Carsten Heinz

21 papers A* 1B 1Journal 6Unranked 12
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2025
Carsten Heinz
2025 J jnl
ACM Trans. Design Autom. Electr. Syst.
Christian Ewert, Andrija Neskovic, Carsten Heinz, Felix Muuss, Alexander Treff, Marc Gourjon, Rainer Buchty, Thomas Eisenbarth, Andreas Koch, Mladen Berekovic, Saleh Mulhem
2024 conf
SOCC
Carsten Heinz, Andreas Koch
2024 conf
ARC
Torben Kalkhof, Carsten Heinz, Andreas Koch
2024 J jnl
BMC Medical Informatics Decis. Mak.
Sonja Harkener, Ekkehart Jenetzky, Rüdiger Rupp, Jennifer Dell, Christoph Engel, Maximilian Ferry von Bargen, Robert Patrick Finger, Maximilian Glienke, Carsten Heinz, Patrick Jersch, David Martin, Rita Schmutzler, Martin Schönthaler, Barbara Suwelack, Jeannine Wegner, Jürgen Stausberg
2024 conf
IPDPS (Workshops)
Carsten Heinz, Torben Kalkhof, Yannick Lavan, Andreas Koch
2024 J jnl
ACM Trans. Reconfigurable Technol. Syst.
Babar Khan, Carsten Heinz, Andreas Koch
2023 conf
SAMOS
Carsten Heinz, Andreas Koch
2023 conf
MIE
Jürgen Stausberg, Sonja Harkener, Christoph Engel, Robert Patrick Finger, Carsten Heinz, Ekkehart Jenetzky, Patrick Jersch, David Martin, Rüdiger Rupp, Martin Schoenthaler, Barbara Suwelack, Jeannine Wegner
2023 J jnl
CoRR
Richard Sattel, Christoph Spang, Carsten Heinz, Andreas Koch
2022 B conf
FPL
Babar Khan, Carsten Heinz, Andreas Koch
2022 conf
MIE
Jürgen Stausberg, Sonja Harkener, Markus Burgmer, Christoph Engel, Robert Patrick Finger, Carsten Heinz, Ekkehart Jenetzky, David Martin, Rüdiger Rupp, Martin Schönthaler, Christian Schuld, Barbara Suwelack, Jeannine Wegner
2022 J jnl
J. Signal Process. Syst.
Carsten Heinz, Andreas Koch
2022 A* conf
ICDE
Arthur Bernhardt, Sajjad Tamimi, Tobias Vinçon, Christian Knödler, Florian Stock, Carsten Heinz, Andreas Koch, Ilia Petrov
2021 conf
H2RC@SC
Carsten Heinz, Andreas Koch
2021 conf
ARC
Carsten Heinz, Andreas Koch
2021 J jnl
J. Signal Process. Syst.
Carsten Heinz, Jaco A. Hofmann, Jens Korinth, Lukas Sommer, Lukas Weber, Andreas Koch
2020 conf
ROSS@SC
Carsten Heinz, Jaco A. Hofmann, Lukas Sommer, Andreas Koch
2019 conf
ReConFig
Carsten Heinz, Yannick Lavan, Jaco A. Hofmann, Andreas Koch
2019 conf
ARC
Jens Korinth, Jaco A. Hofmann, Carsten Heinz, Andreas Koch
2006 conf
Informatiktage
Carsten Heinz
redb/extractors/elf_extractors/elf_imports.py
← Index redb/extractors/elf_extractors/elf_imports.py python
import inspect
from datetime import datetime, timezone
from typing import Any, List, Set

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 ELFImport


class ELFImportExtractor(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_imports = None
        self.elastic_index = self.index_prefix + "-elf_imports"
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)

    def _get_import_libraries(self, elf) -> List[str]:
        """Extract imported libraries from dynamic section."""
        libraries = []

        try:
            # Get the dynamic section
            dynamic_section = elf.get_section_by_name('.dynamic')
            if not dynamic_section:
                return libraries

            # Extract DT_NEEDED entries (required libraries)
            for tag in dynamic_section.iter_tags():
                if tag.entry.d_tag == 'DT_NEEDED':
                    libraries.append(tag.needed)

