Reverse engineering framework in Python
Table of Contents
- What is Miasm?
- Basic examples
- How does it work?
- Documentation
- Obtaining Miasm
- Testing
- They already use Miasm
- Misc
Miasm is a free and open source (GPLv2) reverse engineering framework. Miasm aims to analyze / modify / generate binary programs. Here is a non exhaustive list of features:
- Opening / modifying / generating PE / ELF 32 / 64 LE / BE using Elfesteem
- Assembling / Disassembling X86 / ARM / MIPS / SH4 / MSP430
- Representing assembly semantic using intermediate language
- Emulating using JIT (dynamic code analysis, unpacking, ...)
- Expression simplification for automatic de-obfuscation
- ...
Import Miasm x86 architecture:
>>> from miasm2.arch.x86.arch import mn_x86
Assemble a line:
>>> l = mn_x86.fromstring('XOR ECX, ECX', 32)
>>> print l
XOR ECX, ECX
>>> mn_x86.asm(l)
['1\xc9', '3\xc9', 'g1\xc9', 'g3\xc9']
Modify an operand:
>>> l.args[0] = mn_x86.regs.EAX
>>> print l
XOR EAX, ECX
>>> a = mn_x86.asm(l)
>>> print a
['1\xc8', '3\xc1', 'g1\xc8', 'g3\xc1']
Disassemble the result:
>>> print mn_x86.dis(a[0], 32)
XOR EAX, ECX
Using Machine
abstraction:
>>> from miasm2.analysis.machine import Machine
>>> mn = Machine('x86_32').mn
>>> print mn.dis('\x33\x30', 32)
XOR ESI, DWORD PTR [EAX]
For Mips:
>>> mn = Machine('mips32b').mn
>>> print mn.dis('97A30020'.decode('hex'), "b")
LHU V1, 0x20(SP)
Create an instruction:
>>> machine = Machine('arml')
>>> l = machine.mn.dis('002088e0'.decode('hex'), 'l')
>>> print l
ADD R2, R8, R0
Create an intermediate representation (IR) object:
>>> ira = machine.ira()
Add instruction to the pool:
>>> ira.add_instr(l)
Print current pool:
>>> for lbl, b in ira.blocs.items():
... print b
...
loc_0000000000000000:0x00000000
R2 = (R8+R0)
IRDst = loc_0000000000000004:0x00000004
Working with IR, for instance by getting side effects:
>>> from miasm2.expression.expression import get_rw
>>> for lbl, b in ira.blocs.items():
... for irs in b.irs:
... o_r, o_w = get_rw(irs)
... print 'read: ', [str(x) for x in o_r]
... print 'written:', [str(x) for x in o_w]
... print
...
read: ['R8', 'R0']
written: ['R2']
read: ['loc_0000000000000004:0x00000004']
written: ['IRDst']
Giving a shellcode:
00000000 8d4904 lea ecx, [ecx+0x4]
00000003 8d5b01 lea ebx, [ebx+0x1]
00000006 80f901 cmp cl, 0x1
00000009 7405 jz 0x10
0000000b 8d5bff lea ebx, [ebx-1]
0000000e eb03 jmp 0x13
00000010 8d5b01 lea ebx, [ebx+0x1]
00000013 89d8 mov eax, ebx
00000015 c3 ret
>>> s = '\x8dI\x04\x8d[\x01\x80\xf9\x01t\x05\x8d[\xff\xeb\x03\x8d[\x01\x89\xd8\xc3'
Import the shellcode thanks to the Container
abstraction:
>>> from miasm2.analysis.binary import Container
>>> c = Container.from_string(s)
>>> c
<miasm2.analysis.binary.ContainerUnknown object at 0x7f34cefe6090>
Disassembling the shellcode at address 0
:
>>> from miasm2.analysis.machine import Machine
>>> machine = Machine('x86_32')
>>> mdis = machine.dis_engine(c.bin_stream)
>>> blocs = mdis.dis_multibloc(0)
>>> for b in blocs:
... print b
...
