Maicon Bernardino

46 papers A 4C 3Misc 5Journal 10Unranked 23
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2025 conf
ICEIS (2)
Reinaldo Zimmer Wendt, Eduardo Tiadoro, Fábio Basso, Maicon Bernardino
2025 J jnl
Rev. Iberoam. de Tecnol. del Aprendiz.
Williamson Silva, Renato De Souza Garcia, Rodrigo Cargnelutti, Maicon Bernardino
2025 conf
SBSI
Eduardo Tiadoro, Reinaldo Zimmer Wendt, Miguel A. Bastos Muniz, Matheus Fialho, Fábio Basso, Maicon Bernardino
2025 conf
SBES
Giliardi Schmidt, Elder de Macedo Rodrigues, Maicon Bernardino, Ildevana Poltronieri Rodrigues, Fábio Paulo Basso, Lucas Pieva
2025 conf
SBES
Raul Nogueira Neves, Matheus Boeira Dias, Dionas Muller, Thiago C. de M. Araujo, Inaiara S. dos S. Seibel, Maicon Bernardino, Elder de Macedo Rodrigues, Fábio Paulo Basso
2025 conf
SBSI
Igor Dalepiane da Costa, Lucas Alexandre Fell, Eduardo Tiadoro, Matheus Fialho, Fábio Basso, Maicon Bernardino
2025 J jnl
J. Interact. Syst.
Lucas Pieva, Raquel M. Pillat, João Batista Mossmann, Maicon Bernardino
2024 conf
SBGames
Lucas Pieva, Raquel M. Pillat, João Batista Mossmann, Maicon Bernardino
2024 conf
SBGames
Lucas Pieva, Raquel M. Pillat, João Batista Mossmann, Maicon Bernardino
2024 J jnl
Rev. Iberoam. de Tecnol. del Aprendiz.
Maicon Bernardino, Rodrigo Cargnelutti, Renato De Souza Garcia, Williamson Silva
2024 conf
SBSI
Rafael Ribeiro, Maicon Bernardino, Willian Clemente, Iago Nogueira, Elder Rodrigues, Fábio Basso
2024 J jnl
J. Univers. Comput. Sci.
Ildevana Poltronieri, Avelino Francisco Zorzo, Maicon Bernardino, Edson OliveiraJr
2023 Misc conf
SAC
Fábio Basso, Bruno Marcelo Soares Ferreira, Rafael Torres, Rafael Z. Frantz, Diego Kreutz, Maicon Bernardino, Elder de Macedo Rodrigues
2023 ch.
Handbook of Re-Engineering Software Intensive Systems into Software Product Lines
Luciano Marchezan, Elder Rodrigues, João Carbonell, Maicon Bernardino, Fábio Paulo Basso, Wesley K. G. Assunção
2023 J jnl
J. Interact. Syst.
Lucas Pieva, Maicon Bernardino
2022 conf
SBES
Maicon Bernardino, Lucas Abner, Lucas Pieva, Thiago C. de M. Araujo, Matheus Boeira Dias, Rodrigo Machado
2022 conf
ICEIS (1)
Jonnathan Lopes, Maicon Bernardino, Fábio Basso, Elder Rodrigues
2022 J jnl
J. Syst. Softw.
Luciano Marchezan, Elder Rodrigues, Wesley Klewerton Guez Assunção, Maicon Bernardino, Fábio Paulo Basso, João Carbonell
2022 conf
SPLC (A)
Luciano Marchezan, Elder Rodrigues, Wesley K. G. Assunção, Maicon Bernardino, Fábio Paulo Basso, João Carbonell
2021 conf
SAST
Iderli Pereira de Souza Filho, Lucas Campello, Elder Rodrigues, Gilleanes Thorwald Araujo Guedes, Maicon Bernardino
2021 conf
ICEIS (1)
Jonnathan Lopes, Maicon Bernardino, Fábio Basso, Elder Rodrigues
2021 conf
VISIGRAPP (2: HUCAPP)
Ildevana Poltronieri Rodrigues, Avelino Francisco Zorzo, Maicon Bernardino, Bruno Medeiros, Márcia de Borba Campos
2021 conf
HCI (1)
