Kais Bouzrara

68 papers A 14C 10Journal 31Unranked 13
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2025 J jnl
Comput. Electr. Eng.
Zahra Yahyaoui, Walid Touti, Mansour Hajji, Majdi Mansouri, Yassine Bouazzi, Kais Bouzrara
2025 A conf
ICCAD
Imen Ben Abdelwahed, Kais Bouzrara
2025 J jnl
Trans. Inst. Meas. Control
Safa Maraoui, Ameni El Anes, Kais Bouzrara
2025 J jnl
IEEE Access
Dine El Houda Hammami, Saber Maraoui, Majdi Mansouri, Kais Bouzrara, Faisal Mnif
2025 J jnl
J. Electr. Comput. Eng.
Rochdi Kerkeni, Anis Mhalla, Kais Bouzrara
2024 A conf
ICCAD
Imen Ben Abdelwahed, Kais Bouzrara
2024 J jnl
Comput. Chem. Eng.
Imen Ben Abdelwahed, Kais Bouzrara
2024 C conf
CoDIT
Amal Hichri, Wajdi Saadaoui, Mansour Hajji, Majdi Mansouri, Mohamed N. Nounou, Kais Bouzrara
2024 A conf
ICCAD
Ameni El Anes, Imen Ben Abdelwahed, Kais Bouzrara
2024 A conf
ICCAD
Imen Ben Abdelwahed, Ameni El Anes, Kais Bouzrara
2024 C conf
CoDIT
Zahra Yahyaoui, Wajdi Saadaoui, Mansour Hajji, Majdi Mansouri, Mohamed N. Nounou, Kais Bouzrara
2024 C conf
CoDIT
Khadija Attouri, Majdi Mansouri, Mansour Hajji, Abdelmalek Kouadri, Kais Bouzrara, Hazem N. Nounou
2024 C conf
CoDIT
Khadija Attouri, Majdi Mansouri, Mansour Hajji, Abdelmalek Kouadri, Kais Bouzrara, Hazem N. Nounou
2023 J jnl
IEEE Access
Khaled Dhibi, Majdi Mansouri, Mohamed Trabelsi, Kamaleldin Abodayeh, Kais Bouzrara, Hazem N. Nounou, Mohamed N. Nounou
2023 A conf
ICCAD
Imen Ben Abdelwahed, Ameni El Anes, Kais Bouzrara
2023 A conf
ICCAD
Ameni El Anes, Imen Ben Abdelwahed, Kais Bouzrara
2022 conf
SSD
Amal Hichri, Mansour Hajji, Majdi Mansouri, Kais Bouzrara, Hazem N. Nounou, Mohamed N. Nounou
2022 C conf
CoDIT
Khadija Attouri, Majdi Mansouri, Mansour Hajji, Kais Bouzrara, Hazem N. Nounou, Mohamed N. Nounou
2022 C conf
CoDIT
Manel Marweni, Radhia Fezai, Mansour Hajji, Majdi Mansouri, Kais Bouzrara, Hazem N. Nounou, Mohamed N. Nounou
2022 C conf
CoDIT
Khaled Dhibi, Majdi Mansouri, Kais Bouzrara, Hazem N. Nounou, Mohamed N. Nounou
2022 C conf
CoDIT
Amal Hichri, Majdi Mansouri, Mansour Hajji, Kais Bouzrara, Hazem N. Nounou, Mohamed N. Nounou
2022 C conf
CoDIT
Khaled Dhibi, Majdi Mansouri, Kais Bouzrara, Hazem N. Nounou, Mohamed N. Nounou
