James Kapinski

41 papers A* 1A 2B 2C 6Misc 4Journal 9Unranked 17
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2020 conf
NFM
Benoît Barbot, Nicolas Basset, Thao Dang, Alexandre Donzé, James Kapinski, Tomoya Yamaguchi
2020 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Intell. Veh.
Cumhur Erkan Tuncali, Georgios Fainekos, Danil V. Prokhorov, Hisahiro Ito, James Kapinski
2019 conf
HSCC
Thomas Ferrère, Dejan Nickovic, Alexandre Donzé, Hisahiro Ito, James Kapinski
2019 A conf
ICCAD
Jyotirmoy V. Deshmukh, James Kapinski, Tomoya Yamaguchi, Danil V. Prokhorov
2019 conf
CAV (2)
Sicun Gao, James Kapinski, Jyotirmoy V. Deshmukh, Nima Roohi, Armando Solar-Lezama, Nikos Aréchiga, Soonho Kong
2019 J jnl
CoRR
Cumhur Erkan Tuncali, Georgios Fainekos, Danil V. Prokhorov, Hisahiro Ito, James Kapinski
2018 A conf
RTSS
Pavithra Prabhakar, Ratan Lal, James Kapinski
2018 J jnl
CoRR
Cumhur Erkan Tuncali, James Kapinski, Hisahiro Ito, Jyotirmoy V. Deshmukh
2018 A* conf
DAC
Cumhur Erkan Tuncali, James Kapinski, Hisahiro Ito, Jyotirmoy V. Deshmukh
2018 conf
HSCC
Cumhur Erkan Tuncali, Georgios Fainekos, Hisahiro Ito, James Kapinski
2018 J jnl
ACM Trans. Embed. Comput. Syst.
Chuchu Fan, James Kapinski, Xiaoqing Jin, Sayan Mitra
2018 B conf
Intelligent Vehicles Symposium
Cumhur Erkan Tuncali, Georgios Fainekos, Hisahiro Ito, James Kapinski
2018 J jnl
CoRR
Cumhur Erkan Tuncali, Georgios Fainekos, Hisahiro Ito, James Kapinski
2018 J jnl
ACM Trans. Embed. Comput. Syst.
Ayca Balkan, Paulo Tabuada, Jyotirmoy V. Deshmukh, Xiaoqing Jin, James Kapinski
2017 conf
HSCC
Luan Viet Nguyen, James Kapinski, Xiaoqing Jin, Jyotirmoy V. Deshmukh, Ken Butts, Taylor T. Johnson
2017 conf
CAV (1)
Arvind S. Adimoolam, Thao Dang, Alexandre Donzé, James Kapinski, Xiaoqing Jin
2017 C conf
MEMOCODE
Luan Viet Nguyen, James Kapinski, Xiaoqing Jin, Jyotirmoy V. Deshmukh, Taylor T. Johnson
2016 Misc conf
EMSOFT
Chuchu Fan, James Kapinski, Xiaoqing Jin, Sayan Mitra
2016 J jnl
Dagstuhl Reports
Martin Fränzle, James Kapinski, Pavithra Prabhakar
2016 Misc conf
EMSOFT
Ayca Balkan, Paulo Tabuada, Jyotirmoy V. Deshmukh, Xiaoqing Jin, James Kapinski
2015 C conf
ACC
Jyotirmoy V. Deshmukh, Georgios Fainekos, James Kapinski, Sriram Sankaranarayanan, Aditya Zutshi, Xiaoqing Jin
2015 conf
NFM
Tommaso Dreossi, Thao Dang, Alexandre Donzé, James Kapinski, Xiaoqing Jin, Jyotirmoy V. Deshmukh
2015 conf
HSCC
Aditya Zutshi, Sriram Sankaranarayanan, Jyotirmoy V. Deshmukh, James Kapinski, Xiaoqing Jin
2015 J jnl
CoRR
Nikos Aréchiga, James Kapinski, Jyotirmoy V. Deshmukh, André Platzer, Bruce H. Krogh
2015 Misc conf
EMSOFT
Nikos Aréchiga, James Kapinski, Jyotirmoy V. Deshmukh, André Platzer, Bruce H. Krogh
2015 conf
ARCH@CPSWeek
Jyotirmoy V. Deshmukh, Hisahiro Ito, Xiaoqing Jin, James Kapinski, Kenneth R. Butts, Jürgen Gerhard, Behzad Samadi, Kevin Walker, Yuzhen Xie
2015 C conf
ACC
James Kapinski, Jyotirmoy V. Deshmukh, Xiaoqing Jin, Hisahiro Ito, Kenneth R. Butts
2015 B conf
ATVA
Jyotirmoy V. Deshmukh, Xiaoqing Jin, James Kapinski, Oded Maler
2014 J jnl
CoRR
Houssam Abbas, Bardh Hoxha, Georgios Fainekos, Jyotirmoy V. Deshmukh, James Kapinski, Koichi Ueda
2014 Misc conf
EMSOFT
Aditya Zutshi, Jyotirmoy V. Deshmukh, Sriram Sankaranarayanan, James Kapinski
2014 conf
NSV
Nikos Aréchiga, James Kapinski, Jyotirmoy V. Deshmukh, André Platzer, Bruce H. Krogh
2014 conf
HSCC
Xiaoqing Jin, Jyotirmoy V. Deshmukh, James Kapinski, Koichi Ueda, Kenneth R. Butts
2014 conf
HSCC
James Kapinski, Jyotirmoy V. Deshmukh, Sriram Sankaranarayanan, Nikos Aréchiga
2014 conf
ICCPS
Houssam Abbas, Bardh Hoxha, Georgios Fainekos, Jyotirmoy V. Deshmukh, James Kapinski, Koichi Ueda
2013 conf
CDC
Aditya Zutshi, Sriram Sankaranarayanan, Jyotirmoy V. Deshmukh, James Kapinski
2010 C conf
ACC
James Kapinski, Bruce H. Krogh
2008 conf
CDC
James Kapinski, Alexandre Donzé, Flavio Lerda, Hitashyam Maka, Silke Wagner, Bruce H. Krogh
2008 C conf
ACC
Flavio Lerda, James Kapinski, Hitashyam Maka, Edmund M. Clarke, Bruce H. Krogh
2008 conf
HSCC
Flavio Lerda, James Kapinski, Edmund M. Clarke, Bruce H. Krogh
2004 C conf
ACC
James Kapinski, Bruce H. Krogh
2003 conf
HSCC
James Kapinski, Bruce H. Krogh, Oded Maler, Olaf Stursberg
redb/extractors/apk_extractors/apk_resources.py
← Index redb/extractors/apk_extractors/apk_resources.py python
import hashlib
import inspect
import os
from datetime import datetime, timezone
from typing import Any

