Carlos R. Rivero

53 papers A* 4A 7B 5Misc 2Journal 17Unranked 18
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2026 conf
SIGCSE (2)
Zack Fitzsimmons, Zohair Raza Hassan, Edith Hemaspaandra, Carlos R. Rivero
2024 A* conf
WWW
Narayanan Asuri Krishnan, Carlos R. Rivero
2024 J jnl
CoRR
Md Towhidul Absar Chowdhury, Maheen Riaz Contractor, Carlos R. Rivero
2024 J jnl
J. Syst. Softw.
Md Towhidul Absar Chowdhury, Maheen Riaz Contractor, Carlos R. Rivero
2024 A* conf
WWW
Aishwarya Rao, Narayanan Asuri Krishnan, Carlos R. Rivero
2023 A conf
CIKM
Narayanan Asuri Krishnan, Carlos R. Rivero
2023 J jnl
SoftwareX
Fernando Sola, Daniel Ayala, Rafael Ayala, Inma Hernández, Carlos R. Rivero, David Ruiz
2022 B conf
ITS
Maheen Riaz Contractor, Carlos R. Rivero
2021 J jnl
Eng. Appl. Artif. Intell.
Agustín Borrego, Daniel Ayala, Inma Hernández, Carlos R. Rivero, David Ruiz
2021 B conf
ITS
Victor J. Marin, Hadi Hosseini, Carlos R. Rivero
2021 B conf
ITS
Victor J. Marin, Maheen Riaz Contractor, Carlos R. Rivero
2021 A conf
SIGCSE
Mayur Sunil Jawalkar, Hadi Hosseini, Carlos R. Rivero
2021 A* conf
WWW
Sudhanshu Tiwari, Iti Bansal, Carlos R. Rivero
2020 Misc conf
SAC
Carlos R. Rivero, David Ruiz
2020 A conf
CIKM
Iti Bansal, Sudhanshu Tiwari, Carlos R. Rivero
2020 Misc conf
SAC
Victor J. Marin, Iti Bansal, Carlos R. Rivero
2019 B conf
ESWC
Daniel Ayala, Agustín Borrego, Inma Hernández, Carlos R. Rivero, David Ruiz
2019 A conf
CIKM
Victor J. Marin, Carlos R. Rivero
2019 J jnl
World Wide Web
Inma Hernández, Carlos R. Rivero, David Ruiz
2019 B conf
K-CAP
Agustín Borrego, Daniel Ayala, Inma Hernández, Carlos R. Rivero, David Ruiz
2018 conf
SWAN@ESEC/SIGSOFT FSE
Victor J. Marin, Carlos R. Rivero
2017 conf
WIMS
Hasan M. Jamil, Carlos R. Rivero
2017 conf
ESEC/SIGSOFT FSE
Wilberto Z. Nunez, Victor J. Marin, Carlos R. Rivero
2017 A* conf
ICDE
Victor J. Marin, Tobin Pereira, Srinivas Sridharan, Carlos R. Rivero
2017 J jnl
Knowl. Inf. Syst.
Carlos R. Rivero, Hasan M. Jamil
2016 J jnl
CoRR
Carlos R. Rivero, Hasan M. Jamil
2016 J jnl
J. Syst. Softw.
Inma Hernández, Carlos R. Rivero, David Ruiz, Rafael Corchuelo
2016 conf
LDOW@WWW
Andrea Cimmino, Carlos R. Rivero, David Ruiz
2016 J jnl
Knowl. Based Syst.
Carlos R. Rivero, Inma Hernández, David Ruiz, Rafael Corchuelo
2016 conf
PerCom Workshops
Yogesh Jagadeesan, Peizhao Hu, Carlos R. Rivero
2015 J jnl
J. Database Manag.
Carlos R. Rivero, Inma Hernández, David Ruiz, Rafael Corchuelo
2015 J jnl
J. Syst. Softw.
Carlos R. Rivero, Inma Hernández, David Ruiz, Rafael Corchuelo
2014 J jnl
Knowl. Based Syst.
Inma Hernández, Carlos R. Rivero, David Ruiz, Rafael Corchuelo
2014 conf
ICDE Workshops
Carlos R. Rivero, Hasan M. Jamil
2014 conf
BigData Congress
Carlos R. Rivero, Hasan M. Jamil
2013 J jnl
CoRR
Carlos R. Rivero, Hasan M. Jamil
2013 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Knowl. Data Eng.
Carlos R. Rivero, Inma Hernández, David Ruiz, Rafael Corchuelo
2013 J jnl
Knowl. Inf. Syst.
Carlos R. Rivero, Inma Hernández, David Ruiz, Rafael Corchuelo
2013 J jnl
J. Syst. Softw.
Carlos R. Rivero, Inma Hernández, David Ruiz, Rafael Corchuelo
2012 conf
WWW (Companion Volume)
Inma Hernández, Carlos R. Rivero, David Ruiz, Rafael Corchuelo
2012 conf
CAiSE Workshops
Inma Hernández, Carlos R. Rivero, David Ruiz, Rafael Corchuelo
2012 conf
PAAMS (Workshops)
Inma Hernández, Carlos R. Rivero, David Ruiz, José Luis Arjona
2012 conf
LDOW
Carlos R. Rivero, Andreas Schultz, Christian Bizer, David Ruiz
2012 A conf
ER
Inma Hernández, Carlos R. Rivero, David Ruiz, Rafael Corchuelo
2012 conf
ER Workshops
Carlos R. Rivero, Inma Hernández, David Ruiz, Rafael Corchuelo
2011 conf
CAiSE Workshops
Carlos R. Rivero, Inma Hernández, David Ruiz, Rafael Corchuelo
2011 conf
CAEPIA
Inma Hernández, Carlos R. Rivero, David Ruiz, Rafael Corchuelo
2011 A conf
ER
Carlos R. Rivero, Inma Hernández, David Ruiz, Rafael Corchuelo
2011 conf
ER Workshops
Carlos R. Rivero, Inma Hernández, David Ruiz, Rafael Corchuelo
2011 A conf
CIKM
Carlos R. Rivero, Inma Hernández, David Ruiz, Rafael Corchuelo
2010 conf
PAAMS (Special Sessions and Workshops)
Iñaki Fernández de Viana, Inma Hernández, Patricia Jiménez, Carlos R. Rivero, Hassan A. Sleiman
2009 conf
SWWS
José María García, Carlos R. Rivero, David Ruiz, Antonio Ruiz Cortés
2008 J jnl
Int. J. Comput. Appl. Technol.
Carlos R. Rivero
redb/extractors/elf_extractors/elf_sections.py
← Index redb/extractors/elf_extractors/elf_sections.py python
import inspect
import hashlib
import math
from collections import Counter
from datetime import datetime, timezone
from typing import Any, List, Dict