2022 J jnl
IEEE Access
Khaled Dhibi, Majdi Mansouri, Kamaleldin Abodayeh, Kais Bouzrara, Hazem N. Nounou, Mohamed N. Nounou
2022 C conf
CoDIT
Zahra Yahyaoui, Mansour Hajji, Majdi Mansouri, Kais Bouzrara, Hazem N. Nounou, Mohamed N. Nounou
2022 conf
SSD
Khaled Dhibi, Majdi Mansouri, Kais Bouzrara, Hazem N. Nounou, Mohamed N. Nounou
2022 conf
SSD
Khaled Dhibi, Majdi Mansouri, Kais Bouzrara, Hazem N. Nounou, Mohamed N. Nounou
2021 J jnl
IEEE Access
Khaled Dhibi, Radhia Fezai, Majdi Mansouri, Mohamed Trabelsi, Kais Bouzrara, Hazem N. Nounou, Mohamed N. Nounou
2021 conf
SSD
Radhia Fezai, Kais Bouzrara, Majdi Mansouri, Hazem N. Nounou, Mohamed N. Nounou, Vicenç Puig
2021 J jnl
IEEE Access
Khaled Dhibi, Majdi Mansouri, Kais Bouzrara, Hazem N. Nounou, Mohamed N. Nounou
2021 conf
SSD
Khaled Dhibi, Radhia Fezai, Kais Bouzrara, Majdi Mansouri, Hazem N. Nounou, Mohamed N. Nounou, Mohamed Trabelsi
2021 conf
SSD
Khadija Attouri, Mansour Hajji, Majdi Mansouri, Hazem N. Nounou, Abdelmalek Kouadri, Kais Bouzrara
2021 J jnl
J. Intell. Fuzzy Syst.
Radhia Fezai, Majdi Mansouri, Kamaleldin Abodayeh, Hazem N. Nounou, Mohamed N. Nounou, Vicenç Puig, Kais Bouzrara
2021 conf
SSD
Radhia Fezai, Kais Bouzrara, Majdi Mansouri, Hazem N. Nounou, Mohamed N. Nounou, Mohamed Trabelsi
2021 conf
SSD
Radhia Fezai, Kais Bouzrara, Majdi Mansouri, Hazem N. Nounou, Mohamed N. Nounou, Mohamed Trabelsi
2021 conf
SSD
Imen Hamrouni, Hajer Lahdhiri, Okba Taouali, Kais Bouzrara
2020 J jnl
IEEE Access
Majdi Mansouri, Radhia Fezai, Mohamed Trabelsi, Mansour Hajji, Mohamed Faouzi Harkat, Hazem N. Nounou, Mohamed N. Nounou, Kais Bouzrara
2020 J jnl
Comput. J.
Syrine Neffati, Khaoula Ben Abdellafou, Okba Taouali, Kais Bouzrara
2020 conf
SSD
Khaled Dhibi, Radhia Fezai, Kais Bouzrara, Majdi Mansouri, Abdelmalek Kouadri, Mohamed Faouzi Harkat
2020 conf
SSD
Khaled Dhibi, Radhia Fezai, Kais Bouzrara, Majdi Mansouri, Abdelmalek Kouadri, Mohamed Faouzi Harkat
2020 J jnl
Trans. Inst. Meas. Control
Dine El Houda Hammami, Saber Maraoui, Kais Bouzrara
2020 J jnl
Trans. Inst. Meas. Control
Safa Maraoui, Kais Bouzrara
2020 J jnl
J. Frankl. Inst.
Nadia Hajji, Saber Maraoui, Kais Bouzrara
2019 J jnl
Int. J. Imaging Syst. Technol.
