CS266 Software Reverse Engineering (SRE)
Introduction to Software Reverse Engineering
Teodoro (Ted) Cipresso, teodoro.cipresso@sjsu.edu
Department of Computer Science
San José State University
Spring 2015
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San José State University
Spring 2015
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The heterogeneous and dynamic nature of components making up a Web Application, the lack of effective programming mechanisms for implementing basic software engineering principles in it, and undisciplined development processes induced by the high pressure of a very short time-to-market, make Web Application maintenance a challenging problem. A relevant issue consists of reusing the methodological and technological experience in the sector of traditional software maintenance, and exploring the opportunity of using Reverse Engineering to support effective Web Application maintenance.
The Ph.D. Thesis presents an approach for Reverse Engineering Web Applications. The approach include the definition of Reverse Engineering methods and supporting software tools, that help to understand existing undocumented Web Applications to be maintained or evolved, through the reconstruction of UML diagrams. Some validation experiments have been carried out and they showed the usefulness of the proposed approach and highlighted possible areas for improvement of its effectiveness.
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The heterogeneous and dynamic nature of components making up a Web Application, the lack of effective programming mechanisms for implementing basic software engineering principles in it, and undisciplined development processes induced by the high pressure of a very short time-to-market, make Web Application maintenance a challenging problem. A relevant issue consists of reusing the methodological and technological experience in the sector of traditional software maintenance, and exploring the opportunity of using Reverse Engineering to support effective Web Application maintenance.
The Ph.D. Thesis presents an approach for Reverse Engineering Web Applications. The approach include the definition of Reverse Engineering methods and supporting software tools, that help to understand existing undocumented Web Applications to be maintained or evolved, through the reconstruction of UML diagrams. Some validation experiments have been carried out and they showed the usefulness of the proposed approach and highlighted possible areas for improvement of its effectiveness.
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Teodoro (Ted) Cipresso, teodoro.cipresso@sjsu.edu
Department of Computer Science
San José State University
Spring 2015
CS266 Software Reverse Engineering (SRE)
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Introduction to Software Reverse Engineering
1. CS266 Software Reverse Engineering (SRE)
Introduction to Software Reverse Engineering
Teodoro (Ted) Cipresso, teodoro.cipresso@sjsu.edu
Department of Computer Science
San José State University
Spring 2015
The information in this presentation is taken from the thesis “Software reverse engineering education”
available at http://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/etd_theses/3734/ where all citations can be found.
2. Introduction to Software Reverse Engineering
From very early on in life we engage in constant investigation of existing things
to understand how and even why they work.
Software Reverse Engineering (SRE) calls upon this investigative nature when
one needs to learn how and why, often in the absence of adequate
documentation, an existing piece of software—helpful or malicious—works.
More formally, SRE can be described as the practice of analyzing a software
system to create abstractions that identify the individual components and their
dependencies, and, if possible, the overall system architecture [1],[2].
Once the components and design of an existing system have been recovered, it
becomes possible to repair and even enhance them.
Events in recent history have caused SRE to become a very active area of
research.
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3. Introduction to Software Reverse Engineering
(cont’d)
In the early nineties, the Y2K problem spurred the need for the development of
tools that could read large amounts of source or binary code for the 2-digit
year vulnerability [2].
in the mid to late nineties, the adoption of the Internet by businesses brought
about the need to understand in-house legacy systems so that the information
held within them could be made available on the Web [3].
The desire for businesses to expand to the Internet for what was promised to
be limitless potential for new revenue caused the creation of many Business to
Consumer (B2C) web sites.
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4. Introduction to Software Reverse Engineering
(cont’d)
Today’s technology is unfortunately tomorrow’s legacy system.
It may seem that the need for SRE can be lessened by simply maintaining
good documentation for all software that is written.
It would definitely decrease the need, but not become a reality.
Going forward, “the” vision is to include SRE incrementally, as part of the
normal development, or “forward engineering” of software systems.
This would help avoid the typical situation where detailed information about a
software system such as its architecture, design constraints, and trade-offs are
found only in the memory of its developer [1].
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5. Reverse Engineering in Software Development
While a great deal of software that has been written is no longer in use, a
considerable amount has survived for decades and continues to run the global
economy.
