Hamdy M. Ahmed

14 papers Journal 14
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2025 J jnl
Int. J. Comput. Math.
Wafy M. Hasan, Wafaa B. Rabie, Ahmed M. Ahmed, Haytham M. Rezk, Hamdy M. Ahmed
2024 J jnl
J. Control. Decis.
A. M. Sayed Ahmed, Hamdy M. Ahmed
2023 J jnl
Symmetry
Hamdy M. Ahmed, Mahmoud M. El-Borai, Wagdy G. El-Sayed, Alaa Y. Elbadrawi
2023 J jnl
Symmetry
Yazid Alhojilan, Hamdy M. Ahmed, Wafaa B. Rabie
2022 J jnl
J. Control. Decis.
Hamdy M. Ahmed
2021 J jnl
Syst. Control. Lett.
Hamdy M. Ahmed
2021 J jnl
J. Control. Decis.
Hamdy M. Ahmed
2021 J jnl
Commun. Nonlinear Sci. Numer. Simul.
Islam Samir, Niveen Badra, Hamdy M. Ahmed, Ahmed H. Arnous
2021 J jnl
Appl. Math. Lett.
Hamdy M. Ahmed, Quanxin Zhu
2018 J jnl
Appl. Math. Comput.
Hamdy M. Ahmed, Mahmoud M. El-Borai
2016 J jnl
IMA J. Math. Control. Inf.
Hamdy M. Ahmed
2015 J jnl
IMA J. Math. Control. Inf.
Hamdy M. Ahmed
2005 J jnl
Appl. Math. Comput.
Mahmoud M. El-Borai, Khairia El-Said El-Nadi, Osama L. Mostafa, Hamdy M. Ahmed
2003 J jnl
Appl. Math. Comput.
Mahmoud M. El-Borai, Osama L. Mostafa, Hamdy M. Ahmed
redb/extractors/pe_extractor.py
← Index redb/extractors/pe_extractor.py python
import logging
from abc import ABCMeta, abstractmethod
import inspect

import magic
import pefile
from dotnetfile import DotNetPE

from redb.extractors.extractor import Extractor

logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)


@abstractmethod
class PEExtractor(Extractor, metaclass=ABCMeta):

    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
        )
        self.pe = pe if pe else self._generate_pefile_object()
        self.dotnet = None

    def _generate_pefile_object(self):
        pe = None
        try:
            pe = pefile.PE(self.filepath)
            if not pe:
                raise pefile.PEFormatError("Empty file?")
        except pefile.PEFormatError as e:
            self.log.error(f"Format error {self.hash.sha256} Full error : {e}")
        return pe

    def _generate_dotnetfile_object(self):
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)
        dotnet = None
        error = None
        try:
            dotnet = DotNetPE(self.filepath)
            if not dotnet:
                raise Exception("Empty file?")
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(
                f"Format error dotnet file {self.hash.sha256} Full error : {e}"
            )
            error = e
        return dotnet, error

    def _check_dotnet(self):
        try:
            file_type = magic.from_buffer(self.binary)
            if ".Net" in file_type:
                return True
            for entry in self.pe.OPTIONAL_HEADER.DATA_DIRECTORY:
                # IMAGE_DIRECTORY_ENTRY_COM_DESCRIPTOR is typically 14
                if (
                    entry.name == "IMAGE_DIRECTORY_ENTRY_COM_DESCRIPTOR"
                    and entry.Size > 0
                ):
                    return True
            return False
        except AttributeError as e:
            self.log.error(
                f"AttributeError error dotnet file {self.hash.sha256} Full error : {e}"
            )
            return False

    def _is_signed(self):
        address = self.pe.OPTIONAL_HEADER.DATA_DIRECTORY[
            pefile.DIRECTORY_ENTRY["IMAGE_DIRECTORY_ENTRY_SECURITY"]
        ].VirtualAddress
        if address == 0:
            return False
        return True

    def _has_overlay(self):
        return bool(self.pe.get_overlay())