UnicodeDecodeError: 'gbk' codec can't decode
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Description
File "C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python37\site-packages\qark\scanner..\plugins\manifest\android_path.py", line 21, in run
for line_number, line in enumerate(manifest_file):
UnicodeDecodeError: 'gbk' codec can't decode byte 0x8b in position 3694: illegal multibyte sequence
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Research direction
Start at qark/scanner/../plugins/manifest/android_path.py line 21, where the manifest file is iterated. Reproduce the reported UnicodeDecodeError with the affected Android manifest and inspect how the file is opened. Done means Qark can process that manifest without the decoding failure.
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- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- security
- Issue type
- Bug
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- Estimated time
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