M. Dennis Mickunas

34 papers A* 3A 4B 1C 1Journal 7Unranked 17
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2006 conf
PerCom Workshops
Jalal Al-Muhtadi, Raquel L. Hill, Roy H. Campbell, M. Dennis Mickunas
2005 J jnl
Softw. Pract. Exp.
Fabio Kon, Jeferson Roberto Marques, Tomonori Yamane, Roy H. Campbell, M. Dennis Mickunas
2005 conf
CCNC
Shiva Chetan, Jalal Al-Muhtadi, Roy H. Campbell, M. Dennis Mickunas
2005 A* conf
PerCom
Anand Ranganathan, Shiva Chetan, Jalal Al-Muhtadi, Roy H. Campbell, M. Dennis Mickunas
2004 A conf
Middleware
Anand Ranganathan, Jalal Al-Muhtadi, Shiva Chetan, Roy H. Campbell, M. Dennis Mickunas
2003 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Syst. Man Cybern. Part C
Zhaoyu Liu, Roy H. Campbell, M. Dennis Mickunas
2003 A* conf
PerCom
Jalal Al-Muhtadi, Anand Ranganathan, Roy H. Campbell, M. Dennis Mickunas
2003 conf
OTM
Dulcineia Carvalho, Roy H. Campbell, Geneva G. Belford, M. Dennis Mickunas
2003 conf
OOPSLA Companion
Robert E. McGrath, M. Dennis Mickunas
2003 J jnl
Knowl. Eng. Rev.
Anand Ranganathan, Robert E. McGrath, Roy H. Campbell, M. Dennis Mickunas
2002 conf
ICDCS Workshops
Jalal Al-Muhtadi, Anand Ranganathan, Roy H. Campbell, M. Dennis Mickunas
2002 J jnl
IEEE Wirel. Commun.
Jalal Al-Muhtadi, M. Dennis Mickunas, Roy H. Campbell
2002 conf
DANCE
Prasad Naldurg, Roy H. Campbell, M. Dennis Mickunas
2002 A conf
ICDCS
Jalal Al-Muhtadi, Roy H. Campbell, Apu Kapadia, M. Dennis Mickunas, Seung Yi
2002 C conf
ISCC
Zhaoyu Liu, Roy H. Campbell, M. Dennis Mickunas
2002 conf
ISSS
Roy H. Campbell, Jalal Al-Muhtadi, Prasad Naldurg, Geetanjali Sampemane, M. Dennis Mickunas
2001 conf
COOTS
Christopher K. Hess, Francisco J. Ballesteros, Rey Juan Carlos, Roy H. Campbell, M. Dennis Mickunas
2001 conf
COOTS
Fabio Kon, Tomonori Yamane, Christopher K. Hess, Roy H. Campbell, M. Dennis Mickunas
2001 conf
ICDCS Workshops
Jalal Al-Muhtadi, M. Dennis Mickunas, Roy H. Campbell
2000 A conf
HPDC
Fabio Kon, Roy H. Campbell, M. Dennis Mickunas, Klara Nahrstedt, Francisco J. Ballesteros
2000 conf
ICDCS Workshop on Group Communications and Computations
Zhaoyu Liu, Roy H. Campbell, Sudha K. Varadarjan, Prasad Naldurg, Seung Yi, M. Dennis Mickunas
2000 conf
International Conference on Internet Computing
Apu Kapadia, Jalal Al-Muhtadi, Roy H. Campbell, M. Dennis Mickunas
2000 B conf
ICPADS
Dulcineia Carvalho, Fabio Kon, Francisco J. Ballesteros, Manuel Román, Roy H. Campbell, M. Dennis Mickunas
2000 conf
ASA/MA
Fabio Kon, Binny S. Gill, Manish Anand, Roy H. Campbell, M. Dennis Mickunas
2000 conf
ICDCS Workshop on Wireless Networks and Mobile Computing
Zhaoyu Liu, M. Dennis Mickunas, Roy H. Campbell
2000 A conf
ACSAC
Jalal Al-Muhtadi, Manish Anand, M. Dennis Mickunas, Roy H. Campbell
1984 A* conf
ICDE
M. Dennis Mickunas, Pankaj Jalote, Roy H. Campbell
1978 J jnl
Commun. ACM
M. Dennis Mickunas, John A. Modry
1978 conf
ACM Annual Conference (1)
M. Dennis Mickunas, Richard M. Schell
1976 conf
SIGCSE-SIGCUE
Henry D. Shapiro, M. Dennis Mickunas
1976 J jnl
J. ACM
M. Dennis Mickunas
1976 J jnl
J. ACM
M. Dennis Mickunas, Ronald L. Lancaster, Victor B. Schneider
1973 conf
SWAT
M. Dennis Mickunas, Victor B. Schneider
1973
M. Dennis Mickunas
redb/extractors/elf_extractors/elf_imports.py
← Index redb/extractors/elf_extractors/elf_imports.py python
import inspect
from datetime import datetime, timezone
from typing import Any, List, Set

from elftools.elf.elffile import ELFFile
from elftools.common.exceptions import ELFError

from redb.extractors.enum import Tag
from redb.extractors.elf_extractor import ELFExtractor
from redb.models.dataclasses import ELFImport


class ELFImportExtractor(ELFExtractor):