Syrine Neffati, Khaoula Ben Abdellafou, Ines Jaffel, Okba Taouali, Kais Bouzrara
2019 conf
IINTEC
Khaled Dhibi, Radhia Fezai, Majdi Mansouri, Abdelmalek Kouadri, Kais Bouzrara
2019 conf
SSD
Syrine Neffati, Okba Taouali, Kais Bouzrara
2019 J jnl
Trans. Inst. Meas. Control
Nadia Hajji, Saber Maraoui, Larbi Chrifi-Alaoui, Kais Bouzrara
2019 J jnl
Trans. Inst. Meas. Control
Abdelkader Krifa, Kais Bouzrara
2019 J jnl
J. Frankl. Inst.
Safa Maraoui, Abdelkader Krifa, Kais Bouzrara
2019 J jnl
Trans. Inst. Meas. Control
Safa Maraoui, Kais Bouzrara, José Ragot
2018 J jnl
Int. J. Model. Identif. Control.
Safa Chouchane, Kais Bouzrara, Hassani Messaoud
2018 J jnl
Trans. Inst. Meas. Control
Safa Maraoui, Kais Bouzrara, José Ragot
2018 J jnl
IET Signal Process.
Imen Ben Abdelwahed, Abdelkader Mbarek, Kais Bouzrara, Tarek Garna
2018 J jnl
Trans. Inst. Meas. Control
Ameni El Anes, Kais Bouzrara, José Ragot
2017 A conf
ICCAD
Abdelkader Krifa, Kais Bouzrara
2017 A conf
ICCAD
Nadia Hajji, Anouar Benamor, Saber Maraoui, Kais Bouzrara
2017 A conf
ICCAD
Safa Maraoui, Abdelkader Krifa, Kais Bouzrara
2017 A conf
ICCAD
Ameni El Anes, Saber Maraoui, Kais Bouzrara
2017 J jnl
IMA J. Math. Control. Inf.
Safa Maraoui, Abdelkader Krifa, Kais Bouzrara
2017 A conf
ICCAD
Sana Achek, Tarek Garna, Kais Bouzrara
2017 A conf
ICCAD
Imen Ben Abdelwahed, Abdelkader Mbarek, Kais Bouzrara
2017 A conf
ICCAD
Ameni El Anes, Kais Bouzrara
2017 A conf
ICCAD
Safa Maraoui, Kais Bouzrara
2016 J jnl
IET Signal Process.
Safa Maraoui, Abdelkader Krifa, Kais Bouzrara
2014 J jnl
Int. J. Control
Gnaba Sarah, Tarek Garna, Kais Bouzrara, José Ragot, Hassani Messaoud
2014 J jnl
IMA J. Math. Control. Inf.
Tarek Garna, Kais Bouzrara, José Ragot, Hassani Messaoud
2013 J jnl
Int. J. Model. Identif. Control.
Kais Bouzrara, Abdelkader Mbarek, Tarek Garna
2013 J jnl
Int. J. Control
Kais Bouzrara, Tarek Garna, José Ragot, Hassani Messaoud
2012 J jnl
Int. J. Model. Identif. Control.
Abdelkader Mbarek, Tarek Garna, Kais Bouzrara, Hassani Messaoud
redb/extractors/malcontent.py
← Index redb/extractors/malcontent.py python
import inspect
import json
import subprocess
from typing import Any
from datetime import datetime, timezone