Ildevana Poltronieri Rodrigues, Allan Christopher Pedroso, Avelino Francisco Zorzo, Maicon Bernardino, Márcia de Borba Campos
2021 conf
SBCARS
Luciano Marchezan, Wesley Klewerton Guez Assunção, João Carbonell, Elder Rodrigues, Maicon Bernardino, Fábio Basso
2021 C conf
MODELSWARD
Jonnathan Lopes, Maicon Bernardino, Fábio Basso, Elder Rodrigues
2021 conf
SBBD
Jonnathan Lopes, Maicon Bernardino, Fábio Basso, Elder Rodrigues
2020 C conf
ISDA
Luiz Daniel Garay Trindade, Fábio Paulo Basso, Elder de Macedo Rodrigues, Maicon Bernardino, Daniel Welfer, Daniel Müller
2020 conf
SPLC (B)
Luciano Marchezan, João Carbonell, Elder Rodrigues, Maicon Bernardino, Fábio Paulo Basso, Wesley K. G. Assunção
2020 conf
SPLC (A)
Luciano Marchezan, Elder Rodrigues, Maicon Bernardino, Fábio Paulo Basso
2020 J jnl
Empir. Softw. Eng.
Aníbal Iung, João Carbonell, Luciano Marchezan, Elder Rodrigues, Maicon Bernardino, Fábio Paulo Basso, Bruno Medeiros
2020 Misc conf
SAC
Victor Costa, Gustavo Girardon, Maicon Bernardino, Rodrigo Machado, Guilherme Legramante, Anibal Neto, Fábio Paulo Basso, Elder de Macedo Rodrigues
2020 Misc conf
SAC
Gustavo Girardon, Victor Costa, Rodrigo Machado, Maicon Bernardino, Guilherme Legramante, Fábio Paulo Basso, Elder de Macedo Rodrigues, Anibal Neto
2019 J jnl
Softw. Pract. Exp.
Luciano Marchezan, Elder Macedo Rodrigues, Maicon Bernardino, Fábio Paulo Basso
2019 conf
SBQS
Marcus Norberto, Lukas Gaedicke, Maicon Bernardino, Guilherme Legramante, Fábio Paulo Basso, Elder Macedo Rodrigues
2019 A conf
ESEM
Luciano Marchezan, Guilherme Bolfe, Elder Rodrigues, Maicon Bernardino, Fábio Paulo Basso
2018 conf
SBQS
Wolleson Kevin Kelm, Aline Vieira de Mello, Maicon Bernardino
2018 Misc conf
SAC
Ildevana Poltronieri Rodrigues, Avelino Francisco Zorzo, Maicon Bernardino, Márcia de Borba Campos
2017 conf
SBQS
Maicon Bernardino, Avelino Francisco Zorzo
2017 J jnl
IET Softw.
Maicon Bernardino, Elder M. Rodrigues, Avelino F. Zorzo, Luciano Marchezan
2016 conf
SAST
Anderson R. P. Domingues, Elder M. Rodrigues, Maicon Bernardino
2016 A conf
ICST
Maicon Bernardino, Avelino F. Zorzo, Elder M. Rodrigues
2016 Misc conf
SAC
Maicon Bernardino, Elder M. Rodrigues, Avelino F. Zorzo
2015 J jnl
Empir. Softw. Eng.
Elder Macedo Rodrigues, Flávio Moreira de Oliveira, Leandro T. Costa, Maicon Bernardino, Avelino Francisco Zorzo, Simone do Rócio Senger de Souza, Rodrigo S. Saad
2015 A conf
ICST
Elder Rodrigues, Maicon Bernardino, Leandro T. Costa, Avelino Francisco Zorzo, Flávio Moreira de Oliveira
2014 A conf
ESEM
Elder M. Rodrigues, Rodrigo S. Saad, Flávio Moreira de Oliveira, Leandro T. Costa, Maicon Bernardino, Avelino F. Zorzo
2013 C conf
iiWAS
André Takeshi Endo, Maicon Bernardino, Elder Macedo Rodrigues, Adenilso da Silva Simão, Flávio Moreira de Oliveira, Avelino F. Zorzo, Rodrigo S. Saad
redb/extractors/decompiler/bninja/analysis/low_level.py
← Index redb/extractors/decompiler/bninja/analysis/low_level.py python
import time

