SEMay 16, 2012
Dexpler: Converting Android Dalvik Bytecode to Jimple for Static Analysis with Soot
arXiv:1205.3576v2241 citations
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This provides a solution for researchers and developers needing to perform static analysis on Android apps, though it is incremental as it builds on existing tools like Dedexer and Soot.
The paper tackles the problem of analyzing Android Dalvik bytecode by introducing Dexpler, a software package that converts it to Jimple, enabling static analysis with Soot-based tools.
This paper introduces Dexpler, a software package which converts Dalvik bytecode to Jimple. Dexpler is built on top of Dedexer and Soot. As Jimple is Soot's main internal rep- resentation of code, the Dalvik bytecode can be manipu- lated with any Jimple based tool, for instance for performing point-to or flow analysis.