Cai Xu

71 papers A* 21B 1C 1Misc 1Journal 33Unranked 14
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2026 J jnl
CoRR
Cai Xu, Changhao Sun, Ziyu Guan, Wei Zhao
2026 J jnl
CoRR
Xujing Wang, Yufeng Chen, Boxuan Zhang, Jie Zhao, Chao Wei, Cai Xu, Ziyu Guan, Wei Zhao, Weiru Zhang, Xiaoyi Zeng
2026 J jnl
Pattern Recognit.
Meng Yan, Cai Xu, Ziyu Guan, Wei Zhao, Xujing Wang, Beilei Ling, Weigang Lu
2026 A* conf
AAAI
Cai Xu, Xujing Wang, Ziyu Guan, Wei Zhao, Meng Yan
2026 A* conf
AAAI
Xiyue Gao, Yukai Liu, Zhuoqi Ma, Xiaotian Qiao, Hui Li, Cai Xu, Kunhua Zhang, Jiangtao Cui
2026 J jnl
Neural Networks
Yiheng Lu, Zhihui Zhang, Ziyu Guan, Wei Zhao, Yaming Yang, Cai Xu, Maoguo Gong
2026 J jnl
Big Data Cogn. Comput.
Danying Zhang, Yixin Liu, Jie Zhao, Cai Xu
2026 A* conf
AAAI
Ziqi Wen, Cai Xu, Wanqing Zhao, Jie Zhao, Wei Zhao
2025 J jnl
IEEE Access
Yang Yan, Zhong Chen, Cai Xu, Xinglei Shen, Jay Shiao, John Einck, Ronald C. Chen, Hao Gao
2025 A* conf
ACM Multimedia
Cai Xu, Ziqi Wen, Jie Zhao, Wanqing Zhao, Jinlong Yu, Haishun Chen, Ziyu Guan, Wei Zhao
2025 A* conf
AAAI
Haishun Chen, Cai Xu, Ziyu Guan, Wei Zhao, Jinlong Liu
2025 conf
WWW (Companion Volume)
Meng Yan, Cai Xu, Xujing Wang, Ziyu Guan, Wei Zhao, Yuhang Zhou
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Meng Yan, Cai Xu, Xujing Wang, Ziyu Guan, Wei Zhao, Yuhang Zhou
2025 A* conf
ACM Multimedia
Juan Zhao, Yudao Sun, Zhihai Yang, Cai Xu, Hongji Chen, Fan Zhang, Jianxin Li
2025 conf
ACL (Findings)
Long Chen, Shuoyu Guan, Xiaohua Huang, Wen-Jing Wang, Cai Xu, Ziyu Guan, Wei Zhao
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Haishun Chen, Cai Xu, Jinlong Yu, Yilin Zhang, Ziyu Guan, Wei Zhao
2025 Misc conf
ADC
Shiyuan Liu, Guang Li, Cai Xu, Bo Ma, Chuanhuang Li, Ying Zhang
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Yilin Zhang, Cai Xu, You Wu, Ziyu Guan, Wei Zhao
2025 J jnl
Knowl. Based Syst.
Simi Job, Xiaohui Tao, Taotao Cai, Lin Li, Haoran Xie, Cai Xu, Jianming Yong
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Wenjun Zeng, Dana Kurniawan, Ryan Mullins, Yuchi Liu, Tamoghna Saha, Dirichi Ike-Njoku, Jindong Gu, Yiwen Song, Cai Xu, Jingjing Zhou, Aparna Joshi, Shravan Dheep, Mani Malek, Hamid Palangi, Joon Baek, Rick Pereira, Karthik Narasimhan
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Cai Xu, Jinlong Liu, Yilin Zhang, Ziyu Guan, Wei Zhao
2024 J jnl
CoRR
Yang Yan, Zhong Chen, Cai Xu, Xinglei Shen, Jay Shiao, John Einck, Ronald C. Chen, Hao Gao
2024 A* conf
AAAI
