James W. Walker

24 papers A* 1A 1B 7C 1Journal 10Unranked 4
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2022 conf
SIGCSE (1)
Steven Carr, Yu Chin Cheng, Yu-Hsiang Hu, Jean Mayo, Ahmed Radwan, Ching-Kuang Shene, James W. Walker
2021 conf
ITiCSE (2)
James W. Walker, Steven Carr, Ahmed Radwan, Yu-Hsiang Hu, Yu Chin Cheng, Jean Mayo, Ching-Kuang Shene
2020 A conf
SIGCSE
James W. Walker, Man Wang, Steve Carr, Jean Mayo, Ching-Kuang Shene
2019 B conf
ITiCSE
James W. Walker, Man Wang, Steven Carr, Jean Mayo, Ching-Kuang Shene
2018 J jnl
ACM Trans. Appl. Percept.
Bochao Li, James W. Walker, Scott A. Kuhl
2017 A* conf
CHI
James W. Walker, Bochao Li, Keith Vertanen, Scott A. Kuhl
2017 B conf
ITiCSE
James W. Walker, Jean Mayo, Ching-Kuang Shene, Steve Carr
2016 B conf
SAP
Bochao Li, Anthony Nordman, James W. Walker, Scott A. Kuhl
2015 B conf
SAP
Ruimin Zhang, James W. Walker, Scott A. Kuhl
2015 conf
HCI (2)
James W. Walker, Michael T. Smith, Myounghoon Jeon
2014 conf
HCI (21)
Myounghoon Jeon, Michael T. Smith, James W. Walker, Scott A. Kuhl
2014 B conf
PacificVis
Jun Ma, James W. Walker, Chaoli Wang, Scott A. Kuhl, Ching-Kuang Shene
2014 C conf
ArtsIT
Myounghoon Jeon, Steven Landry, Joseph D. Ryan, James W. Walker
2013 B conf
SAP
James W. Walker, Jun Ma, Scott A. Kuhl, Chaoli Wang
2012 J jnl
ACM Trans. Appl. Percept.
Ruimin Zhang, Anthony Nordman, James W. Walker, Scott A. Kuhl
2012 B conf
SAP
James W. Walker, Ruimin Zhang, Scott A. Kuhl
1989 J jnl
J. Comb. Theory A
Jerrold R. Griggs, James W. Walker
1988 J jnl
Eur. J. Comb.
James W. Walker
1987 J jnl
J. Comb. Theory B
James W. Walker
1985 J jnl
Eur. J. Comb.
James W. Walker
1984 J jnl
Discret. Math.
James W. Walker
1983 J jnl
Eur. J. Comb.
Anders Björner, James W. Walker
1983 J jnl
J. Comb. Theory B
James W. Walker
1981 J jnl
Eur. J. Comb.
James W. Walker
redb/extractors/js_extractors/js_patterns.py
← Index redb/extractors/js_extractors/js_patterns.py python
"""Canonical, compiled JavaScript regex patterns shared across JS extractors.

All suspicious-API patterns and the few feature-only patterns live here so each
expression is compiled exactly once per Python process and so any pattern that
was previously duplicated across `js_features.py` and `js_suspicious_apis.py`
now resolves to a single shared compiled object.

JavaScript is case-sensitive at runtime, but every suspicious-API pattern matches
either a literal-case identifier (`\\beval\\s*\\(`, `String\\.fromCharCode`, etc.)
or a string-quoted token (`"powershell"`). Compiling them with `re.IGNORECASE`
matches the historical behaviour of `JSSuspiciousAPIsExtractor` and is safe for
the patterns that historically came from `JSFeaturesExtractor` — those literals
are spelled in real-world JS exactly as written.

