Cathy Ringstaff

12 papers A 1C 2Unranked 9
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2026 conf
SIGCSE (1)
Jessica Vandenberg, Andy Smith, Robert Monahan, James Minogue, Kevin M. Oliver, Aleata Hubbard Cheuoua, Cathy Ringstaff, Bradford W. Mott
2025 conf
AIED Companion (2)
Andy Smith, Natalie Brezack, Wynnie Chan, Abby Lavine, Bradford W. Mott, Cathy Ringstaff, Mingyu Feng, James C. Lester
2024 conf
SIGCSE Virtual (2)
Anisha Gupta, Robert Monahan, Jessica Vandenberg, Andy Smith, Rasha Elsayed, Kimkinyona Fox, James Minogue, Kevin M. Oliver, Aleata Hubbard Cheuoua, Cathy Ringstaff, Bradford W. Mott
2023 conf
ICIDS (2)
Anisha Gupta, Andy Smith, Jessica Vandenberg, Rasha Elsayed, Kimkinyona Fox, James Minogue, Aleata Hubbard Cheuoua, Kevin M. Oliver, Cathy Ringstaff, Bradford W. Mott
2023 conf
ICIDS (2)
Robert Monahan, Jessica Vandenberg, Andy Smith, Anisha Gupta, Kimkinyona Fox, Rasha Elsayed, Aleata Hubbard Cheuoua, James Minogue, Kevin M. Oliver, Cathy Ringstaff, Bradford W. Mott
2023 conf
ITiCSE (2)
Robert Monahan, Jessica Vandenberg, Anisha Gupta, Andy Smith, Rasha Elsayed, Kimkinyona Fox, Aleata Hubbard Cheuoua, Cathy Ringstaff, James Minogue, Kevin M. Oliver, Bradford W. Mott
2023 conf
SIGCSE (2)
Jessica Vandenberg, Anisha Gupta, Andy Smith, Rasha Elsayed, Kimkinyona Fox, Aleata Hubbard Cheuoua, James Minogue, Kevin M. Oliver, Cathy Ringstaff, Bradford W. Mott
2021 conf
ITiCSE (2)
Danielle Boulden, Andy Smith, Kimkinyona Cully, Jennifer Houchins, Rasha Elsayed, Aleata Hubbard Cheuoua, James Minogue, Kevin M. Oliver, Cathy Ringstaff, Bradford W. Mott
2021 C conf
ICIDS
Andy Smith, Danielle Boulden, Bradford W. Mott, Aleata Hubbard Cheuoua, James Minogue, Kevin M. Oliver, Cathy Ringstaff
2020 conf
ICLS
Bradford W. Mott, Kevin M. Oliver, James Minogue, Jennifer Houchins, Andy Smith, Sandra Taylor, Aleata Hubbard Cheuoua, Cathy Ringstaff
2020 A conf
SIGCSE
Andy Smith, Bradford W. Mott, Sandra Taylor, Aleata Hubbard Cheuoua, James Minogue, Kevin M. Oliver, Cathy Ringstaff
2020 C conf
ICIDS
Andy Smith, Bradford W. Mott, Sandra Taylor, Aleata Hubbard Cheuoua, James Minogue, Kevin M. Oliver, Cathy Ringstaff
redb/extractors/js_extractors/js_xray.py
← Index redb/extractors/js_extractors/js_xray.py python
"""Subprocess wrapper for the bundled js-x-ray Node bridge.

Mirrors `js_deobfuscator.py`: shell out to a Node script with a per-sample
timeout, kill the process group on hang, demote `FileNotFoundError` to debug
(missing tool is routine — the host either has Node + the bundled package
installed or it doesn't), and return a structured result on success.

The bridge lives at `redb/extractors/js_extractors/scripts/js-xray-runner.js`.
Operators install the JS dependency once with `npm install` in that directory
(or override the path with `JS_XRAY_RUNNER_PATH`).

Configuration (env vars):
    JS_XRAY_RUNNER_PATH   Path to the Node bridge script (default: bundled).
    JS_XRAY_TIMEOUT       Seconds before the subprocess is killed. Default: 30.

