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by wolfgke 3487 days ago
The first step is to detect the wrong signature. The next step is to compare the files to see whether truncation, bitswap etc. happened or whether the manipulation went deeper. Or for the more paranoid people: See what dangerous attack code can be introduced into the software by such an innocent-looking manipulation and whether the modification that happened did introduce such an exploit or not.