`scan_source()` is the entry point used by extractors: it walks the source once
per pattern using the pre-compiled regexes and returns a flat
`{name: {"count": N, "lines": [unique_line_numbers_sorted]}}` dict. Both
`JSFeaturesExtractor` and `JSSuspiciousAPIsExtractor` consume the same dict so
the per-pattern × per-line loops they used to run independently collapse to a
single shared scan.
"""

import bisect
import re
from typing import Dict, Iterable, List, Mapping

_FLAGS = re.IGNORECASE

# Canonical compiled patterns, keyed by their human-readable name. The name is
# also the value emitted into `redb_js_suspicious_apis.api_name`.
PATTERNS = {
    # ---- code execution ----
    "eval": re.compile(r"\beval\s*\(", _FLAGS),
    "Function constructor": re.compile(r"\bnew\s+Function\s*\(", _FLAGS),
    "execScript": re.compile(r"\bexecScript\s*\(", _FLAGS),
    "document.write": re.compile(r"\bdocument\.write(?:ln)?\s*\(", _FLAGS),
    "innerHTML assignment": re.compile(r"\.innerHTML\s*=", _FLAGS),
    "outerHTML assignment": re.compile(r"\.outerHTML\s*=", _FLAGS),
    "insertAdjacentHTML": re.compile(r"\.insertAdjacentHTML\s*\(", _FLAGS),
    # ---- network ----
    "XMLHttpRequest": re.compile(r"\bnew\s+XMLHttpRequest\b", _FLAGS),
    "fetch": re.compile(r"\bfetch\s*\(", _FLAGS),
    "WebSocket": re.compile(r"\bnew\s+WebSocket\s*\(", _FLAGS),
    "navigator.sendBeacon": re.compile(r"\bnavigator\.sendBeacon\s*\(", _FLAGS),
    "ActiveXObject XMLHTTP": re.compile(
        r"ActiveXObject\s*\(\s*[\"\'](?:MSXML2\.XMLHTTP|Microsoft\.XMLHTTP)", _FLAGS
    ),
    "require network module": re.compile(
        r"require\s*\(\s*[\"\'](?:http|https|net|dgram)[\"\']", _FLAGS
    ),
    "axios": re.compile(r"\baxios\b", _FLAGS),
    # ---- filesystem ----
    "require fs": re.compile(r"require\s*\(\s*[\"\']fs[\"\']", _FLAGS),
    "require path": re.compile(r"require\s*\(\s*[\"\']path[\"\']", _FLAGS),
    "FileSystemObject": re.compile(r"Scripting\.FileSystemObject", _FLAGS),
    "ADODB.Stream": re.compile(r"ADODB\.Stream", _FLAGS),
    "Shell.Application": re.compile(r"Shell\.Application", _FLAGS),
    "WScript.CreateObject": re.compile(r"WScript\.CreateObject", _FLAGS),
    # ---- process ----
    "require child_process": re.compile(r"require\s*\(\s*[\"\']child_process[\"\']", _FLAGS),
    "child_process exec": re.compile(r"child_process\.(?:exec|spawn|execFile|fork)\s*\(", _FLAGS),
    "WScript.Shell": re.compile(r"WScript\.Shell", _FLAGS),
    "WScript.Shell.Run": re.compile(r"\.Run\s*\(", _FLAGS),
    "WScript.Shell.Exec": re.compile(r"\.Exec\s*\(", _FLAGS),
    "ShellExecute": re.compile(r"\bShellExecute\b", _FLAGS),
    "PowerShell reference": re.compile(r"[\"\']powershell[\"\']", _FLAGS),
    "cmd.exe reference": re.compile(r"[\"\']cmd\.exe[\"\']", _FLAGS),
    "require os": re.compile(r"require\s*\(\s*[\"\']os[\"\']", _FLAGS),
    # ---- registry ----
    "RegRead": re.compile(r"\.RegRead\s*\(", _FLAGS),
    "RegWrite": re.compile(r"\.RegWrite\s*\(", _FLAGS),
    "RegDelete": re.compile(r"\.RegDelete\s*\(", _FLAGS),
    "StdRegProv": re.compile(r"StdRegProv", _FLAGS),
    # ---- crypto / encoding ----
    "atob": re.compile(r"\batob\s*\(", _FLAGS),
    "btoa": re.compile(r"\bbtoa\s*\(", _FLAGS),
    "String.fromCharCode": re.compile(r"String\.fromCharCode\s*\(", _FLAGS),
    "unescape": re.compile(r"\bunescape\s*\(", _FLAGS),
    "decodeURIComponent": re.compile(r"\bdecodeURIComponent\s*\(", _FLAGS),
    "Buffer.from": re.compile(r"Buffer\.from\s*\(", _FLAGS),
    "crypto module": re.compile(r"crypto\.create(?:Cipher|Decipher|Hash|Hmac)", _FLAGS),
    # ---- DOM manipulation ----
    "document.forms": re.compile(r"document\.forms", _FLAGS),
    "document.cookie": re.compile(r"document\.cookie", _FLAGS),
    "querySelector sensitive input": re.compile(
        r"document\.querySelector\s*\([^)]*(?:password|credit|card|cvv|ssn)", _FLAGS
    ),
    "submit event listener": re.compile(r"addEventListener\s*\(\s*[\"\']submit", _FLAGS),
    "createElement script/iframe": re.compile(
        r"\.createElement\s*\(\s*[\"\'](?:script|iframe)", _FLAGS
    ),
    "dynamic script src": re.compile(r"\.src\s*=\s*[\"\'](?:https?://|//)", _FLAGS),
}

