Hamid Reza Faragardi

27 papers C 5Journal 13Unranked 8
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2025 J jnl
Comput.
Vahid Babaey, Hamid Reza Faragardi
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Vahid Babaey, Hamid Reza Faragardi
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Mohammad R. Shakournia, Pooya Jamshidi, Hamid Reza Faragardi, Nasser Yazdani
2022 J jnl
Comput. Networks
Wenhao Li, Hamid Reza Faragardi, Mustafa Özger, Cicek Cavdar, Björn Skubic
2021 J jnl
Comput. Networks
Shirin Tahmasebi, Nayereh Rasouli, Amir Hosein Kashefi, Elmira Rezabeyk, Hamid Reza Faragardi
2020 conf
IST
Hoda Ghavamipoor, Sayyed Ali Kianian Mousavi, Hamid Reza Faragardi, Nayereh Rasouli
2020 J jnl
Sensors
Shirin Tahmasebi, Mohadeseh Safi, Somayeh Zolfi, Mohammad Reza Maghsoudi, Hamid Reza Faragardi, Hossein Fotouhi
2020 J jnl
Clust. Comput.
Nayereh Rasouli, Ramin Razavi, Hamid Reza Faragardi
2020 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Parallel Distributed Syst.
Hamid Reza Faragardi, Mohammad Reza Saleh Sedghpour, Saber Fazliahmadi, Thomas Fahringer, Nayereh Rasouli
2020 J jnl
Hum. centric Comput. Inf. Sci.
Neda Maleki, Hamid Reza Faragardi, Amir Masoud Rahmani, Mauro Conti, Jay F. Lofstead
2019 J jnl
Microprocess. Microsystems
Saeid Dehnavi, Hamid Reza Faragardi, Mehdi Kargahi, Thomas Fahringer
2018 J jnl
J. Syst. Softw.
Hamid Reza Faragardi, Björn Lisper, Kristian Sandström, Thomas Nolte
2018 conf
WCNC Workshops
Maryam Vahabi, Hamid Reza Faragardi, Hossein Fotouhi
2018 J jnl
Softw. Pract. Exp.
Hamid Reza Faragardi, Maryam Vahabi, Hossein Fotouhi, Thomas Nolte, Thomas Fahringer
2018 J jnl
Softw. Pract. Exp.
Hamid Reza Faragardi, Saeid Dehnavi, Thomas Nolte, Mehdi Kargahi, Thomas Fahringer
2018
Hamid Reza Faragardi
2017 conf
HPCC/SmartCity/DSS
Hamid Reza Faragardi, Hossein Fotouhi, Thomas Nolte, Rahim Rahmani
2016 C conf
ETFA
Hamid Reza Faragardi, Aboozar Rajabi, Kristian Sandström, Thomas Nolte
2015 conf
HPCC/CSS/ICESS
Nima Moghaddami Khalilzad, Hamid Reza Faragardi, Thomas Nolte
2014 C conf
ETFA
Hamid Reza Faragardi, Björn Lisper, Kristian Sandström, Thomas Nolte
2013 C conf
ICIS
Hamid Reza Faragardi, Reza Shojaee, Hamid Tabani, Aboozar Rajabi
2013 C conf
ICIS
Hamid Reza Faragardi, Reza Shojaee, Mohammad Amin Keshtkar, Hamid Tabani
2013 conf
HPCC/EUC
Hamid Reza Faragardi, Aboozar Rajabi, Reza Shojaee, Thomas Nolte
2013 C conf
ETFA
Hamid Reza Faragardi, Björn Lisper, Thomas Nolte
2012 conf
IST
Reza Shojaee, Hamid Reza Faragardi, Sara Alaee, Nasser Yazdani
2012 conf
CSE
Hamid Reza Faragardi, Reza Shojaee, Maziar Mirzazad Barijough, Roozbeh Nosrati
2012 conf
HPCC-ICESS
Hamid Reza Faragardi, Reza Shojaee, Nasser Yazdani
redb/extractors/elf_extractors/elf_exports.py
← Index redb/extractors/elf_extractors/elf_exports.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 ELFExport


class ELFExportExtractor(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_exports = None
        self.elastic_index = self.index_prefix + "-elf_exports"
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)

    def _get_exported_functions_from_symbols(self, elf) -> Set[str]:
        """Extract exported functions from symbol tables."""
        exported_functions = set()

