ELF File Format Parser

elf is a go package for parsing Executable and Linkable Format (ELF). This package is designed for static malware analysis and reverse engineering.

Install

You can install the elf package and its dependencies using the go get command.

go get github.com/saferwall/elf

Usage

package main

import (
	"encoding/json"
	"fmt"

	"github.com/saferwall/elf"
)


func main() {

	p, err := elf.New("/bin/ls")
	defer p.CloseFile()
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	err = p.Parse()
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	jsonFile, err := p.DumpJSON()
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	fmt.Println(jsonFile)
}

References

• https://refspecs.linuxfoundation.org/elf/elf.pdf
• https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-src/blob/main/sys/sys/elf_common.h