SauronEye : Search Tool To Find Specific Files Containing Specific Words

SauronEye is a search tool built to aid red teams in finding files containing specific keywords.

Features

  • Search multiple (network) drives
  • Search contents of files
  • Search contents of Microsoft Office files (.doc, .docx, .xls, .xlsx)
  • Find VBA macros in old 2003 .xls and .doc files
  • Search multiple drives multi-threaded for increased performance
  • Supports regular expressions in search keywords
  • Compatible with Cobalt Strike’s execute-assembly

It’s also quite fast, can do 50k files, totaling 1,3 TB on a network drive in under a minute (with realistic file filters). Searches a C:\ (on a cheap SATA SSD) in about 15 seconds.

Usage

SauronEye.exe –directories C:\ \SOMENETWORKDRIVE\C$ –filetypes .txt .bat .docx .conf –contents –keywords password pass*

=== SauronEye ===
Directories to search: C:\Users\vincent\Desktop\
For file types: .txt, .doc, .docx, .xls
Containing: wacht, pass
Search contents: True
Search Office 2003 files for VBA: True
Max file size: 1000 KB
Search Program Files directories: False
Searching in parallel: C:\Users\vincent\Desktop\
[+] C:\Users\vincent\Desktop\test\wachtwoord – Copy (2).txt
[+] C:\Users\vincent\Desktop\test\wachtwoord – Copy (3).txt
[+] C:\Users\vincent\Desktop\test\wachtwoord – Copy.txt
[+] C:\Users\vincent\Desktop\test\wachtwoord.txt
[+] C:\Users\vincent\Desktop\pass.txt
[*] Done searching file system, now searching contents
[+] C:\Users\vincent\Desktop\pass.txt
…the admin password=admin123…
[+] C:\Users\vincent\Desktop\test.docx:
…this is a testPassword = “welkom12…
Done. Time elapsed = 00:00:01.6656911

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C:>SauronEye.exe –help
=== SauronEye ===

Usage: SauronEye.exe [OPTIONS]+ argument
Search directories for files containing specific keywords.
Options:
-d, –directories=VALUE Directories to search
-f, –filetypes=VALUE Filetypes to search for/in
-k, –keywords=VALUE Keywords to search for
-c, –contents Search file contents
-m, –maxfilesize=VALUE Max file size to search contents in, in kilobytes
-b, –beforedate=VALUE Filter files last modified before this date,
format: yyyy-MM-dd
-a, –afterdate=VALUE Filter files last modified after this date,
format: yyyy-MM-dd
-s, –systemdirs Search in filesystem directories %APPDATA% and % WINDOWS%
-v, –vbamacrocheck Check if 2003 Office files (*.doc and *.xls)
contain a VBA macro
-h, –help Show help

Notes: SauronEye does not search %WINDIR% and %APPDATA%. Use the --systemdirs flag to search the contents of Program Files*. SauronEye relies on functionality only available from .NET 4.7.2, and so requires >= .NET 4.7.2 to run.

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