Unanswered Questions
2,241 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
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Howto clone Android RSA SecurID Software Token
At the moment I try to figure out how the RSA SecurID Software Token protects itself from getting cloned to another android device. The token I imported has no device binding enabled and I already ...
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Problems calculating checksum for AirConditioner
I am trying to reverse engineer an AC Indoor unit <-> thermostat communication. So far I've succeeded in parsing the bits and bytes.
I discovered that the upper and lower nibbles need to be ...
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Reverse Engineering 2 byte checksum on RFID card
I am currently researching my studentcard.
Money is stored on this card.
But the vending machine also checks a checksum on the card.
I already did a lot of effort to find it but didn't succeed.
The ...
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Ghidra loading Linux kernel function signatures
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I want to load Linux kernel headers vs. 4.19 to Ghidra so that it recognizes kernel structures and function signatures.
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I'm trying to reverse engineer a Linux kernel module (...
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RE Tplink TD-W8960N V7
I am trying to reverse engineer a TDw8960 v7 TP-Link router. Currently the router has a bug, whereby setting the MTU via the GUI has no affect. It seems regardless of the value placed here despite ...
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Firmware analysis, can't find file system
I'm TV repair tech and I've found that corrupted firmware is responsible for the failure of a large portion of the TV's I work on. I came up with the idea that if I could reverse engineer the ...
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Analyzing a Revit project file
I've been messing around with Revit and trying to understand the internal data structures for its file format. I'm not particularly experienced with this type of work and the processes around reverse ...
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replicate external bank switching in IDA Pro
I'm reverse engineering an embedded Z80 application in IDA Pro 7.0. The target system maps one address range to either of a pair of expansion boards. The address decode logic decides which board is ...
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How to unpack manually an upx packed elf file
I am trying to learn to manually unpack an upx packed elf file. The examples I have found are for Windows, mostly with Ollydbg, and as I see the first step is to look for pushad and popad instructions....
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How do I reverse this firmware? 8-bit handheld console
I recently bought this chinese console that supposedly has 328 8-bit games. I want to understand the code and how it works to hack it and maybe load other ROMs. It has a chip covered in black epoxy ...
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Identifying a USB device for a forensics CTF challenge (with no GET DESCRIPTOR)
I'm currently enjoying a forensics CTF challenge. We were provided a PCAPNG file. When opened in Wireshark, the file contains a sequence of URB_INTERRUPT packets from two devices - but no ...
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running iOS debugserver on non-jailbroken devices
There are multiple tutorials on how to debug applications on jailbroken devices. These usually involves resigning debugserver, scp and running it from ssh with few tweaks to the entitlements and ...
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Generating symbol file for closed-source binary by hand
I have a closed-source binary (minecraft-pi). For a given section of the assembly like so:
a2ed4: e92d45f8 push {r3, r4, r5, r6, r7, r8, sl, lr}
a2ed8: e1a04000 mov ...
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Huawei HG8245H, can't read some system files
I have modem Echolife HG8245H (V3R016C10S150). I'm using telnet to connect it. I need to read some files from this modem. There's a shell mode I can enter, but it is nerfed badly:
SU_WAP>shell
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Reliable way to recognize STL template classes?
Since the template classes are different between instantiation, it is extremely difficult for library recognition using universal patterns.
But the control flow graph and references to system call of ...
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