Firmwares

OWASP Firmware Security Testing Methodology

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1 Information gathering and reconnaissance

Acquire all relative technical and documentation details pertaining to the target device’s firmware

2 Obtaining firmware

Attain firmware using one or more of the proposed methods listed

3 Analyzing firmware

Examine the target firmware’s characteristics

4 Extracting the filesystem

Carve filesystem contents from the target firmware

5 Analyzing filesystem contents

Statically analyze extracted filesystem configuration files and binaries for vulnerabilities

6 Emulating firmware

Emulate firmware files and components

7 Dynamic analysis

Perform dynamic security testing against firmware and application interfaces

8 Runtime analysis

Analyze compiled binaries during device runtime

9 Binary Exploitation

Exploit identified vulnerabilities discovered in previous stages to attain root and/or code execution

• https://github.com/scriptingxss/owasp-fstm

1. FACT Extractor - Detects container format automatically and executes the corresponding extraction tool.
2. Firmware Mod Kit - Extraction tools for several container formats.
3. The SRecord package - Collection of tools for manipulating EPROM files (can convert lots of binary formats).