Iris A. M. Huijben

24 papers A* 5Misc 4Journal 13Unranked 2
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2025 J jnl
IEEE J. Biomed. Health Informatics
Ivar R. de Vries, Raoul Melaet, Iris A. M. Huijben, Judith O. E. H. Van Laar, René D. Kok, S. Guid Oei, Ruud J. G. van Sloun, Rik Vullings
2025 Misc conf
ICASSP
Han Wang, Eduardo Pérez, Iris A. M. Huijben, Hans Van Gorp, Ruud van Sloun, Florian Römer
2024 conf
EMBC
Iris A. M. Huijben, Sebastiaan Overeem, Merel M. van Gilst, Ruud J. G. van Sloun
2024 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Neural Networks Learn. Syst.
Lizeth Gonzalez-Carabarin, Iris A. M. Huijben, Bas Veeling, Alexandre Schmid, Ruud J. G. van Sloun
2024 J jnl
CoRR
Han Wang, Eduardo Pérez, Iris A. M. Huijben, Hans Van Gorp, Ruud van Sloun, Florian Römer
2024 A* conf
ICML
Iris A. M. Huijben, Matthijs Douze, Matthew J. Muckley, Ruud van Sloun, Jakob Verbeek
2024 J jnl
CoRR
Iris A. M. Huijben, Matthijs Douze, Matthew J. Muckley, Ruud van Sloun, Jakob Verbeek
2023 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Pattern Anal. Mach. Intell.
Iris A. M. Huijben, Wouter Kool, Max B. Paulus, Ruud J. G. van Sloun
2023 A* conf
ICML
Iris A. M. Huijben, Arthur Andreas Nijdam, Sebastiaan Overeem, Merel M. van Gilst, Ruud van Sloun
2022 Misc conf
ICASSP
Bert de Vries, Iris A. M. Huijben, René D. Kok, Ruud J. G. van Sloun, Rik Vullings
2022 J jnl
CoRR
Iris A. M. Huijben, Arthur A. Nijdam, Sebastiaan Overeem, Merel M. van Gilst, Ruud J. G. van Sloun
2022 conf
EMBC
Iris A. M. Huijben, Arthur A. Nijdam, Lieke W. A. Hermans, Sebastiaan Overeem, Merel M. van Gilst, Ruud J. G. van Sloun
2021 J jnl
CoRR
Iris A. M. Huijben, Wouter Kool, Max B. Paulus, Ruud J. G. van Sloun
2021 A* conf
ICML
Hans Van Gorp, Iris A. M. Huijben, Bastiaan S. Veeling, Nicola Pezzotti, Ruud J. G. van Sloun
2021 J jnl
CoRR
Lizeth Gonzalez-Carabarin, Iris A. M. Huijben, Bastiaan S. Veeling, Alexandre Schmid, Ruud J. G. van Sloun
2021 A* conf
ICLR
Ties van Rozendaal, Iris A. M. Huijben, Taco Cohen
2021 J jnl
CoRR
Ties van Rozendaal, Iris A. M. Huijben, Taco S. Cohen
2020 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Medical Imaging
Subhankar Roy, Willi Menapace, Sebastiaan Oei, Ben Luijten, Enrico Fini, Cristiano Saltori, Iris A. M. Huijben, Nishith Chennakeshava, Federico Mento, Alessandro Sentelli, Emanuele Peschiera, Riccardo Trevisan, Giovanni Maschietto, Elena Torri, Riccardo Inchingolo, Andrea Smargiassi, Gino Soldati, Paolo Rota, Andrea Passerini, Ruud J. G. van Sloun, Elisa Ricci, Libertario Demi
2020 A* conf
ICLR
Iris A. M. Huijben, Bastiaan S. Veeling, Ruud J. G. van Sloun
2020 Misc conf
ICASSP
Iris A. M. Huijben, Bastiaan S. Veeling, Ruud J. G. van Sloun
2020 J jnl
CoRR
Iris A. M. Huijben, Bastiaan S. Veeling, Ruud J. G. van Sloun
2020 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Medical Imaging
Iris A. M. Huijben, Bastiaan S. Veeling, Kees Janse, Massimo Mischi, Ruud J. G. van Sloun
2020 Misc conf
ICASSP
Nir Shlezinger, Ruud J. G. van Sloun, Iris A. M. Huijben, Georgee Tsintsadze, Yonina C. Eldar
2019 J jnl
CoRR
Iris A. M. Huijben, Bastiaan S. Veeling, Kees Janse, Massimo Mischi, Ruud J. G. van Sloun
redb/extractors/pe_extractors/pe_extra_findings.py
← Index redb/extractors/pe_extractors/pe_extra_findings.py python
from hashlib import md5, sha1, sha256
import inspect
import pefile
from magika import Magika
import json
from datetime import datetime, timezone
from typing import List, Optional, Any
from asn1crypto import cms, pem, x509, core
from dataclasses import asdict

