Jaime Hernandez-Cordero

13 papers A 7Misc 2Unranked 4
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2020 conf
Odyssey
Seyed Omid Sadjadi, Craig S. Greenberg, Elliot Singer, Douglas A. Reynolds, Lisa P. Mason, Jaime Hernandez-Cordero
2020 conf
Odyssey
Seyed Omid Sadjadi, Craig S. Greenberg, Elliot Singer, Douglas A. Reynolds, Lisa P. Mason, Jaime Hernandez-Cordero
2019 A conf
INTERSPEECH
Seyed Omid Sadjadi, Craig S. Greenberg, Elliot Singer, Douglas A. Reynolds, Lisa P. Mason, Jaime Hernandez-Cordero
2018 A conf
INTERSPEECH
Seyed Omid Sadjadi, Timothée Kheyrkhah, Craig S. Greenberg, Elliot Singer, Douglas A. Reynolds, Lisa P. Mason, Jaime Hernandez-Cordero
2018 conf
Odyssey
Seyed Omid Sadjadi, Timothée Kheyrkhah, Audrey Tong, Craig S. Greenberg, Douglas A. Reynolds, Elliot Singer, Lisa P. Mason, Jaime Hernandez-Cordero
2017 A conf
INTERSPEECH
Seyed Omid Sadjadi, Timothée Kheyrkhah, Audrey Tong, Craig S. Greenberg, Douglas A. Reynolds, Elliot Singer, Lisa P. Mason, Jaime Hernandez-Cordero
2016 A conf
INTERSPEECH
Hui Zhao, Désiré Bansé, George R. Doddington, Craig S. Greenberg, Jaime Hernandez-Cordero, John M. Howard, Lisa P. Mason, Alvin F. Martin, Douglas A. Reynolds, Elliot Singer, Audrey Tong
2016 conf
Odyssey
Audrey Tong, Craig S. Greenberg, Alvin F. Martin, Désiré Bansé, John M. Howard, Hui Zhao, George R. Doddington, Daniel Garcia-Romero, Alan McCree, Douglas A. Reynolds, Elliot Singer, Jaime Hernandez-Cordero, Lisa P. Mason
2015 A conf
INTERSPEECH
Désiré Bansé, George R. Doddington, Daniel Garcia-Romero, John J. Godfrey, Craig S. Greenberg, Jaime Hernandez-Cordero, John M. Howard, Alvin F. Martin, Lisa P. Mason, Alan McCree, Douglas A. Reynolds
2015 A conf
INTERSPEECH
Alvin F. Martin, Craig S. Greenberg, John M. Howard, Désiré Bansé, George R. Doddington, Jaime Hernandez-Cordero, Lisa P. Mason
2014 Misc conf
ICASSP
Aren Jansen, Daniel Garcia-Romero, Pascal Clark, Jaime Hernandez-Cordero
2013 A conf
INTERSPEECH
Craig S. Greenberg, Vincent M. Stanford, Alvin F. Martin, Meghana Yadagiri, George R. Doddington, John J. Godfrey, Jaime Hernandez-Cordero
2002 Misc conf
ICASSP
Walter D. Andrews, Mary A. Kohler, Joseph P. Campbell, John J. Godfrey, Jaime Hernandez-Cordero
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