Kaiyi Zhang

19 papers A* 1B 1Misc 1Journal 13Unranked 3
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2026 J jnl
CoRR
Siyu Zha, Weijing Liu, Fei Qin, Jie Cao, Yanjin Wang, Yujia Liu, Kaiyi Zhang, Jiangtao Gong, Yingqing Xu
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Jian Xie, Zhendong Chu, Aoxiao Zhong, Kaiyi Zhang, Mingzhe Han, Xing Fan, Jialie Shen, Qingsong Wen
2025 J jnl
Knowl. Based Syst.
Zhendong Wang, Kaiyi Zhang, Shuxin Yang, Daojing He, Sammy Chan
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Kaiyi Zhang, Ang Lv, Jinpeng Li, Yongbo Wang, Feng Wang, Haoyuan Hu, Rui Yan
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Tanghui Jia, Dongyu Yan, Dehao Hao, Yang Li, Kaiyi Zhang, Xianyi He, Lanjiong Li, Yuhan Wang, Jinnan Chen, Lutao Jiang, Qishen Yin, Long Quan, Ying-Cong Chen, Li Yuan
2024 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Syst. Man Cybern. Syst.
Jing Bi, Haitao Yuan, Shuang Li, Kaiyi Zhang, Jia Zhang, MengChu Zhou
2024 A* conf
EMNLP
Ang Lv, Kaiyi Zhang, Shufang Xie, Quan Tu, Yuhan Chen, Ji-Rong Wen, Rui Yan
2024 conf
ACL (Findings)
Kaiyi Zhang, Ang Lv, Yuhan Chen, Hansen Ha, Tao Xu, Rui Yan
2024 J jnl
CoRR
Kaiyi Zhang, Ang Lv, Yuhan Chen, Hansen Ha, Tao Xu, Rui Yan
2024 Misc conf
ICNC
Dongxiao Yu, Kaiyi Zhang, Youming Tao, Wenlu Xu, Yifei Zou, Xiuzhen Cheng
2024 J jnl
CoRR
Ang Lv, Kaiyi Zhang, Yuhan Chen, Yulong Wang, Lifeng Liu, Ji-Rong Wen, Jian Xie, Rui Yan
2024 conf
ECCV (4)
Qi Zhang, Kaiyi Zhang, Antoni B. Chan, Hui Huang
2024 J jnl
CoRR
Qi Zhang, Kaiyi Zhang, Antoni B. Chan, Hui Huang
2023 J jnl
CoRR
Ang Lv, Kaiyi Zhang, Shufang Xie, Quan Tu, Yuhan Chen, Ji-Rong Wen, Rui Yan
2023 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Sustain. Comput.
Jing Bi, Kaiyi Zhang, Haitao Yuan, Jia Zhang
2022 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Emerg. Top. Comput.
Jing Bi, Haitao Yuan, Kaiyi Zhang, MengChu Zhou
2021 B conf
SMC
Jing Bi, Kaiyi Zhang, Haitao Yuan, Qinglong Hu
2021 J jnl
Algorithms
Haoran Xu, Xinya Li, Kaiyi Zhang, Yanbai He, Haoran Fan, Sijiang Liu, Chuanyan Hao, Bo Jiang
2021 conf
MED
Jing Bi, Kaiyi Zhang, Haitao Yuan
redb/extractors/pe_extractors/pe_features.py
← Index redb/extractors/pe_extractors/pe_features.py python
import base64
import inspect
import json
from pprint import pprint
import re

import pefile

from redb.ext.rich_header import get_rich_idVersion
from redb.extractors.enum import Tag
from redb.extractors.pe_extractor import PEExtractor
from redb.extractors.pe_extractors.pe_dotnet import PEDotNetExtractor
from redb.models.dataclasses import PE
from datetime import datetime, timezone
from typing import Any


class PEFeaturesExtractor(PEExtractor):

