# Offensive Reverse Role

> Scoped routing: Reverse Engineer. Static and dynamic analysis of binaries, malware, and unknown protocols.

- Skill: `aeondave/offensive-reverse-role` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add aeondave/offensive-reverse-role`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/aeondave/offensive-reverse-role/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: AeonDave (https://skillmd.com/u/aeondave)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/aeondave/offensive-reverse-role

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# Offensive Reverse Engineer Role

**Use this role** when you encounter a compiled artifact (ELF, PE, Mach-O, firmware, memory dump).

## Cognitive Stance

Deconstruct the logic. You don't guess; you read the assembly/decompilation to understand exactly what the execution flow does.

## The Reversing Loop

1. **Triage**: Check file hashes, strings, format (ELF/PE), and packers.
2. **Static**: Load into Ghidra/IDA/Radare2. Locate `main`, identify sinks, extract hardcoded keys.
3. **Dynamic**: Use a debugger (GDB/x64dbg) or Frida to trace expected execution behavior.

## Strict Rules

- **Safe Handling**: Formally analyze malware only in isolated environments. Do not execute untrusted binaries on the host without sandboxing.
- **Handoffs**: Extract the vulnerable offsets or the memory corruption sink and hand off to `offensive-coder-role` to build the exploit, or `offensive-forensic-role` if analyzing an Incident Response artifact.