file‑acquisition‑raw Audit

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Collects and downloads a specific file from Windows host endpoints using a method that may bypass security or access restrictions and retrieve deleted files.

If the Inode parameter is not specified, this audit returns only the first match of a deleted file .

This audit was formerly known as the w32rawfile-acquisition audit.

This audit cannot be imported into a data acquisition script. See Audits That Cannot Be Imported on page 1.

Supported Platforms

Windows only

Input Parameters

The following input parameters are available for this audit.

Path

Details

Values

Description

Platform

Windows

Windows environments

Format

FilePath

Valid values are a full file path and file name.

Required?

yes

This parameter is required.

Repeatable?

no

This parameter can be specified only once per audit request. It cannot be repeated.

Valid Values

Specify the absolute path of the directory containing the file to acquire. For example:

C:\\WINDOWS\\

Filename

Details

Values

Description

Platform

Windows

Windows environments

Format

String

Valid values are a string of text.

Required?

yes

This parameter is required.

Repeatable?

no

This parameter can be specified only once per audit request. It cannot be repeated.

Valid Values

Specify the name of the file to acquire. For example:

notepad.exe

Inode

Details

Values

Description

Platform

Windows

Windows environments

Format

Numeric

Valid values are numeric.

Required?

no

This parameter is not required.

Repeatable?

no

This parameter can be specified only once per audit request. It cannot be repeated.

Valid Values

Specify the inode of the file to return. If the inode is not specified and the Deleted parameter is set to true, only the first file encountered is returned.

Deleted

Details

Values

Description

Platform

Windows

Windows environments

Format

Bool

Valid values are Boolean values.

Required?

no

This parameter is not required.

Repeatable?

no

This parameter can be specified only once per audit request. It cannot be repeated.

Valid Values

Use Boolean values to indicate whether to acquire deleted files.

Prevent Hibernation

Details

Values

Description

Platform

Windows

Windows environments

Format

Bool

Valid values are Boolean values.

Required?

no

This parameter is not required.

Repeatable?

no

This parameter can be specified only once per audit request. It cannot be repeated.

Valid Values

Use Boolean values to indicate whether to prevent the host endpoint from entering hibernation while this audit is executed.