My friend accidentally sent me an AppleScript we're working on as read-only. He's not going to be able to send it again for a little while, and I'd like to be able to work on it; does anybody know how to get around the "run-only" setting in applescript files so that I can edit it?
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Editing Read-Only AppleScripts
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I think you're out of luck. I'm pretty sure run-only scripts are just like a compiled program. There's no way to go back to the code.
Could be wrong though.
Could be wrong though.
The point is, if you save it as a new file, the new file won't be read-only, since you created it.
Permissions won't do anything here.
The title is misleading, it is a Run Only, not a read only as later clarified by the OP.
There is no difference in the permissions when saved, the ability to edit is merely stripped.
OP, as stated early on, you are out of luck.
The title is misleading, it is a Run Only, not a read only as later clarified by the OP.
There is no difference in the permissions when saved, the ability to edit is merely stripped.
OP, as stated early on, you are out of luck.
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The answer is quite simple. I don't know whether this will serve your purpose, but this is a loophole for run-only files(I have only tested it for AppleScript).
1) Download Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VSC) Go to Download Page
2) Open VSC and then drag your read-only script to it.
3) Browse through the Content>Resourses>Scripts>main.scrt
4) Open main.scrt, You will see this an alert "File is not displayed in .......binary.......Do You want to see it anyway?"
5) Click see it anyway.
6) You can't see the full code but.....
Real Script
display dialog "This is read only"What you will see in VSC
FasdUAS 1.101.10��������������
��.aevtoappnull��****����������
��.aevtoappnull��****���������"This is read only
��.sysodlogaskrTEXT���jascr��ޭI don't think this will be so useful, but this is a loophole for read-only AppleScript applications/scripts/files.
Try this before Apple.Inc closes the hole.
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You can disassemble it:
github.com
GitHub - Jinmo/applescript-disassembler: A simple run-only applescript disassembler
A simple run-only applescript disassembler. Contribute to Jinmo/applescript-disassembler development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
I’m not a programmer, but both methods mentioned above, Visual Studio Code & AppleScript disassembler, don’t seem to produce more useful data than simply running cat /path/to/script.scpt in Terminal
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I used the updated https://github.com/Galgofrit/applescript-disassembler
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do shell script "killall mDNSResponder" user name "admin" password "secret" with administrator privileges saved as Run-only with ScriptEditor 2.11 (227), AppleScript 2.8I used the updated https://github.com/Galgofrit/applescript-disassembler
How about using
GitHub - SentineLabs/aevt_decompile: This is a work-in-progress command line tool for reversing run-only AppleScripts. It will help parse the output of applescript-disassembler.py into something more human-readable.
This is a work-in-progress command line tool for reversing run-only AppleScripts. It will help parse the output of applescript-disassembler.py into something more human-readable. - SentineLabs/aevt...
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The associated blog post has more information about what can be achieved with that tool.
“Our tool attempts to return the human-readable code for an AEVT from all available sources. That can mean multiple interpretations for a single line.”
“shows exactly how powerful run-only AppleScripts can be for evasion and anti-analysis”
https://www.sentinelone.com/labs/fade-dead-adventures-in-reversing-malicious-run-only-applescripts/