apple-firmware-inspector — independently scanned and version-tracked by SaferSkills.
SaferSkills independently audited apple-firmware-inspector (Agent Skill) and scored it 100/100 (green). The audit ran 55 deterministic rules across Security, Supply Chain, Maintenance, Transparency, and Community; it found 0 high-severity and 0 lower-severity findings. The full rule-by-rule trace and per-finding evidence are below. Free, methodology-open.
Findings & checks · 0 flagged
Every scanned point with the score it earned and what moved between them.
First recorded scan — no prior version to compare against.
The primary manifest — the file an agent reads to learn what this artifact does.
Install: brew install blacktop/tap/ipsw.
When a device target is needed, resolve current identifiers with ipsw device-list or live data. Do not copy stale iPhone identifiers.
Firmware:
ipsw download ipsw --device "$DEVICE" --latest
ipsw download ipsw --device "$DEVICE" --latest --kernel --dyld
ipsw extract --kernel "$LATEST_IPSW"
ipsw extract --dyld --dyld-arch arm64e "$LATEST_IPSW"
ipsw extract --kernel --remote <IPSW_URL>Userspace / dyld shared cache:
DSC=/System/Volumes/Preboot/Cryptexes/OS/System/Library/dyld/dyld_shared_cache_arm64e
ipsw dyld a2s "$DSC" 0xADDR
ipsw dyld symaddr "$DSC" "_symbol" --image Some.framework/Some
ipsw dyld disass "$DSC" --vaddr 0xADDR
ipsw dyld disass "$DSC" --symbol "_symbol" --image Some.framework/Some
ipsw dyld xref "$DSC" 0xADDR --all
ipsw dyld dump "$DSC" 0xADDR --size 256
ipsw dyld str "$DSC" "pattern" --image Some.framework/Some
ipsw dyld objc --class "$DSC" --image Some.framework/Some
ipsw dyld extract "$DSC" Some.framework/Some -o ./out/Kernel/KEXT:
ipsw kernel kexts kernelcache.release.$DEVICE
ipsw kernel extract kernelcache sandbox --output ./kexts/
ipsw kernel syscall kernelcache
ipsw kernel kexts --diff "kernelcache_old" "kernelcache_new"Entitlements:
ipsw macho info --ent /path/to/binary
ipsw ent --sqlite ent.db --ipsw "$LATEST_IPSW"
ipsw ent --sqlite ent.db --key "com.apple.private.security.no-sandbox"Class dump:
ipsw class-dump "$DSC" SpringBoardServices --headers -o ./headers/
ipsw class-dump "$DSC" Security --class SecKey
ipsw class-dump "$DSC" UIKit --class 'UIApplication.*' --headers -o ./headers/
ipsw class-dump "$DSC" Security --reMach-O:
ipsw macho info /path/to/binary
ipsw macho disass /path/to/binary --symbol _main
ipsw macho info --sig /path/to/binarya2s/symaddr creates cache; later lookups are faster.--image <DYLIB> for DSC operations; it is much faster.--json for scripting.references/download.mdreferences/dyld.mdreferences/kernel.mdreferences/entitlements.mdreferences/class-dump.mdreferences/macho.md~30 seconds. Free. No account. Every finding cites a rule and a line of evidence.