from redb.extractors.enum import Tag
from redb.extractors.pe_extractor import PEExtractor
from redb.models.dataclasses import PEExtraFinding, PECertificate


class PEExtraFindings(PEExtractor):

    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,
            pe,
        )
        self.elastic_index = self.index_prefix + "-pe_extrafindings"
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)
        self.has_binary_overlay = False
        self.has_binary_resource = False
        self.findings = []

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

    """
    The section below triggers in case of a binary which is not signed.
    It trigger the scan for Certificates inside the binary, for example
    inside a resource or an overlay.
    """

    def _scan_for_certificates(self):
        """
        Comprehensive scan for certificate data in PE file.
        Returns list of tuples (location_description, certificate_data)
        """
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)

        # 1. Scan resources for embedded PE files
        self._scan_resources_for_certificates()

        # 3. Scan overlay
        overlay_data = self.pe.get_overlay()
        if overlay_data:
            self._scan_overlay_for_certificates(overlay_data)


    def _extract_certificate_info(self, cert_data):
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)

        certificate = x509.Certificate.load(cert_data)
        certificate_serial_number = format(certificate.serial_number, "x").upper()
        grouped_serial_number = ":".join(
            [
                certificate_serial_number[i : i + 2]
                for i in range(0, len(certificate_serial_number), 2)
            ]
        )
        return PECertificate(
            certificate_serial_number=grouped_serial_number,
            certificate_issuer=certificate.issuer.human_friendly,
            certificate_subject=certificate.subject.human_friendly,
            certificate_valid_from=certificate["tbs_certificate"]["validity"][
                "not_before"
            ].native.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"),
            certificate_valid_to=certificate["tbs_certificate"]["validity"][
                "not_after"
            ].native.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"),
            certificate_thumbprint=sha1(cert_data).hexdigest().upper(),
            certificate_algorithm=None,
        )

    def _extract_standard_certificates(self, pe):
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)
        address = pe.OPTIONAL_HEADER.DATA_DIRECTORY[
            pefile.DIRECTORY_ENTRY["IMAGE_DIRECTORY_ENTRY_SECURITY"]
        ].VirtualAddress
        size = pe.OPTIONAL_HEADER.DATA_DIRECTORY[
            pefile.DIRECTORY_ENTRY["IMAGE_DIRECTORY_ENTRY_SECURITY"]
        ].Size

        addr_8 = address + 8
        signature_data = bytes(
            pe.write()[addr_8 : addr_8 + size]  # noqa E203
        )  # Ensure this is a bytes object
        if pem.detect(signature_data):
            signature_data = pem.unarmor(signature_data)

        content_info = cms.ContentInfo.load(signature_data)
        signed_data = content_info["content"]
        certificates = signed_data["certificates"]

        certificates_list = []
        for cert in certificates:
            cert_info = self._extract_certificate_info(cert.chosen.dump())
            certificates_list.append(cert_info)

        return certificates_list

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

    def _scan_resources_for_certificates(self):
        """Scan resources for embedded PE files and their certificates"""
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)

        try:
            if hasattr(self.pe, "DIRECTORY_ENTRY_RESOURCE"):
                for entry in self.pe.DIRECTORY_ENTRY_RESOURCE.entries:
                    for resource in self._get_resource_data(entry):
                        # Check if resource data might be a PE file
                        resource_magika = Magika().identify_bytes(resource).output.label
                        if resource.startswith(b"MZ") or resource_magika == "pebin":
                            try:
                                embedded_pe = pefile.PE(data=resource)
                                if self._is_signed(embedded_pe):
                                    cert_data = self._extract_standard_certificates(
                                        embedded_pe
                                    )
                                    if cert_data:
                                        # certificates.append(
                                        #     (f"Resource_{entry.id}", cert_data)
                                        # )
                                        self.findings.append(
                                            PEExtraFinding(
                                                context=f"Resource ({sha256(resource).hexdigest()}) is a PE file. Found Code Signing Certificates information inside.",
                                                finding=cert_data,
                                            )
                                        )
                            except Exception as e:
                                self.log.warning(
                                    f"Resource {sha256(resource).hexdigest()} is not a valid PE: {e}"
                                )