from binaryninja import (
    LowLevelILInstruction,
)
from binaryninja import (
    LowLevelILOperation as LLIL_OP,
)
from binaryninja.lowlevelil import (
    LowLevelILAdd,
    LowLevelILConst,
    LowLevelILConstPtr,
    LowLevelILLoad,
    LowLevelILLsl,
    LowLevelILMul,
    LowLevelILPop,
    LowLevelILPush,
    LowLevelILReg,
    LowLevelILStore,
    LowLevelILSub,
)

# Support both package and standalone imports
try:
    from ..function_type import FunctionTypeAnalysis
    from ..similarity.minhasher import MinHasher, TokenKind
    from ..utils.hashes import calculate_sha256, calculate_tlsh
    from .low_level_normalization import LowLevelNormalization

except ImportError:
    # Fallback to absolute imports (for multiprocessing spawned processes)
    from redb.extractors.decompiler.bninja.analysis.low_level_normalization import LowLevelNormalization
    from redb.extractors.decompiler.bninja.similarity.minhasher import MinHasher
    from redb.extractors.decompiler.bninja.function_type import FunctionTypeAnalysis
    from redb.extractors.decompiler.bninja.utils.hashes import calculate_sha256, calculate_tlsh

class LowLevelAnalysis:
    def __init__(self, function, bv, logger):
        self.function = function
        self.name = function.name
        self.start = function.start
        self.llil_func = function.llil
        self.bv = bv
        self.logger = logger
        self.errors = []

    def log_error(
        self, message, function_name, address, exception=None, error_location="unknown"
    ):
        """Log an error during processing."""
        error_msg = f"Error in function {function_name} at {address}: {message}"
        if exception:
            error_msg += f" - {str(exception)}"
        self.logger.error(error_msg)

        # Add to errors list
        error = {
            "function_name": function_name,
            "function_address": str(address),
            "error_location": error_location,
            "error_message": message,
            "error_details": str(exception) if exception else "",
            "error_type": type(exception).__name__ if exception else "Unknown",
            "timestamp": int(time.time() * 1000),
        }
        self.errors.append(error)

    def count_control_flow_instructions(self):
        if self.llil_func is None:
            return 0

        count = 0
        for basic_block in self.llil_func.basic_blocks:
            for ins in basic_block:
                op = ins.operation
                if op in (
                    LLIL_OP.LLIL_IF,
                    LLIL_OP.LLIL_GOTO,
                    LLIL_OP.LLIL_JUMP,
                    LLIL_OP.LLIL_JUMP_TO,
                    LLIL_OP.LLIL_CALL,
                    LLIL_OP.LLIL_CALL_SSA,
                ):
                    count += 1

        return count

    def collect_memory_patterns(self):
        """ """
        patterns = set()

        try:
            llil = self.llil_func
            arch = self.bv.arch
            sp_name = arch.stack_pointer if arch and arch.stack_pointer else "sp"

            def analyze_addr(addr_expr, might_be_direct):
                """
                Visit the expression for the address and understand whether it has a direct, scaled, base offset, etc.
                access to memory
                """
                found = {
                    "direct": False,
                    "scaled": False,
                    "base_off": False,
                    "stack": False,
                    "string": False,
                }

                def addr_cb(n):
                    # stack (SP/BP-like)
                    match n:
                        case LowLevelILReg(src=reg):
                            if reg == sp_name:
                                found["stack"] = True

                        case LowLevelILConst() | LowLevelILConstPtr():
                            if might_be_direct:
                                found["direct"] = True

                        # base +/- const
                        case (
                            LowLevelILAdd(left=l, right=r)
                            | LowLevelILSub(left=l, right=r)
                        ):
                            l_is_reg = isinstance(l, LowLevelILReg)
                            r_is_reg = isinstance(r, LowLevelILReg)
                            l_is_cst = isinstance(
                                l, (LowLevelILConst, LowLevelILConstPtr)
                            )
                            r_is_cst = isinstance(
                                r, (LowLevelILConst, LowLevelILConstPtr)
                            )
                            if (l_is_reg and r_is_cst) or (r_is_reg and l_is_cst):
                                found["base_off"] = True

