GitHub - zellkernel/ablation: Reverse Engineering Tool

What is ablation?

Ablation is a modular reverse engineering and attack surface analysis tool built for post-access work. It runs on the target without a debugger, source code, or prior knowledge of what's installed. Give it a binary, a live process, a firmware image, or a running cluster and it figures out the structure, maps the security boundaries, and surfaces what's exploitable.

Supports Linux, macOS, Windows, Docker, Kubernetes, and Orka. The 60+ modules share a common disassembly engine (x86 / ARM64 / MIPS / PPC), a unified binary parser (ELF / Mach-O / PE / firmware), and an ATT&CK tagger that labels every finding.

Platforms

Platform	Coverage
Linux (ELF — x86-64, ARM64, MIPS)	Binary RE, live process, privesc, containers
macOS / Apple Silicon	Mach-O, Swift ABI, Orka cluster RE, malware persistence, Keychain, MDM
Windows (PE / PE32+)	Kernel driver RE, IOCTL dispatch, DKOM, SSDT, DSE bypass
Docker	Escape surface, socket mounts, capability audit
Kubernetes	SA token extraction, RBAC, secret read, etcd direct access
Orka	K8s API, JWT forge (CVE-2020-26160 + empty-key), VM exec, gRPC service map
Cisco ASA / Firepower	LINA struct RE, RADIUS overflow, ASDM JAR, WebVPN JS, ROMMON
Cisco NX-OS / ACI	APIC REST, fabric topology, guestshell rootfs, Nexus Dashboard
WeChat Android	MMTLS protocol RE, PSK extraction, DB key derivation, Frida hooks

Quick start

# Autonomous analysis of the current system
./ablation

# Analyze a binary (ELF, Mach-O, PE, or firmware image)
./ablation --binary /path/to/target

# Cisco ASA attack surface (live host)
./ablation --asa 192.168.1.1

# LINA binary RE with version dispatch
./ablation --lina /path/to/lina --asa-version 9.22.2.32

# Orka cluster enumeration
./ablation --orka https://orka-api:443

# Container and K8s escape surface
./ablation --docker
./ablation --k8s

# RADIUS overflow probe (version-dispatched, test infrastructure only)
python3 -c "
from modules.cisco_asa_lina_re import RadiusOverflowProbe
p = RadiusOverflowProbe(version=(9, 22, 2, 32))
print(hex(p.GP_NAME_OFFSET), hex(p.OVERFLOW_DELTA))
# 0x2b1  0x57
p2 = RadiusOverflowProbe(version=(9, 20, 3, 0))
print(hex(p2.GP_NAME_OFFSET), hex(p2.OVERFLOW_DELTA))
# 0x2b0  0x58
"

# Orka JWT empty-key forge
./ablation --orka-jwt /path/to/captured-token.txt

# NX-OS guestshell rootfs analysis
./ablation --guestshell /path/to/rootfs

# Kafka / Flink / NiFi enumeration
./ablation --kafka 10.0.0.1:9092

Requirements

Python 3.8+
capstone      # binary disassembly — pip install capstone

Root is not required for binary analysis. Live-process modes (net_sniffer, syscall_trace, process_enum) need elevated privileges where noted.

Module reference

Apple / macOS

macOS is a first-class platform. Covers Swift binary RE, Mach-O format analysis, malware persistence, sysadmin attack surface, and full Orka cluster enumeration.

`swift_re` — Swift binary RE

Reads __swift5_types, __swift5_proto, __swift5_reflstr Mach-O sections directly — no swift-demangle in PATH required.

gRPC — extracts service names, methods, request/response types, streaming flags from the protobuf descriptor pool in __DATA
SwiftNIO / Vapor — finds TCP/HTTP server setup call sites, maps full URL → handler table
async/await — detects swift_async_let_start, swift_task_create, actor hops (_swift_task_switch), continuation resume points; maps functions that cross trust boundaries
LicenseSpring — locates license validation call sites in commercial macOS binaries

`macos_malware_re` — macOS malware and persistence

Persistence — LaunchAgents, LaunchDaemons, Login Items, cron, periodic scripts, shell profile injection, DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES, kernel extensions / System Extensions
TCC — reads TCC.db directly; maps FDA, camera, mic, screen-recording grants; flags UTType handler / AppleScript / Accessibility bypass indicators
EvilQuest / ThiefQuest — known PList names, ransomware extension list, C2 beacon patterns, sysctl hw.model VM-detection bypass
dyld hijack — finds writable @rpath entries in LC_RPATH load commands (writable rpath = dylib injection without SIP bypass)
Keychain — enumerates items by service/account label, flags kSecAttrAccessibleAlways; scans /Users/admin/orka/, /opt/orka/, /etc/orka/ for credential files

