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19 changes: 17 additions & 2 deletions README.md
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A Dissect module implementing parsers for various database formats, including:

- Berkeley DB
- SQLite3
- Berkeley DB, used for example in older RPM databases
- Microsofts Extensible Storage Engine (ESE), used for example in Active Directory, Exchange and Windows Update
- SQLite3, commonly used by applications to store configuration data

For more information, please see [the documentation](https://docs.dissect.tools/en/latest/projects/dissect.database/index.html).

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This module is also automatically installed if you install the `dissect` package.

## Tools

### Impacket compatibility shim for secretsdump.py

Impacket does not ([yet](https://github.com/fortra/impacket/pull/1452)) have native support for `dissect.database`,
so in the meantime a compatibility shim is provided. To use this shim, simply install `dissect.database` using the
instructions above, and execute `secretsdump.py` like so:

```bash
python -m dissect.database.ese.tools.impacket /path/to/impacket/examples/secretsdump.py -h
```

Impacket `secretsdump.py` will now use `dissect.database` for parsing the `NTDS.dit` file, resulting in a significant performance improvement!

## Build and test instructions

This project uses `tox` to build source and wheel distributions. Run the following command from the root folder to build
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from __future__ import annotations

from dissect.database.bsd.db import DB

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Hmm, in hindsight. Maybe you want to rename DB to BerkleyDB or something along those lines? For instance, from dissect.database import DB feels a bit ambiguous now.

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I thought about that too, but it's just a convenience import. The recommended import path is either from dissect.database.bsd.db import DB or from dissect.database.bsd import DB.

I don't have super strong opinion either way, but DB is (sadly) more in line with the Berkeley DB nomenclature.

from dissect.database.ese.ese import ESE
from dissect.database.exception import Error
from dissect.database.sqlite3.sqlite3 import SQLite3

__all__ = [
"DB",
"ESE",
"Error",
"SQLite3",
]
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from __future__ import annotations

from dissect.database.ese.ese import ESE
from dissect.database.ese.exception import (
InvalidDatabase,
KeyNotFoundError,
NoNeighbourPageError,
)
from dissect.database.ese.index import Index
from dissect.database.ese.page import Page
from dissect.database.ese.record import Record
from dissect.database.ese.table import Table

__all__ = [
"ESE",
"CompressedTaggedDataError",
"Index",
"InvalidDatabase",
"KeyNotFoundError",
"NoNeighbourPageError",
"Page",
"Record",
"Table",
]
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from __future__ import annotations

from typing import TYPE_CHECKING

from dissect.database.ese.exception import KeyNotFoundError, NoNeighbourPageError

if TYPE_CHECKING:
from dissect.database.ese.ese import ESE
from dissect.database.ese.page import Node, Page


class BTree:
"""A simple implementation for searching the ESE B+Trees.

This is a stateful interactive class that moves an internal cursor to a position within the BTree.

Args:
db: An instance of :class:`~dissect.database.ese.ese.ESE`.
page: The page to open the :class:`BTree` on.
"""

def __init__(self, db: ESE, root: int | Page):
self.db = db

if isinstance(root, int):
page_num = root
root = db.page(page_num)
else:
page_num = root.num

self.root = root

self._page = root
self._page_num = page_num
self._node_num = 0

def reset(self) -> None:
"""Reset the internal state to the root of the BTree."""
self._page = self.root
self._page_num = self._page.num
self._node_num = 0

def node(self) -> Node:
"""Return the node the BTree is currently on.

Returns:
A :class:`~dissect.database.ese.page.Node` object of the current node.
"""
return self._page.node(self._node_num)

def next(self) -> Node:
"""Move the BTree to the next node and return it.

Can move the BTree to the next page as a side effect.

Returns:
A :class:`~dissect.database.ese.page.Node` object of the next node.
"""
if self._node_num + 1 > self._page.node_count - 1:
self.next_page()
else:
self._node_num += 1

return self.node()

def next_page(self) -> None:
"""Move the BTree to the next page in the tree.

Raises:
NoNeighbourPageError: If the current page has no next page.
"""
if self._page.next_page:
self._page = self.db.page(self._page.next_page)
self._node_num = 0
else:
raise NoNeighbourPageError(f"{self._page} has no next page")

def prev(self) -> Node:
"""Move the BTree to the previous node and return it.

Can move the BTree to the previous page as a side effect.

Returns:
A :class:`~dissect.database.ese.page.Node` object of the previous node.
"""
if self._node_num - 1 < 0:
self.prev_page()
else:
self._node_num -= 1

return self.node()

def prev_page(self) -> None:
"""Move the BTree to the previous page in the tree.

Raises:
NoNeighbourPageError: If the current page has no previous page.
"""
if self._page.previous_page:
self._page = self.db.page(self._page.previous_page)
self._node_num = self._page.node_count - 1
else:
raise NoNeighbourPageError(f"{self._page} has no previous page")

def search(self, key: bytes, exact: bool = True) -> Node:
"""Search the tree for the given ``key``.

Moves the BTree to the matching node, or on the last node that is less than the requested key.

Args:
key: The key to search for.
exact: Whether to only return successfully on an exact match.

Raises:
KeyNotFoundError: If an ``exact`` match was requested but not found.
"""
page = self._page
while True:
node = find_node(page, key)

if page.is_branch:
page = self.db.page(node.child)
else:
self._page = page
self._page_num = page.num
self._node_num = node.num
break

if exact and key != node.key:
raise KeyNotFoundError(f"Can't find key: {key}")

return self.node()


def find_node(page: Page, key: bytes) -> Node:
"""Search a page for a node matching ``key``.

Args:
page: The page to search.
key: The key to search.
"""
first_node_idx = 0
last_node_idx = page.node_count - 1

node = None
while first_node_idx < last_node_idx:
node_idx = (first_node_idx + last_node_idx) // 2
node = page.node(node_idx)

# It turns out that the way BTree keys are compared matches 1:1 with how Python compares bytes
# First compare data, then length
if key < node.key:
last_node_idx = node_idx
elif key == node.key:
if page.is_branch:
# If there's an exact match on a key on a branch page, the actual leaf nodes are in the next branch
# Page keys for branch pages appear to be non-inclusive upper bounds
node_idx = min(node_idx + 1, page.node_count - 1)
node = page.node(node_idx)

return node
else:
first_node_idx = node_idx + 1

# We're at the last node
return page.node(first_node_idx)
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