Majid Iqbal Khan

40 papers B 2Journal 32Unranked 6
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2026 J jnl
Appl. Soft Comput.
Lamarana Jallow, Majid Iqbal Khan
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Lamarana Jallow, Majid Iqbal Khan
2025 J jnl
Neural Comput. Appl.
Haroon Haider Khan, Majid Iqbal Khan
2025 J jnl
Neural Comput. Appl.
Haroon Haider Khan, Majid Iqbal Khan
2025 J jnl
Comput. Mater. Continua
Sheeba Razzaq, Majid Iqbal Khan
2025 J jnl
Expert Syst. J. Knowl. Eng.
Zain Ul Islam Adil, Majid Iqbal Khan, Kahkishan Sanam, Saif Ur Rehman Malik, Syed Atif Moqurrab, Gautam Srivastava
2023 J jnl
IEEE Access
Ahsan Hayat, Zainab Iftikhar, Majid Iqbal Khan, Abolfazl Mehbodniya, Julian L. Webber, Sarmad Hanif
2023 J jnl
Digit. Commun. Networks
Bello Musa Yakubu, Majid Iqbal Khan, Abid Khan, Farhana Jabeen, Gwanggil Jeon
2023 J jnl
Cogn. Comput.
Syed Saud Naqvi, Zubair Akhtar Langah, Haroon Ahmed Khan, Majid Iqbal Khan, Tariq Bashir, Muhammad Imran Razzak, Tariq Mahmood Khan
2022 J jnl
J. Sens. Actuator Networks
Bello Musa Yakubu, Majid Iqbal Khan, Pattarasinee Bhattarakosol
2022 J jnl
PeerJ Comput. Sci.
Bello Musa Yakubu, Rabia Latif, Aisha Yakubu, Majid Iqbal Khan, Auwal Ibrahim Magashi
2021 J jnl
Symmetry
Basharat Mahmood, Naveed Ahmad, Majid Iqbal Khan, Adnan Akhunzada
2021 J jnl
J. Theor. Appl. Electron. Commer. Res.
Muhammad Waleed, Rabia Latif, Bello Musa Yakubu, Majid Iqbal Khan, Seemab Latif
2020 J jnl
Int. J. Ad Hoc Ubiquitous Comput.
Rasool Bukhsh, Nadeem Javaid, Majid Iqbal Khan, Zahoor Ali Khan, Imran Usman
2020 J jnl
Multim. Tools Appl.
Farah Naz, Abid Khan, Mansoor Ahmed, Majid Iqbal Khan, Sadia Din, Awais Ahmad, Gwanggil Jeon
2018 conf
TrustCom/BigDataSE
Muhammad Saleem Khan, Saira Waris, Idrees Ahmed, Majid Iqbal Khan
2018 J jnl
Int. J. Distributed Sens. Networks
Zafar Iqbal, Majid Iqbal Khan
2017 J jnl
Comput. Secur.
Faheem Zafar, Abid Khan, Saif Ur Rehman Malik, Mansoor Ahmed, Adeel Anjum, Majid Iqbal Khan, Nadeem Javed, Masoom Alam, Fuzel Jamil
2017 J jnl
IEEE Access
Muhammad Saleem Khan, Daniele Midi, Majid Iqbal Khan, Elisa Bertino
2017 J jnl
Comput. Networks
Ejaz Ahmed, Ibrar Yaqoob, Ibrahim Abaker Targio Hashem, Majid Iqbal Khan, Abdelmuttlib Ibrahim Abdallaahmed, Muhammad Imran, Athanasios V. Vasilakos
2016 J jnl
KSII Trans. Internet Inf. Syst.
Faheem Zafar, Abid Khan, Mansoor Ahmed, Majid Iqbal Khan, Farhana Jabeen, Zara Hamid, Naveed Ahmed, Faisal Bashir Hussain
2016 conf
Trustcom/BigDataSE/ISPA
Muhammad Saleem Khan, Idrees Ahmed, Abid Khan, Majid Iqbal Khan
2016 J jnl
Sensors
Nadeem Javaid, Mehreen Shah, Ashfaq Ahmad, Muhammad Imran, Majid Iqbal Khan, Athanasios V. Vasilakos
2016 B conf
AINA
Zia Ullah, Muhammad Saleem Khan, Idrees Ahmed, Nadeem Javaid, Majid Iqbal Khan
2016 J jnl
EURASIP J. Wirel. Commun. Netw.
Muhammad Saleem Khan, Majid Iqbal Khan, Saif Ur Rehman Malik, Osman Khalid, Mukhtar Azim, Nadeem Javaid
2016 J jnl
EURASIP J. Wirel. Commun. Netw.
Mariam Akbar, Nadeem Javaid, Muhammad Imran, Naeem Amjad, Majid Iqbal Khan, Mohsen Guizani
2015 conf
TrustCom/BigDataSE/ISPA (1)
Muhammad Saleem Khan, Daniele Midi, Majid Iqbal Khan, Elisa Bertino
2015 B conf
ICPADS
Muhammad Saleem Khan, Daniele Midi, Majid Iqbal Khan, Elisa Bertino
2015 J jnl
Sensors
Nadeem Javaid, Naveed Ilyas, Ashfaq Ahmad, Nabil Ali Alrajeh, Umar Qasim, Zahoor Ali Khan, Tayyaba Liaqat, Majid Iqbal Khan
2015 J jnl
Int. J. Bus. Inf. Syst.
Tahir Mustafa Madani, Yunus Nayan, Suziah Sulaiman, Muhammad Tahir, Ahsanullah Abro, Majid Iqbal Khan
2015 J jnl
IET Wirel. Sens. Syst.
Mukhtar Azeem, Majid Iqbal Khan, Samee Ullah Khan, Wilfried N. Gansterer
2015 J jnl
Int. J. Distributed Sens. Networks
Mariam Akbar, Nadeem Javaid, Zahoor Ali Khan, Umar Qasim, Turki Ali Alghamdi, Saad Noor Mohammad, Syed Hassan Ahmed, Majid Iqbal Khan, Safdar Hussain Bouk
2014 J jnl
Int. J. Distributed Sens. Networks
Nadeem Javaid, Mariam Akbar, Zahoor Ali Khan, Turki Ali Alghamdi, Malik Najmus Saqib, Majid Iqbal Khan
2013 J jnl
Clust. Comput.
Kashif Bilal, Samee Ullah Khan, Sajjad Ahmad Madani, Khizar Hayat, Majid Iqbal Khan, Nasro Min-Allah, Joanna Kolodziej, Lizhe Wang, Sherali Zeadally, Dan Chen
2013 J jnl
Secur. Commun. Networks
Osman Khalid, Samee Ullah Khan, Sajjad Ahmad Madani, Khizar Hayat, Majid Iqbal Khan, Nasro Min-Allah, Joanna Kolodziej, Lizhe Wang, Sherali Zeadally, Dan Chen
2013 J jnl
Int. Arab J. Inf. Technol.
Saleem Raza, Najmus Saqib Malik, Azfar Shakeel, Majid Iqbal Khan
2012 J jnl
KSII Trans. Internet Inf. Syst.
Farhana Jabeen, Sarfraz Nawaz, Sadaf Tanveer, Majid Iqbal Khan
2011 conf
ACC (2)
Mukhtar Azeem, Majid Iqbal Khan, Arfan Nazir
2011 conf
ACC (2)
Muhammad Tahir, Dominique Gaïti, Majid Iqbal Khan
2011 conf
MCSS
Zahra Nauman, Sohaiba Iqbal, Majid Iqbal Khan, Muhammad Tahir
redb/extractors/apk_extractors/apk_manifest.py
← Index redb/extractors/apk_extractors/apk_manifest.py python
import inspect
import json
from datetime import datetime, timezone
from typing import Any

