Mahshid Delavar

18 papers A 1Journal 14Unranked 3
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2025 A conf
CGO
Meisam Tarabkhah, Mahshid Delavar, Mina Doosti, Amir Shaikhha
2024 J jnl
ACM Trans. Priv. Secur.
Shen Wang, Mahshid Delavar, Muhammad Ajmal Azad, Farshad Nabizadeh, Steve Smith, Feng Hao
2023 J jnl
CoRR
Shen Wang, Mahshid Delavar, Muhammad Ajmal Azad, Farshad Nabizadeh, Steve Smith, Feng Hao
2022 J jnl
IEEE Access
Alireza Aghabagherloo, Mahshid Delavar, Javad Mohajeri, Mahmoud Salmasizadeh, Bart Preneel
2021 J jnl
CoRR
Mina Doosti, Mahshid Delavar, Elham Kashefi, Myrto Arapinis
2021 J jnl
ACM Trans. Quantum Comput.
Mina Doosti, Niraj Kumar, Mahshid Delavar, Elham Kashefi
2021 J jnl
Quantum
Myrto Arapinis, Mahshid Delavar, Mina Doosti, Elham Kashefi
2020 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Cloud Comput.
Mohammad Hassan Ameri, Mahshid Delavar, Javad Mohajeri, Mahmoud Salmasizadeh
2020 J jnl
CoRR
Mina Doosti, Niraj Kumar, Mahshid Delavar, Elham Kashefi
2019 J jnl
Int. J. Commun. Syst.
Mohammad Hassan Ameri, Mahshid Delavar, Javad Mohajeri
2019 J jnl
CoRR
Myrto Arapinis, Mahshid Delavar, Mina Doosti, Elham Kashefi
2018 J jnl
ISC Int. J. Inf. Secur.
Mehdi Mahdavi Oliaee, Mahshid Delavar, Mohammad Hassan Ameri, Javad Mohajeri, Mohammad Reza Aref
2017 conf
ISCISC
Mehdi Mahdavi Oliaee, Mahshid Delavar, Mohammad Hassan Ameri, Javad Mohajeri, Mohammad Reza Aref
2017 J jnl
Int. J. Commun. Syst.
Mahshid Delavar, Sattar Mirzakuchaki, Mohammad Hassan Ameri, Javad Mohajeri
2016 J jnl
IACR Cryptol. ePrint Arch.
Reyhaneh Rabaninejad, Mohammad Hassan Ameri, Mahshid Delavar, Javad Mohajeri
2016 conf
IST
Reyhaneh Rabaninejad, Mohammad Hassan Ameri, Mahshid Delavar, Javad Mohajeri
2016 J jnl
IACR Cryptol. ePrint Arch.
Mahshid Delavar, Sattar Mirzakuchaki, Mohammad Hassan Ameri, Javad Mohajeri
2014 conf
ISCISC
Siavash Ahmadi, Mahshid Delavar, Javad Mohajeri, Mohammad Reza Aref
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