    def __init__(
        self,
        filepath,
        log,
        exporters=None,
        index_prefix=None,
        elastic_index=None,
        known_benign=False,
        known_malicious=False,
        pe=None,
    ):
        super().__init__(
            filepath,
            log,
            exporters,
            index_prefix,
            elastic_index,
            known_benign,
            known_malicious,
            pe,
        )
        self.pe_features = None
        self.elastic_index = self.index_prefix + "-pe_features"
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)

    def _extract_type(self):
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)
        if self.pe.is_dll():
            return "DLL"
        elif self.pe.is_driver():
            return "DRIVER"
        elif self.pe.is_exe():
            return "EXE"

    def _extract_architecture(self):
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)
        mt = {"0x14c": "x86", "0x0200": "Itanium", "0x8664": "x64"}
        machine_value = self.pe.FILE_HEADER.Machine
        if isinstance(machine_value, int):
            return mt.get(str(hex(machine_value)), "")
        return str(machine_value) + " => Not x86/64 or Itanium"

    def _extract_rich_header(self):
        """Extract the Rich header from the PE file

        to decode it back from base64, use:
        rh_tmp = json.loads(rh_b64_string)
        rh_decoded = {}
        for k in rh_tmp:
            if isinstance(rh_tmp[k], str):
                rh_decoded[k] = base64.b64decode(rh_tmp[k])
            else:
                rh_decoded[k] = rh_tmp[k]
        """
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)
        rh = self.pe.parse_rich_header()
        rich_header_b64 = {}
        rich_header_infos = []
        if rh:
            for key in rh:
                if isinstance(rh[key], bytes):
                    rich_header_b64[key] = base64.b64encode(rh[key]).decode("utf-8")
                else:
                    rich_header_b64[key] = rh[key]
            rich_header_infos = self._get_rich_header_infos(rh)
        return json.dumps(rich_header_b64) if rich_header_b64 else None, "\n".join(
            item for item in rich_header_infos
        ) if rich_header_infos else None

    def _get_rich_header_infos(self, rh):
        """Parse Rich header information from the PE Rich Header dump"""
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)

        rich_header_infos = []
        try:
            # Get list of @Comp.IDs and counts from Rich header
            # Elements in rich_fields at even indices are @Comp.IDs
            # Elements in rich_fields at odd indices are counts
            # example:                  'values': [8681481,
            #                             1,
            #                             9795593,
            #                             1]
            rich_fields = rh.get("values", [])
            if len(rich_fields) % 2 != 0:
                self.log.info(f"rich header extraction stopped for {self.hash.sha256}")
                return None

            comp_id = None
            for i in rich_fields:
                if rich_fields.index(i) % 2 == 0:
                    # even -> save value
                    comp_id = get_rich_idVersion(i)
                else:
                    # odd -> add to list
                    if comp_id:
                        rich_header_infos.append(f"{comp_id} count={i}")
                        comp_id = None
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(
                f"Extract rich header error {self.hash.sha256} Exception: {e}"
            )
        return rich_header_infos

    def _extract_version_info(self):
        """Extract the VS_VERSIONINFO field in a PE file

        Returns:
        vsinfo: a list of "key:value" strings from VS_INFORMATION content.
               None if no VS_INFORMATION content is present.
        """
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)
        version_info = []
        try:
            if hasattr(self.pe, "VS_VERSIONINFO") and hasattr(self.pe, "FileInfo"):
                for finfo in self.pe.FileInfo:
                    for entry in finfo:
                        if hasattr(entry, "StringTable"):
                            for st_entry in entry.StringTable:
                                for key, str_entry in list(st_entry.entries.items()):
                                    version_info.append(f"{key.decode()}:{str_entry.decode()}")
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(
                f"Extract VersionInfo error {self.hash.sha256}  Exception: {e}"
            )
        return version_info if version_info else None

