Mahmoud Salem

21 papers B 1C 1Misc 1Journal 10Unranked 7
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2026 J jnl
IEEE Access
Tobias Niedermaier, Sarah Weiß, Mahmoud Salem, Christopher Bonenberger, Maik Knof, Stefan Elser, Markus Reischl
2026 J jnl
IEEE Access
Mahmoud Salem, Omar Wael, Moataz M. Attallah, Ahmed Elkaseer
2024 conf
ECCV (75)
Kilichbek Haydarov, Xiaoqian Shen, Avinash Madasu, Mahmoud Salem, Li-jia Li, Gamaleldin Elsayed, Mohamed Elhoseiny
2024 J jnl
CoRR
Abhinav Agarwalla, Abhay Gupta, Alexandre Noll Marques, Shubhra Pandit, Michael Goin, Eldar Kurtic, Kevin Leong, Tuan Nguyen, Mahmoud Salem, Dan Alistarh, Sean Lie, Mark Kurtz
2024 conf
ACL (Findings)
Vithursan Thangarasa, Mahmoud Salem, Shreyas Saxena, Chen-Yu Leong, Joel Hestness, Sean Lie
2024 J jnl
CoRR
Vithursan Thangarasa, Mahmoud Salem, Shreyas Saxena, Kevin Leong, Joel Hestness, Sean Lie
2023 J jnl
CoRR
Kilichbek Haydarov, Xiaoqian Shen, Avinash Madasu, Mahmoud Salem, Jia Li, Gamaleldin Elsayed, Mohamed Elhoseiny
2023 J jnl
Trans. Mach. Learn. Res.
Angus Galloway, Anna Golubeva, Mahmoud Salem, Mihai Nica, Yani A. Ioannou, Graham W. Taylor
2023 conf
FTC (1)
Mahmoud Salem, Ahmed Elkaseer, Tobias Müller, Steffen G. Scholz
2022 conf
FTC (2)
Mahmoud Salem, Ahmed Elkaseer, Andrew Rees, Steffen G. Scholz
2022 J jnl
CoRR
Angus Galloway, Anna Golubeva, Mahmoud Salem, Mihai Nica, Yani A. Ioannou, Graham W. Taylor
2022 J jnl
CoRR
Mahmoud Salem, Mohamed Osama Ahmed, Frederick Tung, Gabriel L. Oliveira
2022 J jnl
Sensors
Mahmoud Salem, Ahmed Elkaseer, Islam A. M. El-Maddah, Khaled Y. Youssef, Steffen G. Scholz, Hoda K. Mohamed
2019 C conf
IAS
Mahmoud Salem, Osama M. Arafa, Ghada A. Abdel Aziz, Mahmoud Amin
2019 conf
FORMATS
Mahmoud Salem, Gonzalo Carvajal, Tong Liu, Sebastian Fischmeister
2019
Mahmoud Salem
2019 conf
IEEA
Yousry Atia, Mahmoud Salem, Mustafa Abu-Zaher, Emad El-Zohri, Farag Abo-Elyousr
2019 conf
ISAT (1)
Steffen G. Scholz, Ahmed Elkaseer, Mahmoud Salem, Veit Hagenmeyer
2018 J jnl
IEEE Des. Test
Gonzalo Carvajal, Mahmoud Salem, Nirmal Benann, Sebastian Fischmeister
2016 B conf
ECRTS
Mahmoud Salem, Mark Crowley, Sebastian Fischmeister
2014 Misc conf
EMSOFT
Mohammad Mehdi Zeinali Zadeh, Mahmoud Salem, Neeraj Kumar, Greta Cutulenco, Sebastian Fischmeister
redb/extractors/macho_extractors/macho_imports.py
← Index redb/extractors/macho_extractors/macho_imports.py python
import inspect
from datetime import datetime, timezone
from typing import Any

from redb.extractors.enum import Tag
from redb.extractors.macho_extractor import MachOExtractor
from redb.models.dataclasses import MachOImport


class MachOImportExtractor(MachOExtractor):

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

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

    def _extract_imports(self, arch_name=None):
        """Extract import information from the MachO binary for a specific architecture.

