PRJ-04 · Security Research · Embedded Systems
Embedded Firmware Security Research
Static analysis and reverse engineering of ARM Cortex-M firmware to understand device architecture, interfaces and potential security weaknesses.
// No confidential assessment details, vulnerabilities, proprietary firmware, client information or exploit code are published.
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01 Overview
A general embedded-security research project: static analysis and reverse engineering of ARM Cortex-M firmware to understand device architecture, interfaces and security boundaries.
02 My Role
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03 System Architecture
Firmware image—Ghidra static analysis—Peripheral map—UART interface—Debug interfaces—Security boundaries
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04 Hardware
- MCU
- ARM Cortex-M (STM32)
- Interfaces
- UART, debug interfaces, memory-mapped peripherals
05 Firmware
- Language
- Embedded C (analysed)
- Tooling
- Ghidra
- Areas
- Firmware architecture, UART command interfaces, memory access, diagnostics
06 Engineering Challenges
- ▸Mapping memory-mapped peripherals
- ▸Reconstructing firmware architecture from binaries
- ▸Identifying security boundaries
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07 Testing & Debugging
UART debuggingLogic analyserStatic analysis
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08 Result
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09 Tech Stack
ARM Cortex-MSTM32GhidraFirmware analysisUARTMemory-mapped peripheralsEmbedded CReverse engineeringDebug interfacesSecurity analysis
10 Gallery
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