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Firmwalker
Script for searching extracted firmware for security vulnerabilities
4.3/5.0
800,000downloads
Updated 1/15/2024
Tool Information
Platforms
Linux
macOS
License
BSD-3-Clause
Techniques
Firmware Security Analysis
Configuration Review
Credential Discovery
File System Enumeration
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About Firmwalker
Firmwalker is a simple bash script for searching the extracted or mounted firmware file system. It will search through the extracted or mounted firmware file system for things of interest such as: etc/shadow and etc/passwd, list out the etc/ssl directory, search for SSL related files such as .pem, .crt, etc., search for configuration files, search for database files, search for server binaries, search for other interesting files such as ssh keys, and more.
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Use Cases
- Firmware Security Assessment
- IoT Vulnerability Discovery
- Configuration Analysis
Tags
firmware
security
vulnerability
bash
analysis
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