J. Andrew Ware

40 papers B 1C 1Misc 3Journal 16Unranked 18
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2022 ed.
EFMI-STC
Philip Scott, John Mantas, Arriel Benis, Ivana Ognjanovic, Kaija Saranto, J. Andrew Ware, Ian Wells, Parisis Gallos
2021 conf
MENACOMM
Ashraf Ali, J. Andrew Ware
2019 conf
AIPR
William Wasswa, Johnes Obungoloch, Annabella Habinka Basaza-ejiri, J. Andrew Ware
2019 J jnl
Int. J. Interact. Commun. Syst. Technol.
Ashraf Ali, Khalid Al-Begain, J. Andrew Ware
2018 J jnl
Comput. Methods Programs Biomed.
William Wasswa, J. Andrew Ware, Annabella Habinka Basaza-ejiri, Johnes Obungoloch
2018 C conf
HealthCom
Ashraf Ali, J. Andrew Ware, Fatimah Alzahrani, Khalid Al-Begain
2018 J jnl
Int. J. Interact. Multim. Artif. Intell.
Eftychia Lakka, Athanasios G. Malamos, Konstantinos G. Pavlakis, J. Andrew Ware
2016 J jnl
Int. J. Comput. Intell. Syst.
Ioannis Kyriakidis, Kostas D. Karatzas, J. Andrew Ware, George Papadourakis
2015 conf
IWSSIP
Marius Miknis, Ross Davies, Peter Plassmann, J. Andrew Ware
2015 conf
IWSSIP
Ross Davies, Ian D. Wilson, J. Andrew Ware
2014 conf
GSCIT
R. S. Davies, Ian D. Wilson, J. Andrew Ware
2013 conf
Web3D
Markos Zampoglou, Patti Spala, Konstantinos Kontakis, Athanasios G. Malamos, J. Andrew Ware
2012 conf
AIAI (2)
Ioannis Kyriakidis, Kostas D. Karatzas, George Papadourakis, J. Andrew Ware, Jaakko Kukkonen
2011 J jnl
J. Inf. Sci.
Georgios Mamakis, Athanasios G. Malamos, J. Andrew Ware
2010 Misc conf
IC-AI
Nigel Richards, J. Mark Ware, Nathan Thomas, J. Andrew Ware
2009 conf
SGAI Conf.
Baher A. El-Geresy, Alia I. Abdelmoty, J. Andrew Ware
2007 conf
World Congress on Engineering
Amar A. Majeed Rahou, Hasan Al-Madfai, Hugh Coombs, Dave Gilleland, J. Andrew Ware
2007 conf
World Congress on Engineering
Christian Ivaha, Hasan Al-Madfai, Gary Higgs, J. Andrew Ware
2007 J jnl
Comput. Environ. Urban Syst.
Jonathan Corcoran, Gary Higgs, Chris Brunsdon, J. Andrew Ware, Paul Norman
2006 J jnl
Comput. Geosci.
Andrew F. Weller, Anthony J. Harris, J. Andrew Ware, Paul S. Jarvis
2006 Misc conf
IC-AI
Peter Rawbone, Paschall de Paor, J. Andrew Ware, Jim Barrett
2005 J jnl
J. Electronic Imaging
Zhi Qing Wu, J. Andrew Ware, Jianmin Jiang
2005 J jnl
Comput. Geosci.
Andrew F. Weller, Jonathan Corcoran, Anthony J. Harris, J. Andrew Ware
2003 conf
SGAI Conf. (Applications)
Paul S. Jarvis, Ian D. Wilson, J. Andrew Ware
2003 J jnl
Comput. Ind.
Ian D. Wilson, J. Mark Ware, J. Andrew Ware
2003 J jnl
Knowl. Based Syst.
J. Mark Ware, Ian D. Wilson, J. Andrew Ware
2002 conf
ACM-GIS
J. Mark Ware, Ian D. Wilson, J. Andrew Ware, Christopher B. Jones
2002 J jnl
Knowl. Based Syst.
Ian D. Wilson, Stuart D. Paris, J. Andrew Ware, David Harrison Jenkins
2001 J jnl
Knowl. Based Syst.
Ian D. Wilson, Paul A. Roach, J. Andrew Ware
2001 conf
Fuzzy Days
Jonathan Corcoran, Ian D. Wilson, Owen M. Lewis, J. Andrew Ware
2001 J jnl
Neural Comput. Appl.
Owen M. Lewis, J. Andrew Ware, David Harrison Jenkins
1999 Misc conf
PDPTA
Philip J. Rallings, David B. Kidner, J. Andrew Ware
1999 conf
Fuzzy Days
Lars Nolle, Adrun Armstrong, Adrian A. Hopgood, J. Andrew Ware
1998 conf
ACM-GIS
J. Andrew Ware, David B. Kidner, Philip J. Rallings
1997 conf
ICANNGA
Owen M. Lewis, J. Andrew Ware, David Harrison Jenkins
1997 conf
Fuzzy Days
Owen M. Lewis, J. Andrew Ware
1997 J jnl
Neural Comput. Appl.
Owen M. Lewis, J. Andrew Ware, David Harrison Jenkins
1997 B conf
CBMS
J. Andrew Ware, Ion Ciuca
1997 conf
Fuzzy Days
Ion Ciuca, J. Andrew Ware
1997 J jnl
GeoInformatica
David B. Kidner, Philip J. Rallings, J. Andrew Ware
redb/extractors/elf_extractors/elf_sections.py
← Index redb/extractors/elf_extractors/elf_sections.py python
import inspect
import hashlib
import math
from collections import Counter
from datetime import datetime, timezone
from typing import Any, List, Dict