The reality of the situation is that 70% of the source code in the entire world is
written in COBOL [3]...
Compounding the situation is the fact that a great deal of legacy code is
poorly designed and documented [3].
COBOL programs are in use globally in governmental and military agencies, in
commercial enterprises, and on operating systems such as IBM's z/OS®,
Microsoft's Windows®, and the POSIX families (Unix/Linux etc.) [6].
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6. Reverse Engineering in Software Development
(cont’d)
In 1997, the Gartner Group reported that 80% of the world's business ran on
COBOL with over 200 billion lines of code in existence and with an estimated 5
billion lines of new code annually [6]. More recently…
[http://simplicity.laserfiche.com/content/looking-job-hows-your-cobol]
This article from Aug 04, 2014 suggests millennials learn COBOL
COBOL supports 90 percent of Fortune 500 business systems every day.
70 percent of all critical business logic and data is written in COBOL.
COBOL powers 85 percent of all daily business transactions processed.
1.5 million new lines of COBOL code are written every day.
Do we have source code for all of these applications?
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7. Reverse Engineering in Software Development
(cont’d)
Whenever computer scientists or software engineers are engaged with evolving
an existing system, fifty to ninety percent of the work effort is spent on
program understanding [3]…
“Practice with reverse engineering techniques improves ability to
understand a given system quickly and efficiently.”
Even though several tools already exist to aid software engineers with the
program understanding process, the tools focus on transferring information
about a software system’s design into the mind of the developer [1].
[4] states “commercial reverse engineering tools produce various kinds of
output, but software engineers usually don’t how to interpret and use these
pictures and reports.”
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8. Reverse Engineering in Software Development
(cont’d)
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Software development process in a typical enterprise software system.
9. Reverse Engineering in Software Development
(cont’d)
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Development-related software reverse engineering scenarios.
10. Reverse Engineering in Software Development
(cont’d)
Achieving Interoperability with Proprietary Software:
Develop applications or device drivers that interoperate (use) proprietary
libraries in operating systems or applications.
Verification that Implementation Matches Design:
Verify that code produced during the forward development process matches
the envisioned design by reversing the code back into an abstract design.
Evaluating Software Quality and Robustness:
Ensure the quality of software before purchasing it by performing heuristic
analysis of the binaries to check for certain instruction sequences that
appear in poor quality code.
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11. Reverse Engineering in Software Development
(cont’d)
Legacy Software Maintenance, Re-engineering, and Evolution:
Recover the design of legacy software modules when source is not available
to make possible the maintenance, evolution, and reuse of the modules.
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12. Reverse Engineering in Software Development
(cont’d)
From the perspective of a software company, it is highly desirable that the its
products are difficult to pirate and reverse engineer.
Making software difficult to reverse engineer seems to be in conflict with
the idea of being able to recover the software’s design later on for
maintenance and evolution.
Manufacturers usually don’t apply anti-reverse engineering transformations
to software binaries until it is packaged for shipment to customers.
invest time in making software difficult to reverse engineer if there are
algorithms that make the product stand out from the competition.
Making software difficult to pirate or reverse engineer is often a moving target
and requires special skills and understanding on the part of the developer.
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13. Reverse Engineering in Software Security
(cont’d)
[3] “to defeat a crook you have to think like one.”
By reverse engineering viruses or other malicious software, programmers
can learn their inner workings and witness first-hand how vulnerabilities
find their way into computer programs.
Interpreted languages like Java, JavaScript, Python…, which do not require
programmers to manage low-level system details, have become ubiquitous.
In favor of productivity, programmers have increasingly lost touch with
what happens in a system during execution of programs.
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15. Reverse Engineering in Software Security
(cont’d)
Detecting and Neutralizing Viruses and Malware:
Detect, analyze, or neutralize (clean) malware, viruses, spyware, and
adware.
Testing Cryptographic Algorithms for Weaknesses:
Test the level of data security provided by a given cryptographic algorithm
by analyzing it for weaknesses.
Testing DRM or License Protection (anti-reversing):
Protect software and media digital-rights through application and testing of
anti-reversing techniques.
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16. Reverse Engineering in Software Security
(cont’d)
Auditing the Security of Program Binaries:
Audit a program for security vulnerabilities without access to the source
code by scanning instruction sequences for potential exploits.
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