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Thick Client Testing

Secure your desktop applications with advanced thick-client testing. We thoroughly assess client-side binaries, local storage, and the client-server trust boundary to identify critical vulnerabilities that web-focused testing misses.

Engagement brief

Offensive Security
Frameworks
OWASP ASVSCWEPTESCVSS
Scope this engagement

The CWE weakness classes we test against.

Mapped to the vulnerability classes that matter for this surface — so coverage is auditable, not a vague promise.

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of 8 CWE weakness classes categories in scope

Cross-Site ScriptingCWE-79

Tested every engagement.

SQL InjectionCWE-89

Tested every engagement.

Improper Input ValidationCWE-20

Tested every engagement.

Path TraversalCWE-22

Tested every engagement.

OS Command InjectionCWE-78

Tested every engagement.

Improper AuthenticationCWE-287

Tested every engagement.

Unsafe DeserializationCWE-502

Tested every engagement.

Hard-coded CredentialsCWE-798

Tested every engagement.

Coverage that maps to real risk.

Windows, macOS, and cross-platform desktop applications
Local storage, registry, and configuration secrets
Inter-process communication and local privilege escalation
Client-server protocol analysis and tampering
License and integrity-control bypass

How the engagement runs.

A disciplined, repeatable arc — so results are comparable and defensible.

  1. 01

    Binary and dependency analysis

  2. 02

    Traffic interception including non-HTTP protocols

  3. 03

    Runtime instrumentation and memory analysis

  4. 04

    Server-side trust validation

  5. 05

    Reporting, debrief, and retest

What you walk away with.

Executive summary written for leadership and the board
Technical findings with severity ratings (CVSS) and reproduction steps
Prioritized remediation roadmap mapped to business risk
Free retest of remediated findings within the engagement window

Every finding is rated on the CVSS severity scale:

  • CRITICAL9.0–10.0
  • HIGH7.0–8.9
  • MEDIUM4.0–6.9
  • LOW0.1–3.9
  • INFO0.0

Questions we hear a lot.

.NET, Java, C/C++, Electron, and most common desktop stacks — including legacy applications.

More in Offensive Security.

Application Penetration TestingDeep security assessment of web applications and APIs.
Network Penetration TestingInternal and external network attack-surface assessment.
Mobile App Penetration TestingAndroid and iOS application security assessments.

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