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 ELFSection


class ELFSectionExtractor(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_sections = []
        self.elastic_index = self.index_prefix + "-elf_sections"
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)

    def _is_empty_result(self, extracted_data) -> bool:
        """
        Override: Empty sections is an ERROR, not a valid empty case.
        A valid ELF file must have sections (at minimum a null section).
        """
        # Always return False - empty sections should be treated as an error
        return False

    def _calculate_entropy(self, data: bytes) -> float:
        """Calculate Shannon entropy of data."""
        if not data:
            return 0.0

        try:
            # Count frequency of each byte
            byte_counts = Counter(data)
            data_len = len(data)

            # Calculate entropy
            entropy = 0.0
            for count in byte_counts.values():
                if count > 0:
                    frequency = count / data_len
                    entropy -= frequency * math.log2(frequency)

            return entropy
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error calculating entropy: {e}")
            return 0.0

    def _map_section_type(self, sh_type_str: str) -> int:
        """Map section type string to enum value."""
        type_map = {
            'SHT_NULL': 0,
            'SHT_PROGBITS': 1,
            'SHT_SYMTAB': 2,
            'SHT_STRTAB': 3,
            'SHT_RELA': 4,
            'SHT_HASH': 5,
            'SHT_DYNAMIC': 6,
            'SHT_NOTE': 7,
            'SHT_NOBITS': 8,
            'SHT_REL': 9,
            'SHT_DYNSYM': 11
        }
        return type_map.get(sh_type_str, 0)

    def _decode_section_flags(self, flags: int) -> List[str]:
        """Decode section flags to human-readable strings."""
        flag_strings = []

        # Common ELF section flags
        if flags & 0x1:  # SHF_WRITE
            flag_strings.append('WRITE')
        if flags & 0x2:  # SHF_ALLOC
            flag_strings.append('ALLOC')
        if flags & 0x4:  # SHF_EXECINSTR
            flag_strings.append('EXECINSTR')
        if flags & 0x10:  # SHF_MERGE
            flag_strings.append('MERGE')
        if flags & 0x20:  # SHF_STRINGS
            flag_strings.append('STRINGS')
        if flags & 0x40:  # SHF_INFO_LINK
            flag_strings.append('INFO_LINK')
        if flags & 0x80:  # SHF_LINK_ORDER
            flag_strings.append('LINK_ORDER')
        if flags & 0x100:  # SHF_OS_NONCONFORMING
            flag_strings.append('OS_NONCONFORMING')
        if flags & 0x200:  # SHF_GROUP
            flag_strings.append('GROUP')
        if flags & 0x400:  # SHF_TLS
            flag_strings.append('TLS')

        return flag_strings if flag_strings else ['NONE']

    def _extract_section_data(self, section) -> Dict:
        """Extract data from a single section."""
        try:
            header = section.header

            # Get section name (handle empty names)
            section_name = section.name if section.name else f"<unnamed_{section.header.get('sh_name', 0)}>"

