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Tips & Tricks: Extracting BitLocker Master Key from RAM Dump

Tips & Tricks Volatility Framework 3 v3.2.0 4 Views

Tips & Tricks: Extracting BitLocker Master Key from RAM Dump

Steps to extract Volume Master Key (FVEK) from memory dumps to decrypt volume containers.

If target systems run BitLocker encryption and RAM was captured while unlocked, decryption keys reside in RAM.

  1. Run Volatility Bitlocker Plugin: Execute `python3 vol.py -f memory.dmp windows.bitlocker`.
  2. Extract Full Volume Encryption Key (FVEK): Copy the 256-bit hex master key.
  3. Mount Partition via Dislocker: Mount encrypted containers in Linux using extracted FVEK keys.
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