Linhao Zhang, Li Jin, Guangluan Xu, Xiaoyu Li, Cai Xu, Kaiwen Wei, Nayu Liu, Haonan Liu
2024 A* conf
ACM Multimedia
Ying Liu, Lihong Liu, Cai Xu, Xiangyu Song, Ziyu Guan, Wei Zhao
2024 J jnl
CoRR
Ying Liu, Lihong Liu, Cai Xu, Xiangyu Song, Ziyu Guan, Wei Zhao
2024 A* conf
AAAI
Yiheng Lu, Ziyu Guan, Yaming Yang, Wei Zhao, Maoguo Gong, Cai Xu
2024 J jnl
CoRR
Long Shi, Chuanqing Tang, Huangyi Deng, Cai Xu, Lei Xing, Badong Chen
2024 J jnl
Inf. Fusion
Yue Wu, Jiaming Liu, Maoguo Gong, Qiguang Miao, Wenping Ma, Cai Xu
2024 A* conf
AAAI
Jiaming Liu, Yue Wu, Maoguo Gong, Qiguang Miao, Wenping Ma, Cai Xu, Can Qin
2024 J jnl
CoRR
Qingyang Zhang, Yake Wei, Zongbo Han, Huazhu Fu, Xi Peng, Cheng Deng, Qinghua Hu, Cai Xu, Jie Wen, Di Hu, Changqing Zhang
2024 A* conf
AAAI
Cai Xu, Jiajun Si, Ziyu Guan, Wei Zhao, Yue Wu, Xiyue Gao
2024 J jnl
CoRR
Cai Xu, Jiajun Si, Ziyu Guan, Wei Zhao, Yue Wu, Xiyue Gao
2024 conf
ACL (1)
Jie Zhao, Ziyu Guan, Cai Xu, Wei Zhao, Yue Jiang
2024 J jnl
CoRR
Jie Zhao, Ziyu Guan, Cai Xu, Wei Zhao, Yue Jiang
2024 J jnl
Knowl. Based Syst.
Ying Liu, Cai Xu, Long Chen, Meng Yan, Wei Zhao, Ziyu Guan
2024 A* conf
IJCAI
Cai Xu, Yilin Zhang, Ziyu Guan, Wei Zhao
2024 J jnl
CoRR
Cai Xu, Yilin Zhang, Ziyu Guan, Wei Zhao
2024 conf
DASFAA (3)
Meng Yan, Haibin Huang, Ying Liu, Juan Zhao, Xiyue Gao, Cai Xu, Ziyu Guan, Wei Zhao
2024 J jnl
CoRR
Meng Yan, Haibin Huang, Ying Liu, Juan Zhao, Xiyue Gao, Cai Xu, Ziyu Guan, Wei Zhao
2023 conf
APWeb/WAIM (4)
Boxuan Zhang, Chao Wei, Yan Jin, Cai Xu, Weiru Zhang, Haihong Tang, Ziyu Guan
2023 J jnl
Knowl. Based Syst.
Yaming Yang, Hongchang Wu, Ziyu Guan, Jianxin Li, Wei Zhao, Cai Xu, Hao Li, Qingyu Cao, Yuanhai Lv
2023 conf
APWeb/WAIM (4)
Kai Wang, Xiangyu Song, ShiJie Sun, Juan Zhao, Cai Xu, HuanSheng Song
2023 A* conf
ACM Multimedia
Jiaming Liu, Yue Wu, Maoguo Gong, Qiguang Miao, Wenping Ma, Cai Xu
2023 A* conf
ACM Multimedia
Xiyue Gao, Zhuoqi Ma, Jiangtao Cui, Xiaofang Xia, Cai Xu
2023 A* conf
AAAI
Cai Xu, Wei Zhao, Jinglong Zhao, Ziyu Guan, Yaming Yang, Long Chen, Xiangyu Song
2023 A* conf
ACM Multimedia
Cai Xu, Zehui Li, Ziyu Guan, Wei Zhao, Xiangyu Song, Yue Wu, Jianxin Li
2023 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Ind. Informatics
Cai Xu, Wei Zhao, Jinglong Zhao, Ziyu Guan, Xiangyu Song, Jianxin Li
2022 conf
AIPR
Shaoshuai Lu, Long Chen, Wenjing Wang, Cai Xu, Wei Zhao, Ziyu Guan, Guangyue Lu
2022 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Cybern.
Cai Xu, Hongmin Liu, Ziyu Guan, Xunlian Wu, Jiale Tan, Beilei Ling
