James A. Cunningham

19 papers Misc 2Journal 7Unranked 10
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2024 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Engineering Management
James A. Cunningham, María-José Foncubierta-Rodríguez, Fernando Martín-Alcázar, José-Luis Perea-Vicente
2024 J jnl
IET Blockchain
James A. Cunningham, Nigel Davies, Sarah Devaney, Søren Holm, Mike Harding, Victoria Neumann, John D. Ainsworth
2018 J jnl
Int. J. Technol. Manag.
Kristel Miller, Allen Alexander, James A. Cunningham, Ekaterina Albats
2017 conf
MedInfo
James A. Cunningham, John D. Ainsworth
2016 Misc conf
AMIA
James A. Cunningham, Michel Van Speybroeck, Dipak Kalra, Rudi Verbeeck
2015 J jnl
Int. J. Technol. Manag.
James A. Cunningham, Paul O'Reilly, Conor O'Kane, Vincent Mangematin
2015 J jnl
Int. J. Medical Informatics
Graeme Laurie, John D. Ainsworth, James A. Cunningham, Christine Dobbs, Kerina H. Jones, Dipak Kalra, Nathan Lea, Nayha Sethi
2015 conf
MedInfo
Anita Burgun, Dina V. Oksen, Wolfgang Kuchinke, Hans-Ulrich Prokosch, Thomas Ganslandt, Iain E. Buchan, Tjeerd Pieter van Staa, James A. Cunningham, Marianne L. Gjerstorff, Jean-Charles Dufour, Jean-François Gibrat, Macha Nikolski, Pierre Verger, Anne Cambon-Thomsen, Cristina Masella, Emanuele Lettieri, Paolo Bertele, Marjut Salokannel, Rodolphe Thiébaut, Charles Persoz, Geneviève Chêne, Christian Ohmann
2015 conf
MIE
James A. Cunningham, John D. Ainsworth
2012 conf
HealthGrid
John D. Ainsworth, James A. Cunningham, Iain E. Buchan
2008 conf
OWLED (Spring)
Colin Puleston, James A. Cunningham, Alan L. Rector
2008 Misc conf
ISWC
Colin Puleston, Bijan Parsia, James A. Cunningham, Alan L. Rector
2005 conf
POLICY
Linying Su, David W. Chadwick, Andrew Basden, James A. Cunningham
2003 conf
ICEIS (2)
Elaine Ferneley, Brendan Berney, James A. Cunningham, Yacine Rezgui
1998 J jnl
Hum. Factors
W. Todd Nelson, Lawrence J. Hettinger, James A. Cunningham, Bart J. Brickman, Michael W. Haas, Richard L. McKinley
1997 conf
VRAIS
Jeffrey D. Cress, Lawrence J. Hettinger, James A. Cunningham, Gary E. Riccio, Grant R. McMillan, Michael W. Haas
1997 J jnl
IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications
Jeffrey D. Cress, Lawrence J. Hettinger, James A. Cunningham, Gary E. Riccio, Michael W. Haas, Grant R. McMillan
1997 conf
VRAIS
W. Todd Nelson, Lawrence J. Hettinger, James A. Cunningham, Merry M. Roe, Michael W. Haas, Leon B. Dennis
1960 conf
IRE-AIEE-ACM Computer Conference (Eastern)
Paul Meissner, James A. Cunningham, Claude A. Kettering
redb/extractors/macho_extractors/macho_imports.py
← Index redb/extractors/macho_extractors/macho_imports.py python
import inspect
from datetime import datetime, timezone
from typing import Any

from redb.extractors.enum import Tag
from redb.extractors.macho_extractor import MachOExtractor
from redb.models.dataclasses import MachOImport


class MachOImportExtractor(MachOExtractor):

    def __init__(
        self,
        filepath,
        log,
        exporters=None,
        index_prefix=None,
        elastic_index=None,
        known_benign=False,
        known_malicious=False,
        macho=None,
    ):
        super().__init__(
            filepath,
            log,
            exporters,
            index_prefix,
            elastic_index,
            known_benign,
            known_malicious,
            macho,
        )
        self.elastic_index = self.index_prefix + "-macho_imports"
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)

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

    def _extract_imports(self, arch_name=None):
        """Extract import information from the MachO binary for a specific architecture.