    def _extract_exports(self):
        """
        Returns:
        export_library_name: a str representing the name of the export library.
                            An empty string if no export library is present.
        exp_symbols_list: a list of function names exported as per DIRECTORY_ENTRY_EXPORT.symbols
                            An empty list if no export library is present.
        export_timestamp: a timestamp representing the time of the export.
        """
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)
        export_symbols_list = []
        export_library_name = ""
        export_library_name_raw = ""
        export_timestamp = None
        try:
            if hasattr(self.pe, "DIRECTORY_ENTRY_EXPORT"):
                export_timestamp = self.pe.DIRECTORY_ENTRY_EXPORT.struct.TimeDateStamp
                export_directory = self.pe.DIRECTORY_ENTRY_EXPORT
                export_library_name_rva = export_directory.struct.Name
                try:
                    export_library_name = self.remove_non_utf8(
                        self.pe.get_string_at_rva(export_library_name_rva)
                    ).decode()
                    export_library_name_raw = self.pe.get_string_at_rva(
                        export_library_name_rva
                    ).__str__()
                except Exception as e:
                    self.log.error(
                        f"Error while getting export library name {self.pe.get_string_at_rva(export_library_name_rva)} for file: {self.hash.sha256} {e}"
                    )
                    export_library_name = "REDB_ERROR"
                if hasattr(self.pe.DIRECTORY_ENTRY_EXPORT, "symbols"):
                    for exp in self.pe.DIRECTORY_ENTRY_EXPORT.symbols:
                        export_symbols_list.append(
                            exp.name.decode() if exp.name else None
                        )
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Extract exports error {self.hash.sha256} Exception: {e}")

        return (
            export_library_name if export_library_name else None,
            export_library_name_raw if export_library_name_raw else None,
            export_symbols_list if export_symbols_list else None,
            export_timestamp if export_timestamp else None,
        )

    def _extract_dbg_info(self):
        """Extract debug information from PE if present

        At the moment this function parses only the DEBUG_ENTRY Structure where Type
        field == 1, i.e. IMAGE_DEBUG_TYPE_CODEVIEW, where the pdb is eventually present.

        Returns:
        debug_entry: the dump of pe.DIRECTORY_ENTRY_DEBUG.struct only for the type 1
                    "IMAGE_DEBUG_TYPE_CODEVIEW". "None" if not present.
        debug_time: a int representing the epoch timestamp as present in the
                    DIRECTORY_ENTRY_DEBUG. "None" if not present.
        pdb_info: a str with the pdb path. "None" if not present.
        """
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)
        dbg_timestamp = None
        dbg_timestamp_utc = ""
        dbg_pdb_info = ""
        dbg_pdb_info_raw = ""
        dbg_struct = ""
        try:
            if hasattr(self.pe, "DIRECTORY_ENTRY_DEBUG"):
                for debug_entry in self.pe.DIRECTORY_ENTRY_DEBUG:
                    if (
                        debug_entry.struct.Type
                        == pefile.DEBUG_TYPE["IMAGE_DEBUG_TYPE_CODEVIEW"]
                    ):
                        dbg_timestamp = debug_entry.struct.TimeDateStamp
                        dbg_timestamp_utc = datetime.fromtimestamp(
                            dbg_timestamp, timezone.utc
                        ).strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
                        # dbg_struct = base64.b64encode(debug_entry.entry).decode()
                        dbg_struct = debug_entry.entry.__str__()
                        if hasattr(debug_entry.entry, "PdbFileName"):
                            dbg_pdb_info = self.remove_non_utf8(
                                debug_entry.entry.PdbFileName.rstrip(b"\x00")
                            ).decode()
                            dbg_pdb_info_raw = debug_entry.entry.PdbFileName.rstrip(
                                b"\x00"
                            ).__str__()
                            # if dbg_pdb_info:
                            #     dbg_pdb_info = dbg_pdb_info.rstrip(b"\x00")
                            #     dbg_pdb_info = dbg_pdb_info.decode()

        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Extract DBG info error {self.hash.sha256} Exception: {e}")
        return (
            dbg_timestamp if dbg_timestamp else None,
            dbg_timestamp_utc if dbg_timestamp_utc else None,
            dbg_pdb_info if dbg_pdb_info else None,
            dbg_pdb_info_raw if dbg_pdb_info_raw else None,
            dbg_struct if dbg_struct else None,
        )

    def _extract_tls_info(self):
        """Check for the presence of Thread Local Storage and related extract
        callback addresses.