`macos_sysadmin` — macOS administrative attack surface

Keychain — generic passwords, internet passwords, certificates, keys; maps any-app ACLs vs per-app ACLs
FileVault — FDE status, recovery key exposure, Institutional Recovery Key presence
Open Directory — local user enumeration via LDAP to 127.0.0.1, admin group members, shadow hash presence in /var/db/dslocal/
MDM / DEP — enrolled MDM server URL, DEP indicator; enrolled devices accept arbitrary MDM commands from the enrolled server
ARD / VNC — service status, VNC password plist location, screen-sharing enabled users
Sudoers / PAM — NOPASSWD rules, PAM module stack, auth bypass indicators
Orka — launchd services, agent socket paths, control plane tokens stored in macOS Keychain by Orka client tooling

`orka_enum` — Orka live cluster enumeration

Validates tokens, lists VMs, extracts VM configuration (CPU, RAM, image, node), maps image registry contents, tests default credentials. Feeds orka_oidc_re and orka_jwt_dynamic_re with token material.

`orka_oidc_re` — Orka OIDC / PKCE flow RE + CVE-2020-26160

Reconstructs the OIDC auth flow from Go binary symbols: fetchClusterInfo, PKCE code challenge, token exchange, JWT extraction. Maps internal host range (10.221.188.x) from cluster-info.

CVE-2020-26160 — dgrijalva/jwt-go v3.2.0 accepted an empty HMAC key; Orka's HS256 validation was affected
aud bypass — tokens without a required audience claim accepted when the parser's expected audience list was empty

from modules.orka_oidc_re import OrkaOIDCAnalyzer
flow = OrkaOIDCAnalyzer('https://orka-api:443').extract_auth_flow()
# -> {client_id, redirect_uri, pkce_method, token_endpoint}

`orka_jwt_dynamic_re` — Orka HS256 empty-key forge

Replicates Go's SigningMethodHMAC.Verify with b'' as the key. Forges a token with any sub and role claim.

from modules.orka_jwt_dynamic_re import OrkaJWTForger
forged = OrkaJWTForger().forge(
    captured_token='eyJ...',
    target_sub='admin',
    target_role='orka-admin'
)

`orka_api_surface_re` — Orka REST API reconstruction from binary

Scans Go binary components for URL path strings and HTTP method references. Outputs 60+ sorted routes across VM, image, ISO, service account, registry credential, node, and image cache operations — with observed authentication requirements per endpoint.

`orka_vm_exec_re` — Orka VM exec path

VM name == pod name (confirmed from getExecRequestURL disassembly — no transformation). Traces the exec path to /api/v1/namespaces/orka-default/pods/<vm>/exec?container=orka-vm via SPDY executor. With pods/exec permission and a forged SA token: arbitrary command execution in any running Orka VM, virsh access on the hypervisor node.

`core/macho_analyzer` — Mach-O binary parser

Universal fat binaries, single-arch 32/64. Extracts: all LC_ load commands, section/segment layout, import table, export trie, code signature (entitlements, team ID), ObjC runtime metadata (class/method/ivar/protocol lists). Flags hardened-runtime bypass entitlements: com.apple.security.cs.allow-unsigned-executable-memory, com.apple.private.security.clear-library-validation.

`core/bv41_decoder` — Apple BV41 / Compression.framework LZ4 decoder

Pure Python, no native dependencies. Decodes Apple's BV41 chunked LZ4 format from dyld_shared_cache slices, APFS snapshots, and Orka VM image layers in Harbor.

`core/swift_demangle` — Swift ABI name demangler

Handles $s prefix (Swift 5+ mangling): module qualifiers, generic specializations, protocol conformances, operator names, property accessors. Falls back to the swift-demangle binary if present.

Cisco ASA / Firepower

`cisco_asa_lina_re` — LINA binary RE + RADIUS overflow

LINA is the monolithic x86-64 ELF that implements Cisco ASA. Recovers struct field layouts from stripped binaries via LEA frequency analysis and provides a live RADIUS overflow probe.

