Carrie Gates

46 papers A* 4A 2B 1C 17Misc 1Journal 6Unranked 14
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2025 A* conf
USENIX Security Symposium
Kimberly Ruth, Raymond Buernor Obu, Ifeoluwa Shode, Gavin Li, Carrie Gates, Grant Ho, Zakir Durumeric
2025 J jnl
Digit. Threat. Res. Pract.
Seth Layton, Thiago De Andrade, Daniel Olszewski, Kevin Warren, Carrie Gates, Kevin R. B. Butler, Patrick Traynor
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Kevin Warren, Daniel Olszewski, Seth Layton, Kevin R. B. Butler, Carrie Gates, Patrick Traynor
2024 A* conf
CCS
Kevin Warren, Tyler Tucker, Anna Crowder, Daniel Olszewski, Allison Lu, Caroline Fedele, Magdalena Pasternak, Seth Layton, Kevin R. B. Butler, Carrie Gates, Patrick Traynor
2018 C conf
NSPW
Matt Bishop, Carrie Gates, Karl N. Levitt
2016 C ed.
NSPW
Carrie Gates, Rainer Böhme, Mohammad Mannan, Serge Egelman
2014 C conf
NSPW
Carrie Gates, Peter Matthews
2013 C conf
NSPW
Matt Bishop, Emily Rine Butler, Kevin R. B. Butler, Carrie Gates, Steven Greenspan
2013 C conf
NSPW
Julie Boxwell Ard, Matt Bishop, Carrie Gates, Michael Xin Sun
2013 C conf
ISI
Carrie Gates, Sophie Engle
2013 conf
ANT/SEIT
Matt MacDonald, Carrie Gates, Teryl Taylor, Diana Paterson, Stephen Brooks
2012 J jnl
Dagstuhl Reports
Lizzie Coles-Kemp, Carrie Gates, Dieter Gollmann, Sean Peisert, Christian W. Probst
2011 C ed.
NSPW
Sean Peisert, Richard Ford, Carrie Gates, Cormac Herley
2011 A* conf
CHI
Sven Laqua, Martina Angela Sasse, Steven Greenspan, Carrie Gates
2011 conf
TaPP
Carrie Gates, Matt Bishop
2010 ch.
Insider Threats in Cyber Security
Matt Bishop, Sophie Engle, Deborah A. Frincke, Carrie Gates, Frank L. Greitzer, Sean Peisert, Sean Whalen
2010 C ed.
NSPW
Angelos D. Keromytis, Sean Peisert, Richard Ford, Carrie Gates
2010 conf
PETRA
Carrie Gates, Matt Bishop
2010 A ed.
ACSAC
Carrie Gates, Michael Franz, John P. McDermott
2010 J jnl
Inf. Manag. Comput. Secur.
Tara Whalen, Carrie Gates
2009 C ed.
VizSEC
Deborah A. Frincke, Carrie Gates, John R. Goodall, Robert F. Erbacher
2009 conf
HICSS
Matt Bishop, Sophie Engle, Sean Peisert, Sean Whalen, Carrie Gates
2009 A* conf
NDSS
Carrie Gates
2009 C conf
VizSEC
Joel Glanfield, Stephen Brooks, Teryl Taylor, Diana Paterson, Christopher Smith, Carrie Gates, John McHugh
2009 C conf
NSPW
Matt Bishop, Carrie Gates, Jeffrey Hunker
2009 conf
HAISA
Tara Whalen, Carrie Gates
2008 Misc conf
TRIDENTCOM
Carrie Gates
2008 conf
CSAW
Amir Jerbi, Ethan Hadar, Carrie Gates, Dmitry Grebenev
2008 conf
CSIIRW
Matt Bishop, Carrie Gates
2008 B conf
DIMVA
Carrie Gates, John McHugh
2008 C conf
NSPW
Matt Bishop, Sophie Engle, Sean Peisert, Sean Whalen, Carrie Gates
2007 J jnl
J. Comput.
Tara Whalen, Carrie Gates
2006 conf
WEIS
Michael P. Collins, Carrie Gates, Gaurav Kataria
2006 C conf
NSPW
Carrie Gates, Carol Taylor
2006 A conf
Conference on Designing Interactive Systems
Carrie Gates, Sriram Subramanian, Carl Gutwin
2006 conf
WISI
Tara Whalen, Carrie Gates
2006 conf
LISA
Brian Trammell, Carrie Gates
2006 C conf
ISCC
Carrie Gates, Joshua J. McNutt, Joseph B. Kadane, Marc I. Kellner
2004 conf
LISA
Carrie Gates, Michael P. Collins, Michael Duggan, Andrew Kompanek, Mark Thomas
2004 C conf
NSPW
Carrie Gates, Tara Whalen
2003 C conf
NSPW
John McHugh, Carrie Gates
2003 C conf
NSPW
Carrie Gates, Jacob Slonim
2003 conf
LISA
Carrie Gates, Jason Rouse
2001 conf
ISEC
Jacob Slonim, Theodore Chiasson, Carrie Gates, Michael McAllister
2000 conf
DCW
Jacob Slonim, Theodore Chiasson, Carrie Gates
2000 J jnl
XRDS
Theodore Chiasson, Carrie Gates
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