Operational Data Reference - SpecterOps Open Source

This Operational Data Reference (ODR) is the key a reference for how data should be formated to be accepted and parsed by the Nemesis. The Nemesis 2.0 ODR is significantly simpler than the Nemesis 1.X ODR and consists solely of a file entry.

File

Schema definition for the public file message POSTed to the API frontend.

Message Structure

Required Fields

Field	Type	Description
`object_id`	string	UUID v4 format identifier for the current object
`agent_id`	string	Identifier for the processing agent
`project`	string	Project identifier
`timestamp`	datetime	ISO 8601 formatted timestamp indicating when the file was downloaded
`expiration`	string	ISO 8601 formatted timestamp indicating when the data should expire in Nemesis

Optional Fields

Field	Type	Description
`path`	string	File system path to the relevant resource. Can use either forward (/) or backward (\) slashes
`originating_object_id`	string	UUID v4 format identifier referencing a parent or source object
`nesting_level`	number	The level of nesting for the file within an originating container. Used to prevent indefinite container nesting.
`creation_time`	datetime	ISO 8601 formatted timestamp for when the file was created
`access_time`	datetime	ISO 8601 formatted timestamp for when the file was last accessed
`modification_time`	datetime	ISO 8601 formatted timestamp for when the file was last modified

Example Message - Derivative File

{
  "agent_id": "339429212",
  "project": "assess-X",
  "timestamp": "2024-08-01T22:51:35",
  "expiration": "2025-08-01T22:51:35",
  "path": "C:\\temp\\file.txt",
  "object_id": "2f0a4f7a-6b97-4869-a8b6-d7df3c9f5124",
  "originating_object_id": "f309b012-d0a1-4639-bd29-77a4dc582576"
}

Example Message - File Extracted from a Container

{
  "agent_id": "339429212",
  "project": "assess-X",
  "timestamp": "2024-08-01T22:51:35",
  "expiration": "2025-08-01T22:51:35",
  "path": "C:\\temp\\file.txt",
  "object_id": "2f0a4f7a-6b97-4869-a8b6-d7df3c9f5124",
  "originating_object_id": "f309b012-d0a1-4639-bd29-77a4dc582576",
  "nesting_level": 1
}

Notes

All timestamps must be in ISO 8601 format with timezone information
File paths can use either forward (/) or backward (\) slashes
UUIDs should follow the v4 format
The schema may be extended with additional optional fields in the future
If originating_object_id is present but nesting_level is not or is 0, then the file is a derivative file.
If originating_object_id is present and nesting_level is present and > 0, then the file was extracted from a container.

​File

​Message Structure

​Required Fields

​Optional Fields

​Example Message - Derivative File

​Example Message - File Extracted from a Container

​Notes