Tool

Unshield

Unshield lists and extracts files from InstallShield cabinet files through a C tool and library. Its implementation uses existing extractor source as a reference for the undocumented format and aims to support InstallShield versions 5 and later.

Targets: App
Category: Binary analysis libraries
Relationship: Foundation tool
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-09

Stars: 439
Last commit: 2026-11-07
Language: C
License (GitHub): MIT

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: An InstallShield cabinet file is required as input.
Prerequisites: CMake is used to build the C source.
Limits: Malformed or crafted cabinet files can cause crashes or out-of-bounds reads; process untrusted files in a sandbox.
License: MIT license.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{unshield,
  title = {{Unshield}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/twogood/unshield}},
  url = {https://github.com/twogood/unshield},
  urldate = {2026-11-09},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/unshield/}}
}

Plain text

Unshield. https://github.com/twogood/unshield (accessed 2026-11-09). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/unshield/

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README.md GitHub · twogood/unshield · Revision c602af6