James Purtilo

21 papers A* 1A 1Journal 5Unranked 13
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2025 conf
HCI (60)
Daniel Syomichev, Padmini Gopinath, Guang-Lin Wei, Eric Chang, Ian Gordon, Amanuel Seifu, Rahul Pemmaraju, Neehar Peri, James Purtilo
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Daniel Syomichev, Padmini Gopinath, Guang-Lin Wei, Eric Chang, Ian Gordon, Amanuel Seifu, Rahul Pemmaraju, Neehar Peri, James Purtilo
2024 conf
HCI (11)
Jayesh Jayashankar, Anna L. Packy, Arya Teymourlouei, Alexandra A. Shaver, Garrett E. Katz, James A. Reggia, James Purtilo, Rodolphe J. Gentili
2023 conf
NER
Alexandra A. Shaver, Calvin M. Lu, Christopher Gaskins, James A. Reggia, James Purtilo, Rodolphe J. Gentili
2023 conf
AutomationXP@CHI
Wesley Chen, Andrew Edgley, Raunak Hota, Joshua Liu, Ezra Schwartz, Aminah Yizar, James Purtilo, Neehar Peri
2023 J jnl
CoRR
Wesley Chen, Andrew Edgley, Raunak Hota, Joshua Liu, Ezra Schwartz, Aminah Yizar, Neehar Peri, James Purtilo
2022 J jnl
Proc. ACM Hum. Comput. Interact.
Aadesh Bagmar, Kevin Hogan, Dalia Shalaby, James Purtilo
2022 conf
HCI (9)
Alexandra A. Shaver, Neehar Peri, Remy Mezebish, George Matthew, Alyza Berson, Christopher Gaskins, Gregory P. Davis, Garrett E. Katz, Immanuel Babu Henry Samuel, Matthew J. Reinhard, Michelle E. Costanzo, James A. Reggia, James Purtilo, Rodolphe J. Gentili
2021 conf
GDN
Kevin Hogan, Annabelle Baer, James Purtilo
2021 J jnl
CoRR
Kevin Hogan, Annabelle Baer, James Purtilo
2020 conf
GDN
Kevin Hogan, Fei Shan, Monikka Ravichandran, Aadesh Bagmar, James Wang, Adam Sarsony, James Purtilo
2019 conf
ISSRE Workshops
Kevin Hogan, Noel Warford, Robert Morrison, David Miller, Sean Malone, James Purtilo
2018 A* conf
USENIX Security Symposium
Ashton Webster, Ryan Eckenrod, James Purtilo
2014 conf
ISSRE Workshops
Jeffrey Stuckman, James Purtilo
2013 conf
CSET
Gary Nilson, Kent Wills, Jeffrey Stuckman, James Purtilo
2013 A conf
ESEM
Jeffrey Stuckman, Kent Wills, James Purtilo
2011 conf
Metrisec@ESEM
Jeff Stuckman, James Purtilo
2011 J jnl
J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol.
Jeff Stuckman, James Purtilo
2009 conf
FECS
Dave Tahmoush, Sandro Fouché, Scott McMaster, Jeff Stuckman, James Purtilo
2009 conf
Int. Sym. Wikis
Jeff Stuckman, James Purtilo
1985 ed.
SLIPE
Teri F. Payton, L. Peter Deutsch, James Purtilo
redb/extractors/macho_extractors/macho_segments.py
← Index redb/extractors/macho_extractors/macho_segments.py python
import hashlib
import inspect
import base64
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 MachOSegment


class MachOSegmentExtractor(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_segments"
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)

    def _is_empty_result(self, extracted_data) -> bool:
        """
        Override: Empty segments is an ERROR, not a valid empty case.
        A valid MachO file must have segments (at minimum __PAGEZERO, __TEXT).
        """
        # Always return False - empty segments should be treated as an error
        return False

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

    def _extract_segments_for_arch(self, arch_name):
        """Extract segment information for a specific architecture."""
        self.log.debug(f"Extracting segments for architecture: {arch_name}")
        segments = []

        try:
            # Get segments using new API with architecture parameter
            segments_data = self.macho.get_segments(arch=arch_name)
            if not segments_data:
                return segments

            # Extract segments for this architecture
            for segment in segments_data:
                try:
                    segment_name = segment.get('segname', 'Unknown')

                    # Calculate segment hash
                    segment_data = self._get_segment_data(segment)
                    if segment_data:
                        seg_sha256 = hashlib.sha256(segment_data).hexdigest()
                    else:
                        seg_sha256 = ""

