Ian Marsh

24 papers A 1B 5C 2Journal 2Unranked 12
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2022 J jnl
CoRR
Ian Marsh, Wolfgang John, Ali Balador, Federico Tonini, Jalil Taghia, Andreas Johnsson, Paolo Monti, Jonas Gustafsson, Pontus Sköldström, Johan Sjöberg, Jim Dowling
2021 conf
CF
Ian Marsh, Nicolae Paladi, Henrik Abrahamsson, Jonas Gustafsson, Johan Sjöberg, Andreas Johnsson, Pontus Sköldström, Jim Dowling, Paolo Monti, Melina Vruna, Mohsen Amiribesheli
2018 conf
TMA
Henrik Abrahamsson, Fehmi Ben Abdesslem, Bengt Ahlgren, Anna Brunström, Ian Marsh, Mats Björkman
2017 B conf
Networking
Ian Marsh
2017 conf
ANRW
Ian Marsh
2016 C conf
MoMM
Ian Marsh, Liam McNamara, Rebecca Portelli
2016 J jnl
EAI Endorsed Trans. Scalable Inf. Syst.
Ian Marsh
2015 conf
ICC
Andrea Hess, Ian Marsh, Daniel Gillblad
2015 B conf
IWQoS
Robert Attila Potys, Noman Mumtaz Ali, Ian Marsh, Flutra Osmani
2013 conf
UKSim
Ian Marsh, Anders Gunnar
2012 conf
WONS
Ilario Filippini, Francesco Malandrino, György Dán, Matteo Cesana, Claudio Casetti, Ian Marsh
2012 B conf
PIMRC
Ian Marsh
2011 conf
NGI
Claudio Casetti, Matteo Cesana, Ilario Filippini, György Dán, Ian Marsh
2009
Ian Marsh
2008 C conf
MoMM
Wolfgang Leister, Tiia Sutinen, Svetlana Boudko, Ian Marsh, Carsten Griwodz, Pål Halvorsen
2008 A conf
CoNEXT
Bengt Ahlgren, Matteo D'Ambrosio, Marco Marchisio, Ian Marsh, Christian Dannewitz, Börje Ohlman, Kostas Pentikousis, Ove Strandberg, René Rembarz, Vinicio Vercellone
2006 B conf
Networking
Ian Marsh, Björn Grönvall, Florian Hammer
2004 B conf
NETWORKING
Olof Hagsand, Ignacio Más Ivars, Ian Marsh, Gunnar Karlsson
2003 conf
QoS-IP
Ingemar Kaj, Ian Marsh
2003 conf
EUROMICRO
Olof Hagsand, Ian Marsh, Kjell Hanson
2003 ch.
QofIS Final Report
Gunnar Karlsson, James Roberts, Ioannis Stavrakakis, Antonio Alves, Stefano Avallone, Fernando Boavida, Salvatore D'Antonio, Marcello Esposito, Viktória Fodor, Mauro Gargiulo, Jarmo Harju, Yevgeni Koucheryavy, Fengyi Li, Ian Marsh, Ignacio Más Ivars, Dmitri Moltchanov, Edmundo Monteiro, Antonis Panagakis, Antonio Pescapè, Gonçalo Quadros, Simon Pietro Romano, Giorgio Ventre
2003 conf
QofIS
Ian Marsh, Fengyi Li, Gunnar Karlsson
2002 conf
Protocols for High-Speed Networks
Henrik Abrahamsson, Olof Hagsand, Ian Marsh
1996 conf
ACM SIGOPS European Workshop
Björn Grönvall, Ian Marsh, Stephen Pink
redb/extractors/malcontent.py
← Index redb/extractors/malcontent.py python
import inspect
import json
import subprocess
from typing import Any
from datetime import datetime, timezone

from redb.extractors.enum import Tag
from redb.models.dataclasses import Malcontent
from redb.extractors.extractor import Extractor
from dotenv import load_dotenv
import os

load_dotenv(override=True)


class MalcontentExtractor(Extractor):
    """
    Extractor for malcontent tool from chainguard-dev/malcontent.

    Malcontent discovers supply-chain compromises through context, differential
    analysis, and 14,000+ YARA rules. It analyzes binaries and code to detect
    malicious content and suspicious behavioral patterns.