        Taken from the original version of PEScanner, as the python3 porting
        "ext_pescanner" does not have it.

        Returns:
        pe.DIRECTORY_ENTRY_TLS.struct: a pefile.Structure type containing the dump
                    of the TLS structure and content. "None" is no TLS is present.
        callbacks: a list containing the TLS callbacks addresse. Empty list if no
                    address is found, "None" is no TLS is present.
        """
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)
        callbacks = []
        tls_dir_struct = ""
        try:
            if (
                hasattr(self.pe, "DIRECTORY_ENTRY_TLS")
                and self.pe.DIRECTORY_ENTRY_TLS
                and self.pe.DIRECTORY_ENTRY_TLS.struct
                and self.pe.DIRECTORY_ENTRY_TLS.struct.AddressOfCallBacks
            ):
                # tls_dir_struct = base64.b64encode(self.pe.DIRECTORY_ENTRY_TLS.struct).decode()
                tls_dir_struct = self.pe.DIRECTORY_ENTRY_TLS.struct.__str__()
                callback_array_rva = (
                    self.pe.DIRECTORY_ENTRY_TLS.struct.AddressOfCallBacks
                    - self.pe.OPTIONAL_HEADER.ImageBase
                )
                # Originally it was while True
                # todo while can't be used cause risky
                # what maximum range makes sense to add here?
                for idx in range(10000):
                    func = self.pe.get_dword_from_data(
                        self.pe.get_data(callback_array_rva + 4 * idx, 4), 0
                    )
                    if func == 0:
                        break
                    callbacks.append(func)
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Extract TLS error {self.hash.sha256} Exception: {e}")
        return callbacks if callbacks else None, tls_dir_struct if tls_dir_struct else None

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

    def extract(self):
        try:
            self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)
            (
                export_library_name,
                export_library_name_raw,
                export_symbols_list,
                export_timestamp,
            ) = self._extract_exports()
            (
                dbg_timestamp,
                dbg_timestamp_utc,
                dbg_pdb_info,
                dbg_pdb_info_raw,
                dbg_struct,
            ) = self._extract_dbg_info()
            tls_callbacks, tls_struct = self._extract_tls_info()
            rich_header_dump, rich_header_parsed = self._extract_rich_header()

            is_dotnet = self._check_dotnet()

            number_of_resources = 0
            number_of_imports = 0
            if hasattr(self.pe, "DIRECTORY_ENTRY_RESOURCE"):
                number_of_resources = len(self.pe.DIRECTORY_ENTRY_RESOURCE.entries)
            if hasattr(self.pe, "DIRECTORY_ENTRY_IMPORT"):
                number_of_imports = len(self.pe.DIRECTORY_ENTRY_IMPORT)

            self.pe_features = PE(
                type=self._extract_type(),
                magic=hex(self.pe.OPTIONAL_HEADER.Magic),
                entry_point=hex(self.pe.OPTIONAL_HEADER.AddressOfEntryPoint),
                major_linker_version=self.pe.OPTIONAL_HEADER.MajorLinkerVersion,
                minor_linker_version=self.pe.OPTIONAL_HEADER.MinorLinkerVersion,
                target_machine=self.pe.FILE_HEADER.Machine,
                architecture=self._extract_architecture(),
                compilation_time=self.pe.FILE_HEADER.TimeDateStamp,
                compilation_time_utc=datetime.fromtimestamp(
                    self.pe.FILE_HEADER.TimeDateStamp, timezone.utc
                ).strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"),
                rich_header_dump=rich_header_dump,
                rich_header_parsed=rich_header_parsed,
                dos_header=self.pe.DOS_HEADER.__str__(),
                nt_header=self.pe.NT_HEADERS.__str__(),
                optional_header=self.pe.OPTIONAL_HEADER.__str__(),
                file_header=self.pe.FILE_HEADER.__str__(),
                version_info=self._extract_version_info(),
                export_library_name=export_library_name,
                export_library_name_raw=export_library_name_raw,
                export_symbols_list=export_symbols_list,
                export_timestamp=export_timestamp,
                is_dotnet=is_dotnet,
                dbg_timestamp=dbg_timestamp,
                dbg_timestamp_utc=dbg_timestamp_utc,
                dbg_pdb_info=dbg_pdb_info,
                dbg_pdb_info_raw=dbg_pdb_info_raw,
                dbg_struct=dbg_struct,
                tls_callbacks=tls_callbacks,
                tls_struct=tls_struct,
                is_signed=self._is_signed(),
                has_overlay=self._has_overlay(),
                number_of_sections=len(self.pe.sections),
                number_of_imports=number_of_imports,
                number_of_exports=(
                    len(export_symbols_list) if export_symbols_list else 0
                ),
                number_of_resources=number_of_resources,
            )
            return self.pe_features
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error extracting PE features {self.hash.sha256}: {e}")
            return None

