Resign MacOS apps with com.apple.security.get-task-allow entitlement for dynamic analysis with IDA Pro's debugger or others

resign_the_shit_uwu.sh

#!/bin/bash
# This script creates an entitlements file with com.apple.security.get-task-allow enabled
# and re-signs the specified binary using an ad hoc signature.

# Mostly written by chatgpt. It works though :)
# Usage: run it on an app idk it's pretty simple

if [ "$#" -ne 1 ]; then
  echo "Usage: $0 /Path/To/YourBinary"
  exit 1
fi

BINARY_PATH="$1"

# Create entitlements.plist with the debugging entitlement
cat <<EOF > entitlements.plist
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN"
 "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
  <dict>
    <key>com.apple.security.get-task-allow</key>
    <true/>
  </dict>
</plist>
EOF

echo "Re-signing ${BINARY_PATH} with an ad hoc signature..."
sudo codesign --force --deep --sign - --entitlements entitlements.plist "${BINARY_PATH}"

if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
  echo "Re-signing successful."
else
  echo "Re-signing failed; check the output for errors."
fi