binwalk

Firmware Analysis Tool. More information: <https://github.com/ReFirmLabs/binwalk>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/binwalk.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install binwalk
Ubuntu
apt-get install binwalk
Arch Arch Linux
pacman -S binwalk
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install binwalk
Fedora
dnf install binwalk
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install binwalk
OS X
brew install binwalk
Raspbian
apt-get install binwalk
Dockerfile
dockerfile.run/binwalk

Firmware Analysis Tool. More information: <https://github.com/ReFirmLabs/binwalk>.

  • Scan a binary file:
    binwalk path/to/binary
  • Extract files from a binary, specifying the output directory:
    binwalk --extract --directory output_directory path/to/binary
  • Recursively extract files from a binary limiting the recursion depth to 2:
    binwalk --extract --matryoshka --depth 2 path/to/binary
  • Extract files from a binary with the specified file signature:
    binwalk --dd 'png image:png' path/to/binary
  • Analyze the entropy of a binary, saving the plot with the same name as the binary and `.png` extension appended:
    binwalk --entropy --save path/to/binary
  • Combine entropy, signature and opcodes analysis in a single command:
    binwalk --entropy --signature --opcodes path/to/binary

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