DRAKVUF Black-box Binary Analysis
DRAKVUF is a virtualization based agentless black-box binary analysis system. DRAKVUF
allows for in-depth execution tracing of arbitrary binaries (including operating
systems), all without having to install any special software within the virtual machine
used for analysis.
DRAKVUF uses hardware virtualization extensions found in Intel CPUs. You will need an
Intel CPU with virtualization support (VT-x) and with Extended Page Tables (EPT). DRAKVUF
is not going to work on any other CPUs (such as AMD) or on Intel CPUs without the
required virtualization extensions.
DRAKVUF currently supports:
You can find pre-built Debian packages of the latest DRAKVUF builds at
https://github.com/tklengyel/drakvuf-builds/releases
DRAKVUF provides a perfect platform for stealthy malware analysis as its footprint is
nearly undectebable from the malware’s perspective. While DRAKVUF has been mainly
developed with malware analysis in mind, it is certainly not limited to that task as it
can be used to monitor the execution of anything that executes within a VM, including
firmware, OS kernels and user-space processes.
If you would like a full-featured DRAKVUF GUI to setup as automated analysis sandbox, check out the
DRAKVUF Sandbox project.
Installation steps can be found on the project website: https://drakvuf.com