Mahdyar Ravanbakhsh

43 papers A 2B 6C 4Misc 3Journal 26Unranked 1
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Yashar Deldjoo, Nima Rafiee, Mahdyar Ravanbakhsh
2024 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Neural Networks Learn. Syst.
Ahmet Kerem Aksoy, Mahdyar Ravanbakhsh, Begüm Demir
2023 C conf
IGARSS
Leonard W. Hackel, Kai Norman Clasen, Mahdyar Ravanbakhsh, Begüm Demir
2023 J jnl
CoRR
Leonard W. Hackel, Kai Norman Clasen, Mahdyar Ravanbakhsh, Begüm Demir
2022 J jnl
CoRR
Tom-Lukas Breitkopf, Leonard W. Hackel, Mahdyar Ravanbakhsh, Anne-Karin Cooke, Sandra Willkommen, Stefan Broda, Begüm Demir
2022 B conf
ICIP
Georgii Mikriukov, Mahdyar Ravanbakhsh, Begüm Demir
2022 J jnl
CoRR
Georgii Mikriukov, Mahdyar Ravanbakhsh, Begüm Demir
2022 C conf
IGARSS
Onat Vuran, Oguzhan Akcin, Mahdyar Ravanbakhsh, Bülent Sankur, Begüm Demir
2022 J jnl
CoRR
Georgii Mikriukov, Mahdyar Ravanbakhsh, Begüm Demir
2022 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens.
Gencer Sumbul, Mahdyar Ravanbakhsh, Begüm Demir
2022 J jnl
CoRR
Tim Siebert, Kai Norman Clasen, Mahdyar Ravanbakhsh, Begüm Demir
2022 J jnl
CoRR
Tom Burgert, Mahdyar Ravanbakhsh, Begüm Demir
2022 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens.
Tom Burgert, Mahdyar Ravanbakhsh, Begüm Demir
2022 Misc conf
ICASSP
Georgii Mikriukov, Mahdyar Ravanbakhsh, Begüm Demir
2022 J jnl
CoRR
Georgii Mikriukov, Mahdyar Ravanbakhsh, Begüm Demir
2021 B conf
ICIP
Ahmet Kerem Aksoy, Mahdyar Ravanbakhsh, Tristan Kreuziger, Begüm Demir
2021 J jnl
CoRR
Tristan Kreuziger, Mahdyar Ravanbakhsh, Begüm Demir
2021 J jnl
CoRR
Ahmet Kerem Aksoy, Mahdyar Ravanbakhsh, Tristan Kreuziger, Begüm Demir
2021 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Intell. Transp. Syst.
Mahdyar Ravanbakhsh, Mohamad Baydoun, Damian Campo, Pablo Marin, David Martín, Lucio Marcenaro, Carlo S. Regazzoni
2020 J jnl
CoRR
Ahmet Kerem Aksoy, Mahdyar Ravanbakhsh, Tristan Kreuziger, Begüm Demir
2020 Misc conf
ICASSP
Mahdyar Ravanbakhsh, Vadim Tschernezki, Felix Last, Tassilo Klein, Kayhan Batmanghelich, Volker Tresp, Moin Nabi
2020 C conf
IGARSS
Jose Luis Holgado Alvarez, Mahdyar Ravanbakhsh, Begüm Demir
2019
Mahdyar Ravanbakhsh
2019 J jnl
CoRR
Mahdyar Ravanbakhsh
2019 A conf
WACV
Mahdyar Ravanbakhsh, Enver Sangineto, Moin Nabi, Nicu Sebe
2019 conf
ICCV Workshops
Hasnain Raza, Mahdyar Ravanbakhsh, Tassilo Klein, Moin Nabi
2018 J jnl
CoRR
Mohamad Baydoun, Mahdyar Ravanbakhsh, Damian Campo, Pablo Marin, David Martín, Lucio Marcenaro, Andrea Cavallaro, Carlo S. Regazzoni
2018 J jnl
Int. J. Mach. Learn. Cybern.
Hamidreza Rabiee, Hossein Mousavi, Moin Nabi, Mahdyar Ravanbakhsh
2018 B conf
AVSS
Mahdyar Ravanbakhsh, Hossein Mousavi, Moin Nabi, Lucio Marcenaro, Carlo S. Regazzoni
2018 J jnl
CoRR
Mahdyar Ravanbakhsh, Mohamad Baydoun, Damian Campo, Pablo Marin, David Martín, Lucio Marcenaro, Carlo S. Regazzoni
2018 B conf
ICIP
Mahdyar Ravanbakhsh, Mohamad Baydoun, Damian Campo, Pablo Marin, David Martín, Lucio Marcenaro, Carlo S. Regazzoni
2018 C conf
FUSION
Mahdyar Ravanbakhsh, Mohamad Baydoun, Damian Campo, Pablo Marin, David Martín, Lucio Marcenaro, Carlo S. Regazzoni
2018 J jnl
CoRR
Mahdyar Ravanbakhsh, Mohamad Baydoun, Damian Campo, Pablo Marin, David Martín, Lucio Marcenaro, Carlo S. Regazzoni
2018 A conf
WACV
Mahdyar Ravanbakhsh, Moin Nabi, Hossein Mousavi, Enver Sangineto, Nicu Sebe
2018 Misc conf
ICASSP
Mohamad Baydoun, Mahdyar Ravanbakhsh, Damian Campo, Pablo Marin, David Martín, Lucio Marcenaro, Andrea Cavallaro, Carlo S. Regazzoni
2017 J jnl
CoRR
Mahdyar Ravanbakhsh, Moin Nabi, Enver Sangineto, Lucio Marcenaro, Carlo S. Regazzoni, Nicu Sebe
2017 B conf
ICIP
Mahdyar Ravanbakhsh, Moin Nabi, Enver Sangineto, Lucio Marcenaro, Carlo S. Regazzoni, Nicu Sebe
2017 J jnl
CoRR
Mahdyar Ravanbakhsh, Enver Sangineto, Moin Nabi, Nicu Sebe
2016 J jnl
CoRR
Mahdyar Ravanbakhsh, Hossein Mousavi, Moin Nabi, Mohammad Rastegari, Carlo S. Regazzoni
2016 B conf
ICIP
Mahdyar Ravanbakhsh, Hossein Mousavi, Moin Nabi, Mohammad Rastegari, Carlo S. Regazzoni
2016 J jnl
CoRR
Mahdyar Ravanbakhsh, Hossein Mousavi, Moin Nabi, Lucio Marcenaro, Carlo S. Regazzoni
2016 J jnl
CoRR
Mahdyar Ravanbakhsh, Moin Nabi, Hossein Mousavi, Enver Sangineto, Nicu Sebe
2015 J jnl
CoRR
Mahdyar Ravanbakhsh, Hossein Mousavi, Mohammad Rastegari, Vittorio Murino, Larry S. Davis
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