        try:
            # Check both static (.symtab) and dynamic (.dynsym) symbol tables
            symbol_sections = ['.symtab', '.dynsym']

            for section_name in symbol_sections:
                section = elf.get_section_by_name(section_name)
                if not section or not hasattr(section, 'iter_symbols'):
                    continue

                for symbol in section.iter_symbols():
                    # Check if symbol is exported (defined and globally visible)
                    if (symbol.name and
                        symbol.entry.get('st_shndx', 0) != 'SHN_UNDEF' and  # Not undefined
                        symbol.entry.get('st_info', {}).get('bind') in ['STB_GLOBAL', 'STB_WEAK'] and  # Global or weak binding
                        symbol.entry.get('st_info', {}).get('type') in ['STT_FUNC', 'STT_OBJECT']):  # Function or object

                        # Additional checks for meaningful exports
                        if (symbol.entry.get('st_value', 0) > 0 or  # Has a value
                            symbol.entry.get('st_size', 0) > 0):    # Has a size
                            exported_functions.add(symbol.name)

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

        return exported_functions

    def _get_exported_functions_from_dynamic_section(self, elf) -> Set[str]:
        """Extract exported functions information from dynamic section."""
        exported_functions = set()

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

            # Look for version definition sections that might indicate exports
            # This is complementary to symbol table analysis
            for tag in dynamic_section.iter_tags():
                if tag.entry.d_tag == 'DT_SONAME':
                    # If it has a SONAME, it's likely a shared library with exports
                    # The actual exports are still found in symbol tables
                    pass

        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error extracting exports from dynamic section: {e}")

        return exported_functions

    def _filter_meaningful_exports(self, exports: Set[str]) -> Set[str]:
        """Filter out compiler-generated and internal symbols to focus on meaningful exports."""
        filtered_exports = set()

        # Common patterns to exclude (compiler-generated, internal symbols)
        exclude_patterns = [
            '_start',
            '_init',
            '_fini',
            '__libc_',
            '__gmon_start__',
            '_IO_stdin_used',
            '__data_start',
            '__bss_start',
            '_edata',
            '_end',
            '__TMC_END__',
            '_ITM_deregisterTMCloneTable',
            '_ITM_registerTMCloneTable',
            '__cxa_finalize',
            '__gxx_personality_v0',
            '_Jv_RegisterClasses'
        ]

        for export in exports:
            # Skip empty or very short names
            if not export or len(export) < 2:
                continue

            # Skip symbols that match exclude patterns
            skip = False
            for pattern in exclude_patterns:
                if export.startswith(pattern):
                    skip = True
                    break

            # Skip symbols that look like internal mangled names (but keep reasonable C++ names)
            if export.startswith('_Z') and len(export) > 50:  # Very long mangled names
                skip = True

            if not skip:
                filtered_exports.add(export)

        return filtered_exports

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

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

            def extract_data(elf):
                # Extract exported functions from multiple sources
                exported_functions = set()

                # From symbol tables (primary source)
                symbol_exports = self._get_exported_functions_from_symbols(elf)
                exported_functions.update(symbol_exports)

                # From dynamic section (supplementary)
                dynamic_exports = self._get_exported_functions_from_dynamic_section(elf)
                exported_functions.update(dynamic_exports)

                # Filter out compiler-generated and internal symbols
                meaningful_exports = self._filter_meaningful_exports(exported_functions)

                # Convert to sorted list for consistent output
                export_functions_list = sorted(list(meaningful_exports))

                # Return ELFExport dataclass
                return ELFExport(
                    elf_exports_total=len(export_functions_list),
                    elf_export_functions=export_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_exports = result
            return self.elf_exports

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

                # Prepare data array
                data = [[
                    self.sha256,
                    self.md5,
                    self.sha1,
                    self.elf_exports.elf_exports_total,
                    self.elf_exports.elf_export_functions,
                    datetime.now(timezone.utc)
                ]]

                column_names = [
                    'sha256', 'md5', 'sha1',
                    'elf_exports_total',
                    'elf_export_functions',
                    'analysis_date'
                ]

                if not data:
                    return None

                column_type_names = [
                    'FixedString(64)', 'FixedString(32)', 'FixedString(40)',
                    'UInt32',
                    'Array(LowCardinality(String))',
                    'DateTime64(3, \'UTC\')'
                ]

                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_exports"