Haizhong Zheng

35 papers A* 8B 1C 1Journal 22Unranked 3
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2026 A* conf
CHI
Kaylee Yaxuan Li, Xinghao Zhou, Haizhong Zheng, Kang G. Shin, Alanson P. Sample
2026 J jnl
CoRR
Zhuoming Chen, Hongyi Liu, Yang Zhou, Haizhong Zheng, Beidi Chen
2026 J jnl
CoRR
Krish Agarwal, Zhuoming Chen, Cheng Luo, Yongqi Chen, Haizhong Zheng, Xun Huang, Atri Rudra, Beidi Chen
2026 conf
ASPLOS (2)
Haoxuan Xu, Chen Gong, Beijie Liu, Haizhong Zheng, Beidi Chen, Mengyuan Li
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Haizhong Zheng, Yang Zhou, Brian R. Bartoldson, Bhavya Kailkhura, Fan Lai, Jiawei Zhao, Beidi Chen
2025 conf
ICCVW
Elisa Tsai, Haizhong Zheng, Atul Prakash
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Elisa Tsai, Haizhong Zheng, Atul Prakash
2025 A* conf
ICLR
Haizhong Zheng, Elisa Tsai, Yifu Lu, Jiachen Sun, Brian R. Bartoldson, Bhavya Kailkhura, Atul Prakash
2025 A* conf
WWW
Elisa Tsai, Neal Mangaokar, Boyuan Zheng, Haizhong Zheng, Atul Prakash
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Elisa Tsai, Neal Mangaokar, Boyuan Zheng, Haizhong Zheng, Atul Prakash
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Ranajoy Sadhukhan, Zhuoming Chen, Haizhong Zheng, Yang Zhou, Emma Strubell, Beidi Chen
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Kaizhuo Yan, Yingjie Yu, Yifan Yu, Haizhong Zheng, Fan Lai
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Haizhong Zheng, Jiawei Zhao, Beidi Chen
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Yongji Wu, Xueshen Liu, Haizhong Zheng, Juncheng Gu, Beidi Chen, Z. Morley Mao, Arvind Krishnamurthy, Ion Stoica
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Yibo Peng, James Song, Lei Li, Xinyu Yang, Mihai Christodorescu, Ravi Mangal, Corina S. Pasareanu, Haizhong Zheng, Beidi Chen
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Udbhav Bamba, Minghao Fang, Yifan Yu, Haizhong Zheng, Fan Lai
2024 J jnl
CoRR
Shuowei Jin, Yongji Wu, Haizhong Zheng, Qingzhao Zhang, Matthew Lentz, Z. Morley Mao, Atul Prakash, Feng Qian, Danyang Zhuo
2024 A* conf
ICLR
Jiachen Sun, Haizhong Zheng, Qingzhao Zhang, Atul Prakash, Zhuoqing Mao, Chaowei Xiao
2024 J jnl
CoRR
Haizhong Zheng, Elisa Tsai, Yifu Lu, Jiachen Sun, Brian R. Bartoldson, Bhavya Kailkhura, Atul Prakash
2024 A* conf
NeurIPS
Haizhong Zheng, Xiaoyan Bai, Xueshen Liu, Zhuoqing Morley Mao, Beidi Chen, Fan Lai, Atul Prakash
2024 J jnl
CoRR
Haizhong Zheng, Xiaoyan Bai, Beidi Chen, Fan Lai, Atul Prakash
2024 conf
ECCV (24)
Haizhong Zheng, Jiachen Sun, Shutong Wu, Bhavya Kailkhura, Z. Morley Mao, Chaowei Xiao, Atul Prakash
2023 J jnl
CoRR
Jiachen Sun, Haizhong Zheng, Qingzhao Zhang, Atul Prakash, Z. Morley Mao, Chaowei Xiao
2023 A* conf
ICLR
Haizhong Zheng, Rui Liu, Fan Lai, Atul Prakash
2023 J jnl
CoRR
Haizhong Zheng, Jiachen Sun, Shutong Wu, Bhavya Kailkhura, Zhuoqing Mao, Chaowei Xiao, Atul Prakash
2022 J jnl
CoRR
Haizhong Zheng, Rui Liu, Fan Lai, Atul Prakash
2020 A* conf
CVPR
Haizhong Zheng, Ziqi Zhang, Juncheng Gu, Honglak Lee, Atul Prakash
2020 J jnl
CoRR
Haizhong Zheng, Ziqi Zhang, Honglak Lee, Atul Prakash
2019 J jnl
CoRR
Haizhong Zheng, Earlence Fernandes, Atul Prakash
2019 J jnl
CoRR
Haizhong Zheng, Ziqi Zhang, Juncheng Gu, Honglak Lee, Atul Prakash
2019 J jnl
CoRR
Kevin Eykholt, Swati Gupta, Atul Prakash, Haizhong Zheng
2018 A* conf
NDSS
Haizhong Zheng, Minhui Xue, Hao Lu, Shuang Hao, Haojin Zhu, Xiaohui Liang, Keith W. Ross
2017 C conf
ICCC
Haizhong Zheng, Neng Li, Minhui Xue, Suguo Du, Haojin Zhu
2017 J jnl
CoRR
Haizhong Zheng, Minhui Xue, Hao Lu, Shuang Hao, Haojin Zhu, Xiaohui Liang, Keith W. Ross
2014 B conf
GLOBECOM
Xiaokuan Zhang, Haizhong Zheng, Xiaolong Li, Suguo Du, Haojin Zhu
redb/extractors/apk_extractors/apk_resources.py
← Index redb/extractors/apk_extractors/apk_resources.py python
import hashlib
import inspect
import os
from datetime import datetime, timezone
from typing import Any