                        # scaled index (index*scale) or shift (index << k)
                        case LowLevelILMul(left=l, right=r):
                            if (
                                isinstance(l, LowLevelILReg)
                                and isinstance(r, LowLevelILConst)
                            ) or (
                                isinstance(r, LowLevelILReg)
                                and isinstance(l, LowLevelILConst)
                            ):
                                found["scaled"] = True

                        case LowLevelILLsl(left, right):
                            if isinstance(left, LowLevelILReg) and isinstance(
                                right, LowLevelILConst
                            ):
                                found["scaled"] = True

                    return None

                _ = list(addr_expr.traverse(addr_cb))

                if found["direct"]:
                    patterns.add("MEM_DIRECT")
                if found["scaled"]:
                    patterns.add("MEM_SCALED_INDEX")
                if found["base_off"]:
                    patterns.add("MEM_BASE_OFFSET")
                if found["stack"]:
                    patterns.add("MEM_STACK")
                elif found["string"]:
                    patterns.add("MEM_STRING")

            def func_cb(i):
                match i:
                    case LowLevelILPush(src=addr):
                        analyze_addr(addr, False)
                    case LowLevelILPop(src=addr):
                        analyze_addr(addr, False)
                    case LowLevelILLoad(src=addr):
                        analyze_addr(addr, True)
                    case LowLevelILStore(dest=addr, src=_):
                        analyze_addr(addr, True)

                return None

            # complete visit for the single instruction
            _ = list(llil.traverse(func_cb))

            return sorted(patterns)

        except Exception as e:
            self.log_error(
                "Failed to collect memory patterns via LLIL.traverse",
                self.name,
                self.start,
                e,
                "collect_memory_patterns",
            )
            return []

    def collect_register_usage(self):
        """
        Collect frequencies for register usage
        """
        try:
            llil = self.llil_func

            register_usage = {}

            def inc(reg, kind):
                if reg is None:
                    return
                entry = register_usage.setdefault(reg, {"reads": 0, "writes": 0})
                entry[kind] += 1

            if not llil:
                return {}, 0, 0

            for top_il in llil.instructions:
                registers_read = self.function.get_regs_read_by(
                    top_il.address, self.bv.arch
                )
                registers_write = self.function.get_regs_written_by(
                    top_il.address, self.bv.arch
                )

                for reg_read in registers_read:
                    inc(reg_read, "reads")

                for reg_write in registers_write:
                    inc(reg_write, "writes")

            total_reads = sum(entry["reads"] for entry in register_usage.values())
            total_writes = sum(entry["writes"] for entry in register_usage.values())

            return register_usage, total_reads, total_writes

        except Exception as e:
            self.log_error(
                "Failed to collect register usage via LLIL.traverse",
                self.name,
                self.start,
                e,
                "collect_register_usage",
            )
            return {}, 0, 0

    def _classify_address(self, bv, addr):
        """
        Classification of the address
        """
        info = {
            "address": addr,
            "section": None,
            "segment_writable": None,
            "symbol": None,
            "kind": None,  # "string", "function_ptr", "data_var", "symbol", "unknown"
            "datatype": None,  # es. "char *", "int32_t", "my_struct", ...
            "note": None,
        }

        # section / segment
        sec = bv.get_section_at(addr)
        seg = bv.get_segment_at(addr)
        if sec:
            info["section"] = sec.name
        if seg:
            info["segment_writable"] = bool(seg.writable)

        sym = bv.get_symbol_at(addr)
        if sym:
            info["symbol"] = sym.full_name

        # function pointer
        try:
            fns = list(bv.get_functions_at(addr))
        except Exception:
            # some versions have get_function_at(addr) that returns a single object or None
            fns = [bv.get_function_at(addr)] if hasattr(bv, "get_function_at") else []
        fns = [f for f in fns if f]
        if fns:
            info["kind"] = "function_ptr"
            info["datatype"] = "func"
            info["note"] = f"points to function {fns[0].name}"
            return info

