Methodology for Machine Code Reverse Engineering. Part 2. Static Investigation

Abstract

The creating results a unified methodology for reverse engineering the machine code of devices are presented. This second part of the articles series is devoted to static research of code in order to restore its metainformation (source code, algorithms, architecture, conceptual model), as well as search for vulnerabilities in it. A scientific publications review on the topic of existing methods and tools for static analysis of machine code is carried out. A detailed description and formalization of the steps of the stage is given, as well as examples of their application in practice. A proposed methodology partial diagram is presented in graphical form, indicating the main and intermediate results obtained.