Got rid of biplist, using standard plistlib

mvt/ios/modules/fs/idstatuscache.py

@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@
 import collections
 import glob
 import os
-
-import biplist
+import plistlib
 
 from mvt.common.utils import convert_mactime_to_unix, convert_timestamp_to_iso
 
@@ -57,7 +56,8 @@ class IDStatusCache(IOSExtraction):
         self._find_ios_database(backup_ids=IDSTATUSCACHE_BACKUP_IDS, root_paths=IDSTATUSCACHE_ROOT_PATHS)
         self.log.info("Found IDStatusCache plist at path: %s", self.file_path)
 
-        file_plist = biplist.readPlist(self.file_path)
+        with open(self.file_path, "rb") as handle:
+            file_plist = plistlib.load(handle)
 
         id_status_cache_entries = []
         for app in file_plist:

mvt/ios/modules/fs/locationd.py

@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@
 
 import glob
 import os
-
-import biplist
+import plistlib
 
 from mvt.common.utils import convert_mactime_to_unix, convert_timestamp_to_iso
 
@@ -55,7 +54,9 @@ class LocationdClients(IOSExtraction):
     def run(self):
         self._find_ios_database(backup_ids=LOCATIOND_BACKUP_IDS, root_paths=LOCATIOND_ROOT_PATHS)
         self.log.info("Found Locationd Clients plist at path: %s", self.file_path)
-        file_plist = biplist.readPlist(self.file_path)
+
+        with open(self.file_path, "rb") as handle:
+            file_plist = plistlib.load(handle)
 
         for app in file_plist:
             if file_plist[app] is dict:

mvt/ios/modules/fs/manifest.py

@@ -6,10 +6,9 @@
 import datetime
 import io
 import os
+import plistlib
 import sqlite3
 
-import biplist
-
 from mvt.common.module import DatabaseNotFoundError
 from mvt.common.utils import convert_timestamp_to_iso
 
@@ -117,7 +116,7 @@ class Manifest(IOSExtraction):
 
             if file_data["file"]:
                 try:
-                    file_plist = biplist.readPlist(io.BytesIO(file_data["file"]))
+                    file_plist = plistlib.load(io.BytesIO(file_data["file"]))
                     file_metadata = self._get_key(file_plist, "$objects")[1]
                     cleaned_metadata.update({
                         "created": self._convert_timestamp(self._get_key(file_metadata, "Birth")),

mvt/ios/modules/fs/safari_browserstate.py

@@ -4,10 +4,9 @@
 #   https://license.mvt.re/1.1/
 
 import io
+import plistlib
 import sqlite3
 
-import biplist
-
 from mvt.common.utils import (convert_mactime_to_unix,
                               convert_timestamp_to_iso, keys_bytes_to_string)
 
@@ -80,7 +79,7 @@ class SafariBrowserState(IOSExtraction):
             if item[4]:
                 # Skip a 4 byte header before the plist content.
                 session_plist = item[4][4:]
-                session_data = biplist.readPlist(io.BytesIO(session_plist))
+                session_data = plistlib.load(io.BytesIO(session_plist))
                 session_data = keys_bytes_to_string(session_data)
 
                 if "SessionHistoryEntries" in session_data["SessionHistory"]:

mvt/ios/modules/fs/webkit_session_resource_log.py

@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@
 
 import glob
 import os
-
-import biplist
+import plistlib
 
 from mvt.common.utils import convert_timestamp_to_iso
 
@@ -36,7 +35,9 @@ class WebkitSessionResourceLog(IOSExtraction):
     def _extract_browsing_stats(self, file_path):
         items = []
 
-        file_plist = biplist.readPlist(file_path)
+        with open(file_path, "rb") as handle:
+            file_list = plistlib.read(handle)
+
         if "browsingStatistics" not in file_plist:
             return items
 

setup.py

@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ requires = (
     "requests>=2.26.0",
     "simplejson>=3.17.3",
     # iOS dependencies:
-    "biplist>=1.0.3",
     "iOSbackup>=0.9.912",
     # Android dependencies:
     "adb-shell>=0.4.0",