                        # Direct certificate pattern matching in resource
                        cert_data = self._find_certificate_patterns(resource)
                        if cert_data:
                            # certificates.append((f"Resource_{entry.id}", cert_data))
                            self.findings.append(
                                PEExtraFinding(
                                    context=f"Resource ({sha256(resource).hexdigest()}) is a PE file.\
                                    Found Code Signing Certificates information inside.",
                                    finding=cert_data,
                                )
                            )

        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Failed to scan resources: {e}")


    def _scan_overlay_for_certificates(self, overlay_data) -> List[bytes]:
        """Scan PE overlay for certificate data"""
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)
        try:
            # Check if overlay is a PE file
            overlay_magika = Magika().identify_bytes(overlay_data).output.ct_label
            if overlay_data.startswith(b"MZ") or overlay_magika == "pebin":
                try:
                    overlay_pe = pefile.PE(data=overlay_data)
                    if self._is_signed(overlay_pe):
                        cert_data = self._extract_standard_certificates(overlay_data)
                        if cert_data:
                            self.findings.append(
                                PEExtraFinding(
                                    context=f"Overlay data ({sha256(overlay_data).hexdigest()}) is a PE file.\
                                    Found Code Signing Certificates information inside.",
                                    finding=cert_data,
                                )
                            )
                except Exception as e:
                    self.log.warning(f"Error looking for certificates in Overlay: {e}")
                    pass

            # Direct certificate pattern matching in overlay
            cert_data = self._find_certificate_patterns(overlay_data)
            if cert_data:
                self.findings.append(
                    PEExtraFinding(
                        context=f"Overlay data ({sha256(overlay_data).hexdigest()}) is a PE file.\
                        Found Code Signing Certificates information inside.",
                        finding=cert_data,
                    )
                )
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Failed to scan overlay: {e}")


    def _get_resource_data(self, entry) -> List[bytes]:
        """Recursively get resource data"""
        resources = []
        try:
            if hasattr(entry, "directory"):
                for subentry in entry.directory.entries:
                    resources.extend(self._get_resource_data(subentry))
            else:
                data = self.pe.get_data(
                    entry.data.struct.OffsetToData, entry.data.struct.Size
                )
                resources.append(data)
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Failed to get resource data: {e}")
        return resources

    def _find_certificate_patterns(self, data: bytes) -> Optional[bytes]:
        """Find certificate patterns in binary data"""
        # PKCS#7 SignedData OID pattern
        PKCS7_PATTERN = b"\x06\x09\x2A\x86\x48\x86\xF7\x0D\x01\x07\x02"

        try:
            idx = data.find(PKCS7_PATTERN)
            if idx != -1:
                # Search backwards for ASN.1 sequence marker
                for i in range(idx, max(0, idx - 50), -1):
                    if data[i] == 0x30:  # ASN.1 SEQUENCE
                        try:
                            # Try to parse as X.509 certificate
                            cert = x509.load_der_x509_certificate(
                                data[i:], default_backend()
                            )
                            return data[i:]
                        except Exception:
                            continue
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Failed to find certificate patterns: {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.findings
        elif exporter_type == "ClickHouseExporter":
            current_time = datetime.now(timezone.utc)
            
            data = [
                [
                    self.sha256,
                    self.md5,
                    self.sha1,
                    finding.context,
                    [asdict(cert) for cert in finding.finding] if finding.finding else None,
                    current_time
                ]
                for finding in self.findings
            ]
            
            column_names = [
                'sha256', 'md5', 'sha1', 'context', 'finding', 'analysis_date'
            ]
            
            if not data:
                return None

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

            return (data, column_names, column_type_names)

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

    def extract(self):
        try:
            self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)
            self._scan_for_certificates()
            if len(self.findings) > 0:
                return self.findings
            return None
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error extracting PE Extras: {e}")
            return None