Struct recovery: scans all REX 8D /r disp32 LEA instructions in the 0x200–0x500 displacement range. Follow-up instruction type (CALL / CMP / TEST / MOV-write) reveals field purpose: CALL = string/copy target, CMP = enum comparator, TEST = bitmask, MOV = direct write.

Confirmed gp_obj layout — 9.22.2.32 (5633 LEA sites, 367 offsets):

Offset	Type	Hits	Field	Notes
`0x2b0/0x2b1`	`char*`	—	`gp_name`	Version-dependent
`0x2f0`	`ptr`	—	`dns_ptr`
`0x308`	`ptr`	—	`wins_ptr`	PRIMARY OVERFLOW TARGET
`0x310`	`int32`	59	`auth_state`
`0x318`	`int32`	63	`primary_status`
`0x328`	`char*`	112	`secondary_string`	HOTTEST post-overflow field
`0x367`	`uint8`	31	`state_enum`	Only compared to `0x83`
`0x368`	`uint32`	50	`auth_flags`	37 TEST ops — auth bypass candidate
`0x36c`	`uint16`	—	`port_proto`

RadiusOverflowProbe — RFC 2865 RADIUS server, sends Class attribute (type 25) payloads of controlled length against wins_ptr. Version dispatch is automatic:

from modules.cisco_asa_lina_re import RadiusOverflowProbe

p = RadiusOverflowProbe(version=(9, 22, 2, 32), secret=b'cisco')
print(hex(p.GP_NAME_OFFSET))   # 0x2b1
print(hex(p.OVERFLOW_DELTA))   # 0x57

p2 = RadiusOverflowProbe(version=(9, 20, 3, 0))
print(hex(p2.OVERFLOW_DELTA))  # 0x58

p.run()   # listens :1812, fires overflow payload on each Access-Request

Version-confirmed offsets (regression.py):

ASA Version	`gp_name`	`OVERFLOW_DELTA`	Source
9.13.1	0x2b0	0x58	ASAv virtioa.qcow2
9.14.1.1	0x2b0	0x58	FTD 6.6.0 qcow2
9.15.1	0x2b0	0x58	FTD 6.7.0-65 qcow2
9.20.3	0x2b0	0x58	ASAv PLR-Licensed qcow2
9.22.1.1	0x2b0	0x58	ASAv PLR qcow2
9.22.2.32	0x2b1	0x57	inline-strcpy discriminator

9.21.x: presumed 0x2b0 — not yet confirmed from firmware.

`cisco_radius_ise_re` — RADIUS Class attribute injection

Confirmed write site in 9.22.2.32: LEA rdi,[obj+0x308]; MOV rsi,rbx; CALL 0x3cf0ee0 (copy body at 0x3cefb70). Builds RFC 2865 Access-Accept packets with arbitrary Class attribute 25 / OU= content. Covers ISE CoA (RFC 5176), posture bypass, and VSA parser surface.

`cisco_cstp_attack` — AnyConnect / CSTP

DAP (Dynamic Access Policy) bypass — posture evaluation sequence, conditions where rules pass without meeting requirements
sdesktop cookie injection, SAML SP ACS URL manipulation
Username timing oracle — response-time delta distinguishes valid vs invalid usernames
Tunnel group enumeration from the WebVPN login page
RADIUS CoA mid-session injection (force re-auth / disconnect)
CRL/OCSP bypass, certificate-map tunnel-group bypass
ASA version fingerprinting from HTTP response headers

`cisco_webvpn_js_re` — WebVPN JavaScript RE

Downloads unauthenticated JS bundles from /+CSCOU+/ and /+CSCOE+/. Extracts: tunnel group names, hidden API endpoints, OS detection logic, CSRF token generation pattern, SAML SP metadata and ACS URL. Maps session state machine — identifies states where re-auth can be skipped.

`cisco_asdm_download_re` — ASDM JAR download

Full retrieval chain: GET /admin/launch → 302 → logon → POST /+webvpn+/index.html → session cookie → JNLP XML parse → JAR URL resolution → stream to disk.

`cisco_asdm_jar_re` — ASDM JAR / JVM constant pool RE

Parses CAFEBABE class files per JVM spec (all constant pool tag types). Stdlib only (struct, zipfile).