                    # Use entropy already calculated by machofile module, rounded to 3 decimal places
                    seg_entropy = round(segment.get('entropy', 0.0), 3)

                    # Create segment dataclass with architecture info
                    macho_segment = MachOSegment(
                        segment_name=segment_name,
                        segment_vaddr=segment.get('vaddr', 0),
                        segment_vsize=segment.get('vsize', 0),
                        segment_offset=segment.get('offset', 0),
                        segment_size=segment.get('size', 0),
                        segment_max_vm_protection=segment.get('max_vm_protection', 0),
                        segment_initial_vm_protection=segment.get('initial_vm_protection', 0),
                        segment_nsects=segment.get('nsects', 0),
                        segment_flags=segment.get('flags', 0),
                        segment_entropy=seg_entropy,
                        segment_sha256=seg_sha256,
                    )
                    # Add architecture info to the segment
                    macho_segment.architecture = arch_name
                    segments.append(macho_segment)

                except Exception as e:
                    self.log.warning(
                        f'Unable to process segment "{segment.get("segname", "Unknown")}" for architecture {arch_name} in {self.hash.sha256}: {e}'
                    )
                    continue

            return segments

        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error extracting MachO segments for architecture {arch_name}: {e}")
            return segments

    def _extract_segments(self):
        """Extract segment information from all architectures in the MachO binary."""
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)
        segments = []

        if not self.macho:
            return segments

        try:
            # Get architectures using new API (already parsed in base class)
            architectures = self.macho.get_architectures()
            if not architectures:
                return segments

            # Process each architecture
            for arch_name in architectures:
                arch_segments = self._extract_segments_for_arch(arch_name)
                segments.extend(arch_segments)

            return segments

        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error extracting MachO segments: {e}")
            return segments

    def _get_segment_data(self, segment):
        """Get the raw data for a segment."""
        try:
            offset = segment.get('offset', 0)
            size = segment.get('size', 0)
            
            if size == 0:
                return None
            
            # Read segment data from file
            with open(self.filepath, 'rb') as f:
                f.seek(offset)
                return f.read(size)
                
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.warning(f"Error reading segment data: {e}")
            return None

    def extract(self):
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)
        try:
            segments = self._extract_segments()
            return segments
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error extracting MachO segments: {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

            data = []
            current_time = datetime.now(timezone.utc)

            # Loop through each architecture (1 for single, multiple for FAT)
            for arch_name in architectures:
                # Extract segments for this specific architecture
                segments = self._extract_segments_for_arch(arch_name)
                if not segments:
                    continue

                # Get architecture-specific sha256 and header info
                try:
                    arch_general_info = self.macho.get_general_info(arch=arch_name)
                    arch_sha256 = arch_general_info.get('SHA256', self.sha256)

                    # Get raw architecture value
                    arch_header_raw = self.macho.get_macho_header(arch=arch_name)
                    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

                for segment in segments:
                    data.append([
                        arch_sha256,                          # sha256 (architecture-specific)
                        segment.segment_name,                 # segment_name
                        segment.segment_vaddr,                # segment_vaddr
                        segment.segment_vsize,                # segment_vsize
                        segment.segment_offset,               # segment_offset
                        segment.segment_size,                 # segment_size
                        segment.segment_max_vm_protection,    # segment_max_vm_protection
                        segment.segment_initial_vm_protection, # segment_initial_vm_protection
                        segment.segment_nsects,               # segment_nsects
                        segment.segment_flags,                # segment_flags
                        segment.segment_entropy,              # segment_entropy
                        segment.segment_sha256,               # segment_sha256
                        current_time,                         # analysis_date
                    ])

            column_names = [
                'sha256',
                'segment_name', 'segment_vaddr', 'segment_vsize', 'segment_offset',
                'segment_size', 'segment_max_vm_protection', 'segment_initial_vm_protection',
                'segment_nsects', 'segment_flags', 'segment_entropy', 'segment_sha256',
                'analysis_date'
            ]

            if not data:
                return None

            column_type_names = [
                'FixedString(64)',
                'String', 'UInt64', 'UInt64', 'UInt64',
                'UInt64', 'UInt32', 'UInt32',
                'UInt32', 'UInt32', 'Float64', 'FixedString(64)',
                'DateTime64(3, \'UTC\')'
            ]

            return (data, column_names, column_type_names)

        return None

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