Imad Rahal

32 papers A 2B 2C 1Misc 7Journal 11Unranked 8
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2024 conf
SIGCSE (2)
Colin Glynn, Emily Hed, Abbigail Pexa, Tyler Pohlmann, Imad Rahal, Robert Hesse
2021 Misc conf
FLAIRS
Imad Rahal, Ryan Strelow, Jeremy Iverson
2017 conf
ICEIS (2)
Ramzi A. Haraty, Maram Assi, Imad Rahal
2016 Misc conf
FLAIRS
Imad Rahal, Emily Furst, Ramzi A. Haraty
2015 Misc conf
FLAIRS
Imad Rahal, Preston Hardy, Kelsey Weiers
2015 J jnl
Knowl. Inf. Syst.
Tony Ohmann, Imad Rahal
2014 J jnl
J. Inf. Knowl. Manag.
Imad Rahal, Colin Wielga
2013 J jnl
Int. J. Data Min. Model. Manag.
Sean R. Landman, Imad Rahal
2011 J jnl
Int. J. Data Min. Model. Manag.
Baoying Wang, Imad Rahal, Aijuan Dong
2010 J jnl
Int. J. Comput. Their Appl.
Baoying Wang, Imad Rahal, William Perrizo
2010 ed.
SEDE
Imad Rahal, Rym Zalila-Wenkstern
2010 conf
SEDE
Sean R. Landman, Imad Rahal
2010 conf
SEDE
Jeremy Iverson, James Schnepf, Imad Rahal
2009 J jnl
J. Inf. Knowl. Manag.
Imad Rahal, Baoying Wang, Riad Rahhal
2008 J jnl
Int. J. Bioinform. Res. Appl.
Imad Rahal, Riad Rahhal, Baoying Wang, William Perrizo
2008 conf
ICDM Workshops
Baoying Wang, Qin Ding, Imad Rahal
2008 C conf
CAINE
Imad Rahal, Joseph Degiovanni
2008 A conf
SIGCSE
Imad Rahal
2007 conf
ICDM Workshops
Baoying Wang, Imad Rahal
2006 conf
SEDE
Imad Rahal, Walid Saeed, Arun Srivastava, Pratap Kotala, Ranapratap Syamala, William Perrizo, Cesar Carvalho
2006 J jnl
J. Inf. Knowl. Manag.
Imad Rahal, Hassan Najadat, William Perrizo
2006 J jnl
Knowl. Inf. Syst.
Imad Rahal, Dongmei Ren, Weihua Wu, Anne Denton, Christopher Besemann, William Perrizo
2005 Misc conf
SAC
Imad Rahal, Dongmei Ren, Amal Perera, Hassan Najadat, William Perrizo, Riad Rahhal, Willy Valdivia Granda
2004 J jnl
Int. J. Comput. Their Appl.
Imad Rahal, William Perrizo
2004 J jnl
J. Inf. Knowl. Manag.
Imad Rahal, Dongmei Ren, William Perrizo
2004 B conf
ICTAI
Dongmei Ren, Imad Rahal, William Perrizo
2004 A conf
CIKM
Dongmei Ren, Imad Rahal, William Perrizo, Kirk Scott
2004 Misc conf
SAC
Imad Rahal, William Perrizo
2004 conf
SIGMOD Conference
Masum Serazi, Amal Perera, Qiang Ding, Vasiliy Malakhov, Imad Rahal, Fei Pan, Dongmei Ren, Weihua Wu, William Perrizo
2004 Misc conf
CATA
Fei Pan, Imad Rahal, Yue Cui, William Perrizo
2004 B conf
ICTAI
Imad Rahal, Dongmei Ren, Weihua Wu, William Perrizo
2003 Misc conf
CATA
Imad Rahal, William Perrizo
redb/extractors/elf_extractors/elf_imports.py
← Index redb/extractors/elf_extractors/elf_imports.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 ELFImport


class ELFImportExtractor(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_imports = None
        self.elastic_index = self.index_prefix + "-elf_imports"
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)

    def _get_import_libraries(self, elf) -> List[str]:
        """Extract imported libraries from dynamic section."""
        libraries = []