from redb.extractors.enum import Tag
from redb.extractors.apk_extractor import APKExtractor
from redb.models.dataclasses import APKResource


# ─── Suspicious file types ──────────────────────────────────────────────
# File types that are suspicious when found inside res/ or assets/.
# Excludes javascript/html (extremely common in legitimate hybrid apps)
# and common media/font types that are normal APK content.
SUSPICIOUS_TYPES = {
    # Executables — no legitimate reason in assets/res
    "elf", "pebin", "macho", "dex", "apk",
    # Java containers — DexClassLoader target
    "jar",
    # Archives — rare in legitimate assets (~135:1 malware-to-benign ratio)
    "zip", "gzip", "7z", "xz", "tar", "bzip2", "rar", "7zip", "lzma",
    # Scripts with system execution capability
    "shell", "python", "powershell", "batch",
}

# ─── Entropy thresholds ─────────────────────────────────────────────────
# For unrecognized/unknown types: encrypted payloads typically land > 7.0
ENTROPY_HIGH_UNKNOWN = 7.0
# For recognized-but-non-image types: stricter threshold
ENTROPY_EXTREME = 7.85

# ─── Android-specific binary format magic bytes ─────────────────────────
# These formats are common in legitimate APKs but unknown to Magika,
# causing misclassification (e.g., AXML → "gzip", profm → "unknown").
AXML_MAGIC = b'\x03\x00\x08\x00'       # Android Binary XML (compiled res/*.xml)
ARSC_MAGIC = b'\x02\x00\x0c\x00'       # Android compiled resource table
ART_PROF_MAGIC = b'pro\x00'            # ART baseline profile
ART_PROFM_MAGIC = b'prm\x00'           # ART baseline profile metadata

# ─── Allowlisted paths ──────────────────────────────────────────────────
# Fixed, hardcoded paths in the Android build system that are always benign.
# ART profiles at these exact paths are shipped by Jetpack ProfileInstaller.
ALLOWLISTED_PATHS = {
    "assets/dexopt/baseline.prof",
    "assets/dexopt/baseline.profm",
}

# ─── Image handling ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
# Magika-confirmed image types: high entropy is expected (lossy codecs
# like VP8/JPEG arithmetic-code toward entropy ~7.95-8.0 by design).
IMAGE_MAGIKA_TYPES = {"png", "webp", "jpeg", "gif", "bmp", "tiff", "ico"}
IMAGE_EXTENSIONS = {".png", ".webp", ".jpg", ".jpeg", ".gif", ".bmp", ".tiff", ".ico"}

