Mahsa Paknezhad

11 papers B 1Misc 1Journal 8Unranked 1
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2023 J jnl
Neural Networks
Mahsa Paknezhad, Hamsawardhini Rengarajan, Chenghao Yuan, Sujanya Suresh, Manas Gupta, Savitha Ramasamy, Hwee Kuan Lee
2022 J jnl
Neurocomputing
Mahsa Paknezhad, Cuong Phuc Ngo, Amadeus Aristo Winarto, Alistair Cheong, Beh Chuen Yang, Jiayang Wu, Hwee Kuan Lee
2022 J jnl
CoRR
Mahsa Paknezhad, Hamsawardhini Rengarajan, Chenghao Yuan, Sujanya Suresh, Manas Gupta, Savitha Ramasamy, Hwee Kuan Lee
2021 J jnl
CoRR
Mahsa Paknezhad, Cuong Phuc Ngo, Amadeus Aristo Winarto, Alistair Cheong, Beh Chuen Yang, Jiayang Wu, Hwee Kuan Lee
2020 J jnl
Comput. Methods Programs Biomed.
Mahsa Paknezhad, Michael S. Brown, Stéphanie Marchesseau
2020 J jnl
CoRR
Mahsa Paknezhad, Sheng Yang Michael Loh, Yukti Choudhury, Valerie Koh Cui Koh, Timothy Tay Kwang Yong, Hui Shan Tan, Ravindran Kanesvaran, Puay Hoon Tan, John Yuen Shyi Peng, Weimiao Yu, Yongcheng Benjamin Tan, Yong Zhen Loy, Min-Han Tan, Hwee Kuan Lee
2020 J jnl
BMC Bioinform.
Mahsa Paknezhad, Sheng Yang Michael Loh, Yukti Choudhury, Valerie Koh Cui Koh, Timothy Tay Kwang Yong, Hui Shan Tan, Ravindran Kanesvaran, Puay Hoon Tan, John Yuen Shyi Peng, Weimiao Yu, Yongcheng Benjamin Tan, Yong Zhen Loy, Min-Han Tan, Hwee Kuan Lee
2016 B conf
Image Processing
Mahsa Paknezhad, Stéphanie Marchesseau, Michael S. Brown
2016 conf
MICCAI (3)
Mahsa Paknezhad, Michael S. Brown, Stéphanie Marchesseau
2016 Misc conf
NordiCHI
Khanh-Duy Le, Mahsa Paknezhad, Pawel W. Wozniak, Maryam Azh, Gabriele Kasparaviciute, Morten Fjeld, Shengdong Zhao, Michael S. Brown
2013 J jnl
Int. J. Cloud Appl. Comput.
Mahsa Paknezhad, Manijeh Keshtgary
redb/extractors/decompiler/bninja/analysis/scores.py
← Index redb/extractors/decompiler/bninja/analysis/scores.py python
from collections import deque
from binaryninja import highlevelil
from binaryninja.enums import HighLevelILOperation


class ObfuscationScores:
    def __init__(self, hlil_function):
        self.function = hlil_function
        self._basic_blocks = list(hlil_function.basic_blocks) if hlil_function and hlil_function.basic_blocks else []
        self._block_count = len(self._basic_blocks)

    def flattened_score(self):
        """
        A heuristic for detecting control flow flattening from Tim Blazytko.
        Source: https://www.synthesis.to/2021/03/03/flattening_detection.html
        """
        if self._block_count == 0:
            return 0.0

        max_flattening_ratio = 0.0

        for basic_block in self._basic_blocks:
            dominated = get_dominated_by(basic_block)
            if not any(edge.source in dominated for edge in basic_block.incoming_edges):
                continue
            ratio = len(dominated) / self._block_count
            if ratio > max_flattening_ratio:
                max_flattening_ratio = ratio

        return max_flattening_ratio

    def MBA_score(self):
        """
        Score for MBA is obtained by the number of instructions that have at least one arithmetic operation and
        one logic operation DIVIDED by the number of instructions.
        """
        total = 0
        mba_count = 0

        for ins in self.function.instructions:
            total += 1
            if uses_mba(ins):
                mba_count += 1

        if total == 0:
            return 0.0

        return mba_count / total

def get_dominated_by(dominator):
    """
    Get the dominators that are dominated by the given dominator.
    (To recall the theory, a basic block B is called dominator for A if every path from START
    to A must include B)
    """
    result = set()
    worklist = deque([dominator])

    while worklist:
        block = worklist.popleft()
        if block in result:
            continue
        result.add(block)
        worklist.extend(block.dominator_tree_children)

    return result

_ARITHMETIC_OPS = frozenset({
    HighLevelILOperation.HLIL_ADD,
    HighLevelILOperation.HLIL_NEG,
    HighLevelILOperation.HLIL_SUB,
    HighLevelILOperation.HLIL_MUL,
    HighLevelILOperation.HLIL_DIVS,
    HighLevelILOperation.HLIL_MODS,
})

_LOGIC_OPS = frozenset({
    HighLevelILOperation.HLIL_NOT,
    HighLevelILOperation.HLIL_AND,
    HighLevelILOperation.HLIL_OR,
    HighLevelILOperation.HLIL_XOR,
    HighLevelILOperation.HLIL_LSR,
    HighLevelILOperation.HLIL_LSL,
})

_MBA_OPS = _ARITHMETIC_OPS | _LOGIC_OPS

def uses_mba(hlil_instruction):
    uses_logic = False
    uses_arithmetic = False
    stack = [hlil_instruction]

    while stack:
        instruction = stack.pop()

        if not isinstance(instruction, highlevelil.HighLevelILInstruction):
            continue

        op = instruction.operation

        if op not in _MBA_OPS:
            for operand in instruction.operands:
                if isinstance(operand, highlevelil.HighLevelILInstruction):
                    stack.append(operand)
            continue

        if op in _ARITHMETIC_OPS:
            uses_arithmetic = True
        else:
            uses_logic = True

        if uses_logic and uses_arithmetic:
            return True

        for operand in instruction.operands:
            if isinstance(operand, highlevelil.HighLevelILInstruction):
                stack.append(operand)

    return False