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regshot

regshot helps you to identify changes in Registry made by a Thick client application. It's used to compare the amount of registry entries that have been changed during an installation or a change in your system settings.

Installation

Download from: https://sourceforge.net/projects/regshot/

Usage

From the course Pentesting thick clients applications.

1. Run regshot version according to your thick-app (84 or 64 v).

2. Click on "First shot". It will make a "shot" of the existing registry entries.

3. Open the app you want to test and login into it.

4. Perform some kind of action, like for instance, viewing the profile.

5. Take a "Second shot" of the Registry entries.

6. After that, you will see the button "Compare" enabled. Click on it.

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An HTML file will be generated and you will see the registry entries:

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An interesting registry is "isLoggedIn", that has change from false to true. This may be a potential vector of attack (we could set it to true and also change username to admin).

HKU\S-1-5-21-1067632574-3426529128-2637205584-1000\dvta\isLoggedIn: "false"  
HKU\S-1-5-21-1067632574-3426529128-2637205584-1000\dvta\isLoggedIn: "true"

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Last update: 2023-12-26
Created: February 16, 2023 21:24:34