# ─── Types Magika assigns when it can't identify the content ────────────
UNRECOGNIZED_MAGIKA_TYPES = {"unknown", "empty"}

# ─── Resource scan limits ───────────────────────────────────────────────
MAX_RESOURCE_FILES = 5000


class APKResourceExtractor(APKExtractor):

    def __init__(
        self, filepath, log, exporters=None, index_prefix=None,
        known_benign=False, known_malicious=False,
        apk=None,
    ):
        super().__init__(
            filepath, log, exporters, index_prefix,
            known_benign, known_malicious, apk,
        )
        self.resources = []
        self.suspicious_files = []
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)

    def tag(self):
        return Tag.APK_RESOURCES.value

    # ─── Core classification logic ──────────────────────────────────────

    def _identify_android_format(self, header: bytes) -> str | None:
        """
        Identify Android-specific binary formats that Magika doesn't know.
        Returns a corrected type label, or None to fall through to Magika.
        """
        if len(header) < 4:
            return None

        magic4 = header[:4]

        # Android Binary XML — all res/*.xml in a compiled APK.
        # Magika often misclassifies this as "gzip".
        if magic4 == AXML_MAGIC:
            return "android_binary_xml"

        # Android compiled resource table (resources.arsc chunks)
        if magic4 == ARSC_MAGIC:
            return "android_resource_table"

        # ART baseline profiles — high entropy (zlib inside) but benign.
        # The format is inert (method reference bitmaps/metadata, not
        # executable code) and some build configs place them at varying paths.
        if magic4 == ART_PROF_MAGIC:
            return "android_art_profile"
        if magic4 == ART_PROFM_MAGIC:
            return "android_art_profile_metadata"

        return None

    def _is_suspicious_resource(
        self, path: str, magika_type: str, entropy: float,
        android_type: str | None,
    ) -> bool:
        """
        Determine if a resource file is suspicious.

        Detection layers:
        1. Allowlisted paths → always benign
        2. Android-specific format override → reclassify Magika mislabels
        3. Image extension vs Magika type mismatch → encrypted blob detection
        4. Magika-confirmed images → benign regardless of entropy
        5. Suspicious type match → flag known-dangerous types
        6. High-entropy unknown blobs → likely encrypted payloads
        """

        # ── Layer 1: Allowlisted paths (hardcoded Android build artifacts) ──
        if path in ALLOWLISTED_PATHS:
            return False

        # ── Layer 2: Android-specific format detection ──────────────────────
        # Override Magika's label for formats it doesn't recognize.
        # All Android-specific formats (AXML, ARSC, ART profiles) are
        # legitimate build artifacts — never suspicious.
        if android_type is not None:
            return False

        # ── Layer 3: Image extension / Magika type mismatch ─────────────────
        # If the file extension claims "image" but Magika's content analysis
        # disagrees, this is a strong signal for an encrypted payload with
        # a fake image extension (e.g., ErrorFather's "rbyypivsnw.png").
        ext = os.path.splitext(path)[1].lower()
        if ext in IMAGE_EXTENSIONS and magika_type not in IMAGE_MAGIKA_TYPES:
            # Exception: Magika might label a valid image as "unknown" if
            # the file is very small (< ~16 bytes). Don't flag tiny files.
            if entropy > 5.0:
                return True

        # ── Layer 4: Magika-confirmed images → benign ───────────────────────
        # Lossy codecs (VP8, JPEG) produce entropy up to ~8.0 by design.
        # If Magika confirms image structure, high entropy is expected.
        if magika_type in IMAGE_MAGIKA_TYPES:
            return False

        # ── Layer 5: Known suspicious file types ────────────────────────────
        if magika_type in SUSPICIOUS_TYPES:
            return True

        # ── Layer 6: High-entropy unrecognized blobs ────────────────────────
        # Files Magika can't identify with high entropy are likely encrypted
        # payloads. Most Android malware packers store encrypted DEX/SO
        # payloads as opaque blobs with random names and no valid magic.
        if magika_type in UNRECOGNIZED_MAGIKA_TYPES and entropy > ENTROPY_HIGH_UNKNOWN:
            return True