# Pattern name -> category (one of code_execution / network / filesystem /
# process / registry / crypto_encoding / dom_manipulation).
CATEGORIES = {
    "eval": "code_execution",
    "Function constructor": "code_execution",
    "execScript": "code_execution",
    "document.write": "code_execution",
    "innerHTML assignment": "code_execution",
    "outerHTML assignment": "code_execution",
    "insertAdjacentHTML": "code_execution",
    "XMLHttpRequest": "network",
    "fetch": "network",
    "WebSocket": "network",
    "navigator.sendBeacon": "network",
    "ActiveXObject XMLHTTP": "network",
    "require network module": "network",
    "axios": "network",
    "require fs": "filesystem",
    "require path": "filesystem",
    "FileSystemObject": "filesystem",
    "ADODB.Stream": "filesystem",
    "Shell.Application": "filesystem",
    "WScript.CreateObject": "filesystem",
    "require child_process": "process",
    "child_process exec": "process",
    "WScript.Shell": "process",
    "WScript.Shell.Run": "process",
    "WScript.Shell.Exec": "process",
    "ShellExecute": "process",
    "PowerShell reference": "process",
    "cmd.exe reference": "process",
    "require os": "process",
    "RegRead": "registry",
    "RegWrite": "registry",
    "RegDelete": "registry",
    "StdRegProv": "registry",
    "atob": "crypto_encoding",
    "btoa": "crypto_encoding",
    "String.fromCharCode": "crypto_encoding",
    "unescape": "crypto_encoding",
    "decodeURIComponent": "crypto_encoding",
    "Buffer.from": "crypto_encoding",
    "crypto module": "crypto_encoding",
    "document.forms": "dom_manipulation",
    "document.cookie": "dom_manipulation",
    "querySelector sensitive input": "dom_manipulation",
    "submit event listener": "dom_manipulation",
    "createElement script/iframe": "dom_manipulation",
    "dynamic script src": "dom_manipulation",
}

# Patterns consumed only by JSFeaturesExtractor (no category, never surfaced as
# a suspicious-API row). Kept here so every JS regex is compiled in one place.
FEATURE_PATTERNS = {
    "hex_escape": re.compile(r"\\x[0-9a-fA-F]{2}"),
    "unicode_escape": re.compile(r"\\u[0-9a-fA-F]{4}"),
    "base64_string": re.compile(r"[A-Za-z0-9+/]{40,}={0,2}"),
    # decodeURI matches BOTH decodeURI and decodeURIComponent. The latter is also
    # a suspicious-API pattern in PATTERNS; this broader form is what the
    # `decodeuri_count` feature column has historically counted.
    "decodeURI": re.compile(r"\b(?:decodeURI|decodeURIComponent)\s*\(", _FLAGS),
    "settimeout_setinterval": re.compile(r"\b(?:setTimeout|setInterval)\s*\(", _FLAGS),
    "function_decl": re.compile(r"\bfunction\s+\w+\s*\(|\bfunction\s*\("),
    "var_decl": re.compile(r"\b(?:var|let|const)\s+"),
    "string_concat": re.compile(r"[\"\'][\s]*\+[\s]*[\"\']"),
    "comment": re.compile(r"//.*?$|/\*[\s\S]*?\*/", re.MULTILINE),
    "long_string": re.compile(r"[\"\']([^\"\']{256,})[\"\']"),
    "array_function_call": re.compile(r"\[(?:0x[0-9a-f]+|[\d]+)\]\s*\(", _FLAGS),
}