from redb.extractors.enum import Tag
from redb.extractors.apk_extractor import APKExtractor
from redb.models.dataclasses import APKResource


# ─── Suspicious file types ──────────────────────────────────────────────
# File types that are suspicious when found inside res/ or assets/.
# Excludes javascript/html (extremely common in legitimate hybrid apps)
# and common media/font types that are normal APK content.
SUSPICIOUS_TYPES = {
    # Executables — no legitimate reason in assets/res
    "elf", "pebin", "macho", "dex", "apk",
    # Java containers — DexClassLoader target
    "jar",
    # Archives — rare in legitimate assets (~135:1 malware-to-benign ratio)
    "zip", "gzip", "7z", "xz", "tar", "bzip2", "rar", "7zip", "lzma",
    # Scripts with system execution capability
    "shell", "python", "powershell", "batch",
}

# ─── Entropy thresholds ─────────────────────────────────────────────────
# For unrecognized/unknown types: encrypted payloads typically land > 7.0
ENTROPY_HIGH_UNKNOWN = 7.0
# For recognized-but-non-image types: stricter threshold
ENTROPY_EXTREME = 7.85

# ─── Android-specific binary format magic bytes ─────────────────────────
# These formats are common in legitimate APKs but unknown to Magika,
# causing misclassification (e.g., AXML → "gzip", profm → "unknown").
AXML_MAGIC = b'\x03\x00\x08\x00'       # Android Binary XML (compiled res/*.xml)
ARSC_MAGIC = b'\x02\x00\x0c\x00'       # Android compiled resource table
ART_PROF_MAGIC = b'pro\x00'            # ART baseline profile
ART_PROFM_MAGIC = b'prm\x00'           # ART baseline profile metadata