    def prepare_export_data(self, exporter_type: str) -> Any:
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)
        if exporter_type == "ElasticsearchExporter":
            return self.pe_features
        elif exporter_type == "ClickHouseExporter":
            try:
                pe_dump = self.pe.dump_dict()   
                # Convert PE headers directly to JSON
                dos_header_raw = json.dumps(pe_dump['DOS_HEADER'])
                nt_header_raw = json.dumps(pe_dump['NT_HEADERS'])
                optional_header_raw = json.dumps(pe_dump['OPTIONAL_HEADER'])
                file_header_raw = json.dumps(pe_dump['FILE_HEADER'])

                # Convert magic and entry_point from hex strings to integers
                magic_raw = int(self.pe_features.magic, 16) if isinstance(self.pe_features.magic, str) else self.pe_features.magic
                entry_point = int(self.pe_features.entry_point, 16) if isinstance(self.pe_features.entry_point, str) else self.pe_features.entry_point

                # Convert target_machine to string if it's an integer
                target_machine = str(self.pe_features.target_machine) if isinstance(self.pe_features.target_machine, int) else self.pe_features.target_machine

                # debug struct
                dbg_struct_raw = {}
                if self.pe_features.dbg_struct:
                    if hasattr(self.pe, "DIRECTORY_ENTRY_DEBUG"):
                        for debug_entry in self.pe.DIRECTORY_ENTRY_DEBUG:
                            if (
                                debug_entry.struct.Type
                                == pefile.DEBUG_TYPE["IMAGE_DEBUG_TYPE_CODEVIEW"]
                            ):
                                dbg_struct_raw = json.dumps(debug_entry.struct.__dict__)

                # tls struct
                tls_struct_raw = {}
                if self.pe_features.tls_struct:
                    if (
                        hasattr(self.pe, "DIRECTORY_ENTRY_TLS")
                        and self.pe.DIRECTORY_ENTRY_TLS
                        and self.pe.DIRECTORY_ENTRY_TLS.struct
                        and self.pe.DIRECTORY_ENTRY_TLS.struct.AddressOfCallBacks
                    ):
                        tls_struct_raw = json.dumps(self.pe.DIRECTORY_ENTRY_TLS.struct.__dict__)

                # Ensure arrays are properly initialized
                rich_header_parsed = []
                if self.pe_features.rich_header_parsed:
                    if isinstance(self.pe_features.rich_header_parsed, str):
                        rich_header_parsed = [x for x in self.pe_features.rich_header_parsed.split("\n") if x]
                    elif isinstance(self.pe_features.rich_header_parsed, list):
                        rich_header_parsed = self.pe_features.rich_header_parsed

                version_info = self.pe_features.version_info if self.pe_features.version_info else []
                version_info_raw = {}
                if version_info:
                    for finfo in self.pe.FileInfo:
                        for entry in finfo:
                            if hasattr(entry, "StringTable"):
                                for st_entry in entry.StringTable:
                                    for key, str_entry in list(st_entry.entries.items()):
                                        version_info_raw[key.decode()] = str_entry.decode()
                version_info_raw = json.dumps(version_info_raw) if version_info_raw else "{}"

                export_symbols_list = self.pe_features.export_symbols_list if self.pe_features.export_symbols_list else []
                tls_callbacks = self.pe_features.tls_callbacks if self.pe_features.tls_callbacks else []