loc_0000000000000000:0x00000000
LEA ECX, DWORD PTR [ECX+0x4]
LEA EBX, DWORD PTR [EBX+0x1]
CMP CL, 0x1
JZ loc_0000000000000010:0x00000010
-> c_next:loc_000000000000000B:0x0000000b c_to:loc_0000000000000010:0x00000010
loc_0000000000000010:0x00000010
LEA EBX, DWORD PTR [EBX+0x1]
-> c_next:loc_0000000000000013:0x00000013
loc_000000000000000B:0x0000000b
LEA EBX, DWORD PTR [EBX+0xFFFFFFFF]
JMP loc_0000000000000013:0x00000013
-> c_to:loc_0000000000000013:0x00000013
loc_0000000000000013:0x00000013
MOV EAX, EBX
RET
>>>
Initializing the Jit engine with a stack:
>>> jitter = machine.jitter(jit_type='python')
>>> jitter.init_stack()
Add the shellcode in an arbitrary memory location:
>>> run_addr = 0x40000000
>>> myjit.vm.add_memory_page(run_addr, PAGE_READ | PAGE_WRITE, s)
Create a sentinelle to catch the return of the shellcode:
def code_sentinelle(jitter):
jitter.run = False
jitter.pc = 0
return True
>>> jitter.add_breakpoint(0x1337beef, code_sentinelle)
>>> jitter.push_uint32_t(0x1337beef)
Active logs:
>>> jitter.jit.log_regs = True
>>> jitter.jit.log_mn = True
Run at arbitrary address:
>>> jitter.init_run(run_addr)
>>> jitter.continue_run()
RAX 0000000000000000 RBX 0000000000000000 RCX 0000000000000000 RDX 0000000000000000
RSI 0000000000000000 RDI 0000000000000000 RSP 000000000123FFF8 RBP 0000000000000000
zf 0000000000000000 nf 0000000000000000 of 0000000000000000 cf 0000000000000000
RIP 0000000040000000
40000000 LEA ECX, DWORD PTR [ECX+0x4]
RAX 0000000000000000 RBX 0000000000000000 RCX 0000000000000004 RDX 0000000000000000
RSI 0000000000000000 RDI 0000000000000000 RSP 000000000123FFF8 RBP 0000000000000000
zf 0000000000000000 nf 0000000000000000 of 0000000000000000 cf 0000000000000000
....
4000000e JMP loc_0000000040000013:0x40000013
RAX 0000000000000000 RBX 0000000000000000 RCX 0000000000000004 RDX 0000000000000000
RSI 0000000000000000 RDI 0000000000000000 RSP 000000000123FFF8 RBP 0000000000000000
zf 0000000000000000 nf 0000000000000000 of 0000000000000000 cf 0000000000000000
RIP 0000000040000013
40000013 MOV EAX, EBX
RAX 0000000000000000 RBX 0000000000000000 RCX 0000000000000004 RDX 0000000000000000
RSI 0000000000000000 RDI 0000000000000000 RSP 000000000123FFF8 RBP 0000000000000000
zf 0000000000000000 nf 0000000000000000 of 0000000000000000 cf 0000000000000000
RIP 0000000040000013
40000015 RET
>>>
Interacting with the jitter:
>>> jitter.vm.dump_memory_page_pool()
ad 1230000 size 10000 RW_ hpad 0x2854b40
ad 40000000 size 16 RW_ hpad 0x25e0ed0
>>> hex(jitter.cpu.EAX)
'0x0L'
>>> jitter.cpu.ESI = 12
Initializing the IR pool:
>>> ira = machine.ira()
>>> for b in blocs:
... ira.add_bloc(b)
...
Initializing the engine with default symbolic values:
>>> from miasm2.ir.symbexec import symbexec
>>> sb = symbexec(ira, machine.mn.regs.regs_init)
Launching the execution:
>>> symbolic_pc = sb.emul_ir_blocs(ira, 0)
>>> print symbolic_pc
((ECX_init+0x4)[0:8]+0xFF)?(0xB,0x10)
Same, with step logs (only changes are displayed):
>>> sb = symbexec(ira, machine.mn.regs.regs_init)
>>> symbolic_pc = sb.emul_ir_blocs(ira, 0, step=True)
________________________________________________________________________________
ECX (ECX_init+0x4)
________________________________________________________________________________
ECX (ECX_init+0x4)
EBX (EBX_init+0x1)
________________________________________________________________________________
zf ((ECX_init+0x4)[0:8]+0xFF)?(0x0,0x1)
nf ((ECX_init+0x4)[0:8]+0xFF)[7:8]
pf (parity ((ECX_init+0x4)[0:8]+0xFF))
of ((((ECX_init+0x4)[0:8]+0xFF)^(ECX_init+0x4)[0:8])&((ECX_init+0x4)[0:8]^0x1))[7:8]
cf (((((ECX_init+0x4)[0:8]+0xFF)^(ECX_init+0x4)[0:8])&((ECX_init+0x4)[0:8]^0x1))^((ECX_init+0x4)[0:8]+0xFF)^(ECX_init+0x4)[0:8]^0x1)[7:8]
af (((ECX_init+0x4)[0:8]+0xFF)&0x10)?(0x1,0x0)
ECX (ECX_init+0x4)
EBX (EBX_init+0x1)
________________________________________________________________________________
IRDst ((ECX_init+0x4)[0:8]+0xFF)?(0xB,0x10)
zf ((ECX_init+0x4)[0:8]+0xFF)?(0x0,0x1)
nf ((ECX_init+0x4)[0:8]+0xFF)[7:8]
pf (parity ((ECX_init+0x4)[0:8]+0xFF))
of ((((ECX_init+0x4)[0:8]+0xFF)^(ECX_init+0x4)[0:8])&((ECX_init+0x4)[0:8]^0x1))[7:8]
cf (((((ECX_init+0x4)[0:8]+0xFF)^(ECX_init+0x4)[0:8])&((ECX_init+0x4)[0:8]^0x1))^((ECX_init+0x4)[0:8]+0xFF)^(ECX_init+0x4)[0:8]^0x1)[7:8]
