Security & Threat Intelligence · 25.07.2026, 15:29 UTC
Scripting the disassembler: Local agentic reverse engineering through vbdec’s live COM object model
| Schweregrad | info |
|---|---|
| Kategorie | Security & Threat Intelligence |
| Quelle | Cisco Talos ↗ |
| Veröffentlicht | 25.07.2026 UTC |
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Analysis tools do not need AI built in to support agentic workflows; they simply need to expose their data through an external scripting interface. Even traditional graphical user interface (GUI) applications can be made AI-accessible by publishing their internal object models, allowing agents to query and automate analysis without modifying the core application. This approach can often be implemented with surprisingly little engineering effort, leveraging existing scripting technologies and application data structures. By exposing structured data rather than adding predefined AI features, users can extend a tool's capabilities through prompts, turning new analyses into workflows instead of product feature requests. The application becomes both an interactive viewer and a persistent data server, enabling local data to be parsed once and queried repeatedly across multiple agent sessions while keeping analyst-controlled data local.The problem with VB6 binaries VB6 binaries are laid out as a complex file format with embedded metadata. Recovering advanced data embeddings means reimplementing VB6s’ internal file format: the VB header, the object table, and the P-code layout. This is a highly specialized task that takes dedicated tools to do accurately, but not every tool exposes an equivalent programmatic library. The technique in this blog shows how AI agents can automate existing tools and reach deep into the result set.The recipe The whole technique comprises three pieces. Any one of them in isolation is interesting, but together they are a new working …