James Parker

40 papers A* 8A 2C 3Journal 23Unranked 3
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2025 J jnl
ACM Trans. Priv. Secur.
Santiago Cuéllar, Bill Harris, James Parker, Stuart Pernsteiner, Ian Sweet, Eran Tromer
2024 A* conf
USENIX Security Symposium
Daniel Luick, John C. Kolesar, Timos Antonopoulos, William R. Harris, James Parker, Ruzica Piskac, Eran Tromer, Xiao Wang, Ning Luo
2023 A* conf
USENIX Security Symposium
Santiago Cuéllar, Bill Harris, James Parker, Stuart Pernsteiner, Eran Tromer
2023 J jnl
CoRR
Santiago Cuéllar, Bill Harris, James Parker, Stuart Pernsteiner, Eran Tromer
2023 J jnl
IACR Cryptol. ePrint Arch.
Daniel Luick, John C. Kolesar, Timos Antonopoulos, William R. Harris, James Parker, Ruzica Piskac, Eran Tromer, Xiao Wang, Ning Luo
2022 J jnl
CoRR
Sankha Narayan Guria, Niki Vazou, Marco Guarnieri, James Parker
2022 A* conf
PLDI
Sankha Narayan Guria, Niki Vazou, Marco Guarnieri, James Parker
2022 A* conf
CCS
Kelsey R. Fulton, Daniel Votipka, Desiree Abrokwa, Michelle L. Mazurek, Michael Hicks, James Parker
2021 A* conf
USENIX Security Symposium
Marc B. Rosen, James Parker, Alex J. Malozemoff
2021 J jnl
CoRR
Marc B. Rosen, James Parker, Alex J. Malozemoff
2020
James Parker
2020 J jnl
login Usenix Mag.
Daniel Votipka, Kelsey R. Fulton, James Parker, Matthew Hou, Michelle L. Mazurek, Michael Hicks
2020 J jnl
ACM Trans. Priv. Secur.
James Parker, Michael Hicks, Andrew Ruef, Michelle L. Mazurek, Dave Levin, Daniel Votipka, Piotr Mardziel, Kelsey R. Fulton
2020 A* conf
USENIX Security Symposium
Daniel Votipka, Kelsey R. Fulton, James Parker, Matthew Hou, Michelle L. Mazurek, Michael Hicks
2020 J jnl
Proc. ACM Program. Lang.
Yiyun Liu, James Parker, Patrick Redmond, Lindsey Kuper, Michael Hicks, Niki Vazou
2019 J jnl
CoRR
James Parker, Michael Hicks, Andrew Ruef, Michelle L. Mazurek, Dave Levin, Daniel Votipka, Piotr Mardziel, Kelsey R. Fulton
2019 J jnl
CoRR
James Parker, Niki Vazou, Michael Hicks
2019 J jnl
Proc. ACM Program. Lang.
James Parker, Niki Vazou, Michael Hicks
2018 J jnl
Robotics Auton. Syst.
James Parker, Alessandro Farinelli, Maria L. Gini
2017 J jnl
Expert Syst. Appl.
Antanas Verikas, James Parker, Marija Bacauskiene, Charlotte Olsson
2016 A* conf
CCS
Andrew Ruef, Michael W. Hicks, James Parker, Dave Levin, Michelle L. Mazurek, Piotr Mardziel
2016 J jnl
CoRR
Andrew Ruef, Michael W. Hicks, James Parker, Dave Levin, Michelle L. Mazurek, Piotr Mardziel
2016 A* conf
IJCAI
James Parker, Maria L. Gini
2016 J jnl
Sensors
Antanas Verikas, Evaldas Vaiciukynas, Adas Gelzinis, James Parker, Charlotte Olsson
2016 J jnl
J. Field Robotics
James Parker, Ernesto Nunes, Julio Godoy, Maria L. Gini
2016 C conf
IAS
James Parker, Alessandro Farinelli, Maria L. Gini
2015 J jnl
Symmetry
Sylvester James Gates Jr., James Parker, Vincent G. J. Rodgers, Leo Rodriguez, Kory Stiffler
2014 A conf
AAMAS
James Parker
2014 A conf
AAMAS
James Parker, Maria L. Gini
2012 J jnl
Mob. Networks Appl.
Wenjia Li, James Parker, Anupam Joshi
2011 conf
ISSCC
Sohrab Emami, Robert F. Wiser, Ershad Ali, Mark G. Forbes, Michael Q. Gordon, Xiang Guan, Steve Lo, Patrick T. McElwee, James Parker, Jon R. Tani, Jeffrey M. Gilbert, Chinh H. Doan
2010 J jnl
Artif. Life
Chris Marriott, James Parker, Jörg Denzinger
2008 C conf
CollaborateCom
Wenjia Li, James Parker, Anupam Joshi
2006 conf
CICC
David A. Yokoyama-Martin, Kannan Krishna, John T. Stonick, Aaron Caffee, E. K. Gamble, Chris Jones, J. Mcneal, James Parker, Ross Segelken, Jeff L. Sonntag, K. Umino, J. Upton, Daniel Weinlader, Skye Wolfer
2005 J jnl
IEEE J. Solid State Circuits
Kannan Krishna, David A. Yokoyama-Martin, Aaron Caffee, Chris Jones, Mat Loikkanen, James Parker, Ross Segelken, Jeff L. Sonntag, John T. Stonick, Steve Titus, Daniel Weinlader, Skye Wolfer
2004 C conf
IPCCC
James Parker, Jeffrey Undercoffer, John Pinkston, Anupam Joshi
1998 J jnl
Distributed Parallel Databases
Rajeev Rastogi, Philip Bohannon, James Parker, Abraham Silberschatz, S. Seshadri, S. Sudarshan
1996 conf
PDIS
Philip Bohannon, James Parker, Rajeev Rastogi, S. Seshadri, Abraham Silberschatz, S. Sudarshan
1996 J jnl
IEEE J. Solid State Circuits
Colin C. McAndrew, Jerold A. Seitchik, Derek F. Bowers, Mark Dunn, Mark Foisy, Ian Getreu, Marc McSwain, Shahriar Moinian, James Parker, David J. Roulston, Michael Schröter, Paul van Wijnen, Lawrence F. Wagner
1995 J jnl
IEEE Commun. Mag.
Ernst Munter, James Parker, Paul Kirkby
redb/extractors/apk_extractors/apk_manifest.py
← Index redb/extractors/apk_extractors/apk_manifest.py python
import inspect
import json
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 APKManifest, APKManifestComponent