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

    def _get_import_libraries(self, elf) -> List[str]:
        """Extract imported libraries from dynamic section."""
        libraries = []

        try:
            # Get the dynamic section
            dynamic_section = elf.get_section_by_name('.dynamic')
            if not dynamic_section:
                return libraries

            # Extract DT_NEEDED entries (required libraries)
            for tag in dynamic_section.iter_tags():
                if tag.entry.d_tag == 'DT_NEEDED':
                    libraries.append(tag.needed)

        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error extracting import libraries: {e}")

        return libraries

    def _get_imported_functions_from_symbols(self, elf) -> Set[str]:
        """Extract imported functions from dynamic symbol table."""
        imported_functions = set()

        try:
            # Get the dynamic symbol table
            dynsym_section = elf.get_section_by_name('.dynsym')
            if not dynsym_section or not hasattr(dynsym_section, 'iter_symbols'):
                return imported_functions

            # Look for undefined symbols (imports)
            for symbol in dynsym_section.iter_symbols():
                # Check if symbol is undefined (imported)
                if (symbol.entry.get('st_shndx', 0) == 'SHN_UNDEF' and
                    symbol.name and
                    symbol.entry.get('st_info', {}).get('bind') in ['STB_GLOBAL', 'STB_WEAK']):
                    imported_functions.add(symbol.name)

        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error extracting imported functions from symbols: {e}")

        return imported_functions

    def _get_imported_functions_from_relocations(self, elf) -> Set[str]:
        """Extract imported functions from relocation sections."""
        imported_functions = set()

        try:
            # Look through relocation sections
            for section in elf.iter_sections():
                if hasattr(section, 'iter_relocations'):
                    try:
                        for relocation in section.iter_relocations():
                            # Get symbol associated with relocation
                            if hasattr(relocation, 'symbol') and relocation.symbol:
                                symbol_name = relocation.symbol.name
                                if symbol_name:
                                    imported_functions.add(symbol_name)
                    except Exception as e:
                        self.log.debug(f"Could not process relocations in section {section.name}: {e}")

        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error extracting imported functions from relocations: {e}")

        return imported_functions

    def _get_plt_functions(self, elf) -> Set[str]:
        """Extract functions from PLT (Procedure Linkage Table) sections."""
        plt_functions = set()

        try:
            # Look for PLT-related sections
            plt_sections = ['.plt', '.plt.got', '.plt.sec']

            for section_name in plt_sections:
                section = elf.get_section_by_name(section_name)
                if section:
                    # PLT functions are typically associated with relocations
                    # We'll get them from the relocation analysis
                    pass

        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error extracting PLT functions: {e}")

        return plt_functions

    def tag(self):
        return Tag.ELF_IMPORTS.value if hasattr(Tag, 'ELF_IMPORTS') else "elf_imports"

    def extract(self):
        try:
            self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)

            def extract_data(elf):
                # Extract import libraries
                import_libraries = self._get_import_libraries(elf)

                # Extract imported functions from multiple sources
                imported_functions = set()

                # From dynamic symbols
                symbol_imports = self._get_imported_functions_from_symbols(elf)
                imported_functions.update(symbol_imports)

                # From relocations
                relocation_imports = self._get_imported_functions_from_relocations(elf)
                imported_functions.update(relocation_imports)

                # From PLT
                plt_imports = self._get_plt_functions(elf)
                imported_functions.update(plt_imports)

                # Convert to sorted lists for consistent output
                import_libraries_list = sorted(list(set(import_libraries)))
                import_functions_list = sorted(list(imported_functions))

                # Return ELFImport dataclass
                return ELFImport(
                    elf_imports_total=len(import_functions_list),
                    elf_import_libraries=import_libraries_list,
                    elf_import_functions=import_functions_list,
                )

            if not self._is_elf_file():
                return None

            result = self._with_elf_file(extract_data)
            if result is None:
                return None

            self.elf_imports = result
            return self.elf_imports

        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error extracting ELF imports {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.elf_imports
        elif exporter_type == "ClickHouseExporter":
            try:
                if not self.elf_imports:
                    return None

                # Prepare data array
                data = [[
                    self.sha256,
                    self.md5,
                    self.sha1,
                    self.elf_imports.elf_imports_total,
                    self.elf_imports.elf_import_libraries,
                    self.elf_imports.elf_import_functions,
                    datetime.now(timezone.utc)
                ]]

                column_names = [
                    'sha256', 'md5', 'sha1',
                    'elf_imports_total',
                    'elf_import_libraries',
                    'elf_import_functions',
                    'analysis_date'
                ]

                column_type_names = [
                    'FixedString(64)', 'FixedString(32)', 'FixedString(40)',
                    'UInt32',
                    'Array(LowCardinality(String))',
                    'Array(LowCardinality(String))',
                    '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_elf_imports"