Mahmoud Muhammad Yahaya

14 papers Journal 14
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2026 J jnl
J. Comput. Appl. Math.
Mahmoud Muhammad Yahaya, Poom Kumam, Thidaporn Seangwattana
2026 J jnl
IEEE Access
Mahmoud Muhammad Yahaya, Poom Kumam, Kanokwan Sitthithakerngkiet
2025 J jnl
Oper. Res. Forum
Jamilu Yahaya, Poom Kumam, Mahmoud Muhammad Yahaya
2025 J jnl
Comput. Appl. Math.
Abdulwahab Ahmad, Poom Kumam, Mahmoud Muhammad Yahaya, Kanokwan Sitthithakerngkiet
2024 J jnl
Comput. Appl. Math.
Guash Haile Taddele, Poom Kumam, Songpon Sriwongsa, Mahmoud Muhammad Yahaya
2024 J jnl
IEEE Access
Rabiu B. Yunus, Nooraini Zainuddin, Hanita Daud, Ramani Kannan, Mahmoud Muhammad Yahaya, Samsul Ariffin Abdul Karim
2024 J jnl
RAIRO Oper. Res.
Mahmoud Muhammad Yahaya, Poom Kumam, Parin Chaipunya, Aliyu Muhammed Awwal, Lin Wang
2023 J jnl
Comput. Appl. Math.
Sani Aji, Poom Kumam, Aliyu Muhammed Awwal, Mahmoud Muhammad Yahaya, Abubakar Muhammad Bakoji
2023 J jnl
Comput. Appl. Math.
Mahmoud Muhammad Yahaya, Poom Kumam, Parin Chaipunya, Thidaporn Seangwattana
2022 J jnl
IEEE Access
Mahmoud Muhammad Yahaya, Poom Kumam, Aliyu Muhammed Awwal, Parin Chaipunya, Sani Aji, Sani Salisu
2022 J jnl
Optim. Methods Softw.
Aliyu Muhammed Awwal, Poom Kumam, Lin Wang, Mahmoud Muhammad Yahaya, Hassan Mohammad
2021 J jnl
J. Comput. Appl. Math.
Mahmoud Muhammad Yahaya, Poom Kumam, Aliyu Muhammed Awwal, Sani Aji
2021 J jnl
IEEE Access
Sani Aji, Poom Kumam, Aliyu Muhammed Awwal, Mahmoud Muhammad Yahaya, Wiyada Kumam
2020 J jnl
IEEE Access
Sani Aji, Poom Kumam, Punnarai Siricharoen, Auwal Bala Abubakar, Mahmoud Muhammad Yahaya
redb/extractors/js_extractors/js_deobfuscator.py
← Index redb/extractors/js_extractors/js_deobfuscator.py python
"""Subprocess-driven JavaScript deobfuscator with jsbeautifier fallback.

Owns the heavy lifting that was previously embedded inside
`JSDeobfuscationExtractor` (`_run_deobfuscator` + `_try_jsbeautifier`). Exposed
as a single module-level entry point `deobfuscate(source, log)` so it can be
called from `JSContext.deobfuscated` (cached per sample) without dragging
extractor state through the call.

Configuration (env vars):
    JS_DEOBFUSCATOR_PATH    Path or name of the external tool (default: webcrack).
    JS_DEOBFUSCATE_TIMEOUT  Seconds before the external tool is killed
                            (process-group SIGTERM, then SIGKILL). Default: 60.

If the external tool produces non-empty output and exits 0, that wins. Otherwise
the source is run through jsbeautifier (which only normalises formatting, but
already exposes strings hidden by minification). If neither path produces
output, returns (None, None).

`FileNotFoundError` for the external tool is treated as routine — the analysis
server is either provisioned with the tool or it isn't — and demoted to a
debug-level log.
"""

import os
import signal
import subprocess
import tempfile
from typing import Optional, Tuple

DEFAULT_DEOBFUSCATOR = "webcrack"
DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_SECS = 60


def _run_external(
    source: str, deobfuscator_path: str, timeout: int, log
) -> Tuple[Optional[str], int]:
    """Run the configured external deobfuscator over `source` and capture stdout.

    Returns (text, returncode). `text` is `None` and `returncode` is `-1` when
    the binary is missing, the run timed out, or any other unexpected failure
    occurred. Missing-binary is logged at debug; timeouts and unexpected errors
    surface at warning/error.
    """
    try:
        with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(
            suffix=".js", mode="w", delete=False, encoding="utf-8"
        ) as tmp:
            tmp.write(source)
            tmp_path = tmp.name

        try:
            process = subprocess.Popen(
                [deobfuscator_path, tmp_path],
                stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
                stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
                preexec_fn=os.setsid,
            )

            try:
                stdout, _ = process.communicate(timeout=timeout)
                return stdout.decode("utf-8", errors="replace"), process.returncode
            except subprocess.TimeoutExpired:
                # Kill the entire process group so spawned helpers (e.g. node
                # subprocesses webcrack itself launches) get cleaned up too.
                try:
                    os.killpg(os.getpgid(process.pid), signal.SIGTERM)
                    process.wait(timeout=5)
                except Exception:
                    try:
                        os.killpg(os.getpgid(process.pid), signal.SIGKILL)
                    except Exception:
                        pass
                log.warning(f"Deobfuscation timed out after {timeout}s")
                return None, -1
        finally:
            try:
                os.unlink(tmp_path)
            except Exception:
                pass
    except FileNotFoundError:
        log.debug(f"Deobfuscator binary not found at {deobfuscator_path}")
        return None, -1
    except Exception as e:
        log.error(f"Error running deobfuscator: {e}")
        return None, -1


def _try_jsbeautifier(source: str, log) -> Tuple[Optional[str], Optional[str]]:
    """Fallback path: format the source with jsbeautifier. Returns
    `(text, "jsbeautifier")` or `(None, None)` if jsbeautifier isn't installed
    or the call raised."""
    try:
        import jsbeautifier
        opts = jsbeautifier.default_options()
        opts.indent_size = 2
        return jsbeautifier.beautify(source, opts), "jsbeautifier"
    except ImportError:
        log.debug("jsbeautifier not available")
        return None, None
    except Exception as e:
        log.warning(f"jsbeautifier failed: {e}")
        return None, None


def deobfuscate(source: str, log) -> Tuple[Optional[str], Optional[str]]:
    """Run the configured external deobfuscator, falling back to jsbeautifier.

    Returns `(text, normalizer_used)` on success, or `(None, None)` when neither
    path produced non-empty output. `normalizer_used` is the basename of the
    external tool (e.g. `"webcrack"`) or the literal `"jsbeautifier"`.
    """
    if not source:
        return None, None

    deobfuscator_path = os.getenv("JS_DEOBFUSCATOR_PATH", DEFAULT_DEOBFUSCATOR)
    timeout = int(os.getenv("JS_DEOBFUSCATE_TIMEOUT", str(DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_SECS)))

    text, returncode = _run_external(source, deobfuscator_path, timeout, log)
    if text and returncode == 0 and text.strip():
        return text, os.path.basename(deobfuscator_path)

    return _try_jsbeautifier(source, log)