"BinCAT -> Analyze from here": throwing syntax error message

[k1p0d]

Environment:

• Host: Windows 10
• IDA ver: 7.6
• Sample: ARMv7 / Linux

Whats wrong?

Hey when clicking on "BinCAT-> Analyze from here" I get in the output window -

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WARNING:bincat.gui.pluginoptions:IDAUSR not defined, using C:\Users\XXX\AppData\Roaming\Hex-Rays\IDA Pro INFO:bincat.plugin:IDABinCAT ready. INFO:bincat.gui:Launching the analyzer INFO:bincat.plugin:Current analyzer path: C:\Users\XXX\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpxmalk2b4bincat ERROR:bincat.plugin.npkgen:Error encountered while running gcc. Is it installed in PATH? WARNING:bincat.plugin:Could not compile header file, types from IDB will not be used for type propagation WARNING:bincat.plugin:.no file containing type data for the file being analyzed could not be generated, continuing. The ida-generated header could be invalid. INFO:bincat.plugin:Analyzer: starting process INFO:bincat.plugin:Analyzer started. INFO:bincat.plugin:Analyzer process finished ERROR:bincat.plugin:analyzer returned exit code=2 INFO:bincat.plugin:---- stdout ---------------- INFO:bincat.plugin:b'BinCAT v1.1-dirty\r\n' INFO:bincat.plugin:---- stderr ---------------- INFO:bincat.plugin:b'EXCEPTION: Exceptions.Error("Syntax error near location (101, 14) of C:\\Users\\XXX\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\tmpxmalk2b4bincat\\init.ini")\r\nCheck log file for details [C:\Users\XXX\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpxmalk2b4bincat\analyzer.log]\r\n' INFO:bincat.plugin:---- logfile --------------- INFO:bincat.plugin:[INFO] main: BinCAT version v1.1-dirty INFO:bincat.plugin:[ABORT] main: Syntax error near location (101, 14) of C:\Users\XXX\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpxmalk2b4bincat\init.ini INFO:bincat.plugin:Raised by primitive operation at file "utils/log.ml", line 157, characters 41-69 INFO:bincat.plugin:Called from file "main.ml", line 64, characters 8-105 INFO:bincat.plugin:Called from file "bincat.ml", line 42, characters 7-49 INFO:bincat.plugin:[EXCEPTION] main: Exception caught in main loop INFO:bincat.plugin:Exceptions.Error("Syntax error near location (101, 14) of C:\Users\XXX\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpxmalk2b4bincat\init.ini") INFO:bincat.plugin:Raised at file "utils/log.ml", line 160, characters 4-32 INFO:bincat.plugin:Called from file "main.ml", line 64, characters 8-105 INFO:bincat.plugin:[STOP] nothing analyzed INFO:bincat.plugin:====== end of logfile ====== ERROR:bincat.plugin:Could not parse result file

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saying this file C:\Users\XXX\AppData\Local\Temp\tmptul3b3p4bincat\init.ini contains a syntax error at (101, 14) which contains the following line -

remap_binary = False

any ideas ?

[trou]

Which version are you running? Are you sure the IDA plugin and analyzer are in sync ?

[trou]

I cannot reproduce, closing.