Custom X509TrustManager that accepts any certificate — ASDM skips TLS validation against ASA (confirmed)
REST API endpoint URLs from string constants
Hardcoded credential candidates
ObjectInputStream.readObject() call sites (deserialization surface)

`cisco_rommon_re` — ROMMON bypass

Config-register 0x2142 modification to skip startup-config load, image authentication bypass paths (load unsigned image from ROMMON in older IOS), ROMMON environment variable injection.

`cisco_config_re` — Configuration analysis

Type 7 decode (Vigenere, reversible). Extracts: enable secret / local user hashes, SNMP community strings, TACACS+/RADIUS shared secrets, BGP neighbor passwords, NTP auth keys, crypto key material, AAA chain structure.

`cisco_ios_re` — IOS firmware RE

Image format identification (ELF / compressed ELF / monolithic), IFS extraction, IOSd entry point. Crash dump analysis with ADRP-based image-base recovery (ARM64). MIPS/ARM64/x86 gadget extraction. Hardcoded credential scan.

`cisco_api_enum` — ASA REST API enumeration

ASA REST API (/api/..., 9.3+) endpoint enumeration. Unauthenticated surface mapping. Session cookie reuse from ASDM auth flow.

`cisco_asa_cred_audit` — ASA credential audit

Credential testing across web management, ASDM, and REST API. Measures lockout behavior per-interface. Maps auth stack (local vs RADIUS vs TACACS+).

Cisco NX-OS / ACI / Data Center

`nxos_enum` — NX-OS / ACI / APIC

Unauthenticated: GET /api/aaaListDomains.json returns all AAA domain names
Full MIT queries: fabric nodes, tenants, EPGs, bridge domains, VRFs, L4 contracts, L3Outs, BGP peers
VMM objects expose vCenter controller IP (vmmCtrlrP) and username (vmmUsrAccP) — lateral movement to vSphere
Default creds: admin/admin, admin/C1sco12345, admin/Cisco123, variants

`nexus_dashboard_enum` — Nexus Dashboard / NDI / NDFC / NDO

SSO platform — one credential set unlocks NDI, NDFC, and NDO. Kafka export config (/api/v1/event-services/exporters) is often world-readable without auth: broker addresses, topics, TLS certs. Terraform and ServiceNow integration endpoints can expose cloud provider credentials and ITSM tokens.

`cisco_nxos_guestshell_re` — NX-OS guestshell rootfs analysis

Analyzes extracted/mounted CentOS LXC rootfs. Validates EXT4 magic (0xEF53 at 0x438).

Credential scan: passwords, API tokens, shadow hashes, JDBC URLs, private keys, SNMP community strings
SUID binaries vs known-safe set
World-writable cron directories
Python security packages that shouldn't be in production

`hyperflex_enum` — Cisco HyperFlex

HyperFlex REST API (/coreapi/v1/), SCVM SSH surface, default credential testing, VM inventory, Intersight claim-code extraction.

`ios_enum` — IOS / IOS-XE live enumeration

SSH + NETCONF enumeration: interface inventory, routing table, BGP neighbors, ACLs, user accounts, Syslog/SNMP config, CDP neighbors, AAA server list. NETCONF/YANG for IOS-XE 16.3+. Type 7/5/8/9 password decode.

Binary Analysis Core

`core/binary_parser` — Format detection

ELF32/64, Mach-O 32/64 / fat, PE32/PE32+, and raw firmware blobs from magic bytes. Dispatches to the appropriate analyzer.

`core/elf_parser` — ELF analysis

Header, program headers, section headers, .symtab / .dynsym, dynamic section (RPATH, RUNPATH, needed libs), REL/RELA relocations, GNU notes. Stripped binary recovery: prologue detection (ENDBR64, PUSH RBP + MOV RBP RSP) → approximate symbol map from cross-references.

`core/pe_parser` / `core/pe_analyzer` — PE analysis

NT headers, section table, import/export directories, TLS callbacks, load config (CFG, ASLR, DEP flags), PDB path. Security feature flags: ASLR, DEP/NX, SafeSEH, CFG, Authenticode. Section entropy for packed/encrypted regions.

`core/firmware_analyzer` — Firmware image analysis

Magic detection: SquashFS, CramFS, ext2/3/4, JFFS2, YAFFS, UBI. Per-block entropy to distinguish compressed vs encrypted vs plaintext regions. Extracts root filesystem to temp directory for downstream analysis.

