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The Dex File Format

• vmarquet 9y ago
  For a quick reference of the Dex file format, Ange Albertini (known for PoC||GTFO) made a poster: https://github.com/corkami/pics/blob/master/binary/DalvikEXecutable.pdf https://github.com/corkami/pics/blob/master/binary/DalvikEXe... All his posters are pretty amazing: https://github.com/corkami/pics/blob/master/binary/README.md https://github.com/corkami/pics/blob/master/binary/README.md
• xg15 9y ago
  > The next value is a checksum, which is calculated by applying a function to the contents of the entire file, excluding any bytes preceding the checksum. [...] > The header also includes a SHA-1 hash of the file (excluding any preceding bytes). Wait, each checksum includes the other? How does that work?
  • xg15 9y ago
    ... nevermind. Pardon the stupidity...