vinetto1

Usage

Overview

vinetto extracts the thumbnails and associated metadata from the Thumbs.db files.

The MS Windows systems (98, ME, 2000, XP and 2003 Server) can store thumbnails and metadata of the picture files contained in directories. The thumbnails and associated metadata are stored in Thumbs.db files (that are undocumented OLE structured files). Once a picture file has been deleted from the filesystem, the related thumbnail and associated metadata remain stored in the Thumbs.db file. So, the data contained in Thumbs.db files are a helpful source of information for the forensics investigators.

vinetto will help *nix-based forensics investigators to:

Options

--version

Show program's version number and exit.

-h, --help

Show help message and exit.

-o DIR

Write thumbnails to DIR

-H

Write html report to DIR (requires option -o)

-U

Use utf8 encodings.

-s

Create symlink of the picture realname to the numbered name in DIR/.thumbs. (requires option -o) NOTE: A Catalog containing the realname must exist for this option to produce results

Examples

Display metadata contained within a Thumbs.db file:

    $ vinetto /path/to/Thumbs.db

Extract the related thumbnails to a directory:

    $ vinetto -o /tmp/vinetto_output /path/to/Thumbs.db

Extract the related thumbnails to a directory and produce a HTML report to preview these thumbnails through your favorite browser:

    $ vinetto -Ho /tmp/vinetto_output /path/to/Thumbs.db

Get a metadata report on all non deleted Thumbs.db files contained within a partition:

    $ find /mnt/sda2 -iname thumbs.db -printf "\n==\n %p \n\n" -exec vinetto {} \; 2>/tmp/vinetto_err.log >/tmp/vinetto_sda2.txt

Tip

vinetto can generate its results in hidden directories, as .thumbs.