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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2010
Ian Oliver, Manly Vale, AU;
Subhash Gaonkar, Wentworthville, AU;
Ian Oliver, Manly Vale, AU;
Subhash Gaonkar, Wentworthville, AU;
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method to detect malformed arguments in a function by hooking a generic object, is described. A predetermined argument to monitor is identified. An activity associated with a calling of a function to produce a called out function is detected. The called out function is mapped to a class identification of an object. An argument in the called out function is compared with the predetermined argument. When a match exists, a virtual method table identification is recorded for the called out function. The match between the argument in the called out function and the predetermined argument is reported.