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

            # Extract DT_NEEDED entries (required libraries)
            for tag in dynamic_section.iter_tags():
                if tag.entry.d_tag == 'DT_NEEDED':
                    libraries.append(tag.needed)

        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error extracting import libraries: {e}")

        return libraries

    def _get_imported_functions_from_symbols(self, elf) -> Set[str]:
        """Extract imported functions from dynamic symbol table."""
        imported_functions = set()

        try:
            # Get the dynamic symbol table
            dynsym_section = elf.get_section_by_name('.dynsym')
            if not dynsym_section or not hasattr(dynsym_section, 'iter_symbols'):
                return imported_functions

            # Look for undefined symbols (imports)
            for symbol in dynsym_section.iter_symbols():
                # Check if symbol is undefined (imported)
                if (symbol.entry.get('st_shndx', 0) == 'SHN_UNDEF' and
                    symbol.name and
                    symbol.entry.get('st_info', {}).get('bind') in ['STB_GLOBAL', 'STB_WEAK']):
                    imported_functions.add(symbol.name)

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

        return imported_functions

    def _get_imported_functions_from_relocations(self, elf) -> Set[str]:
        """Extract imported functions from relocation sections."""
        imported_functions = set()

        try:
            # Look through relocation sections
            for section in elf.iter_sections():
                if hasattr(section, 'iter_relocations'):
                    try:
                        for relocation in section.iter_relocations():
                            # Get symbol associated with relocation
                            if hasattr(relocation, 'symbol') and relocation.symbol:
                                symbol_name = relocation.symbol.name
                                if symbol_name:
                                    imported_functions.add(symbol_name)
                    except Exception as e:
                        self.log.debug(f"Could not process relocations in section {section.name}: {e}")

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

        return imported_functions

    def _get_plt_functions(self, elf) -> Set[str]:
        """Extract functions from PLT (Procedure Linkage Table) sections."""
        plt_functions = set()

        try:
            # Look for PLT-related sections
            plt_sections = ['.plt', '.plt.got', '.plt.sec']

            for section_name in plt_sections:
                section = elf.get_section_by_name(section_name)
                if section:
                    # PLT functions are typically associated with relocations
                    # We'll get them from the relocation analysis
                    pass

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

        return plt_functions

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

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

            def extract_data(elf):
                # Extract import libraries
                import_libraries = self._get_import_libraries(elf)

                # Extract imported functions from multiple sources
                imported_functions = set()

                # From dynamic symbols
                symbol_imports = self._get_imported_functions_from_symbols(elf)
                imported_functions.update(symbol_imports)

                # From relocations
                relocation_imports = self._get_imported_functions_from_relocations(elf)
                imported_functions.update(relocation_imports)

                # From PLT
                plt_imports = self._get_plt_functions(elf)
                imported_functions.update(plt_imports)

                # Convert to sorted lists for consistent output
                import_libraries_list = sorted(list(set(import_libraries)))
                import_functions_list = sorted(list(imported_functions))

                # Return ELFImport dataclass
                return ELFImport(
                    elf_imports_total=len(import_functions_list),
                    elf_import_libraries=import_libraries_list,
                    elf_import_functions=import_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_imports = result
            return self.elf_imports

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

                # Prepare data array
                data = [[
                    self.sha256,
                    self.md5,
                    self.sha1,
                    self.elf_imports.elf_imports_total,
                    self.elf_imports.elf_import_libraries,
                    self.elf_imports.elf_import_functions,
                    datetime.now(timezone.utc)
                ]]

                column_names = [
                    'sha256', 'md5', 'sha1',
                    'elf_imports_total',
                    'elf_import_libraries',
                    'elf_import_functions',
                    'analysis_date'
                ]

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

                if not data:
                    return None

                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_imports"