Does mcsema handle stripped binary files?

[fred...@web.de]

Hi all,

I consider using mcsema for some project.

I used the testfile linked_elf_test.sh from mc-sema/tests and removed the -ggdb and added -s to the compilation process.

But bin_descend complains about not finding an entry point.

Is mcsema able to handle stripped binaries?

-- Frederik

[Artem Dinaburg]

Hi Frederik,

The bin_descend tool uses either a symbols name or a virtual address as the entry point. I have only ever tried it with binaries that have symbols, but it may work if you manually specify the virtual address of the entry point.

Also, bin_descend hasn't been maintained well, at least not as well as the IDA-based CFG recovery, so it may fail on some examples and not work in some situations.

Artem

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