Ghidra

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Ghidra
Original author(s)NSA
Initial releaseMarch 5, 2019; 5 years ago (2019-03-05)
Stable release
11.0.3[1] / April 11, 2024; 27 days ago (2024-04-11)
Repositorygithub.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra
Written inJava, C++
LicenseApache License 2.0 / Public domain[2]
Websiteghidra-sre.org

Ghidra (pronounced GEE-druh;[3] /ˈɡiːdrə/[4]) is a free and open source reverse engineering tool developed by the National Security Agency (NSA) of the United States. The binaries were released at RSA Conference in March 2019; the sources were published one month later on GitHub.[5] Ghidra is seen by many security researchers as a competitor to IDA Pro.[6] The software is written in Java using the Swing framework for the GUI. The decompiler component is written in C++, and is therefore usable in a stand-alone form.[7]

Scripts to perform automated analysis with Ghidra can be written in Java or Python (via Jython),[8][9] though this feature is extensible and support for other programming languages is available via community plugins.[10] Plugins adding new features to Ghidra itself can be developed using a Java-based extension framework.[11]

History[edit]

Ghidra's existence was originally revealed to the public via Vault 7 in March 2017,[12] but the software itself remained unavailable until its declassification and official release two years later.[5] Some comments in its source code indicates that it existed as early as 1999.[13]

High-level changelog[14][15]
Version Year Major features
1.0 2003 Proof of concept
2.0 2004 Database, docking windows
3.0 2006 SLEIGH, decompiler, version control
4.0 2007 Scripting, version tracking
5.0 2010 File system browser
6.0 2014 First unclassified version
9.0 2019 First public release
9.2 2020 Graph visualization, new PDB parser
10.0 2021 Debugger
11.0 2023 Rust and Go binaries support, BSim

In June 2019, Coreboot began to use Ghidra for its reverse engineering efforts on firmware-specific problems following the open source release of the Ghidra software suite.[16]

Ghidra can be used, officially,[17][18] as a debugger since Ghidra 10.0. Ghidra's debugger supports debugging user-mode Windows programs via WinDbg, and Linux programs via GDB.[19]

Supported architectures[edit]

The following architectures or binary formats are supported:[20] [21]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Releases · NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra". GitHub. Archived from the original on 2023-07-30. Retrieved 2023-12-22.
  2. ^ "ghidra/NOTICE". GitHub.com. Archived from the original on 27 October 2022. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Frequently asked questions". GitHub.com. Archived from the original on 5 March 2019. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  4. ^ "Come Get Your Free NSA Reverse Engineering Tool!". YouTube.com. Archived from the original on 2021-12-15. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
  5. ^ a b Newman, Lily Hay. "The NSA Makes Ghidra, a Powerful Cybersecurity Tool, Open Source". Wired. Archived from the original on 6 March 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  6. ^ Cimpanu, Catalin. "NSA releases Ghidra, a free software reverse engineering toolkit". ZDNet. Archived from the original on 2019-03-06. Retrieved 2019-03-07.
  7. ^ e. g. as Plugin Archived 2022-10-14 at the Wayback Machine for Radare2 oder Rizin.
  8. ^ "Ghidra Scripting Class". GitHub. Archived from the original on 2023-02-20. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
  9. ^ "Three Heads are Better Than One: Mastering NSA's Ghidra Reverse Engineering Tool" (PDF). GitHub. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-03-01. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
  10. ^ "Ghidraal". GitHub. Archived from the original on 2023-02-20. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
  11. ^ "Ghidra Advanced Development Class". GitHub. Archived from the original on 2023-02-20. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
  12. ^ "NSA to release a free reverse engineering tool". ZDNET. Retrieved 2024-02-22.
  13. ^ "Build software better, together". GitHub. Retrieved 2024-02-22.
  14. ^ "ghidra/Ghidra/Configurations/Public_Release/src/global/docs/ChangeHistory.html at master · NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra". GitHub. Retrieved 2024-05-08.
  15. ^ Ghidra - Journey from Classified NSA Tool to Open Source. Retrieved 2024-05-08 – via www.youtube.com.
  16. ^ "Coreboot Project Is Leveraging NSA Software To Help With Firmware Reverse Engineering". Archived from the original on 2009-09-21. Retrieved 2019-06-05.
  17. ^ "Compiled/built Ghidra 9.3 for Windows with Debugger feature by Galician R&D Center in Advanced Telecommunications employees". Archived from the original on 2022-11-25. Retrieved 2022-11-25.
  18. ^ "Analizando el depurador de Ghidra". 11 March 2021. Archived from the original on 14 December 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  19. ^ "What's new in Ghidra 10.0". Archived from the original on 2023-06-19. Retrieved 2021-06-24.
  20. ^ "Rob Joyce on Twitter". Twitter.com. Archived from the original on 7 March 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  21. ^ "List of Processors Supported by Ghidra". Github.com. Archived from the original on 12 October 2023. Retrieved 29 September 2023.

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