“Unstripping” binaries: Restoring debugging information in GDB with Pwndbg

Published

2024-09-06 13:00

Collected

2026-07-03 03:43

---
id: 1462
title: "“Unstripping” binaries: Restoring debugging information in GDB with Pwndbg"
source_domain: blog.trailofbits.com
source_url: "https://blog.trailofbits.com/2024/09/06/unstripping-binaries-restoring-debugging-information-in-gdb-with-pwndbg/"
published_at: "2024-09-06 13:00"
tags: ["reverse-engineering", "go", "debugging", "trail-of-bits", "pwndbg", "gdb", "binary-ninja"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/1462"
lang: en
---

# “Unstripping” binaries: Restoring debugging information in GDB with Pwndbg

## Summary

Trail of Bits extends Pwndbg with Binary Ninja integration—syncing symbols, signatures, and stack variables with decompilation—and Go type parsing to debug stripped binaries in GDB more like an IDE.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** blog.trailofbits.com
- **Published:** 2024-09-06 13:00
- **Original:** https://blog.trailofbits.com/2024/09/06/unstripping-binaries-restoring-debugging-information-in-gdb-with-pwndbg/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/1462