https://github.com/steven-michaud/hookcase

Tool for reverse engineering macOS/OS X
https://github.com/steven-michaud/hookcase

assembly-language c-plus-plus dyld kernel-modules mach-o macos macosx objective-c-plus-plus reverse-engineering

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Tool for reverse engineering macOS/OS X

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/steven-michaud/hookcase
• Owner: steven-michaud
• Created: 2017-04-28T17:18:18.000Z (over 7 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2024-12-19T23:20:39.000Z (9 days ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-12-27T20:04:07.622Z (1 day ago)
• Topics: assembly-language, c-plus-plus, dyld, kernel-modules, mach-o, macos, macosx, objective-c-plus-plus, reverse-engineering
• Language: C++
• Size: 702 KB
• Stars: 763
• Watchers: 34
• Forks: 111
• Open Issues: 5
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md

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README

        
# HookCase

HookCase is a tool for debugging and reverse engineering applications

on macOS (aka OS X), and the operating system itself. It re-implements

and extends

[Apple's `DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES` functionality](https://books.google.com/books?id=K8vUkpOXhN4C&pg=PA73&lpg=PA73&dq="dyld+interposing"+Singh.).

It can be used to hook any method in any module (even non-exported

ones, and even those that don't have an entry in their own module's

symbol table). In a single operation, it can be applied to a parent

process and all its child processes, whether or not the child

processes inherit their parent's environment. It supports

watchpoints. So HookCase is considerably more powerful than

`DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES`. It also doesn't have the restrictions Apple

has placed on `DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES`. So, for example, HookCase can

be used with applications that have

[entitlements](https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/Miscellaneous/Reference/EntitlementKeyReference/Chapters/AboutEntitlements.html).

HookCase runs on OS X 10.9 (Mavericks) through macOS 15 (Sequoia).

Steven Michaud, 10/2024

## Table of Contents

* [What's New](0-whats-new.md)

* [More About HookCase](1-more-about.md)

* [Building](2-building.md)

* [Installing](3-installing.md)

* [Using](4-using.md)

* [Resources](5-resources.md)

* [Example Hook Libraries](6-examples.md)