Static Analysis Challenges

For any nontrivial binary, generally several challenges must be overcome to make analysis of that binary less difficult. Examples of challenges you might encounter include

• Binaries that have been stripped of some or all of their symbol information

• Binaries that have been linked with static libraries

• Binaries that make use of complex, user-defined data structures

• Compiled C++ programs that make use of polymorphism

• Binaries that have been obfuscated in some manner to hinder analysis

• Binaries that use instruction sets with which IDA Pro is not familiar

• Binaries that use file formats with which IDA Pro is not familiar