Interfaces Registry Key

February 1, 2024 · View on GitHub

The Interfaces registry key will provide information regarding the systems attached network interface adatpers, such as IP address and MAC address.

Analysis Value

  • Endpoint - Enumeration

Operating System Availability

  • Windows 11
  • Windows 10
  • Windows 8
  • Windows 7
  • Windows Vista
  • Windows XP
  • Windows Server 2019
  • Windows Server 2016
  • Windows Server 2012 R2
  • Windows Server 2012
  • Windows Server 2008 R2
  • Windows Server 2008
  • Windows Server 2003 R2
  • Windows Server 2003

Artifact Location(s)

🔋 Live System:

  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces\{INTERFACE_GUID}

🔌 Offline system:

  • File: %SystemRoot%\System32\config\SYSTEM
  • Key: SYSTEM\{CURRENT_CONTROL_SET}\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces\{INTERFACE_GUID}

Note

More information on {CURRENT_CONTROL_SET}

Note

More information on {INTERFACE_GUID}

Artifact Parsers

  • RegistryExplorer (Eric Zimmerman)

Artifact Interpretation

Each interface will have its own dedicated registry key, and may contain the following values of interest:

valuetypeinformation
DhcpDomainREG_SZDHCP option 15 - the domain name of the endpoints FQDN
DhcpIPAddressREG_SZThe DHCP - provided IP address of the endpoint
DhcpServerREG_SZThe DHCP server that provided the endpoint its network configuration
EnableDHCPREG_DWORD0x0 if DHCP is disabled and 0x1 if DHCP is enabled
LeaseObtainedTimeREG_DWORDFILETIME timestamp of when the endpoint received a DHCP lease
LeaseTerminatesTimeREG_DWORDFILETIME timestamp of when the endpoint's DHCP lease expires

Example

PS> Get-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces\{a7d8885d-10c1-43d4-9e1e-0a7b2678f020}" -Name *

EnableDHCP                 : 1
Domain                     :
NameServer                 :
DhcpServer                 : 10.100.0.1
Lease                      : 172800
LeaseObtainedTime          : 1687622031
T1                         : 1687708431
T2                         : 1687773231
LeaseTerminatesTime        : 1687794831
AddressType                : 0
IsServerNapAware           : 0
DhcpConnForceBroadcastFlag : 0
IPAddress                  : {}
SubnetMask                 : {}
DefaultGateway             : {}
DefaultGatewayMetric       : {}
RegistrationEnabled        : 1
RegisterAdapterName        : 0
DhcpInterfaceOptions       : {252, 0, 0, 0...}
DhcpDefaultGateway         : {10.100.0.1}
DhcpNameServer             : 10.100.0.10 10.100.0.10
DhcpSubnetMaskOpt          : {255.255.0.0}
DhcpIPAddress              : 10.100.65.234
DhcpSubnetMask             : 255.255.0.0
DhcpGatewayHardware        : {10, 100, 0, 1...}
DhcpGatewayHardwareCount   : 1

Correlating with the NetworkCards registry key:

PS> Get-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\NetworkCards\" -Name *

ServiceName  : {A7D8885D-10C1-43D4-9E1E-0A7B2678F020}
Description  : Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6 AX200 160MHz
PSPath       : Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\NetworkCards\5

This example was produced on Windows 10, Version 10.0.19044 Build 19044