A Graph-Based Approach for Analysis of Software Security

摘要

This paper describes an approach for an automated analysis of software applications and their security. Therefore a graph-based representation of the software application is generated as a directed graph. Search algorithms are applied to the directed graph algorithm in order to generate information about the security of the reviewed application. A graphical representation is generated to provide an impression about the complexity of the reviewed system. The presented work is part of an ongoing doctoral thesis and is therefore at an early research stage. The approach is explained by a practical example.