`run(source, log)` returns `XRayResult(obfuscator, warnings)` on a successful
analysis, or `XRayResult(None, [])` for any non-success path (binary missing,
timeout, parse failure, etc.). The two unsuccessful states are
indistinguishable to the caller on purpose — they all collapse to "no
js-x-ray verdict, fall back to heuristic".
"""

from __future__ import annotations

import json
import os
import signal
import subprocess
import tempfile
from dataclasses import dataclass, field
from typing import List, Optional

# Bundled bridge: redb/extractors/js_extractors/scripts/js-xray-runner.js
_DEFAULT_RUNNER = os.path.join(
    os.path.dirname(__file__), "scripts", "js-xray-runner.js"
)
_DEFAULT_NODE = "node"
_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_SECS = 30


@dataclass
class XRayResult:
    """Parsed js-x-ray output. `obfuscator` is the recognised family name
    (e.g. "jsfuck", "obfuscator.io") or None when js-x-ray did not flag the
    code. `warnings` carries every {kind, value} pair the analyser produced;
    the heuristic uses it as a corroborating signal. `avg_identifier_length`
    is js-x-ray's own AST-derived figure — used as a fallback for the
    heuristic's `avg_identifier_length<2` strong signal when pyjsparser
    can't parse the source (anything ES2015+ trips it)."""

    obfuscator: Optional[str] = None
    warnings: List[dict] = field(default_factory=list)
    avg_identifier_length: Optional[float] = None

    @property
    def flagged(self) -> bool:
        return self.obfuscator is not None


def _empty() -> XRayResult:
    return XRayResult(obfuscator=None, warnings=[])


def run(source: str, log) -> XRayResult:
    if not source:
        return _empty()

    runner = os.getenv("JS_XRAY_RUNNER_PATH", _DEFAULT_RUNNER)
    node_bin = os.getenv("JS_XRAY_NODE_BIN", _DEFAULT_NODE)
    timeout = int(os.getenv("JS_XRAY_TIMEOUT", str(_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_SECS)))

    if not os.path.exists(runner):
        log.debug(f"js-x-ray runner not found at {runner}")
        return _empty()

    # Skip the subprocess entirely when the JS dependency isn't installed.
    # Without this, every call to a host that has `node` but never ran
    # `npm install` next to the runner would still fork node, get a require
    # error, and exit nonzero — wasted ~50–200ms per JS sample (and per test).
    runner_dir = os.path.dirname(runner)
    if not os.path.isdir(os.path.join(runner_dir, "node_modules", "@nodesecure", "js-x-ray")):
        log.debug(f"@nodesecure/js-x-ray not installed in {runner_dir}")
        return _empty()

    tmp_path = None
    try:
        with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(
            suffix=".js", mode="w", delete=False, encoding="utf-8"
        ) as tmp:
            tmp.write(source)
            tmp_path = tmp.name

        try:
            process = subprocess.Popen(
                [node_bin, runner, tmp_path],
                stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
                stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
                preexec_fn=os.setsid,
            )
            try:
                stdout, stderr = process.communicate(timeout=timeout)
            except subprocess.TimeoutExpired:
                # Kill the whole process group so any node helpers die too.
                try:
                    os.killpg(os.getpgid(process.pid), signal.SIGTERM)
                    process.wait(timeout=5)
                except Exception:
                    try:
                        os.killpg(os.getpgid(process.pid), signal.SIGKILL)
                    except Exception:
                        pass
                log.warning(f"js-x-ray timed out after {timeout}s")
                return _empty()

            if process.returncode != 0:
                err = stderr.decode("utf-8", errors="replace").strip()
                log.debug(f"js-x-ray exited {process.returncode}: {err}")
                return _empty()

            text = stdout.decode("utf-8", errors="replace").strip()
            if not text:
                return _empty()

            try:
                payload = json.loads(text)
            except json.JSONDecodeError as e:
                log.warning(f"js-x-ray emitted non-JSON output: {e}")
                return _empty()

            obfuscator = payload.get("obfuscator")
            warnings = payload.get("warnings") or []
            if not isinstance(warnings, list):
                warnings = []

            ids_avg = payload.get("idsLengthAvg")
            if not isinstance(ids_avg, (int, float)):
                ids_avg = None

            return XRayResult(
                obfuscator=obfuscator,
                warnings=warnings,
                avg_identifier_length=ids_avg,
            )
        finally:
            if tmp_path:
                try:
                    os.unlink(tmp_path)
                except Exception:
                    pass
    except FileNotFoundError:
        log.debug(f"node binary not found at {node_bin}")
        return _empty()
    except Exception as e:
        log.error(f"js-x-ray subprocess error: {e}")
        return _empty()