from redb.extractors.enum import Tag
from redb.extractors.apk_extractor import APKExtractor
from redb.models.dataclasses import APKManifest, APKManifestComponent


class APKManifestExtractor(APKExtractor):

    def __init__(
        self, filepath, log, exporters=None, index_prefix=None,
        known_benign=False, known_malicious=False,
        apk=None,
    ):
        super().__init__(
            filepath, log, exporters, index_prefix,
            known_benign, known_malicious, apk,
        )
        self.manifest = None
        self.components = []
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)

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

    def _is_component_exported(self, component_type, component_name):
        """Determine if a component is exported.

        Pre-API 31: exported is implicitly True if intent filters exist.
        API 31+: android:exported must be explicit; default is False.
        """
        try:
            exported_attr = None
            # Try to get the exported attribute directly from the XML
            axml = self.apk.get_android_manifest_xml()
            if axml is not None:
                for node in axml.getElementsByTagName(component_type):
                    name = node.getAttributeNS(
                        "http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android", "name"
                    )
                    if name == component_name:
                        exported_attr = node.getAttributeNS(
                            "http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android", "exported"
                        )
                        break
        except Exception:
            exported_attr = None

        if exported_attr == "true":
            return True
        if exported_attr == "false":
            return False

        # If not explicitly set, check for intent filters (pre-API 31 behavior)
        try:
            intent_filters = self.apk.get_intent_filters(component_type, component_name)
            if intent_filters:
                actions = intent_filters.get("action", [])
                if actions:
                    return True
        except Exception:
            pass

        return False

    def _get_intent_filters_for_component(self, component_type, component_name):
        """Get intent filters for a specific component."""
        actions = []
        categories = []
        try:
            intent_filters = self.apk.get_intent_filters(component_type, component_name)
            if intent_filters:
                actions = intent_filters.get("action", [])
                categories = intent_filters.get("category", [])
        except Exception:
            pass
        return actions, categories

    def _safe_extract(self, field_name, func, default=None):
        """Extract a single field, logging and returning default on failure."""
        try:
            return func()
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.warning(
                f"Error extracting APK manifest field '{field_name}' for "
                f"{self.hash.sha256}: {e}"
            )
            return default

    def extract(self):
        if not self._is_valid_apk():
            self.log.error(f"Invalid APK for {self.hash.sha256}")
            return None

        activities = self._safe_extract(
            "activities", lambda: list(self.apk.get_activities() or []), []
        )
        services = self._safe_extract(
            "services", lambda: list(self.apk.get_services() or []), []
        )
        receivers = self._safe_extract(
            "receivers", lambda: list(self.apk.get_receivers() or []), []
        )
        providers = self._safe_extract(
            "providers", lambda: list(self.apk.get_providers() or []), []
        )

