The rules used to reconstruct kernel data from raw memory dumps. Includes:

  • Offset of where structure is
  • template/layout of structure definition (fields, sizes, types) Comes in ISF of JSON format
  • Windows symbols are easy as linux publishes PDB
  • Linux symbols vary by distro, version, architecture and config

Remote Symbol Tables

python3 vol.py --remote-isf-url 'https://github.com/Abyss-W4tcher/volatility3-symbols/raw/master/banners/banners.json' -f <memory_dump> <plugin>

Creating Custom Symbols