Parse Amcache.hve to extract program execution evidence with SHA1 hashes, file paths, and timestamps. Proves a file existed and was prepared for execution.
AI agents call disk_parse_amcache to retrieve information from Windows Forensics MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool parses a registry hive file (Amcache.hve) to extract forensic artifacts. It is a read/query operation with no side effects — it reads and interprets existing data. Severity is medium because it accesses potentially sensitive forensic data about program execution history on a Windows system, which could reveal sensitive operational details if misused.
From the tool's definition Parse Amcache.hve to extract program execution evidence with SHA1 hashes, file paths, and timestamps. Proves a file existed and was prepared for execution.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access disk_parse_amcache gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Windows Forensics MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for disk_parse_amcache:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"disk_parse_amcache": {}
}
}disk_parse_amcache is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Parse Amcache.hve to extract program execution evidence with SHA1 hashes, file paths, and timestamps. Proves a file existed and was prepared for execution. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Windows Forensics MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Windows Forensics MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for disk_parse_amcache: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Windows Forensics MCP Server. Nothing to install.
disk_parse_amcache is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the disk_parse_amcache rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for disk_parse_amcache. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
disk_parse_amcache is provided by the Windows Forensics MCP Server MCP server (x746b/winforensics-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Windows Forensics MCP Server, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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