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[HOTFIX] Fix false positive in debug symbol stripping check using objdump #2616

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9 changes: 8 additions & 1 deletion mobsf/StaticAnalyzer/views/common/binary/macho.py
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Expand Up @@ -23,7 +23,14 @@ def objdump_is_debug_symbol_stripped(macho_file):
out = subprocess.check_output(
[shutil.which('objdump'), '--syms', macho_file],
stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
return b' d ' not in out
out = out.decode('utf-8', 'ignore')
# radr://5614542 symbol is added back for
# debug symbols stripped binaries
stripped_sym = 'radr://5614542'
for line in out.splitlines():
if ' d ' in line and stripped_sym not in line:
return False
return True


class MachOChecksec:
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