from elftools.elf.elffile import ELFFile
from elftools.common.exceptions import ELFError

from redb.extractors.enum import Tag
from redb.extractors.elf_extractor import ELFExtractor
from redb.models.dataclasses import ELFSection


class ELFSectionExtractor(ELFExtractor):

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

    def _is_empty_result(self, extracted_data) -> bool:
        """
        Override: Empty sections is an ERROR, not a valid empty case.
        A valid ELF file must have sections (at minimum a null section).
        """
        # Always return False - empty sections should be treated as an error
        return False

    def _calculate_entropy(self, data: bytes) -> float:
        """Calculate Shannon entropy of data."""
        if not data:
            return 0.0

        try:
            # Count frequency of each byte
            byte_counts = Counter(data)
            data_len = len(data)

            # Calculate entropy
            entropy = 0.0
            for count in byte_counts.values():
                if count > 0:
                    frequency = count / data_len
                    entropy -= frequency * math.log2(frequency)

            return entropy
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error calculating entropy: {e}")
            return 0.0

    def _map_section_type(self, sh_type_str: str) -> int:
        """Map section type string to enum value."""
        type_map = {
            'SHT_NULL': 0,
            'SHT_PROGBITS': 1,
            'SHT_SYMTAB': 2,
            'SHT_STRTAB': 3,
            'SHT_RELA': 4,
            'SHT_HASH': 5,
            'SHT_DYNAMIC': 6,
            'SHT_NOTE': 7,
            'SHT_NOBITS': 8,
            'SHT_REL': 9,
            'SHT_DYNSYM': 11
        }
        return type_map.get(sh_type_str, 0)

    def _decode_section_flags(self, flags: int) -> List[str]:
        """Decode section flags to human-readable strings."""
        flag_strings = []

        # Common ELF section flags
        if flags & 0x1:  # SHF_WRITE
            flag_strings.append('WRITE')
        if flags & 0x2:  # SHF_ALLOC
            flag_strings.append('ALLOC')
        if flags & 0x4:  # SHF_EXECINSTR
            flag_strings.append('EXECINSTR')
        if flags & 0x10:  # SHF_MERGE
            flag_strings.append('MERGE')
        if flags & 0x20:  # SHF_STRINGS
            flag_strings.append('STRINGS')
        if flags & 0x40:  # SHF_INFO_LINK
            flag_strings.append('INFO_LINK')
        if flags & 0x80:  # SHF_LINK_ORDER
            flag_strings.append('LINK_ORDER')
        if flags & 0x100:  # SHF_OS_NONCONFORMING
            flag_strings.append('OS_NONCONFORMING')
        if flags & 0x200:  # SHF_GROUP
            flag_strings.append('GROUP')
        if flags & 0x400:  # SHF_TLS
            flag_strings.append('TLS')

        return flag_strings if flag_strings else ['NONE']

    def _extract_section_data(self, section) -> Dict:
        """Extract data from a single section."""
        try:
            header = section.header

            # Get section name (handle empty names)
            section_name = section.name if section.name else f"<unnamed_{section.header.get('sh_name', 0)}>"