2022 A* conf
IJCAI
Jie Zhao, Ziyu Guan, Cai Xu, Wei Zhao, Enze Chen
2022 conf
AIPR
Zhilin Ren, Long Chen, Xiaohua Huang, Wenjing Wang, Cai Xu, Wei Zhao, Ziyu Guan
2022 conf
AIPR
Fei Wang, Long Chen, Xiaohua Huang, Cai Xu, Wei Zhao, Ziyu Guan, Guangyue Lu
2022 J jnl
Int. J. Mach. Learn. Cybern.
Long Chen, Fei Wang, Ruijing Yang, Fei Xie, Wenjing Wang, Cai Xu, Wei Zhao, Ziyu Guan
2022 A* conf
NeurIPS
Yaming Yang, Ziyu Guan, Zhe Wang, Wei Zhao, Cai Xu, Weigang Lu, Jianbin Huang
2022 J jnl
CoRR
Yaming Yang, Ziyu Guan, Zhe Wang, Wei Zhao, Cai Xu, Weigang Lu, Jianbin Huang
2022 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Pattern Anal. Mach. Intell.
Wei Zhao, Cai Xu, Ziyu Guan, Xunlian Wu, Wanqing Zhao, Qiguang Miao, Xiaofei He, Quan Wang
2021 A* conf
KDD
Ziyu Guan, Hongchang Wu, Qingyu Cao, Hao Liu, Wei Zhao, Sheng Li, Cai Xu, Guang Qiu, Jian Xu, Bo Zheng
2021 J jnl
CoRR
Ziyu Guan, Hongchang Wu, Qingyu Cao, Hao Liu, Wei Zhao, Sheng Li, Cai Xu, Guang Qiu, Jian Xu, Bo Zheng
2021 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Neural Networks Learn. Syst.
Wei Zhao, Cai Xu, Ziyu Guan, Ying Liu
2021 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Ind. Informatics
Cai Xu, Ziyu Guan, Wei Zhao, Quanzhou Wu, Meng Yan, Long Chen, Qiguang Miao
2020 J jnl
Int. J. Pattern Recognit. Artif. Intell.
Xiaohan Guan, Cai Xu, Mengmeng Zhang, Zhi Liu, Wen Yue, Fuqi Mao
2019 conf
ICBK
Hongchang Wu, Ziyu Guan, Tao Zhi, Wei Zhao, Cai Xu, Hong Han, Yaming Yang
2019 A* conf
IJCAI
Cai Xu, Ziyu Guan, Wei Zhao, Hongchang Wu, Yunfei Niu, Beilei Ling
2019 conf
CISP-BMEI
Qiwei Wu, Jie Yang, Guoheng Zheng, Xianwen Zhang, Yandong Zhang, Cai Xu, Jintian Tang
2019 B conf
DCC
Zhi Liu, Cai Xu, Mengmeng Zhang, Xiaohan Guan
2019 J jnl
IEICE Trans. Inf. Syst.
Zhi Liu, Cai Xu, Mengmeng Zhang, Wen Yue
2018 A* conf
IJCAI
Cai Xu, Ziyu Guan, Wei Zhao, Yunfei Niu, Quan Wang, Zhiheng Wang
2017 C conf
IECON
Mekasser Mounir, Qiang Gao, Cai Xu
2016 conf
ChinaCom (2)
Yuxin Li, Yinghui Ye, Guangyue Lu, Cai Xu
2016 conf
CITS
Yuxin Li, Yinghui Ye, Guangyue Lu, Cai Xu
2016 conf
ChinaCom (2)
Guangyue Lu, Cai Xu, Yinghui Ye
redb/extractors/pe_extractors/pe_extra_findings.py
← Index redb/extractors/pe_extractors/pe_extra_findings.py python
from hashlib import md5, sha1, sha256
import inspect
import pefile
from magika import Magika
import json
from datetime import datetime, timezone
from typing import List, Optional, Any
from asn1crypto import cms, pem, x509, core
from dataclasses import asdict

