trailofbits / trailofbits/fickling
Possible to apply heuristics scan to pickle files?
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Description
I'm not so familiar with pickling and these scans. However, I wondered if maybe there are heuristics or signatures for certain types of pickle files that could be evaluated.
If you knew for example that a pickle file should be for a stable diffusion model, some properties could be examined that might help to verify a bit more.
If so, could set up something like a /signatures directoy and let people pull request in definitions, then could scan -security -sig='signatures/typename'
This can be closed, just wanted to pass the idea by in case it could be useful
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The issue proposes heuristic or signature checks for pickle files, a /signatures directory for contributed definitions, and a -security -sig='signatures/typename' scan option. Start by reviewing the existing security scan behavior and command-line options; done would require a concrete, agreed scope for signatures and a way to evaluate them during scanning.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- security
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
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- Over a week
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- Stale
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- Needs clarification
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- 20/100