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WIP: Add clipboard plugin and tagCLIPDATA/tagCLIP structures
IB-Mustafa Jun 25, 2026
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Add tagCLIPDATA to GUI JSON files and update clipboard plugin
IB-Mustafa Jun 25, 2026
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Add prototype support for Windows clipboard structures
IB-Mustafa Jun 27, 2026
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68 changes: 68 additions & 0 deletions volatility3/framework/symbols/windows/extensions/gui.py
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Expand Up @@ -324,9 +324,77 @@ def get_string(self) -> interfaces.objects.ObjectInterface:
encoding="utf16",
)

class tagCLIP(objects.StructType):
"""A class for clipboard format entries (one per clipboard item)"""

# TODO: Extend clipboard format mapping if needed.
CF_FORMATS = {
1: "CF_TEXT",
2: "CF_BITMAP",
3: "CF_METAFILEPICT",
7: "CF_OEMTEXT",
8: "CF_DIB",
13: "CF_UNICODETEXT",
14: "CF_ENHMETAFILE",
15: "CF_HDROP",
16: "CF_LOCALE",
17: "CF_DIBV5",
}

def get_format_name(self) -> str:
"""Returns the clipboard format as a human-readable string"""
try:
fmt_val = int(self.fmt)
return self.CF_FORMATS.get(fmt_val, f"CF_UNKNOWN({fmt_val:#x})")
except exceptions.InvalidAddressException:
return "CF_UNKNOWN"

class tagCLIPDATA(objects.StructType):
"""A class for clipboard data objects stored in Windows memory"""

def get_data(self) -> Optional[bytes]:
"""Returns the raw clipboard data as bytes"""

# TODO: Verify abData consistency; future Windows may change tagCLIPDATA layout.
try:
size = int(self.cbData)

# TODO: Improve clipboard size validation if needed.
MAX_CLIPBOARD_SIZE = 50 * 1024 * 1024 # 50 MiB
if size == 0 or size > MAX_CLIPBOARD_SIZE:
return None

layer = self._context.layers[self.vol.layer_name]
return layer.read(self.abData.vol.offset, size, pad=True)

except exceptions.InvalidAddressException:
return None

def get_text(self, fmt: str) -> Optional[str]:
"""Returns clipboard data as readable text if format is text-based"""
data = self.get_data()

if data is None:
return None

# TODO: Extend support for more clipboard formats as needed.

if fmt == "CF_UNICODETEXT":
return data.decode("utf-16-le", errors="replace").rstrip("\x00")
elif fmt in ("CF_TEXT", "CF_OEMTEXT"):
return data.decode("latin-1", errors="replace").rstrip("\x00")

elif fmt == "CF_HDROP":
# File paths stored as null-separated UTF-16 list
return data.decode("utf-16-le", errors="replace").rstrip("\x00")
return None

