The document discusses several tools for testing iOS applications, including ChaoticMarch, Machshark, and Objc_trace. ChaoticMarch is described as a tool for simulating user interactions and automating testing of an iOS app. It allows writing Lua scripts to interact with the UI and regulate test execution speed. Machshark is a tool for analyzing Mach IPC messages and Objc_trace allows tracing Objective-C method calls. The document also provides examples of Lua scripts for ChaoticMarch that find and interact with UI elements to automate tasks like filling fields and logging in.

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and technology to discover security
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Employer!
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IdaRef documentation plugin:
https://github.com/nologic/idaref

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8. 1. Allocate a page - a jump page
2. Set objc_msgSend readable and writable
3. Copy preamble bytes from objc_msgSend
4. Check for branch instructions in preamble
5. Modify objc_msgSend preamble
6. Set jump page to readable and executable
7. Set objc_msgSend readable and executable
Objc_Trace
Call Sequence
Hook Steps

9. void* hook_callback64_pre(id self, SEL op, void* a1, ...) {
Class cls = object_getClass(self);
if(cls != NULL && op != NULL)
cacheImp = c_cache_getImp(cls, op);
if(!cacheImp) {
// not in cache, never been called, record the call.
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const struct mach_header* libobjc_base = libobjc_dylib_base();
c_cache_getImp = (p_cache_getImp)((uint8_t*)libobjc_base) + 97792 + 0x4000;
Only record unseen
method calls
Find the cache check
function cache_getImp

11. { '_payload': { '_payload': { '_msg':
'x00x00x08x00x00x00subsystemx00x00x00x00@x00x00x05x0
0x00x00x00x00x00x00ha', 'type': 2048},
'magic': '!CPX',
'version': 5},
'msgh_bits': 1250579,
'msgh_id': 268435456,
'msgh_local_port': '0x30b',
'msgh_remote_port': '0x10b',
'msgh_reserved': 2819,
'msgh_size': 256}
Machshark

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14. “A little engine for driving the UI while doing
blackbox testing of an iOS App”
- CHAOTICMARCH

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16. ● Simulate the user ● Read and understand the UI

17. cy# UIApp.keyWindow
<UIWindow; frame = (0 0; 320 568); gestureRecognizers = <NSArray>;>
| <TiRootViewNeue; frame = (0 0; 320 568); autoresize = W+H; layer = <CALayer>>
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<TiUITableViewCell; baseClass = UITableViewCell; text = 'Log On';
| <TiGradientLayer;> (layer)
| <UITableViewCellContentView; frame = (0 0; 256 43.5); layer = <CALayer>>
| | <UITableViewLabel; frame = (74 0; 167 43.5); text = 'Log On'>
| | <UIImageView; frame = (15 0; 44 43.5); layer = <CALayer>>
| <_UITableViewCellSeparatorView; frame = (74 43.5; 182 0.5); layer = <CALayer>>

18. ● Lua Scriptable Logic
● Standard functions for touching the device
● Options for record/replay
● Finding UI Components
● Regulating speed of execution
● Support for multiple targets
● Mechanisms for generic logic
● Lightweight injected module
Source

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20. while true do
local button = getButton(clickedButtons)
-- put some info in.
fill_all_fields()
click_button(button)
if(button["text"] ~= nil) then
clickedButtons[button["text"]] = 1
end
usleep(2 * 1000000)
end

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22. MITM Proxy
Request
Fuzz
Parse
Mutator

23. 1 - Make a post
2 - Get exploited
binary/XSS with phish
3 - Steal creds or tokens
4 - Put up a draft
5 - Request messages
6 - respond with attack
content
Attacker
User
We focus
on this

25. while true do
local inputs = findOfTypes("UITextField", "")
for index, inputField in pairs(inputs) do
click_button(inputField)
inputText("SomeInput!!")
end
-- touch login
touchDown(3, 138, 619);
usleep(83148.83);
touchUp(3, 141, 615);
check_alert()
end
Source

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27. • Apps are important!
• Automation of the UI
• Collection of coverage information
• Fuzzing of responses messages

28. , blog: debugtrap.com
Twitter: @hexlogic
Source:
CHAOTICMARCH: https://github.com/synack/chaoticmarch
Machshark: https://github.com/nologic/machshark
Objc_trace: https://github.com/nologic/objc_trace
Images: http://iconmonstr.com/