# Patterns consumed only by JSStringsExtractor for encoded-string discovery.
# Scoped to *hidden* strings only — patterns whose decoded form is not visible
# to a substring search over the raw text. Plain long literals are not
# extracted here because they're already preserved in code_text_content and
# scraped by the IOC pipeline over text_raw / text_normalized.
#
# Distinct from FEATURE_PATTERNS even where the names rhyme:
#   FEATURE_PATTERNS["hex_escape"] / ["unicode_escape"]   -> single escape
#   STRING_PATTERNS["hex_escape_seq"] / ["unicode_escape_seq"] -> 4+ / 3+ in a row
#   FEATURE_PATTERNS["base64_string"]                     -> bare base64 token
#   STRING_PATTERNS["base64_quoted"]                      -> base64 inside JS quotes
# These do not share match objects with the suspicious-API or feature scans, so
# they are not folded into JSContext.scan; the strings extractor walks them
# itself (one finditer per pattern, with shared line-offset bisect in #4b).
STRING_PATTERNS = {
    "hex_escape_seq": re.compile(r"(?:\\x[0-9a-fA-F]{2}){4,}"),
    "unicode_escape_seq": re.compile(r"(?:\\u[0-9a-fA-F]{4}){3,}"),
    "charcode_call": re.compile(r"String\.fromCharCode\s*\(\s*([\d,\s]+)\s*\)"),
    "base64_quoted": re.compile(r"[\"\']([A-Za-z0-9+/]{40,}={0,2})[\"\']"),
    "concat_chain": re.compile(r"(?:[\"\'][^\"\']+[\"\']\s*\+\s*){3,}[\"\'][^\"\']+[\"\']"),
}


def line_offsets(source: str) -> List[int]:
    """Sorted list of byte offsets for every newline in `source`, plus a final
    sentinel of len(source). Used to translate match offsets into 1-indexed
    line numbers via bisect.
    """
    offsets = [-1]  # so that bisect_right of offset 0 returns line 1
    push = offsets.append
    idx = source.find("\n")
    while idx != -1:
        push(idx)
        idx = source.find("\n", idx + 1)
    return offsets


def _scan_one(
    pattern: "re.Pattern[str]", source: str, offsets: List[int]
) -> Dict[str, object]:
    """Run a single compiled pattern over `source` and return count + unique lines."""
    count = 0
    seen_lines: "set[int]" = set()
    for m in pattern.finditer(source):
        count += 1
        seen_lines.add(bisect.bisect_right(offsets, m.start()))
    if not count:
        return None  # type: ignore[return-value]
    return {"count": count, "lines": sorted(seen_lines)}


def scan_source(
    source: str,
    patterns: Iterable[Mapping[str, "re.Pattern[str]"]] = (PATTERNS, FEATURE_PATTERNS),
) -> Dict[str, Dict[str, object]]:
    """Scan `source` against every compiled pattern in `patterns`.

    Returns a dict keyed by pattern name. Each entry has:
        "count": total number of matches in the source
        "lines": sorted list of unique 1-indexed line numbers where the pattern
                 matched (deduplicated — multiple matches on the same line
                 collapse to one entry, preserving the historical
                 line-set semantics of JSSuspiciousAPIsExtractor)
    Patterns with zero matches are absent from the dict; callers should default
    to {"count": 0, "lines": []}.
    """
    if not source:
        return {}
    offsets = line_offsets(source)
    results: Dict[str, Dict[str, object]] = {}
    for table in patterns:
        for name, pat in table.items():
            entry = _scan_one(pat, source, offsets)
            if entry is not None:
                results[name] = entry
    return results