`core/disasm_engine` — Multi-architecture disassembler

Capstone wrapper. Architectures: x86 (16/32/64), ARM/Thumb/ARM64, MIPS 32/64, PowerPC. Function boundary detection, call graph, basic block decomposition, cross-reference building. Annotation layer maps Cisco ASA struct offsets to field names inline.

`core/yara_generator` — YARA rule generation

String constants, byte sequences around prologues, import combinations, section layout signatures → ready-to-use YARA rules for firmware or malware hunting.

`core/attck_tagger` — MITRE ATT&CK tagging

Structured findings → ATT&CK technique list with tactic, technique ID, name, and triggering finding.

`core/shellcode_utils` — Shellcode analysis and templates

x86-64 / ARM64 shellcode templates. Entropy, null-byte density, common sequence detection (GetProcAddress, syscall stubs, XOR decode loops), NOP sled identification. XOR/ADD encoders for bad-byte avoidance.

`core/tls_analyzer` — TLS analysis

Certificate chain parsing, CT anomaly detection (I/N ≥ 0.30 = honeypot signal), cipher enumeration, protocol version detection. Flags: self-signed, expired, RSA < 2048, RC4/DES/3DES/export-grade/null ciphers, TLS 1.0/1.1. Quantum inventory: RSA/ECDSA → Shor-vulnerable; ML-KEM/ML-DSA → post-quantum safe.

`core/platform_detect` — Platform fingerprinting

OS, architecture, kernel version, container runtime. Bare metal vs VM vs Docker vs K8s Pod vs Orka VM. Used at startup to select the applicable module set.

Java

`java_re` — Java class file RE

Full constant pool parse (all JVM tag types). Security extraction:

ObjectInputStream.readObject() call sites — deserialization surface
Runtime.exec() / ProcessBuilder — command injection chains
Class.forName / Method.invoke — reflection abuse
JDBC URLs and connection strings from string constants
Framework fingerprinting: Spring, Jackson, Gson, Hibernate

`java_decompiler` — Decompilation wrapper

Uses Procyon, CFR, or Fernflower (whichever is in PATH). Falls back to javap -c bytecode output.

Windows Kernel

`windows_kernel_re` — Kernel driver RE

IOCTL dispatch — DriverEntry → IRP_MJ_DEVICE_CONTROL handler → full CTL_CODE decomposition (device type, access, function, transfer type) → per-IOCTL handler map
DKOM — PsGetCurrentProcess / PsLookupProcessByProcessId call sites followed by EPROCESS field access; process token stealing detection
SSDT hooks — entries pointing outside ntoskrnl.exe / win32k.sys; shadow SSDT enumeration
DSE bypass — g_CiEnabled / g_CiOptions patch patterns, SeLoadDriverPrivilege abuse, test-signing mode indicators

`forensics_enum` — Forensic artifact analysis

SEH chain corruption (FS:[0] pattern), POPAD+JMP shellcode sequences. Windows artifact map: event logs, prefetch, MRU, shellbags, jump lists, browser history. Maps attacker dwell time indicators.

Containers and Kubernetes

`docker_enum` — Docker escape surface

/var/run/docker.sock writable → root via docker run --privileged
Capabilities: CAP_SYS_ADMIN, CAP_NET_ADMIN, CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE
Namespace isolation: PID, mount, network, user
Writable host paths via bind mounts
Daemon API on TCP 2375/2376 without TLS client auth

`k8s_enum` — Kubernetes enumeration

SA token from /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/. Direct API server enumeration — no kubectl needed. RBAC self-check via SelfSubjectAccessReview (exact permissions, no cluster-admin required).

Secret extraction with base64 decode
ConfigMap credential hunting
Privesc paths: pods/exec → RCE; secrets/get on kube-system → cred harvest; create pods → privileged pod → host escape; system:node → lateral to other nodes
etcd direct access (2379): key-space enumeration, secret extraction bypassing RBAC
Kubelet API (10250): pod list, exec on unprotected Kubelets

`harbor_enum` — Harbor OCI registry + supply chain

Default creds: admin:Harbor12345. Project/repo enumeration, image manifest pull, layer extraction, BV41 metadata decode. Trivy vulnerability scan results (attacker gets CVE inventory without running a scanner). Robot account enumeration. Supply chain map: images with external FROM references.

`privesc_enum` — Privilege escalation

SUID/SGID vs known-safe set, world-writable paths, cron job injection, sudo NOPASSWD rules, Linux capabilities on binaries/processes, Docker group membership, /etc/passwd writability, readable shadow files, package manager PATH attack surface. Cross-platform: macOS + Linux.

