https://github.com/joxeankoret/idamagicstrings

An IDA Python script to extract information from string constants.
https://github.com/joxeankoret/idamagicstrings

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An IDA Python script to extract information from string constants.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/joxeankoret/idamagicstrings
• Owner: joxeankoret
• License: agpl-3.0
• Created: 2018-11-29T11:36:47.000Z (almost 6 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2023-10-21T09:48:01.000Z (11 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-02-11T16:04:25.764Z (8 months ago)
• Language: Python
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• Size: 55.7 KB
• Stars: 288
• Watchers: 17
• Forks: 47
• Open Issues: 1
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# IDAMagicStrings

An __[IDA](https://www.hex-rays.com) Python plugin__ to extract information from string constants. The current version of the plugin is able to:

 * Display functions to source files relationships (in a tree and in a plain list, a chooser in IDA language).

 * Display guessed function names for functions.

 * Rename functions according to the source code file their belong + address (for example, memory_mgmt_0x401050).

 * Rename functions according to the guessed function name.

## Running the plugin

When the Python script is executed from within IDA it builds a list of ASCII and Unicode strings found by IDA and then applies a series of regular expressions to extract source code filenames, directories and candidate function names. Then, it shows 3 tabs with information:

 * Candidate function names: The function names guessed from the referenced string constants. Some basic and rudimentary false positive detection is implemented and this data is available in the column "FP?" ("False Positive?").

   * If available, it uses [NLTK](https://www.nltk.org/) to detect the appropriate words that can be function name candidates (i.e., nouns, verbs and names).

 * Source code tree: Just a tree widget showing file names and, inside each one, the functions or references to the source file.

 * Source code files: A list (or chooser in the IDA's language) with source code filenames to function addresses and names.

## Screenshots

Here are some basic screenshots of this IDA Python script functionality:

![Guessed function names:](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/2945834/49219813-b760f080-f3d4-11e8-9190-c948c8f82ea7.png)

![Source code tree:](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/2945834/49219945-132b7980-f3d5-11e8-887e-5d749f6ef90e.png)

![Renaming some unnamed functions based on its filename:](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/2945834/49220101-88974a00-f3d5-11e8-86aa-09bfb69379ea.png)

## License

The plugin is licensed under the AGPL-3.0 license.