    Binary can be extracted from Docker image:
        docker cp $(docker create cgr.dev/chainguard/malcontent:latest):/usr/bin/mal /usr/local/bin/mal

    Stores full JSON output for materialized view extraction.
    """

    # Cache version at class level to avoid repeated subprocess calls
    _cached_version = None

    def __init__(
        self,
        filepath,
        log,
        exporters=None,
        index_prefix=None,
        elastic_index=None,
        known_benign=False,
        known_malicious=False,
    ):
        super().__init__(
            filepath,
            log,
            exporters,
            index_prefix,
            elastic_index,
            known_benign,
            known_malicious
        )
        self.malcontent = None

    @classmethod
    def _get_malcontent_version(cls, log) -> str:
        """Get malcontent version, cached at class level."""
        if cls._cached_version is not None:
            return cls._cached_version

        malcontent_path = os.getenv("MALCONTENT_PATH", "/usr/local/bin/mal")
        try:
            result = subprocess.run(
                [malcontent_path, "--version"],
                capture_output=True,
                text=True,
                timeout=10
            )
            version_output = result.stdout.strip()
            if result.returncode == 0 and version_output:
                # Parse "malcontent version v1.21.5" -> "1.21.5"
                if version_output.startswith("malcontent version v"):
                    version_output = version_output[len("malcontent version v"):]
                elif version_output.startswith("malcontent version "):
                    version_output = version_output[len("malcontent version "):]
                cls._cached_version = version_output
            else:
                cls._cached_version = "unknown"
        except Exception as e:
            log.warning(f"Could not get malcontent version: {e}")
            cls._cached_version = "unknown"

        return cls._cached_version

    def _extract_malcontent(self):
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)
        TIMEOUT = int(os.getenv("MALCONTENT_TIMEOUT", "300"))
        malcontent_path = os.getenv("MALCONTENT_PATH", "/usr/local/bin/mal")

        malcontent_command = [malcontent_path, "analyze", "--format=json", self.filepath]

        import signal

        try:
            process = subprocess.Popen(
                malcontent_command,
                stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
                stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
                text=True,
                preexec_fn=os.setsid
            )

            try:
                stdout, stderr = process.communicate(timeout=TIMEOUT)
                if process.returncode != 0:
                    self.log.error(f"Error running malcontent, return code: {process.returncode}, stderr: {stderr}")
                    return {}
            except subprocess.TimeoutExpired:
                self.log.warning(f"The malcontent command timed out after {TIMEOUT} seconds, terminating process group")
                try:
                    os.killpg(process.pid, signal.SIGTERM)
                    try:
                        process.wait(timeout=3)
                    except subprocess.TimeoutExpired:
                        self.log.warning("Process didn't terminate with SIGTERM, sending SIGKILL")
                        os.killpg(process.pid, signal.SIGKILL)
                    process.wait()
                except (ProcessLookupError, OSError) as e:
                    self.log.warning(f"Error while killing process: {e}")
                return {}

            try:
                malcontent_output = json.loads(stdout)
            except json.JSONDecodeError as e:
                self.log.error(f"Error parsing malcontent output: {e}")
                return {}

            # Unwrap the Files/<path> structure to get the inner content
            # Structure is: {"Files": {"/path/to/file": {<actual content>}}}
            files_dict = malcontent_output.get("Files", {})
            if not files_dict:
                self.log.warning("Malcontent output has no 'Files' key")
                return {}

            # Get the first (and only) file's content
            file_content = next(iter(files_dict.values()), {})
            if not file_content:
                self.log.warning("Malcontent output has empty file content")
                return {}

            # Extract risk score and level from the unwrapped content
            risk_score = file_content.get("RiskScore", 0)
            risk_level = file_content.get("RiskLevel", "")

            version = self._get_malcontent_version(self.log)

            self.malcontent = Malcontent(
                malcontent_dump=json.dumps(file_content),
                version=version,
                risk_score=risk_score,
                risk_level=risk_level
            )
            self.log.debug(f"Malcontent analysis complete, version={version}, risk={risk_level}({risk_score})")

        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Unexpected error in malcontent extraction: {str(e)}")
            if 'process' in locals() and process.poll() is None:
                try:
                    os.killpg(process.pid, signal.SIGKILL)
                    process.wait()
                except:
                    pass
            return {}

    def prepare_export_data(self, exporter_type: str) -> Any:
        if exporter_type == "ClickHouseExporter":
            current_time = datetime.now(timezone.utc)

            data = [[
                self.sha256,
                current_time,
                self.malcontent.version,
                self.malcontent.risk_score,
                self.malcontent.risk_level,
                self.malcontent.malcontent_dump
            ]]

            column_names = [
                'sha256', 'analysis_date',
                'malcontent_version', 'malcontent_risk_score', 'malcontent_risk_level',
                'malcontent_json'
            ]

            column_type_names = [
                'FixedString(64)',
                'DateTime64(3, \'UTC\')',
                'LowCardinality(String)', 'UInt8', 'LowCardinality(String)',
                'JSON'
            ]

            return (data, column_names, column_type_names)

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

    def extract(self):
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)
        try:
            self._extract_malcontent()
            return self.malcontent
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error extracting malcontent: {e}")
            return None

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