How to Get Raw Binary Documents via Cbsearch
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How to Get Raw Binary Documents via Cbsearch

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Article ID: 447196

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Products

Carbon Black EDR

Issue/Introduction

How to collect raw binary documents for support troubleshooting using the cbsearch utility. 

Environment

  • Carbon Black EDR: 7.9.1 and Higher

Resolution

  1. Open a backend terminal session with sudo privileges on the primary server.
  2. Run this command with the unique id:
    /usr/share/cb/cbsearch --binary <md5 or sha256 hash> --save
    ex:
    /usr/share/cb/cbsearch --binary C8214821278F83E9937798FD4C41A584 --save
  3. Collect the file and attach it to the support ticket. The file will be found in /var/log/cb/<hash>.json
  4. The file can be removed upon successful upload. 

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