class APKManifestExtractor(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.manifest = None
        self.components = []
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)

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

    def _is_component_exported(self, component_type, component_name):
        """Determine if a component is exported.

        Pre-API 31: exported is implicitly True if intent filters exist.
        API 31+: android:exported must be explicit; default is False.
        """
        try:
            exported_attr = None
            # Try to get the exported attribute directly from the XML
            axml = self.apk.get_android_manifest_xml()
            if axml is not None:
                for node in axml.getElementsByTagName(component_type):
                    name = node.getAttributeNS(
                        "http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android", "name"
                    )
                    if name == component_name:
                        exported_attr = node.getAttributeNS(
                            "http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android", "exported"
                        )
                        break
        except Exception:
            exported_attr = None

        if exported_attr == "true":
            return True
        if exported_attr == "false":
            return False

        # If not explicitly set, check for intent filters (pre-API 31 behavior)
        try:
            intent_filters = self.apk.get_intent_filters(component_type, component_name)
            if intent_filters:
                actions = intent_filters.get("action", [])
                if actions:
                    return True
        except Exception:
            pass

        return False

    def _get_intent_filters_for_component(self, component_type, component_name):
        """Get intent filters for a specific component."""
        actions = []
        categories = []
        try:
            intent_filters = self.apk.get_intent_filters(component_type, component_name)
            if intent_filters:
                actions = intent_filters.get("action", [])
                categories = intent_filters.get("category", [])
        except Exception:
            pass
        return actions, categories

    def _safe_extract(self, field_name, func, default=None):
        """Extract a single field, logging and returning default on failure."""
        try:
            return func()
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.warning(
                f"Error extracting APK manifest field '{field_name}' for "
                f"{self.hash.sha256}: {e}"
            )
            return default

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

        activities = self._safe_extract(
            "activities", lambda: list(self.apk.get_activities() or []), []
        )
        services = self._safe_extract(
            "services", lambda: list(self.apk.get_services() or []), []
        )
        receivers = self._safe_extract(
            "receivers", lambda: list(self.apk.get_receivers() or []), []
        )
        providers = self._safe_extract(
            "providers", lambda: list(self.apk.get_providers() or []), []
        )