        # ── Layer 7: Extreme entropy on any non-image recognized type ───────
        # Catches edge cases where Magika assigns a benign label (e.g.,
        # "xml", "txt") but the entropy is impossibly high for that format.
        if magika_type not in IMAGE_MAGIKA_TYPES and entropy > ENTROPY_EXTREME:
            return True

        return False

    # ─── Extraction pipeline ────────────────────────────────────────────

    def extract(self):
        if not self._is_valid_apk():
            self.log.error(f"Invalid APK for {self.hash.sha256}")
            return None

        try:
            from magika import Magika
            magika = Magika()
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Failed to initialize Magika for {self.hash.sha256}: {e}")
            magika = None

        self.resources = []
        self.suspicious_files = []
        scanned = 0

        zf = self._get_zip_file()
        if not zf:
            return None

        with zf:
            for info in zf.infolist():
                if info.is_dir():
                    continue
                if not (info.filename.startswith("res/") or
                        info.filename.startswith("assets/")):
                    continue

                if scanned >= MAX_RESOURCE_FILES:
                    self.log.warning(
                        f"Resource scan limit reached ({MAX_RESOURCE_FILES}), "
                        f"stopping resource enumeration"
                    )
                    break
                scanned += 1

                try:
                    data = zf.read(info.filename)
                except Exception as e:
                    self.log.warning(
                        f"Error reading resource {info.filename}: {e}"
                    )
                    continue

                try:
                    file_sha256 = hashlib.sha256(data).hexdigest()
                    file_entropy = round(self.calculate_entropy(data), 3)

                    # Read first bytes for Android-specific format detection
                    header = data[:16] if len(data) >= 16 else data

                    if magika:
                        try:
                            filetype = magika.identify_bytes(data).output.label
                        except Exception:
                            filetype = "unknown"
                    else:
                        filetype = "unknown"

                    # Identify Android-specific formats once, reuse for
                    # both stored type and suspicion classification
                    android_type = self._identify_android_format(header)
                    stored_type = android_type if android_type else filetype

                    suspicious = self._is_suspicious_resource(
                        path=info.filename,
                        magika_type=filetype,
                        entropy=file_entropy,
                        android_type=android_type,
                    )

                    resource = APKResource(
                        path=info.filename,
                        size=info.file_size,
                        sha256=file_sha256,
                        filetype_magika=stored_type,
                        entropy=file_entropy,
                    )

                    if suspicious:
                        resource.is_suspicious = True
                        self.suspicious_files.append(resource)

                    self.resources.append(resource)
                except Exception as e:
                    self.log.warning(
                        f"Error processing resource {info.filename}: {e}"
                    )
                    continue

        if not self.resources:
            return None

        return {
            "total_resource_count": len(self.resources),
            "total_resource_size": sum(r.size for r in self.resources),
            "suspicious_file_count": len(self.suspicious_files),
            "resources": self.resources,
            "suspicious_files": self.suspicious_files,
        }

    # ─── Export ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

    def prepare_export_data(self, exporter_type: str) -> Any:
        if exporter_type == "ClickHouseExporter":
            if not self.resources:
                return None

            current_time = datetime.now(timezone.utc)
            data = []
            for res in self.resources:
                data.append([
                    self.sha256,
                    res.path,
                    res.size,
                    res.sha256,
                    res.filetype_magika,
                    res.entropy,
                    int(res.is_suspicious),
                    current_time,
                ])

            column_names = [
                'sha256', 'resource_path', 'resource_size',
                'resource_sha256', 'resource_magika', 'resource_entropy',
                'is_suspicious', 'analysis_date',
            ]

            column_type_names = [
                'FixedString(64)', 'String', 'UInt64',
                'FixedString(64)', 'LowCardinality(String)', 'Float32',
                'UInt8', "DateTime64(3, 'UTC')",
            ]

            return (data, column_names, column_type_names)

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