42const F_LAST_LOGIN_OFF: usize = 8;
43const F_PASSWORD_LAST_SET_OFF: usize = 16;
44const F_ACCOUNT_EXPIRES_OFF: usize = 24;
45const F_ACCOUNT_FLAGS_OFF: usize = 56;
46const F_LOGIN_COUNT_OFF: usize = 66;
47// (`read_u32`/`read_u16`/`read_filetime` bounds-check each access, so no separate
48// minimum-length guard is needed.)
49
50const ACCOUNT_DISABLED: u32 = 0x0001;
51const ACCOUNT_LOCKED: u32 = 0x0010;
52
53// ── Public API ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
54
55/// Parse local user accounts from a SAM hive.
56///
57/// Walks `SAM\Domains\Account\Users\Names` for usernames. For each username
58/// finds the corresponding `Users\<RID_hex>` key and reads its `F` value to
59/// extract timestamps and account flags.
60pub fn parse(hive: &Hive<Cursor<Vec<u8>>>) -> Vec<SamUserEntry> {
61    let mut results = Vec::new();
62
63    let Ok(Some(names_key)) = hive.open_key("SAM\\Domains\\Account\\Users\\Names") else {
64        return results;
65    };
66
67    let Ok(Some(users_key)) = hive.open_key("SAM\\Domains\\Account\\Users") else {
68        return results;
69    };
70
71    let Ok(username_keys) = names_key.subkeys() else {
72        return results;
73    };
74
75    for name_key in username_keys {
76        let username = name_key.name();
77        if username.is_empty() {
78            continue;
79        }
80
81        // The RID is the per-account identity, stored as the TYPE field of the
82        // `Names\<username>` default value (the canonical SAM layout); the F
83        // record lives under `Users\<RID hex>`.
84        let rid_opt = rid_and_f(&name_key, &users_key);
85        let Some((rid, f_data)) = rid_opt else {
86            // No matching RID found — include with defaults
87            results.push(SamUserEntry {
88                username,
89                rid: 0,
90                last_login: None,
91                password_last_set: None,
92                account_expires: None,
93                login_count: 0,
94                account_flags: 0,
95                is_disabled: false,
96                is_locked: false,
97            });
98            continue;
99        };
100
101        let entry = parse_f_record(&username, rid, &f_data);
102        results.push(entry);
103    }
104
105    results
106}
107
108// ── Helpers ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
109
110/// Find the RID and F record bytes for a username by scanning Users\ subkeys.
111///
112/// The subkey names under `SAM\Domains\Account\Users` are 8-digit uppercase hex
113/// RID strings (e.g. `"000001F4"` for RID 500). We match by name: if the subkey
114/// name is a valid hex RID (not "Names"), read its `F` value.
115fn rid_and_f(
116    name_key: &winreg_core::key::Key<'_>,
117    users_key: &winreg_core::key::Key<'_>,
118) -> Option<(u32, Vec<u8>)> {
119    use winreg_format::flags::ValueType;
120
121    // The account's RID is the TYPE field of the `Names\<username>` default
122    // (unnamed) value — the canonical SAM layout (e.g. Administrator = 500,
123    // Guest = 501). Real RIDs (>= 500) always decode to `Unknown(rid)`.
124    let ValueType::Unknown(rid) = name_key.value("").ok().flatten()?.data_type() else {
125        return None;
126    };
127
128    // The F record lives under `Users\<RID as 8-digit uppercase hex>`.
129    let rid_hex = format!("{rid:08X}");
130    let f_data = users_key
131        .subkey(&rid_hex)
132        .ok()
133        .flatten()?
134        .value("F")
135        .ok()
136        .flatten()?
137        .raw_data()
138        .ok()?;
139    Some((rid, f_data))
140}
141
142/// Build a `SamUserEntry` by decoding the F record binary data.
143fn parse_f_record(username: &str, rid: u32, f: &[u8]) -> SamUserEntry {
144    let last_login = read_filetime(f, F_LAST_LOGIN_OFF);
145    let password_last_set = read_filetime(f, F_PASSWORD_LAST_SET_OFF);
146    let account_expires = read_filetime(f, F_ACCOUNT_EXPIRES_OFF);
147    let account_flags = read_u32(f, F_ACCOUNT_FLAGS_OFF);
148    let login_count = read_u16(f, F_LOGIN_COUNT_OFF);
149
150    SamUserEntry {
151        username: username.to_string(),
152        rid,
153        last_login,
154        password_last_set,
155        account_expires,
156        login_count,
157        account_flags,
158        is_disabled: (account_flags & ACCOUNT_DISABLED) != 0,
159        is_locked: (account_flags & ACCOUNT_LOCKED) != 0,
160    }
161}
162
163/// Read a FILETIME (u64 LE) at `offset` from `data` and convert to ISO 8601.
164/// Returns `None` if the data is too short or the FILETIME is zero.
165fn read_filetime(data: &[u8], offset: usize) -> Option<String> {
166    if offset + 8 > data.len() {
167        return None;
168    }
169    let ft = u64::from_le_bytes(data[offset..offset + 8].try_into().ok()?);
170    let dt = filetime_to_datetime(ft)?;
171    Some(dt.format("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ").to_string())
172}
173
174/// Read a u32 LE at `offset` from `data`. Returns 0 if out of bounds.
175fn read_u32(data: &[u8], offset: usize) -> u32 {
176    if offset + 4 > data.len() {
177        return 0;
178    }
179    u32::from_le_bytes(data[offset..offset + 4].try_into().unwrap_or([0; 4]))
180}
181
182/// Read a u16 LE at `offset` from `data`. Returns 0 if out of bounds.
183fn read_u16(data: &[u8], offset: usize) -> u16 {
184    if offset + 2 > data.len() {
185        return 0;
186    }
187    u16::from_le_bytes(data[offset..offset + 2].try_into().unwrap_or([0; 2]))
188}