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Vulnerability research assistant that locates calls to potentially insecure API functions in a binary file

20 unstable releases (3 breaking)

Uses new Rust 2024

new 0.5.4 Mar 29, 2025
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rhabdomancer

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"The road to exploitable bugs is paved with unexploitable bugs."

-- Mark Dowd

Rhabdomancer is a blazing fast IDA Pro headless plugin that locates calls to potentially insecure API functions in a binary file. Auditors can backtrace from these candidate points to find pathways allowing access from untrusted input.

Features

  • Blazing fast, headless user experience courtesy of IDA Pro 9 and Binarly's idalib Rust bindings.
  • Support for C/C++ binary targets compiled for any architecture implemented by IDA Pro.
  • Bad API function call locations are printed to stdout and marked in the IDB.
  • Known bad API functions are grouped in tiers of badness to help prioritize the audit work.
    • [BAD 0] High priority - Functions that are generally considered insecure
    • [BAD 1] Medium priority - Interesting functions that should be checked for insecure use cases.
    • [BAD 2] Low priority - Code paths involving these functions should be carefully checked.
  • The list of known bad API functions can be easily customized by editing conf/rhabdomancer.toml.

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Installing

The easiest way to get the latest release is via crates.io:

  1. Download, install, and configure IDA Pro (see https://hex-rays.com/ida-pro).
  2. Download and extract the IDA SDK (see https://docs.hex-rays.com/developer-guide).
  3. Install LLVM/Clang (see https://rust-lang.github.io/rust-bindgen/requirements.html).
  4. On Linux/macOS, install as follows:
    export IDASDKDIR=/path/to/idasdk
    export IDADIR=/path/to/ida # if not set, the build script will check common locations
    cargo install rhabdomancer
    
    On Windows, instead, use the following commands:
    $env:LIBCLANG_PATH="\path\to\clang+llvm\bin"
    $env:PATH="\path\to\ida;$env:PATH"
    $env:IDASDKDIR="\path\to\idasdk"
    $env:IDADIR="\path\to\ida" # if not set, the build script will check common locations
    cargo install rhabdomancer
    

Compiling

Alternatively, you can build from source:

  1. Download, install, and configure IDA Pro (see https://hex-rays.com/ida-pro).
  2. Download and extract the IDA SDK (see https://docs.hex-rays.com/developer-guide).
  3. Install LLVM/Clang (see https://rust-lang.github.io/rust-bindgen/requirements.html).
  4. On Linux/macOS, compile as follows:
    git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/0xdea/rhabdomancer
    cd rhabdomancer
    export IDASDKDIR=/path/to/idasdk # or edit .cargo/config.toml
    export IDADIR=/path/to/ida # if not set, the build script will check common locations
    cargo build --release
    
    On Windows, instead, use the following commands:
    git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/0xdea/rhabdomancer
    cd rhabdomancer
    $env:LIBCLANG_PATH="\path\to\clang+llvm\bin"
    $env:PATH="\path\to\ida;$env:PATH"
    $env:IDASDKDIR="\path\to\idasdk"
    $env:IDADIR="\path\to\ida" # if not set, the build script will check common locations
    cargo build --release
    

Usage

  1. Make sure IDA Pro is properly configured with a valid license.
  2. Customize the list of known bad API functions in conf/rhabdomancer.toml if needed.
  3. Run as follows:
    rhabdomancer <binary_file>
    
    Any existing .i64 IDB file will be updated; otherwise, a new IDB file will be created.
  4. Open the resulting .i64 IDB file with IDA Pro.
  5. Select View > Open subviews > Bookmarks
  6. Enjoy your results conveniently collected in an IDA Pro window.

Note: rhabdomancer also adds comments at marked call locations.

Compatibility

  • IDA Pro 9.0.240925 - Latest compatible: v0.2.4.
  • IDA Pro 9.0.241217 - Latest compatible: v0.3.5.
  • IDA Pro 9.1.250226 - Latest compatible: current version.

Note: check idalib documentation for additional information.

Changelog

TODO

Dependencies

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