Network and Protocol

`tls_enum` — TLS service enumeration

Supported cipher suites, protocol versions (TLS 1.0/1.1 detection), certificate chain, OCSP stapling, session resumption (ID + ticket), HSTS/HPKP, JA3 server fingerprint.

`net_sniffer` — Raw packet capture + credential extraction

Protocol parsers: HTTP basic auth, FTP, Telnet, SMTP AUTH, POP3, IMAP, SNMP community strings, SIP Digest, clear-text LDAP bind requests. Output is structured credential tuples.

`network_analyze` — Network topology

Interface map, routing table, listening services, established connections. From pcap: ARP table, VLAN tags (802.1Q), routing protocol detection (OSPF/EIGRP/BGP hellos), DHCP and DNS server identification.

`nginx_enum` — nginx configuration + CVE surface

Config parsing: server blocks, location blocks, proxy_pass targets, auth directives, include chains. Alias traversal: location /path/ { alias /dir; } without trailing slash → GET /path../etc/passwd. Version → CVE mapping (CVE-2017-7529, HTTP/2 off-by-one). proxy_pass path-append SSRF amplification.

`sip_enum` — SIP / VoIP

OPTIONS sweep for extension discovery, REGISTER scan, Digest auth capture, RTP stream identification. Maps voicemail extensions, conference bridges, SIP trunk credentials.

`streaming_enum` — Kafka / Flink / NiFi

Kafka — Metadata API broker enumeration (no auth if ACLs unenforced), topic list, partition/leader map, consumer group offsets, sensitive topic detection, produce access test
Flink — REST API at :8081; job submission allows arbitrary JAR execution without auth by default
NiFi — processor config reads (cleartext passwords in many processor types), template download with embedded credentials
Schema Registry — unauthenticated subject and schema enumeration

`llm_enum` — LLM inference server enumeration

Ollama, LM Studio, LocalAI, OpenAI-compatible. Checks: unauthenticated model listing, unfiltered generation, model file path exposure, system prompt leakage via /api/show.

Cryptography and Authentication

`jwt_crypto_analyzer` — JWT attack suite

alg: none bypass
RS256 → HS256 confusion (re-sign with public key as HMAC secret)
Weak HMAC key brute-force (production-leaked wordlist)
kid injection: SQL injection (DB key lookup), SSRF (URL-valued kid), directory traversal

from modules.jwt_crypto_analyzer import JWTAttackSuite
JWTAttackSuite(target_url='https://target/api/').run_all(token='eyJhbGc...')

`crypto_audit` — Binary cryptographic audit

Hardcoded key material (high-entropy bytes near crypto call sites), weak RNG (rand() / random() in security-sensitive paths), ECB mode indicators, MD5/SHA1 imports, custom crypto re-implementations.

Post-Compromise

`process_enum` — Process and memory analysis

All processes (PID, PPID, name, cmdline) — /proc on Linux, ps on macOS. Per-PID: /proc/PID/maps (heap/stack/mmap/DSO layout), /proc/PID/fd (open DB connections, sockets, sensitive files held open), /proc/PID/environ (environment variables). macOS: vmmap + lsof equivalents.

`lateral_movement` — Lateral movement surface

TCP scan (stdlib socket, no nmap). Cloud metadata: 169.254.169.254 (AWS/GCP/Azure IMDS), ECS task metadata endpoint — IAM role ARN, temporary credentials, user data. Credential harvest: ~/.aws/credentials, ~/.kube/config, ~/.ssh/id_*, ~/.docker/config.json, .env files, /etc/kubernetes/admin.conf. Orka internal DNS discovery (10.221.188.x).

`syscall_trace` — System call tracing

Wraps strace (Linux) / dtruss / dtrace (macOS). Structured output: open/openat, connect, execve, write to network FDs. Flags credential access patterns and data exfiltration paths.

Regression

`regression` — Struct offset version registry

Version-confirmed struct offsets for Cisco ASA LINA, indexed by version tuple. FirmwareVersionRegression fits a boundary model. Includes OLS, LogisticRegression, DescriptiveStats, CorrelationMatrix.

from modules.regression import SymbolicOffsetRegression

offset = SymbolicOffsetRegression.gp_name_offset((9, 20, 3, 0))
# -> 0x2b0

for ver, entry in SymbolicOffsetRegression.CONFIRMED.items():
    print(ver, hex(entry['gp_name_offset']), entry['source'])

WeChat Android

WeChat 8.0.56 arm64 static RE. Covers the MMTLS transport protocol, DB encryption key derivation, and runtime key extraction via Frida. Synthesized from symbol tables, embedded source paths, and log strings in libwechatnetwork.so and libMMProtocalJni.so.

