February 2012
Intermediate to advanced
800 pages
23h 55m
English
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Analyzing Functions
One of the most powerful aspects of IDA Pro is its ability to recognize functions, label them, and break down the local variables and parameters. Example 5-4 shows an example of a function that has been recognized by IDA Pro.
Example 5-4. Function and stack example
00401020 ; =============== S U B R O U T I N E============================= 00401020 00401020 ; Attributes: ebp-based frame ❶ 00401020 00401020 function proc near ; CODE XREF: _main+1Cp 00401020 00401020 var_C = dword ptr -0Ch ❷ 00401020 var_8 = dword ptr -8 00401020 var_4 = dword ptr -4 00401020 arg_0 = dword ptr 8 00401020 arg_4 = dword ptr 0Ch 00401020 00401020 push ebp 00401021 mov ebp, esp 00401023 sub esp, 0Ch 00401026 mov [ebp+var_8], 5 0040102D mov [ebp+var_C], ...
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