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Rizin Cheat Sheet

Last modified: 2024-02-18

Rizin is a reverse engineering framework forked from Radare2.

*Using Cutter

Cutter is a GUI tool for reverse engineering powered by Rizin.
It can also have a decompiler, so it’s recommended to use it first.

cutter <file>

To use the Ghidra decompiler, install the package.

sudo apt install rizin-plugin-ghidra
# or
sudo apt install rz-ghidra

Start Debugging

rizin ./example

# Debug mode
rizin -d ./example
# Write mode
rizin -w ./example

Analyze

Analyze the program after starting the debugger.

# Analyze all calls
> aaa

# Analyze function
> af 
# List all functions
> afl
> afl | grep main
# Show address of current function
> afo

# Print usage
> ?

# Add "?" suffix to print the usage of the specific command.
> i?
> p?

Visual Mode

You can enter visual mode for more intuitive operation.

> v

# Visual Debugger Mode
> Vpp

Below is a list of basic commands:

# Toggle print mode
p
# or
P

# Step
s

# Toggle cursor mode
c

# Exit
q

# Enable regular rizin commands
:

Debug

# Step
> ds
# Step 3 times
> ds 3
# Step back
> dsb

# Setup a breakpoint
> db @ 0x8048920
# Remove a breakpoint
> db @ -0x8048920
# Remove all breakpoints
> db-*
# List all breakpoints
> dbl

# Continue to execute the program until we hit the breakpoint
> dc
# Continue until syscall
> dcs

# Read all registers values
> dr
> dr=
# Read given register value
> dr eip
> dr rip
# Set a register value
> dr eax=24
# Show register references
> drr

Seek

# Print current address
> s

# Seek to given function
> s main
> s sym.main

# Seek to given address
> s 0x1360
> s 0x0x00001360

# Seek to register address
> s esp
> s esp+0x40
> s rsp
> s rsp+0x40

# Seek 8 positions
> sd 8

# Show the seek history
> sh
# Undoing
> shu
# Redoing
> shr

Print

# Disassemble at current address
> pd
# Disassemble 10 instructions at current address
> pd 10
# Disassemble all possible opcodes at current address
> pda
# Disassemble all possible opcodes 10 instructions at current address
> pda 10
# Disassemble at the given function
> pd @ main
> pd 20 @ main

# Disassemble a function at current address
> pdf
# Disassemble at given address
> pdf @ 0x401005
# Disassemble the main function
> pdf @ main

# Print string
> ps @ 0x2100
# Print zero-terminated string
> psz @0x2100

# Show 200 hex bytes
> px 200
# Show hex bytes at given register
> px @ eip
> px @ esp

To decompile functions, we need to Ghidra decompiler so first we need to install the ghidra plugin.

sudo apt install rizin-plugin-ghidra

Then below are commands for decompiling.

# Decompile the "main" function
> pdg @ main

Write

We need to add '-w' option when the debugger starts.

# Write string
> w Hello World\n @ 0x2100

# Write opcodes at given address
> wa 'mov eax, 1' @ 0x2100
> wa 'mov byte [rbp-0x1], 0x61' @ 0x2100

Expressions

> ?vi 0x000011a4
4516

> ?vi 1+2
3

Information about Binary File

# Information about the binary file
> i

# All summary
> ia

# Show main address
> iM

# Symbols
is

# List strings
> iz
# List strings in whole binary
> izz

Reopen Current File

# Reopen current file in debug mode
> ood