J. Artur Serrano

22 papers B 1C 1Journal 7Unranked 12
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2026 conf
ICAART (3)
Hamza Haruna Mohammed, Gabriel Kiss, J. Artur Serrano, Frank Lindseth
2024 B conf
IEEE Big Data
Hamza Haruna Mohammed, Gabriel Kiss, J. Artur Serrano, Frank Lindseth
2023 J jnl
Int. J. Soc. Robotics
Roger Andre Søraa, Gunhild Tøndel, Mark W. Kharas, J. Artur Serrano
2022 conf
SAI (3)
Ronny Broekx, J. Artur Serrano, Ileana Ciobanu, Alina Iliescu, Andreea Marin, Mihai Berteanu
2021 J jnl
AI Soc.
Roger Andre Søraa, Pernille Søderholm Nyvoll, Karoline Blix Grønvik, J. Artur Serrano
2018 ch.
Applications of Big Data Analytics
J. Artur Serrano, Hamzeh Awad, Ronny Broekx
2018 C conf
ICT4AWE
Jon Sørgaard, Mihai Berteanu, J. Artur Serrano
2017 J jnl
Int. J. E Health Medical Commun.
Elia Gabarron, Luis Fernández-Luque, Thomas R. Schopf, Annie Y. S. Lau, Manuel Armayones, Rolf Wynn, J. Artur Serrano
2015 conf
MIE
J. Artur Serrano, Halgeir Holthe
2015 J jnl
BMC Medical Informatics Decis. Mak.
Elia Gabarron, J. Artur Serrano, Luis Fernández-Luque, Rolf Wynn, Thomas R. Schopf
2015 conf
MedInfo
Halgeir Holthe, J. Artur Serrano
2014 conf
MIE
Elia Gabarron, Luis Fernández-Luque, Thomas R. Schopf, J. Artur Serrano, Rolf Wynn
2014 conf
HCI (25)
J. Artur Serrano, Andrea Thoms, Peter Weber
2014 conf
MIE
Elia Gabarron, J. Artur Serrano, Thomas R. Schopf, Luis Fernández-Luque, Rolf Wynn
2013 conf
MedInfo
Elia Gabarron, Thomas R. Schopf, J. Artur Serrano, Luis Fernández-Luque, Enrique Dorronzoro
2012 J jnl
BMC Medical Informatics Decis. Mak.
Elia Gabarron, J. Artur Serrano, Rolf Wynn, Manuel Armayones
2010 J jnl
Int. J. E Health Medical Commun.
J. Artur Serrano
2009 conf
ICETC
Miguel Oliveira, J. Artur Serrano
2009 conf
HCI (6)
Pilar Sala, Juan-Pablo Lázaro, J. Artur Serrano, Katrin Müller, Juan-Carlos Naranjo
1999 conf
IWFM
J. Artur Serrano
1998 J jnl
Inf. Softw. Technol.
J. Artur Serrano, Ray Welland
1995 conf
VL
J. Artur Serrano
redb/extractors/elf_extractors/elf_exports.py
← Index redb/extractors/elf_extractors/elf_exports.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 ELFExport


class ELFExportExtractor(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_exports = None
        self.elastic_index = self.index_prefix + "-elf_exports"
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)

    def _get_exported_functions_from_symbols(self, elf) -> Set[str]:
        """Extract exported functions from symbol tables."""
        exported_functions = set()

        try:
            # Check both static (.symtab) and dynamic (.dynsym) symbol tables
            symbol_sections = ['.symtab', '.dynsym']

            for section_name in symbol_sections:
                section = elf.get_section_by_name(section_name)
                if not section or not hasattr(section, 'iter_symbols'):
                    continue

                for symbol in section.iter_symbols():
                    # Check if symbol is exported (defined and globally visible)
                    if (symbol.name and
                        symbol.entry.get('st_shndx', 0) != 'SHN_UNDEF' and  # Not undefined
                        symbol.entry.get('st_info', {}).get('bind') in ['STB_GLOBAL', 'STB_WEAK'] and  # Global or weak binding
                        symbol.entry.get('st_info', {}).get('type') in ['STT_FUNC', 'STT_OBJECT']):  # Function or object

                        # Additional checks for meaningful exports
                        if (symbol.entry.get('st_value', 0) > 0 or  # Has a value
                            symbol.entry.get('st_size', 0) > 0):    # Has a size
                            exported_functions.add(symbol.name)

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

        return exported_functions

    def _get_exported_functions_from_dynamic_section(self, elf) -> Set[str]:
        """Extract exported functions information from dynamic section."""
        exported_functions = set()

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

            # Look for version definition sections that might indicate exports
            # This is complementary to symbol table analysis
            for tag in dynamic_section.iter_tags():
                if tag.entry.d_tag == 'DT_SONAME':
                    # If it has a SONAME, it's likely a shared library with exports
                    # The actual exports are still found in symbol tables
                    pass

        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error extracting exports from dynamic section: {e}")

        return exported_functions

    def _filter_meaningful_exports(self, exports: Set[str]) -> Set[str]:
        """Filter out compiler-generated and internal symbols to focus on meaningful exports."""
        filtered_exports = set()

        # Common patterns to exclude (compiler-generated, internal symbols)
        exclude_patterns = [
            '_start',
            '_init',
            '_fini',
            '__libc_',
            '__gmon_start__',
            '_IO_stdin_used',
            '__data_start',
            '__bss_start',
            '_edata',
            '_end',
            '__TMC_END__',
            '_ITM_deregisterTMCloneTable',
            '_ITM_registerTMCloneTable',
            '__cxa_finalize',
            '__gxx_personality_v0',
            '_Jv_RegisterClasses'
        ]

        for export in exports:
            # Skip empty or very short names
            if not export or len(export) < 2:
                continue

            # Skip symbols that match exclude patterns
            skip = False
            for pattern in exclude_patterns:
                if export.startswith(pattern):
                    skip = True
                    break

            # Skip symbols that look like internal mangled names (but keep reasonable C++ names)
            if export.startswith('_Z') and len(export) > 50:  # Very long mangled names
                skip = True

            if not skip:
                filtered_exports.add(export)

        return filtered_exports

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

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

            def extract_data(elf):
                # Extract exported functions from multiple sources
                exported_functions = set()

                # From symbol tables (primary source)
                symbol_exports = self._get_exported_functions_from_symbols(elf)
                exported_functions.update(symbol_exports)

                # From dynamic section (supplementary)
                dynamic_exports = self._get_exported_functions_from_dynamic_section(elf)
                exported_functions.update(dynamic_exports)

                # Filter out compiler-generated and internal symbols
                meaningful_exports = self._filter_meaningful_exports(exported_functions)

                # Convert to sorted list for consistent output
                export_functions_list = sorted(list(meaningful_exports))

                # Return ELFExport dataclass
                return ELFExport(
                    elf_exports_total=len(export_functions_list),
                    elf_export_functions=export_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_exports = result
            return self.elf_exports

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

                # Prepare data array
                data = [[
                    self.sha256,
                    self.md5,
                    self.sha1,
                    self.elf_exports.elf_exports_total,
                    self.elf_exports.elf_export_functions,
                    datetime.now(timezone.utc)
                ]]

                column_names = [
                    'sha256', 'md5', 'sha1',
                    'elf_exports_total',
                    'elf_export_functions',
                    'analysis_date'
                ]

                if not data:
                    return None

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

                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_exports"