from redb.extractors.enum import Tag
from redb.models.dataclasses import Malcontent
from redb.extractors.extractor import Extractor
from dotenv import load_dotenv
import os

load_dotenv(override=True)


class MalcontentExtractor(Extractor):
    """
    Extractor for malcontent tool from chainguard-dev/malcontent.

    Malcontent discovers supply-chain compromises through context, differential
    analysis, and 14,000+ YARA rules. It analyzes binaries and code to detect
    malicious content and suspicious behavioral patterns.

    Binary can be extracted from Docker image:
        docker cp $(docker create cgr.dev/chainguard/malcontent:latest):/usr/bin/mal /usr/local/bin/mal

    Stores full JSON output for materialized view extraction.
    """

    # Cache version at class level to avoid repeated subprocess calls
    _cached_version = None

    def __init__(
        self,
        filepath,
        log,
        exporters=None,
        index_prefix=None,
        elastic_index=None,
        known_benign=False,
        known_malicious=False,
    ):
        super().__init__(
            filepath,
            log,
            exporters,
            index_prefix,
            elastic_index,
            known_benign,
            known_malicious
        )
        self.malcontent = None

    @classmethod
    def _get_malcontent_version(cls, log) -> str:
        """Get malcontent version, cached at class level."""
        if cls._cached_version is not None:
            return cls._cached_version

        malcontent_path = os.getenv("MALCONTENT_PATH", "/usr/local/bin/mal")
        try:
            result = subprocess.run(
                [malcontent_path, "--version"],
                capture_output=True,
                text=True,
                timeout=10
            )
            version_output = result.stdout.strip()
            if result.returncode == 0 and version_output:
                # Parse "malcontent version v1.21.5" -> "1.21.5"
                if version_output.startswith("malcontent version v"):
                    version_output = version_output[len("malcontent version v"):]
                elif version_output.startswith("malcontent version "):
                    version_output = version_output[len("malcontent version "):]
                cls._cached_version = version_output
            else:
                cls._cached_version = "unknown"
        except Exception as e:
            log.warning(f"Could not get malcontent version: {e}")
            cls._cached_version = "unknown"

        return cls._cached_version

    def _extract_malcontent(self):
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)
        TIMEOUT = int(os.getenv("MALCONTENT_TIMEOUT", "300"))
        malcontent_path = os.getenv("MALCONTENT_PATH", "/usr/local/bin/mal")

        malcontent_command = [malcontent_path, "analyze", "--format=json", self.filepath]

        import signal

        try:
            process = subprocess.Popen(
                malcontent_command,
                stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
                stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
                text=True,
                preexec_fn=os.setsid
            )

            try:
                stdout, stderr = process.communicate(timeout=TIMEOUT)
                if process.returncode != 0:
                    self.log.error(f"Error running malcontent, return code: {process.returncode}, stderr: {stderr}")
                    return {}
            except subprocess.TimeoutExpired:
                self.log.warning(f"The malcontent command timed out after {TIMEOUT} seconds, terminating process group")
                try:
                    os.killpg(process.pid, signal.SIGTERM)
                    try:
                        process.wait(timeout=3)
                    except subprocess.TimeoutExpired:
                        self.log.warning("Process didn't terminate with SIGTERM, sending SIGKILL")
                        os.killpg(process.pid, signal.SIGKILL)
                    process.wait()
                except (ProcessLookupError, OSError) as e:
                    self.log.warning(f"Error while killing process: {e}")
                return {}

            try:
                malcontent_output = json.loads(stdout)
            except json.JSONDecodeError as e:
                self.log.error(f"Error parsing malcontent output: {e}")
                return {}

            # Unwrap the Files/<path> structure to get the inner content
            # Structure is: {"Files": {"/path/to/file": {<actual content>}}}
            files_dict = malcontent_output.get("Files", {})
            if not files_dict:
                self.log.warning("Malcontent output has no 'Files' key")
                return {}

            # Get the first (and only) file's content
            file_content = next(iter(files_dict.values()), {})
            if not file_content:
                self.log.warning("Malcontent output has empty file content")
                return {}

            # Extract risk score and level from the unwrapped content
            risk_score = file_content.get("RiskScore", 0)
            risk_level = file_content.get("RiskLevel", "")

            version = self._get_malcontent_version(self.log)

            self.malcontent = Malcontent(
                malcontent_dump=json.dumps(file_content),
                version=version,
                risk_score=risk_score,
                risk_level=risk_level
            )
            self.log.debug(f"Malcontent analysis complete, version={version}, risk={risk_level}({risk_score})")

        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Unexpected error in malcontent extraction: {str(e)}")
            if 'process' in locals() and process.poll() is None:
                try:
                    os.killpg(process.pid, signal.SIGKILL)
                    process.wait()
                except:
                    pass
            return {}

    def prepare_export_data(self, exporter_type: str) -> Any:
        if exporter_type == "ClickHouseExporter":
            current_time = datetime.now(timezone.utc)

            data = [[
                self.sha256,
                current_time,
                self.malcontent.version,
                self.malcontent.risk_score,
                self.malcontent.risk_level,
                self.malcontent.malcontent_dump
            ]]

            column_names = [
                'sha256', 'analysis_date',
                'malcontent_version', 'malcontent_risk_score', 'malcontent_risk_level',
                'malcontent_json'
            ]

            column_type_names = [
                'FixedString(64)',
                'DateTime64(3, \'UTC\')',
                'LowCardinality(String)', 'UInt8', 'LowCardinality(String)',
                'JSON'
            ]

            return (data, column_names, column_type_names)

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

    def extract(self):
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)
        try:
            self._extract_malcontent()
            return self.malcontent
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error extracting malcontent: {e}")
            return None

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