Kang Liang

20 papers C 1Journal 14Unranked 5
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2025 conf
ICC Workshops
Kang Liang, Chen Zhu, Zhaohui Yang
2025 conf
BIBM
Xunfei Zhu, Chenhan Wang, Shangkeng Wu, Puyuan Yang, Tianxiang Xu, Kang Liang
2025 J jnl
Robotics
Oleg Krakhmalev, Nikita Krakhmalev, Kang Liang, Ekaterina S. Pleshakova, Sergey Gataullin
2025 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens.
Kang Liang, Jin-Woo Kim, Zhong Lu, Heresh Fattahi, M. Grace Bato, Virginia Brancato, Seongsu Jeong, Vamshi Karanam
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Chen Zhu, Kang Liang, Jianrong Bao, Zhouxiang Zhao, Zhaohui Yang, Zhaoyang Zhang, Mohammad Shikh-Bahaei
2024 J jnl
Remote. Sens.
Weiru Zhu, Kang Liang
2024 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Instrum. Meas.
Jianxiang Wang, Zhanguo Nie, Liang Zhong, Kang Liang, Qiang Yang, Yuxin Peng
2023 J jnl
SoftwareX
Kang Liang, Zhang Xiukai, Oleg Krakhmalev
2022 J jnl
Environ. Model. Softw.
Kang Liang, Junyu Qi, Xuesong Zhang, Jia Deng
2022 J jnl
Robotics
Oleg Krakhmalev, Sergey Gataullin, Eldar Boltachev, Sergey Korchagin, Ivan Blagoveshchensky, Kang Liang
2021 C conf
IGARSS
Kang Liang, Hongtu Xie, Guoqian Wang
2021 J jnl
Remote. Sens.
Joan Grau, Kang Liang, Jae Ogilvie, Paul Arp, Sheng Li, Bonnie Robertson, Fan-Rui Meng
2021 J jnl
Sci. Program.
Chao Zeng, Jing Chen, Wenbing Liu, Kang Liang, Hui Li, Jing Wang, Jingge Li, Haibo Xu
2021 J jnl
Remote. Sens.
Joan Grau, Kang Liang, Jae Ogilvie, Paul Arp, Sheng Li, Bonnie Robertson, Fan-Rui Meng
2019 J jnl
Remote. Sens.
Kang Liang, Yanzhong Li
2018 conf
SPML
Hongli Lin, Zhenzhen Kong, Weisheng Wang, Kang Liang, Jun Chen
2017 J jnl
Remote. Sens.
Kang Liang, Guozhen Yan
2017 J jnl
Remote. Sens.
Kang Liang
2016 conf
RecSys Challenge
Wenming Xiao, Xiao Xu, Kang Liang, Junkang Mao, Jun Wang
2007 conf
CGIV
Dehui Kong, Kang Liang, Baocai Yin
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