from redb.extractors.enum import Tag
from redb.extractors.pe_extractor import PEExtractor
from redb.models.dataclasses import PEExtraFinding, PECertificate


class PEExtraFindings(PEExtractor):

    def __init__(
        self,
        filepath,
        log,
        exporters=None,
        index_prefix=None,
        elastic_index=None,
        known_benign=False,
        known_malicious=False,
        pe=None,
    ):
        super().__init__(
            filepath,
            log,
            exporters,
            index_prefix,
            elastic_index,
            known_benign,
            known_malicious,
            pe,
        )
        self.elastic_index = self.index_prefix + "-pe_extrafindings"
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)
        self.has_binary_overlay = False
        self.has_binary_resource = False
        self.findings = []

    def tag(self):
        return Tag.PE_EMBEDDED_EXTRAS.value

    """
    The section below triggers in case of a binary which is not signed.
    It trigger the scan for Certificates inside the binary, for example
    inside a resource or an overlay.
    """

    def _scan_for_certificates(self):
        """
        Comprehensive scan for certificate data in PE file.
        Returns list of tuples (location_description, certificate_data)
        """
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)

        # 1. Scan resources for embedded PE files
        self._scan_resources_for_certificates()

        # 3. Scan overlay
        overlay_data = self.pe.get_overlay()
        if overlay_data:
            self._scan_overlay_for_certificates(overlay_data)


    def _extract_certificate_info(self, cert_data):
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)

        certificate = x509.Certificate.load(cert_data)
        certificate_serial_number = format(certificate.serial_number, "x").upper()
        grouped_serial_number = ":".join(
            [
                certificate_serial_number[i : i + 2]
                for i in range(0, len(certificate_serial_number), 2)
            ]
        )
        return PECertificate(
            certificate_serial_number=grouped_serial_number,
            certificate_issuer=certificate.issuer.human_friendly,
            certificate_subject=certificate.subject.human_friendly,
            certificate_valid_from=certificate["tbs_certificate"]["validity"][
                "not_before"
            ].native.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"),
            certificate_valid_to=certificate["tbs_certificate"]["validity"][
                "not_after"
            ].native.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"),
            certificate_thumbprint=sha1(cert_data).hexdigest().upper(),
            certificate_algorithm=None,
        )

    def _extract_standard_certificates(self, pe):
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)
        address = pe.OPTIONAL_HEADER.DATA_DIRECTORY[
            pefile.DIRECTORY_ENTRY["IMAGE_DIRECTORY_ENTRY_SECURITY"]
        ].VirtualAddress
        size = pe.OPTIONAL_HEADER.DATA_DIRECTORY[
            pefile.DIRECTORY_ENTRY["IMAGE_DIRECTORY_ENTRY_SECURITY"]
        ].Size

        addr_8 = address + 8
        signature_data = bytes(
            pe.write()[addr_8 : addr_8 + size]  # noqa E203
        )  # Ensure this is a bytes object
        if pem.detect(signature_data):
            signature_data = pem.unarmor(signature_data)

        content_info = cms.ContentInfo.load(signature_data)
        signed_data = content_info["content"]
        certificates = signed_data["certificates"]

        certificates_list = []
        for cert in certificates:
            cert_info = self._extract_certificate_info(cert.chosen.dump())
            certificates_list.append(cert_info)

        return certificates_list

    def _is_signed(self, pedata):
        address = pedata.OPTIONAL_HEADER.DATA_DIRECTORY[
            pefile.DIRECTORY_ENTRY["IMAGE_DIRECTORY_ENTRY_SECURITY"]
        ].VirtualAddress
        if address == 0:
            return False
        return True

    def _scan_resources_for_certificates(self):
        """Scan resources for embedded PE files and their certificates"""
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)

        try:
            if hasattr(self.pe, "DIRECTORY_ENTRY_RESOURCE"):
                for entry in self.pe.DIRECTORY_ENTRY_RESOURCE.entries:
                    for resource in self._get_resource_data(entry):
                        # Check if resource data might be a PE file
                        resource_magika = Magika().identify_bytes(resource).output.label
                        if resource.startswith(b"MZ") or resource_magika == "pebin":
                            try:
                                embedded_pe = pefile.PE(data=resource)
                                if self._is_signed(embedded_pe):
                                    cert_data = self._extract_standard_certificates(
                                        embedded_pe
                                    )
                                    if cert_data:
                                        # certificates.append(
                                        #     (f"Resource_{entry.id}", cert_data)
                                        # )
                                        self.findings.append(
                                            PEExtraFinding(
                                                context=f"Resource ({sha256(resource).hexdigest()}) is a PE file. Found Code Signing Certificates information inside.",
                                                finding=cert_data,
                                            )
                                        )
                            except Exception as e:
                                self.log.warning(
                                    f"Resource {sha256(resource).hexdigest()} is not a valid PE: {e}"
                                )