        Handles machofile v2026.2.4+ API where get_imported_functions() returns:
        Dict[str, List[Dict]] where each dict has {'name': str, 'sources': [str, ...]}
        """
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)

        if not self.macho:
            return None

        try:
            # Get imported functions using API for specific architecture
            imported_functions = self.macho.get_imported_functions(arch=arch_name)
            if not imported_functions:
                return None

            # Keep the library→functions mapping (like PE does)
            library_names = []
            imports_with_mapping = []  # List of {library: [(name, source), ...]}

            for dylib_name, functions in imported_functions.items():
                # v2026.2.4+: dylib_name is already str, but handle bytes for compatibility
                if isinstance(dylib_name, bytes):
                    dylib_name = dylib_name.decode('utf-8', errors='replace')
                library_names.append(dylib_name)

                # Process function entries
                func_list = []
                for func_entry in functions:
                    # v2026.2.4+: func_entry is {'name': str, 'sources': [str, ...]}
                    if isinstance(func_entry, dict):
                        func_name = func_entry.get('name', '')
                        # Join sources if multiple, take first if single
                        sources = func_entry.get('sources', [])
                        import_source = sources[0] if sources else None
                        func_list.append((func_name, import_source))
                    else:
                        # Legacy format: func_entry is str or bytes
                        if isinstance(func_entry, bytes):
                            func_entry = func_entry.decode('utf-8', errors='replace')
                        func_list.append((func_entry, None))

                imports_with_mapping.append({dylib_name: func_list})

            # Count total functions
            total_functions = sum(len(list(d.values())[0]) for d in imports_with_mapping)

            # Create import dataclass with mapping preserved
            macho_import = MachOImport(
                macho_imports_total=total_functions,
                macho_import_libraryName=library_names if library_names else None,
                macho_import_functions=imports_with_mapping if imports_with_mapping else None
            )

            return macho_import

        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error extracting MachO imports for arch {arch_name}: {e}")
            return None

    def extract(self):
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)
        try:
            # Get architectures (macho is already parsed in base class)
            architectures = self.macho.get_architectures()
            if len(architectures) > 1:
                # FAT binary - return list of imports for each architecture
                results = []
                for arch_name in architectures:
                    imports = self._extract_imports(arch_name)
                    if imports:
                        imports.arch_identifier = arch_name
                        results.append(imports)
                return results
            else:
                # Single architecture - return single result
                return self._extract_imports(architectures[0] if architectures else None)
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error extracting MachO imports: {e}")
            return None

    def prepare_export_data(self, exporter_type: str) -> Any:
        if exporter_type == "ElasticsearchExporter":
            return self.extract()
        elif exporter_type == "ClickHouseExporter":
            if not self.macho:
                return None

            # Get architectures (macho is already parsed in base class)
            try:
                architectures = self.macho.get_architectures()
                is_fat = len(architectures) > 1
            except Exception as e:
                self.log.error(f"Could not get architectures: {e}")
                return None

            # Flatten the data - one row per function import (like PE imports)
            data = []
            current_time = datetime.now(timezone.utc)

            # Loop through each architecture (1 for single, multiple for FAT)
            for arch_name in architectures:
                # Get architecture-specific sha256
                try:
                    arch_general_info = self.macho.get_general_info(arch=arch_name)
                    arch_header_raw = self.macho.get_macho_header(arch=arch_name)
                    arch_sha256 = arch_general_info.get('SHA256', self.sha256)
                    arch_cputype_raw = arch_header_raw.get('cputype', 0) if arch_header_raw else 0
                except Exception as e:
                    self.log.warning(f"Could not get arch-specific data for {arch_name}: {e}")
                    arch_sha256 = self.sha256
                    arch_cputype_raw = 0

                # Get imports for this architecture
                macho_import = self._extract_imports(arch_name)
                if not macho_import or not macho_import.macho_import_functions:
                    continue

                # Flatten to one row per (library, function) pair
                for lib_funcs in macho_import.macho_import_functions:
                    for lib, funcs in lib_funcs.items():
                        for func_name, import_source in funcs:
                            data.append([
                                arch_sha256,        # sha256 (arch-specific)
                                lib,                # library_name
                                func_name,          # function_name
                                import_source,      # import_source (chained_fixups, bind_opcodes, symtab)
                                current_time,       # analysis_date
                            ])

            column_names = [
                'sha256',
                'library_name', 'function_name', 'import_source',
                'analysis_date'
            ]

            if not data:
                return None

            column_type_names = [
                'FixedString(64)',
                'LowCardinality(String)', 'LowCardinality(String)', 'LowCardinality(Nullable(String))',
                'DateTime64(3, \'UTC\')'
            ]

            return (data, column_names, column_type_names)

        return None

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