class_types = {
"tagWINDOWSTATION": tagWINDOWSTATION,
"tagDESKTOP": tagDESKTOP,
"tagWND": tagWND,
"_LARGE_UNICODE_STRING": LARGE_UNICODE_STRING,
# Clipboard plugin extensions
"tagCLIPDATA": tagCLIPDATA,
"tagCLIP": tagCLIP,
}
42 changes: 31 additions & 11 deletions volatility3/framework/symbols/windows/gui/gui-win10-10586-x64.json
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Expand Up @@ -13653,18 +13653,14 @@
"tagWINDOWSTATION": {
"fields": {
"pClipBase": {
"offset": 96,
"type": {
"kind": "pointer",
"subtype": {
"count": 104,
"subtype": {
"kind": "struct",
"name": "tagCLIP"
},
"kind": "array"
},
"kind": "pointer"
},
"offset": 96
"kind": "struct",
"name": "tagCLIP"
}
}
},
"dwSessionId": {
"type": {
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},
"kind": "struct",
"size": 6
},
"tagCLIPDATA": {
"kind": "struct",
"size": 24,
"fields": {
"cbData": {
"offset": 16,
"type": {
"kind": "base",
"name": "unsigned long"
}
},
"abData": {
"offset": 20,
"type": {
"kind": "array",
"subtype": {
"kind": "base",
"name": "unsigned char"
},
"count": 0
}
}
}
}
},
"base_types": {
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},
"format": "4.0.0"
}
}
}
42 changes: 31 additions & 11 deletions volatility3/framework/symbols/windows/gui/gui-win10-15063-x64.json
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Expand Up @@ -13653,18 +13653,14 @@
"tagWINDOWSTATION": {
"fields": {
"pClipBase": {
"offset": 96,
"type": {
"kind": "pointer",
"subtype": {
"count": 104,
"subtype": {
"kind": "struct",
"name": "tagCLIP"
},
"kind": "array"
},
"kind": "pointer"
},
"offset": 96
"kind": "struct",
"name": "tagCLIP"
}
}
},
"dwSessionId": {
"type": {
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},
"kind": "struct",
"size": 6
},
"tagCLIPDATA": {
"kind": "struct",
"size": 24,
"fields": {
"cbData": {
"offset": 16,
"type": {
"kind": "base",
"name": "unsigned long"
}
},
"abData": {
"offset": 20,
"type": {
"kind": "array",
"subtype": {
"kind": "base",
"name": "unsigned char"
},
"count": 0
}
}
}
}
},
"base_types": {
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},
"format": "4.0.0"
}
}
}
42 changes: 31 additions & 11 deletions volatility3/framework/symbols/windows/gui/gui-win10-16299-x64.json
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"tagWINDOWSTATION": {
"fields": {
"pClipBase": {
"offset": 96,
"type": {
"kind": "pointer",
"subtype": {
"count": 104,
"subtype": {
"kind": "struct",
"name": "tagCLIP"
},
"kind": "array"
},
"kind": "pointer"
},
"offset": 96
"kind": "struct",
"name": "tagCLIP"
}
}
},
"dwSessionId": {
"type": {
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},
"kind": "struct",
"size": 6
},
"tagCLIPDATA": {
"kind": "struct",
"size": 24,
"fields": {
"cbData": {
"offset": 16,
"type": {
"kind": "base",
"name": "unsigned long"
}
},
"abData": {
"offset": 20,
"type": {
"kind": "array",
"subtype": {
"kind": "base",
"name": "unsigned char"
},
"count": 0
}
}
}
}
},
"base_types": {
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},
"format": "4.0.0"
}
}
}
42 changes: 31 additions & 11 deletions volatility3/framework/symbols/windows/gui/gui-win10-17134-x64.json
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"tagWINDOWSTATION": {
"fields": {
"pClipBase": {
"offset": 96,
"type": {
"kind": "pointer",
"subtype": {
"count": 104,
"subtype": {
"kind": "struct",
"name": "tagCLIP"
},
"kind": "array"
},
"kind": "pointer"
},
"offset": 96
"kind": "struct",
"name": "tagCLIP"
}
}
},
"dwSessionId": {
"type": {
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},
"kind": "struct",
"size": 6
},
"tagCLIPDATA": {
"kind": "struct",
"size": 24,
"fields": {
"cbData": {
"offset": 16,
"type": {
"kind": "base",
"name": "unsigned long"
}
},
"abData": {
"offset": 20,
"type": {
"kind": "array",
"subtype": {
"kind": "base",
"name": "unsigned char"
},
"count": 0
}
}
}
}
},
"base_types": {
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},
"format": "4.0.0"
}
}
}
42 changes: 31 additions & 11 deletions volatility3/framework/symbols/windows/gui/gui-win10-17763-x64.json
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"tagWINDOWSTATION": {
"fields": {
"pClipBase": {
"offset": 96,
"type": {
"kind": "pointer",
"subtype": {
"count": 104,
"subtype": {
"kind": "struct",
"name": "tagCLIP"
},
"kind": "array"
},
"kind": "pointer"
},
"offset": 96
"kind": "struct",
"name": "tagCLIP"
}
}
},
"dwSessionId": {
"type": {
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},
"kind": "struct",
"size": 6
},
"tagCLIPDATA": {
"kind": "struct",
"size": 24,
"fields": {
"cbData": {
"offset": 16,
"type": {
"kind": "base",
"name": "unsigned long"
}
},
"abData": {
"offset": 20,
"type": {
"kind": "array",
"subtype": {
"kind": "base",
"name": "unsigned char"
},
"count": 0
}
}
}
}
},
"base_types": {
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},
"format": "4.0.0"
}
}
}
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