        # Build component list with intent filter info
        self.components = []
        all_actions = set()
        all_categories = set()
        exported_components = []

        component_map = [
            ("activity", activities),
            ("service", services),
            ("receiver", receivers),
            ("provider", providers),
        ]

        for comp_type, comp_list in component_map:
            for comp_name in comp_list:
                try:
                    is_exported = self._is_component_exported(comp_type, comp_name)
                    actions, categories = self._get_intent_filters_for_component(
                        comp_type, comp_name
                    )
                    all_actions.update(actions)
                    all_categories.update(categories)
                    if is_exported:
                        exported_components.append(comp_name)

                    self.components.append(APKManifestComponent(
                        component_type=comp_type,
                        class_name=comp_name,
                        is_exported=is_exported,
                        intent_actions=list(actions),
                        intent_categories=list(categories),
                    ))
                except Exception as e:
                    self.log.warning(
                        f"Error processing component '{comp_name}' for "
                        f"{self.hash.sha256}: {e}"
                    )
                    # Still add the component with minimal info
                    self.components.append(APKManifestComponent(
                        component_type=comp_type,
                        class_name=comp_name,
                        is_exported=False,
                        intent_actions=[],
                        intent_categories=[],
                    ))

        # Uses-feature
        uses_features = []
        try:
            uses_features = list(self.apk.get_features() or [])
        except Exception:
            pass

        # Meta-data
        meta_data = None
        try:
            axml = self.apk.get_android_manifest_xml()
            if axml is not None:
                md = {}
                for node in axml.getElementsByTagName("meta-data"):
                    name = node.getAttributeNS(
                        "http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android", "name"
                    )
                    value = node.getAttributeNS(
                        "http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android", "value"
                    )
                    resource = node.getAttributeNS(
                        "http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android", "resource"
                    )
                    if name:
                        md[name] = value or resource or ""
                if md:
                    meta_data = md
        except Exception:
            pass

        # Full manifest XML
        manifest_xml = None
        try:
            axml = self.apk.get_android_manifest_xml()
            if axml is not None:
                manifest_xml = axml.toxml()
        except Exception:
            try:
                manifest_xml = self.apk.get_android_manifest_axml().get_xml()
                if isinstance(manifest_xml, bytes):
                    manifest_xml = manifest_xml.decode("utf-8", errors="replace")
            except Exception:
                pass

        self.manifest = APKManifest(
            activity_count=len(activities),
            service_count=len(services),
            receiver_count=len(receivers),
            provider_count=len(providers),
            activities=activities,
            services=services,
            receivers=receivers,
            providers=providers,
            exported_components=exported_components,
            intent_filters_by_action=sorted(all_actions),
            intent_filters_by_category=sorted(all_categories),
            uses_features=uses_features,
            meta_data=meta_data,
            manifest_xml=manifest_xml,
        )
        return self.manifest

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

            current_time = datetime.now(timezone.utc)
            m = self.manifest

            # Components table (one row per component)
            components_data = []
            for comp in self.components:
                components_data.append([
                    self.sha256,
                    comp.component_type,
                    comp.class_name,
                    int(comp.is_exported),
                    comp.intent_actions,
                    comp.intent_categories,
                    current_time,
                ])

            # Manifest summary table (one row per APK)
            manifest_data = [[
                self.sha256,
                m.activity_count,
                m.service_count,
                m.receiver_count,
                m.provider_count,
                m.intent_filters_by_action,
                m.intent_filters_by_category,
                m.uses_features,
                m.manifest_xml,
                current_time,
            ]]

            return {
                'multi_table': True,
                'manifest': {
                    'table': 'redb_apk_manifest',
                    'data': manifest_data,
                    'column_names': [
                        'sha256',
                        'activity_count', 'service_count', 'receiver_count', 'provider_count',
                        'intent_filters_by_action', 'intent_filters_by_category',
                        'uses_features', 'manifest_xml', 'analysis_date',
                    ],
                    'column_type_names': [
                        'FixedString(64)',
                        'UInt16', 'UInt16', 'UInt16', 'UInt16',
                        'Array(String)', 'Array(String)',
                        'Array(String)', 'Nullable(String)',
                        "DateTime64(3, 'UTC')",
                    ],
                },
                'components': {
                    'table': 'redb_apk_components',
                    'data': components_data,
                    'column_names': [
                        'sha256', 'component_type', 'class_name', 'is_exported',
                        'intent_actions', 'intent_categories', 'analysis_date',
                    ],
                    'column_type_names': [
                        'FixedString(64)', 'LowCardinality(String)', 'String', 'UInt8',
                        'Array(String)', 'Array(String)',
                        "DateTime64(3, 'UTC')",
                    ],
                },
            }

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