File
A resource for storing information available to a computer program.
Actions
| Action | Description |
|---|---|
| timestamp | The modification of an attribute, such as creation time. The file metadata may change, but the contents of the file remain the same. |
| create | The event corresponding to the creation of a file. |
| delete | The event corresponding to the deletion of a file. |
| modify | The event corresponding to the modification of a file or its metadata. |
| read | The event corresponding to the accessing of a file to be read. |
| write | The event corresponding to the accessing of a file in order to write new instructions or information into a file. |
Fields
| Field | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| creation_time | The creation time of the file as described in UTC and including the date. | 05/14/2015 12:47:06 |
| file_name | The name of the file. | MyWordDoc.docx |
| fqdn | The fully qualified domain name of the host. Contains the hostname appended with the domain. | HOST1.EXAMPLE_DOMAIN.COM |
| hostname | The hostname of the host, without the domain. | HOST1 |
| image_path | The file system location of the executable that is associated with the pid that generated this event. |
C:\Windows\system32\notepad.exe |
| md5_hash | An MD5 hash of the contents of the file located at image_path. The field is in hex notation, without the 0x prefix. |
5eb63bbbe01eeed093cb22bb8f5acdc3 |
| pid | The process ID for the process that generated this file event, represented in decimal notation. | 738 |
| ppid | The process ID of the parent process of the process associated with this file event, represented in decimal notation. | 1860 |
| previous_creation_time | The creation_time associated with the file before it was changed for this file event. | 05/14/2015 12:47:06 |
| signer | The company listed on the certificate of the program at image_path if that program is signed. |
Microsoft |Corporation |
| sha1_hash | The SHA1 hash of the contents of the file located at image_path. |
2aae6c35c94fcfb415dbe95f408b9ce91ee846ed |
| sha256_hash | The SHA256 hash of the contents of the file located at image_path. |
68e656b251e67e8358bef8483ab0d51c6619f3e7a1a9f0e75838d41ff368f728 |
| user | The user context in which the thread that caused this event was running. May be a local, domain or SYSTEM user. Formatted as “<DOMAIN>\<USER>”. Because threads are allowed to impersonate users, this may be different than the user context of the process. | HOST1\LOCALUSER |
| company | The name of the organization listed in the file located at image_path. |
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| file_path | The full path to the file. | C:\users\fakeuser\documents\MyFile.docx |
Coverage Map
| company | creation_time | file_name | file_path | fqdn | hostname | image_path | md5_hash | pid | ppid | previous_creation_time | sha1_hash | sha256_hash | signer | user | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| create | Autoruns | Autoruns | Autoruns | Autoruns | Autoruns | Autoruns | |||||||||
| delete | |||||||||||||||
| modify | Autoruns | Autoruns | Autoruns | Autoruns | Autoruns | Autoruns | Autoruns | Autoruns | Autoruns | ||||||
| read | |||||||||||||||
| timestomp | Sysmon (2.0) Sysmon (3.1) Sysmon (3.2) |
Sysmon (2.0) Sysmon (3.1) Sysmon (3.2) |
Sysmon (2.0) Sysmon (3.1) Sysmon (3.2) |
Sysmon (2.0) Sysmon (3.1) Sysmon (3.2) |
Sysmon (2.0) Sysmon (3.1) Sysmon (3.2) |
Sysmon (2.0) Sysmon (3.1) Sysmon (3.2) |
Sysmon (2.0) Sysmon (3.1) Sysmon (3.2) |
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| write |