New Method Improves 1-Day Vulnerability Detection in Binaries
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🛠️✨ New Method Enhances Detection of 1-Day Vulnerabilities in Software Binaries. Researchers have introduced PLocator, a novel approach designed to improve the detection of 1-day vulnerabilities in binaries, which pose significant risks to software security. Unlike existing methods that struggle with compiler variations and irrelevant code, PLocator utilizes stable values from patch code and its context within the control flow graph to accurately identify real patch code. Evaluated against 73 CVEs across two extensive datasets, PLocator achieved an impressive average true positive rate of 88.2% and a false positive rate of 12.9%, significantly outperforming current techniques by 26.7% and 63.5%, respectively. This advancement marks a substantial step forward in practical vulnerability detection for real-world applications.
