Catherine Mobley

12 papers B 1C 10Unranked 1
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2020 C conf
FIE
Catherine E. Brawner, Marisa K. Orr, Rebecca Brent, Catherine Mobley
2020 conf
ISVC (1)
Bryson Rudolph, Geoff Musick, Leah Wiitablake, Kelly B. Lazar, Catherine Mobley, D. Matthew Boyer, Stephen Moysey, Andrew C. Robb, Sabarish V. Babu
2019 C conf
FIE
Rebecca Brent, Catherine Mobley, Catherine E. Brawner, Marisa K. Orr
2017 C conf
EDUCON
Susan M. Lord, Michelle M. Camacho, Catherine E. Brawner, Catherine Mobley, Joyce B. Main
2017 C conf
EDUCON
Catherine E. Brawner, Catherine Mobley, Susan M. Lord, Michelle M. Camacho, Joyce B. Main
2016 C conf
FIE
Catherine E. Brawner, Joyce B. Main, Catherine Mobley, Michelle M. Camacho, Susan M. Lord
2015 C conf
FIE
Catherine E. Brawner, Joyce B. Main, Catherine Mobley, Susan M. Lord, Michelle M. Camacho
2015 B conf
MASS
Claudia Salazar, Katie Buckley, Catherine Mobley
2014 C conf
FIE
Catherine Mobley, Catherine E. Brawner, Russell A. Long
2014 C conf
FIE
Catherine E. Brawner, Catherine Mobley
2013 C conf
FIE
Catherine Mobley, Erin G. Shealy, Catherine E. Brawner
2012 C conf
FIE
Catherine Mobley, Erin G. Shealy, Catherine E. Brawner
tests/unit/test_decompile_strings.py
← Index tests/unit/test_decompile_strings.py python
"""Unit tests for bninja/analysis/strings.py — StringAnalysis."""
import pytest
import math
from unittest.mock import MagicMock


# StringAnalysis has no binaryninja imports, just collections and math
from redb.extractors.decompiler.bninja.analysis.strings import StringAnalysis


# ============================================================================
# Helper mocks
# ============================================================================

class MockStringEntry:
    """Mock for a Binary Ninja string reference."""
    def __init__(self, value, raw=None, start=0, length=0, type_name="Utf8String"):
        self.value = value
        self.raw = raw if raw is not None else (value.encode("utf-8") if isinstance(value, str) else value)
        self.start = start
        self.length = length if length else len(self.raw)
        self.type = MagicMock()
        self.type.name = type_name


class MockBinaryView:
    """Mock binary view with a strings list."""
    def __init__(self, strings=None):
        self.strings = strings or []


# ============================================================================
# 6a. StringAnalysis
# ============================================================================


class TestStringAnalysisEntropy:
    def setup_method(self):
        self.sa = StringAnalysis(bv=MockBinaryView(), functions=[])

    def test_entropy_empty_string(self):
        assert self.sa.entropy("") == 0.0

    def test_entropy_single_char(self):
        assert self.sa.entropy("aaaa") == 0.0

    def test_entropy_uniform_distribution(self):
        # "abcd" -> 4 unique chars, each p=1/4, entropy = log2(4) = 2.0
        result = self.sa.entropy("abcd")
        assert result == pytest.approx(2.0)

    def test_entropy_binary_string(self):
        # "ab" -> 2 unique chars, each p=1/2, entropy = log2(2) = 1.0
        result = self.sa.entropy("ab")
        assert result == pytest.approx(1.0)


class TestStringAnalysisAnalyze:
    def test_analyze_deduplication(self):
        """Duplicate (string, encoding) pairs -> only first kept."""
        entries = [
            MockStringEntry("hello", start=100, type_name="Utf8String"),
            MockStringEntry("hello", start=200, type_name="Utf8String"),
        ]
        bv = MockBinaryView(strings=entries)
        sa = StringAnalysis(bv=bv, functions=[])
        result = sa.analyze()
        assert len(result) == 1
        assert result[0]["string_offset"] == 100

    def test_analyze_sorted_by_address(self):
        """First occurrence (lowest offset) is the one kept."""
        entries = [
            MockStringEntry("world", start=500, type_name="Utf8String"),
            MockStringEntry("world", start=100, type_name="Utf8String"),
        ]
        bv = MockBinaryView(strings=entries)
        sa = StringAnalysis(bv=bv, functions=[])
        result = sa.analyze()
        assert len(result) == 1
        # The analyze() sorts by start, so 100 comes first
        assert result[0]["string_offset"] == 100

    def test_analyze_empty_bv(self):
        bv = MockBinaryView(strings=[])
        sa = StringAnalysis(bv=bv, functions=[])
        result = sa.analyze()
        assert result == []

    def test_analyze_output_schema(self):
        entries = [MockStringEntry("test_string", start=0, type_name="Utf8String")]
        bv = MockBinaryView(strings=entries)
        sa = StringAnalysis(bv=bv, functions=[])
        result = sa.analyze()
        assert len(result) == 1
        r = result[0]
        required_keys = [
            "string",
            "string_raw",
            "string_encoding",
            "string_offset",
            "string_length",
            "string_raw_length",
            "string_entropy",
        ]
        for key in required_keys:
            assert key in r, f"Missing key: {key}"