af (((ECX_init+0x4)[0:8]+0xFF)&0x10)?(0x1,0x0)
EIP ((ECX_init+0x4)[0:8]+0xFF)?(0xB,0x10)
ECX (ECX_init+0x4)
EBX (EBX_init+0x1)
Retry execution with a concrete ECX. Here, the symbolic / concolic execution reach the shellcode's end:
>>> from miasm2.expression.expression import ExprInt32
>>> sb.symbols[machine.mn.regs.ECX] = ExprInt32(-3)
>>> symbolic_pc = sb.emul_ir_blocs(ira, 0, step=True)
________________________________________________________________________________
ECX 0x1
________________________________________________________________________________
ECX 0x1
EBX (EBX_init+0x1)
________________________________________________________________________________
zf 0x1
nf 0x0
pf 0x1
of 0x0
cf 0x0
af 0x0
ECX 0x1
EBX (EBX_init+0x1)
________________________________________________________________________________
IRDst 0x10
zf 0x1
nf 0x0
pf 0x1
of 0x0
cf 0x0
af 0x0
EIP 0x10
ECX 0x1
EBX (EBX_init+0x1)
________________________________________________________________________________
IRDst 0x10
zf 0x1
nf 0x0
pf 0x1
of 0x0
cf 0x0
af 0x0
EIP 0x10
ECX 0x1
EBX (EBX_init+0x2)
________________________________________________________________________________
IRDst 0x13
zf 0x1
nf 0x0
pf 0x1
of 0x0
cf 0x0
af 0x0
EIP 0x10
ECX 0x1
EBX (EBX_init+0x2)
________________________________________________________________________________
IRDst 0x13
zf 0x1
nf 0x0
pf 0x1
of 0x0
cf 0x0
af 0x0
EIP 0x10
EAX (EBX_init+0x2)
ECX 0x1
EBX (EBX_init+0x2)
________________________________________________________________________________
IRDst @32[ESP_init]
zf 0x1
nf 0x0
pf 0x1
of 0x0
cf 0x0
af 0x0
EIP @32[ESP_init]
EAX (EBX_init+0x2)
ECX 0x1
EBX (EBX_init+0x2)
ESP (ESP_init+0x4)
>>> print symbolic_pc
@32[ESP_init]
>>> sb.dump_id()
IRDst @32[ESP_init]
zf 0x1
nf 0x0
pf 0x1
of 0x0
cf 0x0
af 0x0
EIP @32[ESP_init]
EAX (EBX_init+0x2)
ECX 0x1
EBX (EBX_init+0x2)
ESP (ESP_init+0x4)
Miasm embeds its own disassembler, intermediate language and instruction semantic. It is written in Python.
To emulate code, it uses LibTCC, LLVM or Python to JIT the intermediate representation. It can emulate shellcodes and all or parts of binaries. Python callbacks can be executed to interact with the execution, for instance to emulate library functions effects.
TODO
An auto-generated documentation is available here.
- Clone the repository: Miasm on GitHub
- Get one of the Docker images at Docker Hub
Miasm uses:
- LibTCC tinycc to JIT code for emulation mode. See below
- or LLVM v3.2 with python-llvm, see below
- python-pyparsing
- python-dev
- elfesteem from Elfesteem
- Install elfesteem
hg clone https://code.google.com/p/elfesteem/
cd elfesteem_directory
python setup.py build
sudo python setup.py install
- To use the jitter, TCC or LLVM is recommended
- LibTCC needs to be configured with the
--disable-static
option- remove
libtcc-dev
from the system to avoid conflicts - clone TinyCC and use latest stable version
./configure --disable-static && make && make install
- remove
- LLVM
- Debian (testing/unstable): install python-llvm
- Debian stable/Ubuntu/Kali/whatever: install from llvmpy
- Windows: python-llvm is not supported :/
- Build and install Miasm:
$ cd miasm_directory
$ python setup.py build
$ sudo python setup.py install
If something goes wrong during one of the jitter modules compilation, Miasm will skip the error and disable the corresponding module (see the compilation output).
Most of Miasm's IDA plugins use a subset of Miasm functionnality. A quick way to have them working is to add:
elfesteem
directory andpyparsing.py
toC:\...\IDA\python\
orpip install pyparsing elfesteem
miasm2/miasm2
directory toC:\...\IDA\python\
All features excepting JITter related ones will be available. For a more complete installation, please refer to above paragraphs.
Miasm comes with a set of regression tests. To run all of them:
cd miasm_directory/test
python test_all.py
Some options can be specified:
- Mono threading:
-m
- Code coverage instrumentation:
-c
- Only fast tests:
-t long
(excludes the long tests)
- Sibyl: A function divination tool
- Man, does miasm has a link with rr0d?
- Yes! crappy code and uggly documentation.