`wechat_re` — MMTLS + DB key + Frida hook generation

MMTLS protocol (WeChat's custom TLS replacement, private mars-wechat repo):

Two-tier key architecture: HybridEcdh (static+ephemeral) → AxEcdh (double ratchet / Signal-style forward secrecy)
Cipher suites: AES-GCM (primary), SM4-GCM (Chinese national standard GB/T 32907)
KDF: HKDF (TLS 1.3 style), handshake format in mmtls_handshake_messages.cpp (private)
PSK 0-RTT session resumption: HS_MODE_ZERO_RTT_PSK, tickets stored in ClientCredStorage

Findings encoded:

ID	Severity	Finding
WX-F1	INFO	MMTLS two-tier crypto: HybridEcdh + AxEcdh double ratchet
WX-F2	MEDIUM	`ALERT_FALLBACK_NO_MMTLS` — network-level downgrade to HTTPS
WX-F3	HIGH	PSK 0-RTT session resumption — extracted PSK enables replay
WX-F4	HIGH	`gILinkKey` (72B, BSS, VA 0x3d4648) — live MMTLS key extractable via Frida
WX-F5	HIGH	DB key: `computerKeyWithAllStr(IMEI, UIN)` → 7-char hex → SQLite SEE
WX-F6	INFO	Pack format reconstructed: header (clientVer/type/flag/seq) + body (uin/func/encryptAlgo)

# Full static RE (APK + libs)
./ablation --wechat \
  --wechat-apk /path/to/wechat-arm64.apk \
  --wechat-libs /path/to/native-libs/lib

# Compute EnMicroMsg.db decryption key offline
./ablation --wechat-db-key 123456789012345 987654321
# [+] WeChat DB key (MD5(IMEI+UIN)[:7]): a3f9e2c

# Generate Frida hooks (MMTLS key extraction + pack/unpack intercept)
./ablation --wechat-frida
# Deploy: frida -U -n com.tencent.mm -l /tmp/wechat_mmtls_hooks.js

Frida intercept points:

LongLinkWithMMTLS::C1 at VA 0x1ab2c4 — read gILinkKey after handshake completes
Java_..._UtilsJni_GenEcdhKeyPair — capture ephemeral ECDH key pair
Java_..._MMLogic_saveAuthLongList — observe PSK persistence (0-RTT ticket)
Java_..._MMProtocalJni_computerKeyWithAllStr — intercept DB key derivation

DB encryption: SQLite SEE (sqlite3_activate_see API in libWCDB.so) — not SQLCipher. Standard SQLCipher tools won't open WeChat databases. Key is 7 hex chars derived from MD5(IMEI+UIN).

Utilities

`utils/poc_radius_ou_inject.py` — RADIUS Group Policy Injection PoC

Standalone PoC for F1 (no Message-Authenticator enforcement) + F2 (256-byte OU= vs 64-byte CLI limit). Two modes: fake RADIUS server (every Access-Request gets an attacker-controlled OU= response), and single-packet send. Demonstrates the overflow delta from RadiusOverflowProbe.