        Handles machofile v2026.2.4+ API where get_imported_functions() returns:
        Dict[str, List[Dict]] where each dict has {'name': str, 'sources': [str, ...]}
        """
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)

        if not self.macho:
            return None

        try:
            # Get imported functions using API for specific architecture
            imported_functions = self.macho.get_imported_functions(arch=arch_name)
            if not imported_functions:
                return None

            # Keep the library→functions mapping (like PE does)
            library_names = []
            imports_with_mapping = []  # List of {library: [(name, source), ...]}

            for dylib_name, functions in imported_functions.items():
                # v2026.2.4+: dylib_name is already str, but handle bytes for compatibility
                if isinstance(dylib_name, bytes):
                    dylib_name = dylib_name.decode('utf-8', errors='replace')
                library_names.append(dylib_name)

                # Process function entries
                func_list = []
                for func_entry in functions:
                    # v2026.2.4+: func_entry is {'name': str, 'sources': [str, ...]}
                    if isinstance(func_entry, dict):
                        func_name = func_entry.get('name', '')
                        # Join sources if multiple, take first if single
                        sources = func_entry.get('sources', [])
                        import_source = sources[0] if sources else None
                        func_list.append((func_name, import_source))
                    else:
                        # Legacy format: func_entry is str or bytes
                        if isinstance(func_entry, bytes):
                            func_entry = func_entry.decode('utf-8', errors='replace')
                        func_list.append((func_entry, None))

                imports_with_mapping.append({dylib_name: func_list})

            # Count total functions
            total_functions = sum(len(list(d.values())[0]) for d in imports_with_mapping)

            # Create import dataclass with mapping preserved
            macho_import = MachOImport(
                macho_imports_total=total_functions,
                macho_import_libraryName=library_names if library_names else None,
                macho_import_functions=imports_with_mapping if imports_with_mapping else None
            )

            return macho_import

        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error extracting MachO imports for arch {arch_name}: {e}")
            return None

    def extract(self):
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)
        try:
            # Get architectures (macho is already parsed in base class)
            architectures = self.macho.get_architectures()
            if len(architectures) > 1:
                # FAT binary - return list of imports for each architecture
                results = []
                for arch_name in architectures:
                    imports = self._extract_imports(arch_name)
                    if imports:
                        imports.arch_identifier = arch_name
                        results.append(imports)
                return results
            else:
                # Single architecture - return single result
                return self._extract_imports(architectures[0] if architectures else None)
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error extracting MachO imports: {e}")
            return None

    def prepare_export_data(self, exporter_type: str) -> Any:
        if exporter_type == "ElasticsearchExporter":
            return self.extract()
        elif exporter_type == "ClickHouseExporter":
            if not self.macho:
                return None

            # Get architectures (macho is already parsed in base class)
            try:
                architectures = self.macho.get_architectures()
                is_fat = len(architectures) > 1
            except Exception as e:
                self.log.error(f"Could not get architectures: {e}")
                return None

            # Flatten the data - one row per function import (like PE imports)
            data = []
            current_time = datetime.now(timezone.utc)

            # Loop through each architecture (1 for single, multiple for FAT)
            for arch_name in architectures:
                # Get architecture-specific sha256
                try:
                    arch_general_info = self.macho.get_general_info(arch=arch_name)
                    arch_header_raw = self.macho.get_macho_header(arch=arch_name)
                    arch_sha256 = arch_general_info.get('SHA256', self.sha256)
                    arch_cputype_raw = arch_header_raw.get('cputype', 0) if arch_header_raw else 0
                except Exception as e:
                    self.log.warning(f"Could not get arch-specific data for {arch_name}: {e}")
                    arch_sha256 = self.sha256
                    arch_cputype_raw = 0

                # Get imports for this architecture
                macho_import = self._extract_imports(arch_name)
                if not macho_import or not macho_import.macho_import_functions:
                    continue

                # Flatten to one row per (library, function) pair
                for lib_funcs in macho_import.macho_import_functions:
                    for lib, funcs in lib_funcs.items():
                        for func_name, import_source in funcs:
                            data.append([
                                arch_sha256,        # sha256 (arch-specific)
                                lib,                # library_name
                                func_name,          # function_name
                                import_source,      # import_source (chained_fixups, bind_opcodes, symtab)
                                current_time,       # analysis_date
                            ])

            column_names = [
                'sha256',
                'library_name', 'function_name', 'import_source',
                'analysis_date'
            ]

            if not data:
                return None

            column_type_names = [
                'FixedString(64)',
                'LowCardinality(String)', 'LowCardinality(String)', 'LowCardinality(Nullable(String))',
                'DateTime64(3, \'UTC\')'
            ]

            return (data, column_names, column_type_names)

        return None

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