Dropbox_Metadata
Dropbox Cloud Storage Metadata
- 6 paths
- Per-user data
- Version 1.5
- Chad Tilbury and Andrew Rathbun
Paths on disk
6 paths
Notes
home.db: SQlite database tracking some of a user's recent Dropbox activity
icon.db: SQLite database tracking of icons in the user's Dropbox sync history which can give an indication as to which files and folders are present
sync_history.db: SQLite database containing recent synchronization events including usage activity
nucleus.sqlite3: SQLite database tracking names of local and cloud-only files
aggregation.dbx: SQLite database that can contain a snapshot table of the user's Dropbox contents in JSON with timestamps in UNIX Epoch
avatarcache.db: SQLite database which appears to contain the ID's of account(s) on the user's system where Dropbox is installed
tray-thumbnails.db: SQLite database containing references to image files at one time present in a user’s Dropbox instance. Can include references to deleted files no longer present in Dropbox.
The SQLite database(s) this Target collects can be parsed with SQLECmd using the following map(s): https://github.com/EricZimmerman/SQLECmd/blob/master/SQLMap/Maps/Windows_Dropbox_Configurations.smap, https://github.com/EricZimmerman/SQLECmd/blob/master/SQLMap/Maps/Windows_Dropbox_FileCache.smap, and https://github.com/EricZimmerman/SQLECmd/blob/master/SQLMap/Maps/Windows_Dropbox_InstanceDB.smap
References
6 links
- marshall.edu/forensics/files/Treleven-Dropbox-Paper-FINAL.pdf(opens in new tab)
- arxiv.org/pdf/1709.10395(opens in new tab)
- sans.org/blog/digital-forensics-dropbox/(opens in new tab)
- researchgate.net/publication/342991973_Forensic_Analysis_of_Dropbox_Data_Remnants_on_Windows_10(opens in new tab)
- atropos4n6.com/cloud-forensics/windows-10-artifacts-of-dropboxs-native-app-usage/(opens in new tab)
- atropos4n6.com/cloud-forensics/artifacts-of-dropbox-usage-on-windows-10-part-2/(opens in new tab)