Architecture

ablation/
├── main.py
├── modules/
│   ├── core/
│   │   ├── binary_parser.py
│   │   ├── elf_parser.py
│   │   ├── macho_analyzer.py       ← Apple Mach-O
│   │   ├── pe_parser.py
│   │   ├── pe_analyzer.py
│   │   ├── firmware_analyzer.py
│   │   ├── disasm_engine.py        ← x86/ARM/MIPS/PPC capstone wrapper
│   │   ├── platform_detect.py
│   │   ├── bv41_decoder.py         ← Apple BV41 / chunked LZ4
│   │   ├── swift_demangle.py       ← Swift 5 ABI demangler
│   │   ├── tls_analyzer.py
│   │   ├── yara_generator.py
│   │   ├── attck_tagger.py
│   │   └── shellcode_utils.py
│   ├── swift_re.py                 ← Swift binary RE, gRPC, async/await
│   ├── macos_malware_re.py         ← Persistence, TCC, EvilQuest IOCs, dylib hijack
│   ├── macos_sysadmin.py           ← Keychain, FileVault, MDM/DEP, ARD/VNC, OD
│   ├── orka_enum.py                ← Live Orka cluster enumeration
│   ├── orka_api_surface_re.py      ← REST API reconstruction from Go binary
│   ├── orka_jwt_dynamic_re.py      ← Empty-key HS256 JWT forge
│   ├── orka_oidc_re.py             ← CVE-2020-26160 + PKCE flow RE
│   ├── orka_vm_exec_re.py          ← VM exec via K8s pod exec API
│   ├── cisco_asa_lina_re.py        ← LINA struct RE + RadiusOverflowProbe
│   ├── cisco_radius_ise_re.py
│   ├── cisco_asdm_re.py
│   ├── cisco_asdm_download_re.py
│   ├── cisco_asdm_jar_re.py
│   ├── cisco_webvpn_js_re.py
│   ├── cisco_cstp_attack.py
│   ├── cisco_rommon_re.py
│   ├── cisco_config_re.py
│   ├── cisco_ios_re.py
│   ├── cisco_nxos_guestshell_re.py
│   ├── cisco_api_enum.py
│   ├── cisco_asa_cred_audit.py
│   ├── nxos_enum.py
│   ├── nexus_dashboard_enum.py
│   ├── ios_enum.py
│   ├── hyperflex_enum.py
│   ├── wechat_re.py
│   ├── docker_enum.py
│   ├── k8s_enum.py
│   ├── harbor_enum.py
│   ├── nginx_enum.py
│   ├── java_re.py
│   ├── java_decompiler.py
│   ├── windows_kernel_re.py
│   ├── forensics_enum.py
│   ├── tls_enum.py
│   ├── net_sniffer.py
│   ├── network_analyze.py
│   ├── sip_enum.py
│   ├── streaming_enum.py
│   ├── llm_enum.py
│   ├── jwt_crypto_analyzer.py
│   ├── crypto_audit.py
│   ├── privesc_enum.py
│   ├── process_enum.py
│   ├── lateral_movement.py
│   ├── syscall_trace.py
│   └── regression.py
└── utils/
    └── poc_radius_ou_inject.py

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Apple / macOS

swift_re — Swift binary RE

macos_malware_re — macOS malware and persistence

macos_sysadmin — macOS administrative attack surface

orka_enum — Orka live cluster enumeration

orka_oidc_re — Orka OIDC / PKCE flow RE + CVE-2020-26160

orka_jwt_dynamic_re — Orka HS256 empty-key forge

orka_api_surface_re — Orka REST API reconstruction from binary

orka_vm_exec_re — Orka VM exec path

core/macho_analyzer — Mach-O binary parser

core/bv41_decoder — Apple BV41 / Compression.framework LZ4 decoder

core/swift_demangle — Swift ABI name demangler

Cisco ASA / Firepower

cisco_asa_lina_re — LINA binary RE + RADIUS overflow

cisco_radius_ise_re — RADIUS Class attribute injection

cisco_cstp_attack — AnyConnect / CSTP

cisco_webvpn_js_re — WebVPN JavaScript RE

cisco_asdm_download_re — ASDM JAR download

cisco_asdm_jar_re — ASDM JAR / JVM constant pool RE

cisco_rommon_re — ROMMON bypass

cisco_config_re — Configuration analysis

cisco_ios_re — IOS firmware RE

cisco_api_enum — ASA REST API enumeration

cisco_asa_cred_audit — ASA credential audit

Cisco NX-OS / ACI / Data Center

nxos_enum — NX-OS / ACI / APIC

nexus_dashboard_enum — Nexus Dashboard / NDI / NDFC / NDO

cisco_nxos_guestshell_re — NX-OS guestshell rootfs analysis

hyperflex_enum — Cisco HyperFlex

ios_enum — IOS / IOS-XE live enumeration

Binary Analysis Core

core/binary_parser — Format detection

core/elf_parser — ELF analysis

core/pe_parser / core/pe_analyzer — PE analysis

core/firmware_analyzer — Firmware image analysis

core/disasm_engine — Multi-architecture disassembler

core/yara_generator — YARA rule generation

core/attck_tagger — MITRE ATT&CK tagging

core/shellcode_utils — Shellcode analysis and templates

core/tls_analyzer — TLS analysis

core/platform_detect — Platform fingerprinting