        # Build component list with intent filter info
        self.components = []
        all_actions = set()
        all_categories = set()
        exported_components = []

        component_map = [
            ("activity", activities),
            ("service", services),
            ("receiver", receivers),
            ("provider", providers),
        ]

        for comp_type, comp_list in component_map:
            for comp_name in comp_list:
                try:
                    is_exported = self._is_component_exported(comp_type, comp_name)
                    actions, categories = self._get_intent_filters_for_component(
                        comp_type, comp_name
                    )
                    all_actions.update(actions)
                    all_categories.update(categories)
                    if is_exported:
                        exported_components.append(comp_name)

                    self.components.append(APKManifestComponent(
                        component_type=comp_type,
                        class_name=comp_name,
                        is_exported=is_exported,
                        intent_actions=list(actions),
                        intent_categories=list(categories),
                    ))
                except Exception as e:
                    self.log.warning(
                        f"Error processing component '{comp_name}' for "
                        f"{self.hash.sha256}: {e}"
                    )
                    # Still add the component with minimal info
                    self.components.append(APKManifestComponent(
                        component_type=comp_type,
                        class_name=comp_name,
                        is_exported=False,
                        intent_actions=[],
                        intent_categories=[],
                    ))

        # Uses-feature
        uses_features = []
        try:
            uses_features = list(self.apk.get_features() or [])
        except Exception:
            pass

        # Meta-data
        meta_data = None
        try:
            axml = self.apk.get_android_manifest_xml()
            if axml is not None:
                md = {}
                for node in axml.getElementsByTagName("meta-data"):
                    name = node.getAttributeNS(
                        "http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android", "name"
                    )
                    value = node.getAttributeNS(
                        "http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android", "value"
                    )
                    resource = node.getAttributeNS(
                        "http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android", "resource"
                    )
                    if name:
                        md[name] = value or resource or ""
                if md:
                    meta_data = md
        except Exception:
            pass

        # Full manifest XML
        manifest_xml = None
        try:
            axml = self.apk.get_android_manifest_xml()
            if axml is not None:
                manifest_xml = axml.toxml()
        except Exception:
            try:
                manifest_xml = self.apk.get_android_manifest_axml().get_xml()
                if isinstance(manifest_xml, bytes):
                    manifest_xml = manifest_xml.decode("utf-8", errors="replace")
            except Exception:
                pass

        self.manifest = APKManifest(
            activity_count=len(activities),
            service_count=len(services),
            receiver_count=len(receivers),
            provider_count=len(providers),
            activities=activities,
            services=services,
            receivers=receivers,
            providers=providers,
            exported_components=exported_components,
            intent_filters_by_action=sorted(all_actions),
            intent_filters_by_category=sorted(all_categories),
            uses_features=uses_features,
            meta_data=meta_data,
            manifest_xml=manifest_xml,
        )
        return self.manifest

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

            current_time = datetime.now(timezone.utc)
            m = self.manifest

            # Components table (one row per component)
            components_data = []
            for comp in self.components:
                components_data.append([
                    self.sha256,
                    comp.component_type,
                    comp.class_name,
                    int(comp.is_exported),
                    comp.intent_actions,
                    comp.intent_categories,
                    current_time,
                ])

            # Manifest summary table (one row per APK)
            manifest_data = [[
                self.sha256,
                m.activity_count,
                m.service_count,
                m.receiver_count,
                m.provider_count,
                m.intent_filters_by_action,
                m.intent_filters_by_category,
                m.uses_features,
                m.manifest_xml,
                current_time,
            ]]

            return {
                'multi_table': True,
                'manifest': {
                    'table': 'redb_apk_manifest',
                    'data': manifest_data,
                    'column_names': [
                        'sha256',
                        'activity_count', 'service_count', 'receiver_count', 'provider_count',
                        'intent_filters_by_action', 'intent_filters_by_category',
                        'uses_features', 'manifest_xml', 'analysis_date',
                    ],
                    'column_type_names': [
                        'FixedString(64)',
                        'UInt16', 'UInt16', 'UInt16', 'UInt16',
                        'Array(String)', 'Array(String)',
                        'Array(String)', 'Nullable(String)',
                        "DateTime64(3, 'UTC')",
                    ],
                },
                'components': {
                    'table': 'redb_apk_components',
                    'data': components_data,
                    'column_names': [
                        'sha256', 'component_type', 'class_name', 'is_exported',
                        'intent_actions', 'intent_categories', 'analysis_date',
                    ],
                    'column_type_names': [
                        'FixedString(64)', 'LowCardinality(String)', 'String', 'UInt8',
                        'Array(String)', 'Array(String)',
                        "DateTime64(3, 'UTC')",
                    ],
                },
            }

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