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Debug Information

CodeDefender provides two types of debug information. If you're using the SaaS, each time you obfuscate a binary, you'll receive a map file in the following format:

RangeStart,RangeEnd,Original
0x1106,0x1162,0x1528
0x110b,0x1167,0x152e
0x1112,0x116e,0x1539
0x1119,0x1175,0x153e
0x1120,0x117c,0x1547
0x1127,0x1183,0x154b
0x112e,0x118a,0x155b
0x1135,0x1191,0x156b
0x113c,0x1198,0x156f

This file maps ranges of obfuscated code back to their corresponding locations in the original binary.

Microsoft PDB Support​

Using pdbgen2, you can convert a CodeDefender map file into a PDB file.

Generating a PDB File​

To generate a PDB file using the original PDB and the CodeDefender-generated map file, use the following command:

pdbgen2.exe --obf-pe=example/HelloWorld_mutated.exe \
            --map-file=example/HelloWorld.map.csv \
            --orig-pdb=example/HelloWorld.pdb \
            --out-pdb=example/output.pdb

Note: Not all tools that parse PDB files support PDB OMAP. To ensure compatibility with popular tools such as IDA, WinDbg, x64dbg, and Visual Studio, partial reconstruction of the PDB is necessary.