Binwalk

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Description

Binwalk is a fast, easy to use tool for analyzing, reverse engineering, and extracting firmware images.

Installation

Packages
$ sudo apt install binwalk
Installation from sources
See here

Usage

Syntax

Usage: binwalk [OPTIONS] [FILE1] [FILE2] [FILE3] ...

Signature Scan Options

-B, --signature
Scan target file(s) for common file signatures
-R, --raw=<str>
Scan target file(s) for the specified sequence of bytes
-A, --opcodes
Scan target file(s) for common executable opcode signatures
-m, --magic=<file>
Specify a custom magic file to use
-b, --dumb
Disable smart signature keywords
-I, --invalid
Show results marked as invalid
-x, --exclude=<str>
Exclude results that match <str>
-y, --include=<str>
Only show results that match <str>

Extraction Options

-e, --extract
Automatically extract known file types
-D, --dd=<type
ext:cmd>
Extract <type> signatures, give the files an extension of <ext>, and execute <cmd>
-M, --matryoshka
Recursively scan extracted files
-d, --depth=<int>
Limit matryoshka recursion depth (default: 8 levels deep)
-C, --directory=<str>
Extract files/folders to a custom directory (default: current working directory)
-j, --size=<int>
Limit the size of each extracted file
-n, --count=<int>
Limit the number of extracted files
-r, --rm
Delete carved files after extraction
-z, --carve
Carve data from files, but don't execute extraction utilities
-V, --subdirs
Extract into sub-directories named by the offset

Entropy Options

-E, --entropy
Calculate file entropy
-F, --fast
Use faster, but less detailed, entropy analysis
-J, --save
Save plot as a PNG
-Q, --nlegend
Omit the legend from the entropy plot graph
-N, --nplot
Do not generate an entropy plot graph
-H, --high=<float>
Set the rising edge entropy trigger threshold (default: 0.95)
-L, --low=<float>
Set the falling edge entropy trigger threshold (default: 0.85)

Binary Diffing Options

-W, --hexdump
Perform a hexdump / diff of a file or files
-G, --green
Only show lines containing bytes that are the same among all files
-i, --red
Only show lines containing bytes that are different among all files
-U, --blue
Only show lines containing bytes that are different among some files
-u, --similar
Only display lines that are the same between all files
-w, --terse
Diff all files, but only display a hex dump of the first file

Raw Compression Options

-X, --deflate
Scan for raw deflate compression streams
-Z, --lzma
Scan for raw LZMA compression streams
-P, --partial
Perform a superficial, but faster, scan
-S, --stop
Stop after the first result

General Options

-l, --length=<int>
Number of bytes to scan
-o, --offset=<int>
Start scan at this file offset
-O, --base=<int>
Add a base address to all printed offsets
-K, --block=<int>
Set file block size
-g, --swap=<int>
Reverse every n bytes before scanning
-f, --log=<file>
Log results to file
-c, --csv
Log results to file in CSV format
-t, --term
Format output to fit the terminal window
-q, --quiet
Suppress output to stdout
-v, --verbose
Enable verbose output
-h, --help
Show help output
-a, --finclude=<str>
Only scan files whose names match this regex
-p, --fexclude=<str>
Do not scan files whose names match this regex
-s, --status=<int>
Enable the status server on the specified port