Ines Liebich

11 papers Journal 7Unranked 4
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2006 J jnl
Nucleic Acids Res.
Anatolij Potapov, Ines Liebich, Jürgen Dönitz, Knut Schwarzer, Nicole Sasse, Torsten Schoeps, Torsten Crass, Edgar Wingender
2006 J jnl
Nucleic Acids Res.
V. Matys, Olga V. Kel-Margoulis, Ellen Fricke, Ines Liebich, Sigrid Land, A. Barre-Dirrie, Ingmar Reuter, D. Chekmenev, Mathias Krull, Klaus Hornischer, Nico Voss, Philip Stegmaier, Birgit Lewicki-Potapov, H. Saxel, Alexander E. Kel, Edgar Wingender
2004 J jnl
Bioinform.
Torsten Crass, Iris Antes, Rico Basekow, Peer Bork, Christian Buning, Maik Christensen, Holger Claussen, Christian Ebeling, Peter Ernst, Valérie Gailus-Durner, Karl-Heinz Glatting, Rolf Gohla, Frank Gößling, Korbinian Grote, Karsten R. Heidtke, Alexander Herrmann, Sean O'Keeffe, O. Kießlich, Sven Kolibal, Jan O. Korbel, Thomas Lengauer, Ines Liebich, Mark van der Linden, Hannes Luz, Kathrin Meissner, Christian von Mering, Heinz-Theodor Mevissen, Hans-Werner Mewes, Holger Michael, Martin Mokrejs, Tobias Müller, Heike Pospisil, Matthias Rarey, Jens G. Reich, Ralf Schneider, Dietmar Schomburg, Steffen Schulze-Kremer, Knut Schwarzer, Ingolf Sommer, Stephan Springstubbe, Sándor Suhai, Gnanasekaran Thoppae, Martin Vingron, Jens Warfsmann, Thomas Werner, Daniel Wetzler, Edgar Wingender, Ralf Zimmer
2002 J jnl
Nucleic Acids Res.
Ines Liebich, Jürgen Bode, Matthias Frisch, Edgar Wingender
2001 conf
German Conference on Bioinformatics
Ines Liebich, Maik Christensen, Edgar Wingender
2001 J jnl
Nucleic Acids Res.
Edgar Wingender, Xin Chen, Ellen Fricke, R. Geffers, Reinhard Hehl, Ines Liebich, Mathias Krull, V. Matys, Holger Michael, R. Ohnhäuser, M. Prüß, Frank Schacherer, S. Thiele, S. Urbach
2000 conf
German Conference on Bioinformatics
Matthias Frisch, Kornelie Frech, Andreas Klingenhoff, Kerstin Quandt, Ines Liebich, Thomas Werner
2000 J jnl
Nucleic Acids Res.
Edgar Wingender, Xin Chen, Reinhard Hehl, Holger Karas, Ines Liebich, V. Matys, T. Meinhardt, M. Prüß, Ingmar Reuter, Frank Schacherer
1999 J jnl
Nucleic Acids Res.
T. Heinemeyer, Xin Chen, Holger Karas, Alexander E. Kel, Olga V. Kel-Margoulis, Ines Liebich, T. Meinhardt, Ingmar Reuter, Frank Schacherer, Edgar Wingender
1999 conf
German Conference on Bioinformatics
Ines Liebich, Jürgen Bode, Edgar Wingender
1998 conf
German Conference on Bioinformatics
Edgar Wingender, Xin Chen, T. Heinemeyer, Alexander E. Kel, Ines Liebich, T. Meinhardt
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