                        # Direct certificate pattern matching in resource
                        cert_data = self._find_certificate_patterns(resource)
                        if cert_data:
                            # certificates.append((f"Resource_{entry.id}", cert_data))
                            self.findings.append(
                                PEExtraFinding(
                                    context=f"Resource ({sha256(resource).hexdigest()}) is a PE file.\
                                    Found Code Signing Certificates information inside.",
                                    finding=cert_data,
                                )
                            )

        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Failed to scan resources: {e}")


    def _scan_overlay_for_certificates(self, overlay_data) -> List[bytes]:
        """Scan PE overlay for certificate data"""
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)
        try:
            # Check if overlay is a PE file
            overlay_magika = Magika().identify_bytes(overlay_data).output.ct_label
            if overlay_data.startswith(b"MZ") or overlay_magika == "pebin":
                try:
                    overlay_pe = pefile.PE(data=overlay_data)
                    if self._is_signed(overlay_pe):
                        cert_data = self._extract_standard_certificates(overlay_data)
                        if cert_data:
                            self.findings.append(
                                PEExtraFinding(
                                    context=f"Overlay data ({sha256(overlay_data).hexdigest()}) is a PE file.\
                                    Found Code Signing Certificates information inside.",
                                    finding=cert_data,
                                )
                            )
                except Exception as e:
                    self.log.warning(f"Error looking for certificates in Overlay: {e}")
                    pass

            # Direct certificate pattern matching in overlay
            cert_data = self._find_certificate_patterns(overlay_data)
            if cert_data:
                self.findings.append(
                    PEExtraFinding(
                        context=f"Overlay data ({sha256(overlay_data).hexdigest()}) is a PE file.\
                        Found Code Signing Certificates information inside.",
                        finding=cert_data,
                    )
                )
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Failed to scan overlay: {e}")


    def _get_resource_data(self, entry) -> List[bytes]:
        """Recursively get resource data"""
        resources = []
        try:
            if hasattr(entry, "directory"):
                for subentry in entry.directory.entries:
                    resources.extend(self._get_resource_data(subentry))
            else:
                data = self.pe.get_data(
                    entry.data.struct.OffsetToData, entry.data.struct.Size
                )
                resources.append(data)
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Failed to get resource data: {e}")
        return resources

    def _find_certificate_patterns(self, data: bytes) -> Optional[bytes]:
        """Find certificate patterns in binary data"""
        # PKCS#7 SignedData OID pattern
        PKCS7_PATTERN = b"\x06\x09\x2A\x86\x48\x86\xF7\x0D\x01\x07\x02"

        try:
            idx = data.find(PKCS7_PATTERN)
            if idx != -1:
                # Search backwards for ASN.1 sequence marker
                for i in range(idx, max(0, idx - 50), -1):
                    if data[i] == 0x30:  # ASN.1 SEQUENCE
                        try:
                            # Try to parse as X.509 certificate
                            cert = x509.load_der_x509_certificate(
                                data[i:], default_backend()
                            )
                            return data[i:]
                        except Exception:
                            continue
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Failed to find certificate patterns: {e}")
        return None

    def prepare_export_data(self, exporter_type: str) -> Any:
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)
        if exporter_type == "ElasticsearchExporter":
            return self.findings
        elif exporter_type == "ClickHouseExporter":
            current_time = datetime.now(timezone.utc)
            
            data = [
                [
                    self.sha256,
                    self.md5,
                    self.sha1,
                    finding.context,
                    [asdict(cert) for cert in finding.finding] if finding.finding else None,
                    current_time
                ]
                for finding in self.findings
            ]
            
            column_names = [
                'sha256', 'md5', 'sha1', 'context', 'finding', 'analysis_date'
            ]
            
            if not data:
                return None

            column_type_names = [
                'FixedString(64)', 'FixedString(32)', 'FixedString(40)',
                'String', 'Array(JSON)', 'DateTime64(3, \'UTC\')'
            ]

            return (data, column_names, column_type_names)

    def get_clickhouse_table(self) -> str:
        return "redb_extra_findings"

    def extract(self):
        try:
            self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)
            self._scan_for_certificates()
            if len(self.findings) > 0:
                return self.findings
            return None
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error extracting PE Extras: {e}")
            return None