GroupPolicy

Author: piesecurity

description

Current Group Policy Enforcement

paths

8 paths
paths use Windows environment syntax

collection commands

# PowerShell Artifact Collection Script
# Target: GroupPolicy
# Run as Administrator

#Requires -RunAsAdministrator

$ErrorActionPreference = "SilentlyContinue"
$DestBase = "D:\Evidence"

# Function to handle artifact collection with robocopy
function Collect-Artifact {
    param (
        [string]$SourceDir,
        [string]$FolderName,
        [string]$FileMask = "*"
    )
    $FullDest = Join-Path -Path $DestBase -ChildPath $FolderName
    robocopy "$SourceDir" "$FullDest" "$FileMask" /E /COPY:DAT /R:0 /W:0 /NP /NFL /NDL /NJH /NJS | Out-Null
}

# 1. Group Policy Files
Collect-Artifact -SourceDir "C:\Windows\System32\grouppolicy\" -FolderName "Group_Policy_Files"

# 2. Computer Group Policy files
Collect-Artifact -SourceDir "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Group Policy\History\" -FolderName "Computer_Group_Policy_files"

# 3. User Group Policy files
$UserPath = Join-Path $env:USERPROFILE "AppData\Local\Microsoft\Group Policy\History"
Collect-Artifact -SourceDir "$UserPath" -FolderName "User_Group_Policy_files"

# 4. Local Group Policy INI Files
Collect-Artifact -SourceDir "C:\Windows.old\Windows\System32\grouppolicy\" -FileMask "*.ini" -FolderName "Local_Group_Policy_INI_Files"

# 5. Local Group Policy Files - Registry Policy Files
Collect-Artifact -SourceDir "C:\Windows\System32\grouppolicy\" -FileMask "*.pol" -FolderName "Local_Group_Policy_Files___Registry_Policy_Files"

# 6. Local Group Policy Files - Registry Policy Files
Collect-Artifact -SourceDir "C:\Windows.old\Windows\System32\grouppolicy\" -FileMask "*.pol" -FolderName "Local_Group_Policy_Files___Registry_Policy_Files"

# 7. Local Group Policy Files - Startup/Shutdown Scripts
Collect-Artifact -SourceDir "C:\Windows\System32\grouppolicy\*\Scripts\" -FolderName "Local_Group_Policy_Files___Startup_Shutdown_Scripts"

# 8. Local Group Policy Files - Startup/Shutdown Scripts
Collect-Artifact -SourceDir "C:\Windows.old\Windows\System32\grouppolicy\*\Scripts\" -FolderName "Local_Group_Policy_Files___Startup_Shutdown_Scripts"

Write-Host "Collection complete!" -ForegroundColor Green

Save as .ps1 and run as Administrator. Use: powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File script.ps1

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