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Snake&Apple III — Checksec
Detecting exploit mitigation in Mach-O binaries using Python.
INTRO
Welcome to another article in the series on macOS security internals!
This time, I will discuss the various binary protections on macOS. You will learn here how to detect these protections and assess whether they are configured securely or not. You can see a summary of the article below:
Towards the end, I will share my custom implementation of a well-known checksec tool, but for macOS. You can see its final output below:
Please note that some topics have been intentionally omitted and will be addressed in future articles. However, leave a comment if you have any questions or need clarification about anything written here while reading. I guarantee a response and will use your feedback for future articles.
The Snake&Apple III. Checksec repository contains all of the code used.