kTrans: Knowledge-Aware Transformer for Binary Code Embedding. (arXiv:2308.12659v1 [cs.SE])

Binary Code Embedding (BCE) has important applications in various reverse
engineering tasks such as binary code similarity detection, type recovery,
control-flow recovery and data-flow analysis. Recent studies have shown that
the Transformer model can comprehend the semantics of binary code to support
downstream tasks. However, existing models overlooked the prior knowledge of
assembly language. In this paper, we propose a novel Transformer-based
approach, namely kTrans, to generate knowledge-aware binary code embedding. By
feeding explicit knowledge as additional inputs to the …

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