# ─── Allowlisted paths ──────────────────────────────────────────────────
# Fixed, hardcoded paths in the Android build system that are always benign.
# ART profiles at these exact paths are shipped by Jetpack ProfileInstaller.
ALLOWLISTED_PATHS = {
    "assets/dexopt/baseline.prof",
    "assets/dexopt/baseline.profm",
}

# ─── Image handling ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
# Magika-confirmed image types: high entropy is expected (lossy codecs
# like VP8/JPEG arithmetic-code toward entropy ~7.95-8.0 by design).
IMAGE_MAGIKA_TYPES = {"png", "webp", "jpeg", "gif", "bmp", "tiff", "ico"}
IMAGE_EXTENSIONS = {".png", ".webp", ".jpg", ".jpeg", ".gif", ".bmp", ".tiff", ".ico"}

# ─── Types Magika assigns when it can't identify the content ────────────
UNRECOGNIZED_MAGIKA_TYPES = {"unknown", "empty"}

# ─── Resource scan limits ───────────────────────────────────────────────
MAX_RESOURCE_FILES = 5000


class APKResourceExtractor(APKExtractor):

    def __init__(
        self, filepath, log, exporters=None, index_prefix=None,
        known_benign=False, known_malicious=False,
        apk=None,
    ):
        super().__init__(
            filepath, log, exporters, index_prefix,
            known_benign, known_malicious, apk,
        )
        self.resources = []
        self.suspicious_files = []
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)

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

    # ─── Core classification logic ──────────────────────────────────────

    def _identify_android_format(self, header: bytes) -> str | None:
        """
        Identify Android-specific binary formats that Magika doesn't know.
        Returns a corrected type label, or None to fall through to Magika.
        """
        if len(header) < 4:
            return None

        magic4 = header[:4]

        # Android Binary XML — all res/*.xml in a compiled APK.
        # Magika often misclassifies this as "gzip".
        if magic4 == AXML_MAGIC:
            return "android_binary_xml"

        # Android compiled resource table (resources.arsc chunks)
        if magic4 == ARSC_MAGIC:
            return "android_resource_table"

        # ART baseline profiles — high entropy (zlib inside) but benign.
        # The format is inert (method reference bitmaps/metadata, not
        # executable code) and some build configs place them at varying paths.
        if magic4 == ART_PROF_MAGIC:
            return "android_art_profile"
        if magic4 == ART_PROFM_MAGIC:
            return "android_art_profile_metadata"

        return None

    def _is_suspicious_resource(
        self, path: str, magika_type: str, entropy: float,
        android_type: str | None,
    ) -> bool:
        """
        Determine if a resource file is suspicious.

        Detection layers:
        1. Allowlisted paths → always benign
        2. Android-specific format override → reclassify Magika mislabels
        3. Image extension vs Magika type mismatch → encrypted blob detection
        4. Magika-confirmed images → benign regardless of entropy
        5. Suspicious type match → flag known-dangerous types
        6. High-entropy unknown blobs → likely encrypted payloads
        """

        # ── Layer 1: Allowlisted paths (hardcoded Android build artifacts) ──
        if path in ALLOWLISTED_PATHS:
            return False

        # ── Layer 2: Android-specific format detection ──────────────────────
        # Override Magika's label for formats it doesn't recognize.
        # All Android-specific formats (AXML, ARSC, ART profiles) are
        # legitimate build artifacts — never suspicious.
        if android_type is not None:
            return False

        # ── Layer 3: Image extension / Magika type mismatch ─────────────────
        # If the file extension claims "image" but Magika's content analysis
        # disagrees, this is a strong signal for an encrypted payload with
        # a fake image extension (e.g., ErrorFather's "rbyypivsnw.png").
        ext = os.path.splitext(path)[1].lower()
        if ext in IMAGE_EXTENSIONS and magika_type not in IMAGE_MAGIKA_TYPES:
            # Exception: Magika might label a valid image as "unknown" if
            # the file is very small (< ~16 bytes). Don't flag tiny files.
            if entropy > 5.0:
                return True

        # ── Layer 4: Magika-confirmed images → benign ───────────────────────
        # Lossy codecs (VP8, JPEG) produce entropy up to ~8.0 by design.
        # If Magika confirms image structure, high entropy is expected.
        if magika_type in IMAGE_MAGIKA_TYPES:
            return False

