Windows Gather AppLocker & WDAC Audit
#!/usr/bin/env python3
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
import json
from kittysploit import *
from lib.post.windows.session import WindowsSessionMixin
class Module(Post, WindowsSessionMixin):
__info__ = {
"name": "Windows Gather AppLocker & WDAC Audit",
"description": "Audit AppLocker and WDAC enforcement",
"author": "KittySploit Team",
"platform": Platform.WINDOWS,
"session_type": [SessionType.METERPRETER, SessionType.SHELL],
"references": [
"https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1518.001/",
"https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1218/",
],
"agent": {
"risk": "passive",
"effects": ["reconnaissance"],
"expected_requests": 4,
"reversible": True,
"approval_required": False,
"produces": ["risk_signals"],
"cost": 0.5,
"noise": 0.2,
"value": 0.9,
"requires": {"capabilities_any": ["shell"], "capabilities_all": []},
"chain": {
"consumes_capabilities": ["shell"],
"produces_capabilities": [],
},
},
}
include_policy_xml = OptBool(False, "Dump effective AppLocker policy XML (verbose)", False)
def _collect_script(self) -> str:
include_xml = "true" if self.include_policy_xml else "false"
return rf"""
$ErrorActionPreference = 'SilentlyContinue'
$includeXml = ${include_xml}
function Get-PolicyFileInfo($path) {{
if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $path)) {{ return $null }}
$item = Get-Item -LiteralPath $path -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
if (-not $item) {{ return $null }}
return [PSCustomObject]@{{
Path = $path
Size = $item.Length
LastWrite = $item.LastWriteTime.ToString('s')
}}
}}
$report = [PSCustomObject]@{{
AppLockerService = (Get-Service -Name AppIDSvc -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue |
Select-Object Status, StartType, Name)
AppLockerPolicies = @()
WdacPolicies = @()
CiPolicyKeys = @()
EffectiveAppLocker = $null
CiTool = $null
CodeIntegrity = @{{}}
}}
$policyPaths = @(
"$env:WINDIR\System32\AppLocker\MDM",
"$env:WINDIR\System32\AppLocker\SAP",
"$env:WINDIR\System32\AppLocker\EXE",
"$env:WINDIR\System32\AppLocker\DLL",
"$env:WINDIR\System32\AppLocker\MSI",
"$env:WINDIR\System32\AppLocker\Script",
"$env:WINDIR\System32\AppLocker\Policy",
'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\SrpV2',
'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\SrpV2\Exe',
'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\SrpV2\Script',
'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\SrpV2\Dll',
'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\SrpV2\Msi'
)
foreach ($p in $policyPaths) {{
if ($p -like 'HKLM:*') {{
if (Test-Path -LiteralPath $p) {{
$report.AppLockerPolicies += [PSCustomObject]@{{
Type = 'Registry'
Path = $p
Present = $true
}}
}}
}} else {{
$info = Get-PolicyFileInfo $p
if ($info) {{ $report.AppLockerPolicies += $info }}
}}
}}
$wdacRoots = @(
"$env:WINDIR\System32\CodeIntegrity\CiPolicies\Active",
"$env:WINDIR\System32\CodeIntegrity",
'C:\Windows\System32\CodeIntegrity\CiPolicies'
)
foreach ($root in $wdacRoots) {{
if (Test-Path -LiteralPath $root) {{
Get-ChildItem -LiteralPath $root -Recurse -File -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue |
Where-Object {{ $_.Extension -in '.cip', '.p7b', '.bin' }} |
Select-Object -First 20 |
ForEach-Object {{
$report.WdacPolicies += [PSCustomObject]@{{
Path = $_.FullName
Size = $_.Length
LastWrite = $_.LastWriteTime.ToString('s')
}}
}}
}}
}}
$ciKeys = @(
'HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\CI\Policy',
'HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\CI\Config',
'HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\DeviceGuard\Scenarios\HypervisorEnforcedCodeIntegrity'
)
foreach ($k in $ciKeys) {{
if (Test-Path -LiteralPath $k) {{
$vals = Get-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $k -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
if ($vals) {{
$report.CiPolicyKeys += [PSCustomObject]@{{
Key = $k
Values = ($vals | Select-Object * -ExcludeProperty PSPath,PSParentPath,PSChildName,PSDrive,PSProvider)
}}
}}
}}
}}
try {{
$report.CodeIntegrity.HvciEnabled = (Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_DeviceGuard -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue).SecurityServicesRunning -contains 2
}} catch {{}}
try {{
$report.EffectiveAppLocker = Get-AppLockerPolicy -Effective -ErrorAction Stop
if ($includeXml -and $report.EffectiveAppLocker) {{
$report.EffectiveAppLockerXml = ($report.EffectiveAppLocker | Format-List * | Out-String)
}}
}} catch {{
$report.EffectiveAppLockerError = $_.Exception.Message
}}
$citool = Join-Path $env:WINDIR 'System32\CiTool.exe'
if (Test-Path -LiteralPath $citool) {{
$report.CiTool = (& $citool -lp 2>&1 | Out-String).Trim()
}}
$report | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 8 -Compress
"""
def run(self):
if not self.win_require_windows():
return False
if not self.win_require_powershell():
return False
print_info("=" * 60)
print_info("AppLocker / WDAC")
raw = self.win_run_powershell(self._collect_script(), timeout=40)
if not raw:
print_warning("Collector returned no output")
return False
try:
data = json.loads(raw.strip().splitlines()[-1])
except Exception as exc:
print_error(f"Failed to parse audit output: {exc}")
print_info(raw[:2500])
return False
svc = data.get("AppLockerService") or {}
print_info("-" * 60)
print_info(f"AppIDSvc: {svc.get('Status', '?')} ({svc.get('StartType', '?')})")
policies = data.get("AppLockerPolicies") or []
print_info(f"AppLocker artifacts: {len(policies)}")
for item in policies[:12]:
if isinstance(item, dict):
print_info(f" {item.get('Path', item.get('Type', '?'))}")
wdac = data.get("WdacPolicies") or []
print_info("-" * 60)
print_info(f"WDAC policy files: {len(wdac)}")
for item in wdac[:10]:
print_info(f" {item.get('Path', '?')} [{item.get('Size', 0)} bytes]")
if data.get("CiTool"):
print_info("-" * 60)
print_info("CiTool -lp")
for line in data["CiTool"].splitlines()[:20]:
print_info(f" {line}")
print_info("=" * 60)
return True
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