Parse ShellBags from UsrClass.dat to reveal folder navigation history. Shows which folders a user browsed in Windows Explorer with timestamps. Answers: Which folders did the user access? When did they browse suspicious paths?
AI agents call user_parse_shellbags 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 reads and parses forensic artifacts (ShellBags registry data) to extract historical navigation information. It performs no writes, deletions, or executions — purely a read/analysis operation. Severity is medium because it exposes sensitive user activity data (folder browsing history with timestamps), which could reveal personal or confidential file access patterns if misused.
From the tool's definition Parse ShellBags from UsrClass.dat to reveal folder navigation history. Shows which folders a user browsed in Windows Explorer with timestamps.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access user_parse_shellbags 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 user_parse_shellbags:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"user_parse_shellbags": {}
}
}user_parse_shellbags is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Parse ShellBags from UsrClass.dat to reveal folder navigation history. Shows which folders a user browsed in Windows Explorer with timestamps. Answers: Which folders did the user access? When did they browse suspicious paths?. 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 user_parse_shellbags: 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.
user_parse_shellbags 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 user_parse_shellbags 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 user_parse_shellbags. 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.
user_parse_shellbags 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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