            # Get section type and map to enum
            sh_type_str = header.get('sh_type', 'SHT_NULL')
            section_type_enum = self._map_section_type(sh_type_str)
            section_type_str = sh_type_str.replace('SHT_', '') if sh_type_str.startswith('SHT_') else sh_type_str

            # Get section properties
            section_flags = header.get('sh_flags', 0)
            section_flags_str = self._decode_section_flags(section_flags)
            section_addr = header.get('sh_addr', 0)
            section_offset = header.get('sh_offset', 0)
            section_size = header.get('sh_size', 0)
            section_link = header.get('sh_link', 0)
            section_info = header.get('sh_info', 0)
            section_addralign = header.get('sh_addralign', 0)
            section_entsize = header.get('sh_entsize', 0)

            # Calculate entropy and hashes for section data
            section_entropy = 0.0
            section_sha256 = ""
            section_md5 = ""

            try:
                if section_size > 0 and section_type_str != 'NOBITS':
                    section_data = section.data()
                    if section_data:
                        # Calculate entropy
                        section_entropy = self._calculate_entropy(section_data)

                        # Calculate hashes
                        section_sha256 = hashlib.sha256(section_data).hexdigest()
                        section_md5 = hashlib.md5(section_data).hexdigest()
            except Exception as e:
                self.log.warning(f"Could not read section '{section_name}' data: {e}")
                section_entropy = 0.0
                section_sha256 = ""
                section_md5 = ""

            return ELFSection(
                section_name=section_name,
                section_type=section_type_enum,
                section_type_str=section_type_str,
                section_flags=section_flags,
                section_flags_str=section_flags_str,
                section_addr=section_addr,
                section_offset=section_offset,
                section_size=section_size,
                section_link=section_link,
                section_info=section_info,
                section_addralign=section_addralign,
                section_entsize=section_entsize,
                section_entropy=section_entropy,
                section_sha256=section_sha256,
                section_md5=section_md5
            )

        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error extracting section data: {e}")
            return None

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

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

            def extract_data(elf):
                sections_data = []

                # Iterate through all sections with per-section error handling
                for section_index, section in enumerate(elf.iter_sections()):
                    try:
                        section_data = self._extract_section_data(section)
                        if section_data:
                            sections_data.append(section_data)
                        else:
                            self.log.warning(f"Failed to extract data for section {section_index}")
                    except Exception as e:
                        self.log.warning(f"Error processing section {section_index}: {e}")
                        # Continue processing other sections

                return sections_data

            if not self._is_elf_file():
                return None

            result = self._with_elf_file(extract_data)
            if result is None:
                return None

            self.elf_sections = result
            return self.elf_sections

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

                # Prepare data arrays for all sections
                data = []
                current_time = datetime.now(timezone.utc)
                for section in self.elf_sections:
                    row = [
                        self.sha256,
                        self.md5,
                        self.sha1,
                        section.section_name,
                        section.section_type,
                        section.section_type_str,
                        section.section_flags,
                        section.section_flags_str,
                        section.section_addr,
                        section.section_offset,
                        section.section_size,
                        section.section_link,
                        section.section_info,
                        section.section_addralign,
                        section.section_entsize,
                        section.section_entropy,
                        section.section_sha256,
                        section.section_md5,
                        current_time
                    ]
                    data.append(row)

                column_names = [
                    'sha256', 'md5', 'sha1',
                    'section_name', 'section_type', 'section_type_str',
                    'section_flags', 'section_flags_str',
                    'section_addr', 'section_offset', 'section_size',
                    'section_link', 'section_info', 'section_addralign', 'section_entsize',
                    'section_entropy', 'section_sha256', 'section_md5',
                    'analysis_date'
                ]

                column_type_names = [
                    'FixedString(64)', 'FixedString(32)', 'FixedString(40)',
                    'LowCardinality(String)',
                    "Enum8('NULL'=0, 'PROGBITS'=1, 'SYMTAB'=2, 'STRTAB'=3, 'RELA'=4, 'HASH'=5, 'DYNAMIC'=6, 'NOTE'=7, 'NOBITS'=8, 'REL'=9, 'DYNSYM'=11)",
                    'LowCardinality(String)',
                    'UInt64',
                    'Array(LowCardinality(String))',
                    'UInt64', 'UInt64', 'UInt64',
                    'UInt32', 'UInt32', 'UInt64', 'UInt64',
                    'Float64',
                    'FixedString(64)', 'FixedString(32)',
                    '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_sections"