        # string
        sref = bv.get_string_at(addr)
        if sref:
            info["kind"] = "string"
            # sref.type:
            info["datatype"] = (
                getattr(sref, "type", None).__class__.__name__
                if hasattr(sref, "type")
                else "string"
            )
            return info

        # data typed variable
        dv = bv.get_data_var_at(addr)
        if dv:
            info["kind"] = "data_var"
            info["datatype"] = str(dv.type) if getattr(dv, "type", None) else None
            if getattr(dv, "name", None):
                info["symbol"] = dv.name if not info["symbol"] else info["symbol"]
            return info

        # only symbol (no data var)
        if sym and not info["kind"]:
            info["kind"] = "symbol"
            return info

        # unknown
        info["kind"] = "unknown"
        return info

    def count_data_references(self):
        """Count the number of data references in a function using LLIL."""
        count = 0

        if self.llil_func is None:
            return 0

        try:
            # Iterate LLIL basic blocks and instructions
            for instr in self.llil_func.instructions:
                instr_str = str(instr)
                logged = False
                src = None

                # Check for constant dereferencing or symbolic refs
                if hasattr(instr, "src"):
                    src = instr.src
                    if isinstance(src, (LowLevelILConstPtr, LowLevelILConst)):
                        count += 1
                        logged = True

                if not logged and "_" in instr_str:
                    count += 1

                # If src is a pointer constant, check if it lands in a writable data segment
                if src is not None and isinstance(src, LowLevelILConstPtr):
                    addr = src.constant
                    segment = self.bv.get_segment_at(addr)
                    if segment and segment.writable:
                        count += 1

        except Exception as e:
            self.logger.warning(
                f"Failed to use LLIL for counting data references in "
                f"{self.name} at {self.start}: {e}"
            )
        return count

    def compute_num_calls(self):
        c = 0

        if not self.llil_func:
            return 0

        for instr in self.llil_func.instructions:
            if instr.operation in (LLIL_OP.LLIL_CALL, LLIL_OP.LLIL_TAILCALL):
                c += 1
        return c

    def compute_max_block_size(self):
        """Compute the maximum basic block size in a function."""
        if self.llil_func is None:
            return 0

        max_size = 0
        for block in self.llil_func.basic_blocks:
            try:
                # Count instructions in this block using the direct length approach
                # This avoids UTF-8 decoding issues entirely
                block_size = block.instruction_count
                max_size = max(max_size, block_size)
            except Exception as e:
                self.log_error(
                    f"[HandledError] computing max block size: {e}",
                    self.name,
                    self.start,
                    e,
                    "compute_max_block_size",
                )
        return max_size

    def estimate_stack_size(self):
        """Estimate the stack size used by a function."""
        try:
            # Binary Ninja provides a stack adjustment value for functions
            # Need to convert OffsetWithConfidence to a plain integer
            stack_adjust = self.function.stack_adjustment
            if hasattr(stack_adjust, "value"):  # Handle OffsetWithConfidence objects
                return stack_adjust.value
            return stack_adjust
        except Exception as e:
            self.log_error(
                "Failed to estimate stack size",
                self.name,
                self.start,
                e,
                "estimate_stack_size",
            )
            return -1

    def collect_instruction_types(self):
        def iter_llil_tree(root_il):
            stack = [root_il]
            while stack:
                il_single_op = stack.pop()
                if not isinstance(il_single_op, LowLevelILInstruction):
                    continue
                yield il_single_op
                for il_operand in il_single_op.operands:
                    if isinstance(il_operand, LowLevelILInstruction):
                        stack.append(il_operand)
                    elif isinstance(il_operand, (list, tuple)):
                        for sub in il_operand:
                            if isinstance(sub, LowLevelILInstruction):
                                stack.append(sub)

        type_frequencies = {}
        try:
            if self.llil_func is None:
                return type_frequencies

            il_func = self.llil_func

            for top_il in il_func.instructions:
                for il in iter_llil_tree(top_il):
                    op = getattr(il, "operation", None)
                    if op is None:
                        continue

                    category = str(op)

                    if category in type_frequencies:
                        type_frequencies[category] += 1
                    else:
                        type_frequencies[category] = 1

        except Exception as e:
            self.log_error(
                "Failed to collect LLIL instruction types",
               self.name,
                self.start,
                e,
                "collect_instruction_types_llil",
            )

        return type_frequencies

    def _collect_low_level_with_type(self):
        llil = self.llil_func
        if not llil:
            return [], []

        start = self.start

        low_level = LowLevelNormalization()

        instrs_with_addr = []

        for il in llil.instructions:
            norm = low_level.normalize_instr_with_operands(il)