            # Get section type and map to enum
            sh_type_str = header.get('sh_type', 'SHT_NULL')
            section_type_enum = self._map_section_type(sh_type_str)
            section_type_str = sh_type_str.replace('SHT_', '') if sh_type_str.startswith('SHT_') else sh_type_str

            # Get section properties
            section_flags = header.get('sh_flags', 0)
            section_flags_str = self._decode_section_flags(section_flags)
            section_addr = header.get('sh_addr', 0)
            section_offset = header.get('sh_offset', 0)
            section_size = header.get('sh_size', 0)
            section_link = header.get('sh_link', 0)
            section_info = header.get('sh_info', 0)
            section_addralign = header.get('sh_addralign', 0)
            section_entsize = header.get('sh_entsize', 0)

            # Calculate entropy and hashes for section data
            section_entropy = 0.0
            section_sha256 = ""
            section_md5 = ""

            try:
                if section_size > 0 and section_type_str != 'NOBITS':
                    section_data = section.data()
                    if section_data:
                        # Calculate entropy
                        section_entropy = self._calculate_entropy(section_data)

                        # Calculate hashes
                        section_sha256 = hashlib.sha256(section_data).hexdigest()
                        section_md5 = hashlib.md5(section_data).hexdigest()
            except Exception as e:
                self.log.warning(f"Could not read section '{section_name}' data: {e}")
                section_entropy = 0.0
                section_sha256 = ""
                section_md5 = ""

            return ELFSection(
                section_name=section_name,
                section_type=section_type_enum,
                section_type_str=section_type_str,
                section_flags=section_flags,
                section_flags_str=section_flags_str,
                section_addr=section_addr,
                section_offset=section_offset,
                section_size=section_size,
                section_link=section_link,
                section_info=section_info,
                section_addralign=section_addralign,
                section_entsize=section_entsize,
                section_entropy=section_entropy,
                section_sha256=section_sha256,
                section_md5=section_md5
            )

        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error extracting section data: {e}")
            return None

    def tag(self):
        return Tag.ELF_SECTIONS.value if hasattr(Tag, 'ELF_SECTIONS') else "elf_sections"

    def extract(self):
        try:
            self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)

            def extract_data(elf):
                sections_data = []

                # Iterate through all sections with per-section error handling
                for section_index, section in enumerate(elf.iter_sections()):
                    try:
                        section_data = self._extract_section_data(section)
                        if section_data:
                            sections_data.append(section_data)
                        else:
                            self.log.warning(f"Failed to extract data for section {section_index}")
                    except Exception as e:
                        self.log.warning(f"Error processing section {section_index}: {e}")
                        # Continue processing other sections

                return sections_data

            if not self._is_elf_file():
                return None

            result = self._with_elf_file(extract_data)
            if result is None:
                return None

            self.elf_sections = result
            return self.elf_sections

        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error extracting ELF sections {self.hash.sha256}: {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.elf_sections
        elif exporter_type == "ClickHouseExporter":
            try:
                if not self.elf_sections:
                    return None

                # Prepare data arrays for all sections
                data = []
                current_time = datetime.now(timezone.utc)
                for section in self.elf_sections:
                    row = [
                        self.sha256,
                        self.md5,
                        self.sha1,
                        section.section_name,
                        section.section_type,
                        section.section_type_str,
                        section.section_flags,
                        section.section_flags_str,
                        section.section_addr,
                        section.section_offset,
                        section.section_size,
                        section.section_link,
                        section.section_info,
                        section.section_addralign,
                        section.section_entsize,
                        section.section_entropy,
                        section.section_sha256,
                        section.section_md5,
                        current_time
                    ]
                    data.append(row)

                column_names = [
                    'sha256', 'md5', 'sha1',
                    'section_name', 'section_type', 'section_type_str',
                    'section_flags', 'section_flags_str',
                    'section_addr', 'section_offset', 'section_size',
                    'section_link', 'section_info', 'section_addralign', 'section_entsize',
                    'section_entropy', 'section_sha256', 'section_md5',
                    'analysis_date'
                ]

                column_type_names = [
                    'FixedString(64)', 'FixedString(32)', 'FixedString(40)',
                    'LowCardinality(String)',
                    "Enum8('NULL'=0, 'PROGBITS'=1, 'SYMTAB'=2, 'STRTAB'=3, 'RELA'=4, 'HASH'=5, 'DYNAMIC'=6, 'NOTE'=7, 'NOBITS'=8, 'REL'=9, 'DYNSYM'=11)",
                    'LowCardinality(String)',
                    'UInt64',
                    'Array(LowCardinality(String))',
                    'UInt64', 'UInt64', 'UInt64',
                    'UInt32', 'UInt32', 'UInt64', 'UInt64',
                    'Float64',
                    'FixedString(64)', 'FixedString(32)',
                    'DateTime64(3, \'UTC\')'
                ]

                if not data:
                    return None

                return (data, column_names, column_type_names)

            except Exception as e:
                self.log.error(f"Error preparing export data: {e}")
                raise

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