Isabel Pedrosa

14 papers Journal 1Unranked 13
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2025 conf
ICCSIT
Tiago Faustino-Mendes, Isabel Pedrosa, Miguel Ribeiro-Campos, Rafael Lopes
2024 conf
WorldCIST (4)
Helena Elias, Isabel Pedrosa, Maristela Holanda
2023 conf
KDIR
Vitor Monteiro Pinto, Fernando Paulo Belfo, Isabel Pedrosa, Lorenzo Valgimigli
2020 J jnl
Cogn. Technol. Work.
Isabel Pedrosa, Carlos J. Costa, Manuela Aparicio
2018 conf
ICEIS (1)
Tânia Ferreira, Isabel Pedrosa, Jorge Bernardino
2018 conf
ICETE (1)
Nuno Leite, Isabel Pedrosa, Jorge Bernardino
2017 conf
WorldCIST (1)
Tânia Ferreira, Isabel Pedrosa, Jorge Bernardino
2017 conf
WorldCIST (1)
Sónia Rocha, Jorge Bernardino, Isabel Pedrosa, Ilda Ferreira
2017 conf
KDIR
Tânia Ferreira, Isabel Pedrosa, Jorge Bernardino
2014 conf
ISDOC
Paulo Pereira, Jorge Bernardino, Isabel Pedrosa
2014 conf
ISDOC
Isabel Pedrosa, Carlos J. Costa
2014 conf
ISDOC
Isabel Pedrosa, Carlos J. Costa
2007 conf
Digital Literacy
Isabel Pedrosa
2006 conf
Education for the 21st Century
Isabel Pedrosa, António José Mendes, Mário Zenha Rela
redb/extractors/decompiler/bninja/analysis/scores.py
← Index redb/extractors/decompiler/bninja/analysis/scores.py python
from collections import deque
from binaryninja import highlevelil
from binaryninja.enums import HighLevelILOperation


class ObfuscationScores:
    def __init__(self, hlil_function):
        self.function = hlil_function
        self._basic_blocks = list(hlil_function.basic_blocks) if hlil_function and hlil_function.basic_blocks else []
        self._block_count = len(self._basic_blocks)

    def flattened_score(self):
        """
        A heuristic for detecting control flow flattening from Tim Blazytko.
        Source: https://www.synthesis.to/2021/03/03/flattening_detection.html
        """
        if self._block_count == 0:
            return 0.0

        max_flattening_ratio = 0.0

        for basic_block in self._basic_blocks:
            dominated = get_dominated_by(basic_block)
            if not any(edge.source in dominated for edge in basic_block.incoming_edges):
                continue
            ratio = len(dominated) / self._block_count
            if ratio > max_flattening_ratio:
                max_flattening_ratio = ratio

        return max_flattening_ratio

    def MBA_score(self):
        """
        Score for MBA is obtained by the number of instructions that have at least one arithmetic operation and
        one logic operation DIVIDED by the number of instructions.
        """
        total = 0
        mba_count = 0

        for ins in self.function.instructions:
            total += 1
            if uses_mba(ins):
                mba_count += 1

        if total == 0:
            return 0.0

        return mba_count / total

def get_dominated_by(dominator):
    """
    Get the dominators that are dominated by the given dominator.
    (To recall the theory, a basic block B is called dominator for A if every path from START
    to A must include B)
    """
    result = set()
    worklist = deque([dominator])

    while worklist:
        block = worklist.popleft()
        if block in result:
            continue
        result.add(block)
        worklist.extend(block.dominator_tree_children)

    return result

_ARITHMETIC_OPS = frozenset({
    HighLevelILOperation.HLIL_ADD,
    HighLevelILOperation.HLIL_NEG,
    HighLevelILOperation.HLIL_SUB,
    HighLevelILOperation.HLIL_MUL,
    HighLevelILOperation.HLIL_DIVS,
    HighLevelILOperation.HLIL_MODS,
})

_LOGIC_OPS = frozenset({
    HighLevelILOperation.HLIL_NOT,
    HighLevelILOperation.HLIL_AND,
    HighLevelILOperation.HLIL_OR,
    HighLevelILOperation.HLIL_XOR,
    HighLevelILOperation.HLIL_LSR,
    HighLevelILOperation.HLIL_LSL,
})

_MBA_OPS = _ARITHMETIC_OPS | _LOGIC_OPS

def uses_mba(hlil_instruction):
    uses_logic = False
    uses_arithmetic = False
    stack = [hlil_instruction]

    while stack:
        instruction = stack.pop()

        if not isinstance(instruction, highlevelil.HighLevelILInstruction):
            continue

        op = instruction.operation

        if op not in _MBA_OPS:
            for operand in instruction.operands:
                if isinstance(operand, highlevelil.HighLevelILInstruction):
                    stack.append(operand)
            continue

        if op in _ARITHMETIC_OPS:
            uses_arithmetic = True
        else:
            uses_logic = True

        if uses_logic and uses_arithmetic:
            return True

        for operand in instruction.operands:
            if isinstance(operand, highlevelil.HighLevelILInstruction):
                stack.append(operand)

    return False