            # Clamp negative offsets to 0 for UInt32 compatibility.
            # Negative offsets (instruction before function start) may occur with
            # overlapping functions or tail-calls in obfuscated/malware binaries.
            # Multiple instructions at offset 0 indicates this anomaly and can be
            # queried to identify such samples easily than by checking logs.
            # Triggered by 590ecad54cd9e1c8681509420ad56edde8b064ffbf884ce6cd8dd28eebb95ae1
            offset = il.address - start
            if offset < 0:
                offset = 0

            instrs_with_addr.append((offset, norm))

        return instrs_with_addr

    def _collect_low_level_and_with_addr(self):
        llil = self.llil_func
        if not llil:
            return [], []

        start = self.start

        low_level = LowLevelNormalization()

        instrs = []
        instrs_with_addr = []

        for il in llil.instructions:
            norm = low_level.normalize_instruction_all_levels(il)

            instrs.append(norm)

            # Clamp negative offsets to 0 for UInt32 compatibility.
            # Negative offsets (instruction before function start) may occur with
            # overlapping functions or tail-calls in obfuscated/malware binaries.
            # Multiple instructions at offset 0 indicates this anomaly and can be
            # queried to identify such samples easily than by checking logs.
            # Triggered by 590ecad54cd9e1c8681509420ad56edde8b064ffbf884ce6cd8dd28eebb95ae1
            offset = il.address - start
            if offset < 0:
                offset = 0

            instrs_with_addr.append((offset, norm))

        return instrs, instrs_with_addr


    def analyze(self):
        registers_uses, total_reads, total_written = self.collect_register_usage()
        instr_low_level, body_llil_vector = self._collect_low_level_and_with_addr()
        instr_low_level_str = str(instr_low_level)
        instructions_low_level = calculate_sha256(instr_low_level_str)
        instructions_low_level_tlsh = calculate_tlsh(instr_low_level_str)

        instr_typed_llil = self._collect_low_level_with_type()
        instr_typed_low_level_str = str(instr_typed_llil)
        instructions_typed_low_level = calculate_sha256(instr_typed_low_level_str)
        instructions_typed_low_level_tlsh = calculate_tlsh(instr_typed_low_level_str)

        seed = 0xdeadbeef
        minhash_llil_skeleton = MinHasher(seed, self.llil_func, TokenKind.LLIL).calculateMinHash()
        minhash_llil_typed = MinHasher(seed, self.llil_func, TokenKind.TYPED_LLIL).calculateMinHash()

        low_level_json = {
            "function_address": self.start,
            "function_type": FunctionTypeAnalysis(self.function)
            .get_function_type()
            .name,
            "body_llil_vector": body_llil_vector,
            "sha256_llil": instructions_low_level,
            "tlsh_llil": instructions_low_level_tlsh,
            "minhash_llil_skeleton": minhash_llil_skeleton,
            "instructions_types_llil": list(self.collect_instruction_types()),
            "instruction_typed_llil": instructions_typed_low_level,
            "tlsh_instruction_typed_llil": instructions_typed_low_level_tlsh,
            "minhash_llil_typed": minhash_llil_typed,
            "control_flow_count_llil": self.count_control_flow_instructions(),
            "memory_access_pattern_llil": self.collect_memory_patterns(),
            "register_usage": registers_uses,
            "total_reg_reads": total_reads,
            "total_reg_written": total_written,
            "data_references_count": self.count_data_references(),
            "max_block_size": self.compute_max_block_size(),
            "num_calls": self.compute_num_calls(),
            "stack_size": self.estimate_stack_size(),
        }

        return low_level_json, self.errors