        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error extracting import libraries: {e}")

        return libraries

    def _get_imported_functions_from_symbols(self, elf) -> Set[str]:
        """Extract imported functions from dynamic symbol table."""
        imported_functions = set()

        try:
            # Get the dynamic symbol table
            dynsym_section = elf.get_section_by_name('.dynsym')
            if not dynsym_section or not hasattr(dynsym_section, 'iter_symbols'):
                return imported_functions

            # Look for undefined symbols (imports)
            for symbol in dynsym_section.iter_symbols():
                # Check if symbol is undefined (imported)
                if (symbol.entry.get('st_shndx', 0) == 'SHN_UNDEF' and
                    symbol.name and
                    symbol.entry.get('st_info', {}).get('bind') in ['STB_GLOBAL', 'STB_WEAK']):
                    imported_functions.add(symbol.name)

        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error extracting imported functions from symbols: {e}")

        return imported_functions

    def _get_imported_functions_from_relocations(self, elf) -> Set[str]:
        """Extract imported functions from relocation sections."""
        imported_functions = set()

        try:
            # Look through relocation sections
            for section in elf.iter_sections():
                if hasattr(section, 'iter_relocations'):
                    try:
                        for relocation in section.iter_relocations():
                            # Get symbol associated with relocation
                            if hasattr(relocation, 'symbol') and relocation.symbol:
                                symbol_name = relocation.symbol.name
                                if symbol_name:
                                    imported_functions.add(symbol_name)
                    except Exception as e:
                        self.log.debug(f"Could not process relocations in section {section.name}: {e}")

        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error extracting imported functions from relocations: {e}")

        return imported_functions

    def _get_plt_functions(self, elf) -> Set[str]:
        """Extract functions from PLT (Procedure Linkage Table) sections."""
        plt_functions = set()

        try:
            # Look for PLT-related sections
            plt_sections = ['.plt', '.plt.got', '.plt.sec']

            for section_name in plt_sections:
                section = elf.get_section_by_name(section_name)
                if section:
                    # PLT functions are typically associated with relocations
                    # We'll get them from the relocation analysis
                    pass

        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error extracting PLT functions: {e}")

        return plt_functions

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

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

            def extract_data(elf):
                # Extract import libraries
                import_libraries = self._get_import_libraries(elf)

                # Extract imported functions from multiple sources
                imported_functions = set()

                # From dynamic symbols
                symbol_imports = self._get_imported_functions_from_symbols(elf)
                imported_functions.update(symbol_imports)

                # From relocations
                relocation_imports = self._get_imported_functions_from_relocations(elf)
                imported_functions.update(relocation_imports)

                # From PLT
                plt_imports = self._get_plt_functions(elf)
                imported_functions.update(plt_imports)

                # Convert to sorted lists for consistent output
                import_libraries_list = sorted(list(set(import_libraries)))
                import_functions_list = sorted(list(imported_functions))

                # Return ELFImport dataclass
                return ELFImport(
                    elf_imports_total=len(import_functions_list),
                    elf_import_libraries=import_libraries_list,
                    elf_import_functions=import_functions_list,
                )

            if not self._is_elf_file():
                return None

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

            self.elf_imports = result
            return self.elf_imports

        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error extracting ELF imports {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_imports
        elif exporter_type == "ClickHouseExporter":
            try:
                if not self.elf_imports:
                    return None

                # Prepare data array
                data = [[
                    self.sha256,
                    self.md5,
                    self.sha1,
                    self.elf_imports.elf_imports_total,
                    self.elf_imports.elf_import_libraries,
                    self.elf_imports.elf_import_functions,
                    datetime.now(timezone.utc)
                ]]

                column_names = [
                    'sha256', 'md5', 'sha1',
                    'elf_imports_total',
                    'elf_import_libraries',
                    'elf_import_functions',
                    'analysis_date'
                ]

                column_type_names = [
                    'FixedString(64)', 'FixedString(32)', 'FixedString(40)',
                    'UInt32',
                    'Array(LowCardinality(String))',
                    'Array(LowCardinality(String))',
                    '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_imports"