Advanced Preprocessing of Binary Executable Files and its Usage in Retargetable Decompilation
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Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Advanced Preprocessing of Binary Executable Files and its Usage in Retargetable Decompilation
Original language description
Retargetable machine-code decompilation is used for a platform-independent transformation of executable files into a high level language (HLL) representation (e.g., C language). It is a complex task that must deal with a lot of different platform-specific features and missing information. Accurate preprocessing of input executable files is one of the necessary prerequisites in order to achieve the best results. Furthermore, we can use gathered information to achieve higher quality of decompilation. This paper presents an extended version of our previous system for an accurate code preprocessing. It is implemented as a generic preprocessing system that consists of a precise compiler and packer detector, plugin-based unpacker, converter into an internal platform-independent file format, and debugging information gathering library. We also describe an utilization of the collected information in a problem of automatic data-type reconstruction. This system has been adopted and tested in an existing retargetable decompiler. According to our experimental results, the proposed retargetable solution is fully competitive with existing platform-dependent tools.
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Classification
Type
J<sub>ost</sub> - Miscellaneous article in a specialist periodical
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10201 - Computer sciences, information science, bioinformathics (hardware development to be 2.2, social aspect to be 5.8)
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/ED1.1.00%2F02.0070" target="_blank" >ED1.1.00/02.0070: IT4Innovations Centre of Excellence</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
Others
Publication year
2014
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
International Journal on Advances in Software
ISSN
1942-2628
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
7
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
11
Pages from-to
112-122
UT code for WoS article
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EID of the result in the Scopus database
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