[olevba][oledump.plugin_diff] cannot use a string pattern on a bytes-like object #444
Description
Affected tool:
olevba, oledump
Describe the bug
Inappropriate use of types in a collection search function.
How To Reproduce the bug
olevba file_name
Console output / Screenshots
DEBUG Checking DirEntry #19
DEBUG This DirEntry is an orphan or unused
DEBUG Found Excel stream 'Workbook'
DEBUG Running BIFF plugin from oledump
ERROR Error when running oledump.plugin_biff, please report to https://github.com/decalage2/oletools/issues
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/oletools/olevba.py", line 3107, in detect_xlm_macros
self.xlm_macros = biff_plugin.Analyze()
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/oletools/thirdparty/oledump/plugin_biff.py", line 1005, in Analyze
values = Strings(data[3:]).values()
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/oletools/thirdparty/oledump/plugin_biff.py", line 84, in Strings
dStrings[encoding] = StringsASCII(data)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/oletools/thirdparty/oledump/plugin_biff.py", line 75, in StringsASCII
return re.findall('[^\x00-\x08\x0A-\x1F\x7F-\xFF]{4,}', data)
File "/usr/lib/python3.6/re.py", line 222, in findall
return _compile(pattern, flags).findall(string)
TypeError: cannot use a string pattern on a bytes-like object
Version information:
- OS: Linux
- OS version: Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS 64 bit
- Python version: 3.6.7 64 bit
- oletools version: olevba 0.54.2