        # ── Layer 5: Known suspicious file types ────────────────────────────
        if magika_type in SUSPICIOUS_TYPES:
            return True

        # ── Layer 6: High-entropy unrecognized blobs ────────────────────────
        # Files Magika can't identify with high entropy are likely encrypted
        # payloads. Most Android malware packers store encrypted DEX/SO
        # payloads as opaque blobs with random names and no valid magic.
        if magika_type in UNRECOGNIZED_MAGIKA_TYPES and entropy > ENTROPY_HIGH_UNKNOWN:
            return True

        # ── Layer 7: Extreme entropy on any non-image recognized type ───────
        # Catches edge cases where Magika assigns a benign label (e.g.,
        # "xml", "txt") but the entropy is impossibly high for that format.
        if magika_type not in IMAGE_MAGIKA_TYPES and entropy > ENTROPY_EXTREME:
            return True

        return False

    # ─── Extraction pipeline ────────────────────────────────────────────

    def extract(self):
        if not self._is_valid_apk():
            self.log.error(f"Invalid APK for {self.hash.sha256}")
            return None

        try:
            from magika import Magika
            magika = Magika()
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Failed to initialize Magika for {self.hash.sha256}: {e}")
            magika = None

        self.resources = []
        self.suspicious_files = []
        scanned = 0

        zf = self._get_zip_file()
        if not zf:
            return None

        with zf:
            for info in zf.infolist():
                if info.is_dir():
                    continue
                if not (info.filename.startswith("res/") or
                        info.filename.startswith("assets/")):
                    continue

                if scanned >= MAX_RESOURCE_FILES:
                    self.log.warning(
                        f"Resource scan limit reached ({MAX_RESOURCE_FILES}), "
                        f"stopping resource enumeration"
                    )
                    break
                scanned += 1

                try:
                    data = zf.read(info.filename)
                except Exception as e:
                    self.log.warning(
                        f"Error reading resource {info.filename}: {e}"
                    )
                    continue

                try:
                    file_sha256 = hashlib.sha256(data).hexdigest()
                    file_entropy = round(self.calculate_entropy(data), 3)

                    # Read first bytes for Android-specific format detection
                    header = data[:16] if len(data) >= 16 else data

                    if magika:
                        try:
                            filetype = magika.identify_bytes(data).output.label
                        except Exception:
                            filetype = "unknown"
                    else:
                        filetype = "unknown"

                    # Identify Android-specific formats once, reuse for
                    # both stored type and suspicion classification
                    android_type = self._identify_android_format(header)
                    stored_type = android_type if android_type else filetype

                    suspicious = self._is_suspicious_resource(
                        path=info.filename,
                        magika_type=filetype,
                        entropy=file_entropy,
                        android_type=android_type,
                    )

                    resource = APKResource(
                        path=info.filename,
                        size=info.file_size,
                        sha256=file_sha256,
                        filetype_magika=stored_type,
                        entropy=file_entropy,
                    )

                    if suspicious:
                        resource.is_suspicious = True
                        self.suspicious_files.append(resource)

                    self.resources.append(resource)
                except Exception as e:
                    self.log.warning(
                        f"Error processing resource {info.filename}: {e}"
                    )
                    continue

        if not self.resources:
            return None

        return {
            "total_resource_count": len(self.resources),
            "total_resource_size": sum(r.size for r in self.resources),
            "suspicious_file_count": len(self.suspicious_files),
            "resources": self.resources,
            "suspicious_files": self.suspicious_files,
        }

    # ─── Export ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

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

            current_time = datetime.now(timezone.utc)
            data = []
            for res in self.resources:
                data.append([
                    self.sha256,
                    res.path,
                    res.size,
                    res.sha256,
                    res.filetype_magika,
                    res.entropy,
                    int(res.is_suspicious),
                    current_time,
                ])

            column_names = [
                'sha256', 'resource_path', 'resource_size',
                'resource_sha256', 'resource_magika', 'resource_entropy',
                'is_suspicious', 'analysis_date',
            ]

            column_type_names = [
                'FixedString(64)', 'String', 'UInt64',
                'FixedString(64)', 'LowCardinality(String)', 'Float32',
                'UInt8', "DateTime64(3, 'UTC')",
            ]

            return (data, column_names, column_type_names)

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