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App. Res. of Comp. Accepted Paper
Vol. 41, 2024 No. 11

Directional fuzzing based on multi-objective domination analysis and path dynamic pruning optimization

Li Zeyuan
Yin Zhongxu
Zong Guoxiao
Sang Haiya
School of Cyberspace Security, Information Engineering University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
DOI: 10.19734/j.issn.1001-3695.2024.01.0060

Abstract

Current directed fuzzing techniques suffer from a lack of specificity towards individual targets in multi-target testing, limited path diversity when aiming at the same target, and a failure to dynamically adjust distance metrics based on the coverage level of different targets, leading to imbalanced testing and reduced efficiency in environments that integrate static analysis alerts for vulnerability discovery. To address these issues, this paper introduces MTDFuzz, a multi-target directed exploration fuzzing technique that identifies dominating nodes for targeted traversal. By leveraging test case optimization through multi-objective dominance analysis and a coverage score incentive mechanism, MTDFuzz generates test cases that cover both dominating nodes and targets, enabling diversified and directed exploration of target paths within the constraints of key coverage elements. The technique dynamically prunes paths based on target coverage, excluding thoroughly tested paths and targets from distance metric feedback. Through pruning and global dominating node adjustment, it dynamically tunes the scores of dominating nodes and target basic blocks, optimizing seed scheduling strategies based on dominating node coverage to efficiently allocate multi-target testing resources. Experimental results demonstrate that MTDFuzz significantly reduces the average time to discover vulnerabilities by 57.6% compared to commonly used directed fuzzing tools, and has uncovered 12 0-day vulnerabilities in four open-source programs, including Glibc and FFmpeg, significantly enhancing the multi-target exploration capability and vulnerability mining efficiency of directed fuzzing.

Foundation Support

河南省重点研发资助项目(221111210300)

Publish Information

DOI: 10.19734/j.issn.1001-3695.2024.01.0060
Publish at: Application Research of Computers Accepted Paper, Vol. 41, 2024 No. 11

Publish History

[2024-07-10] Accepted Paper

Cite This Article

李泽源, 尹中旭, 宗国笑, 等. 基于多目标支配分析和路径动态修剪优化的定向模糊测试技术 [J]. 计算机应用研究, 2024, 41 (11). (2024-09-11). https://doi.org/10.19734/j.issn.1001-3695.2024.01.0060. (Li Zeyuan, Yin Zhongxu, Zong Guoxiao, et al. Directional fuzzing based on multi-objective domination analysis and path dynamic pruning optimization [J]. Application Research of Computers, 2024, 41 (11). (2024-09-11). https://doi.org/10.19734/j.issn.1001-3695.2024.01.0060. )

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Application Research of Computers, founded in 1984, is an academic journal of computing technology sponsored by Sichuan Institute of Computer Sciences under the Science and Technology Department of Sichuan Province.

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