                # Prepare data array
                data = [[
                    self.sha256,
                    self.md5,
                    self.sha1,
                    self.pe_features.dos_header,
                    dos_header_raw,
                    self.pe_features.nt_header,
                    nt_header_raw,
                    self.pe_features.optional_header,
                    optional_header_raw,
                    self.pe_features.file_header,
                    file_header_raw,
                    magic_raw,
                    entry_point,
                    self.pe_features.major_linker_version,
                    self.pe_features.minor_linker_version,
                    target_machine,
                    self.pe_features.architecture,
                    self.pe_features.compilation_time,
                    1 if self.pe_features.is_dotnet else 0,
                    1 if self.pe_features.is_signed else 0,
                    1 if self.pe_features.has_overlay else 0,
                    self.pe_features.number_of_sections,
                    self.pe_features.number_of_imports,
                    self.pe_features.number_of_exports,
                    self.pe_features.number_of_resources,
                    self.pe_features.type,
                    self.pe_features.dbg_struct,
                    dbg_struct_raw,
                    self.pe_features.dbg_timestamp,
                    self.pe_features.dbg_pdb_info,
                    self.pe_features.dbg_pdb_info_raw,
                    self.pe_features.tls_struct,
                    tls_struct_raw,
                    self.pe_features.export_timestamp,
                    self.pe_features.export_library_name,
                    self.pe_features.export_library_name_raw,
                    self.pe_features.rich_header_dump if self.pe_features.rich_header_dump else "{}",
                    rich_header_parsed,
                    version_info,
                    version_info_raw,
                    export_symbols_list,
                    tls_callbacks,
                    datetime.now(timezone.utc)
                ]]

                column_names = [
                    'sha256', 'md5', 'sha1',
                    'dos_header', 'dos_header_raw', 'nt_header', 'nt_header_raw', 'optional_header', 'optional_header_raw', 'file_header', 'file_header_raw',
                    'magic_raw', 'entry_point',
                    'major_linker_version', 'minor_linker_version',
                    'target_machine', 'architecture',
                    'compilation_time',
                    'is_dotnet', 'is_signed', 'has_overlay',
                    'number_of_sections', 'number_of_imports', 'number_of_exports', 'number_of_resources',
                    'type',
                    'dbg_struct', 'dbg_struct_raw', 'dbg_timestamp', 'dbg_pdb_info', 'dbg_pdb_info_raw',
                    'tls_struct', 'tls_struct_raw', 'export_timestamp', 'export_library_name', 'export_library_name_raw',
                    'rich_header_dump', 'rich_header_parsed', 'version_info', 'version_info_raw',
                    'export_symbols_list', 'tls_callbacks',
                    'analysis_date'
                ]

                column_type_names = [
                    'FixedString(64)', 'FixedString(32)', 'FixedString(40)',
                    'String', 'JSON', 'String', 'JSON', 'String', 'JSON', 'String', 'JSON',
                    'UInt16', 'UInt32',
                    'UInt8', 'UInt8',
                    'LowCardinality(String)', 'Enum8(\'x86\' = 1, \'Itanium\' = 2, \'x64\' = 3)',
                    'UInt64',
                    'UInt8', 'UInt8', 'UInt8',
                    'UInt16', 'UInt16', 'UInt16', 'UInt16',
                    'Enum8(\'DLL\' = 1, \'EXE\' = 2, \'DRIVER\' = 3)',
                    'Nullable(String)', 'JSON', 'Nullable(UInt64)', 'Nullable(String)', 'Nullable(String)',
                    'Nullable(String)', 'JSON', 'Nullable(UInt64)', 'Nullable(String)', 'Nullable(String)',
                    'JSON', 'Array(Nullable(String))', 'Array(Nullable(String))', 'JSON',
                    'Array(Nullable(String))', 'Array(Nullable(UInt64))',
                    'DateTime64(3, \'UTC\')'
                ]

                if not data:
                    return None

                return (data, column_names, column_type_names)
            except Exception as e:
                self.log.error(f"Error preparing export data: {e}")
                raise

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