Man Cao

24 papers A 2B 3C 3Journal 12Unranked 4
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2026 J jnl
Pattern Recognit.
Jipeng Guo, Xiang Xu, Yu Cao, Man Cao, Mengyuan Xin, Tianxiang Zhao, Ye Su, Junbin Gao, Mingliang Cui, Youqing Wang
2025 J jnl
Proc. ACM Program. Lang.
Wenyu Zhao, Stephen M. Blackburn, Kathryn S. McKinley, Man Cao, Sara S. Hamouda
2025 J jnl
Int. J. Inf. Commun. Technol.
Man Cao
2023 J jnl
Comput. Electr. Eng.
Man Cao, Zhiyong Yin, Yajun Wang, Le Yu, Peiran Shi, Zhi Cai
2020 J jnl
Briefings Bioinform.
Man Cao, Guodong Chen, Jialin Yu, Shaoping Shi
2019 J jnl
Bioinform.
Jialin Yu, Shaoping Shi, Fang Zhang, Guodong Chen, Man Cao
2019 J jnl
Briefings Bioinform.
Shaoping Shi, Lina Wang, Man Cao, Guodong Chen, Jialin Yu
2018 J jnl
J. Chem. Inf. Model.
Man Cao, Guodong Chen, Lina Wang, Pingping Wen, Shaoping Shi
2018 J jnl
Bioinform.
Guodong Chen, Man Cao, Kun Luo, Lina Wang, Pingping Wen, Shaoping Shi
2017 J jnl
ACM Trans. Parallel Comput.
Man Cao, Minjia Zhang, Aritra Sengupta, Swarnendu Biswas, Michael D. Bond
2017 J jnl
Proc. ACM Program. Lang.
Benjamin P. Wood, Man Cao, Michael D. Bond, Dan Grossman
2017 A conf
CGO
Aritra Sengupta, Man Cao, Michael D. Bond, Milind Kulkarni
2017 B conf
CC
Swarnendu Biswas, Man Cao, Minjia Zhang, Michael D. Bond, Benjamin P. Wood
2016 B conf
PPoPP
Man Cao, Minjia Zhang, Aritra Sengupta, Michael D. Bond
2016 C conf
ISMM
Man Cao, Jake Roemer, Aritra Sengupta, Michael D. Bond
2015 conf
PPPJ
Michael D. Bond, Milind Kulkarni, Man Cao, Meisam Fathi Salmi, Jipeng Huang
2015 conf
DNIS
Arnab Nandi, Ziqi Huang, Man Cao, Micha Elsner, Lilong Jiang, Srinivasan Parthasarathy, Ramiya Venkatachalam
2015 B conf
PPoPP
Minjia Zhang, Jipeng Huang, Man Cao, Michael D. Bond
2015 conf
PPPJ
Aritra Sengupta, Man Cao, Michael D. Bond, Milind Kulkarni
2013 A conf
OOPSLA
Michael D. Bond, Milind Kulkarni, Man Cao, Minjia Zhang, Meisam Fathi Salmi, Swarnendu Biswas, Aritra Sengupta, Jipeng Huang
2013 J jnl
J. Comput. Syst. Sci.
John M. Ye, Man Cao, Zening Qu, Tianzhou Chen
2010 C conf
CIT
Like Yan, Yuan Wen, Man Cao, Tianzhou Chen, Degui Feng
2010 conf
GreenCom/CPSCom
Man Cao, Baixing Quan, Tianzhou Chen, Xueqing Lou
2010 C conf
CIT
Man Cao, Bin Xin, Fuming Qiao, Qingsong Shi, Tianzhou Chen, Like Yan
redb/extractors/elf_extractors/elf_exports.py
← Index redb/extractors/elf_extractors/elf_exports.py python
import inspect
from datetime import datetime, timezone
from typing import Any, List, Set

from elftools.elf.elffile import ELFFile
from elftools.common.exceptions import ELFError

from redb.extractors.enum import Tag
from redb.extractors.elf_extractor import ELFExtractor
from redb.models.dataclasses import ELFExport


class ELFExportExtractor(ELFExtractor):

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

    def _get_exported_functions_from_symbols(self, elf) -> Set[str]:
        """Extract exported functions from symbol tables."""
        exported_functions = set()

        try:
            # Check both static (.symtab) and dynamic (.dynsym) symbol tables
            symbol_sections = ['.symtab', '.dynsym']

            for section_name in symbol_sections:
                section = elf.get_section_by_name(section_name)
                if not section or not hasattr(section, 'iter_symbols'):
                    continue

                for symbol in section.iter_symbols():
                    # Check if symbol is exported (defined and globally visible)
                    if (symbol.name and
                        symbol.entry.get('st_shndx', 0) != 'SHN_UNDEF' and  # Not undefined
                        symbol.entry.get('st_info', {}).get('bind') in ['STB_GLOBAL', 'STB_WEAK'] and  # Global or weak binding
                        symbol.entry.get('st_info', {}).get('type') in ['STT_FUNC', 'STT_OBJECT']):  # Function or object

                        # Additional checks for meaningful exports
                        if (symbol.entry.get('st_value', 0) > 0 or  # Has a value
                            symbol.entry.get('st_size', 0) > 0):    # Has a size
                            exported_functions.add(symbol.name)

        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error extracting exported functions from symbols: {e}")

        return exported_functions

    def _get_exported_functions_from_dynamic_section(self, elf) -> Set[str]:
        """Extract exported functions information from dynamic section."""
        exported_functions = set()

        try:
            # Get the dynamic section
            dynamic_section = elf.get_section_by_name('.dynamic')
            if not dynamic_section:
                return exported_functions

            # Look for version definition sections that might indicate exports
            # This is complementary to symbol table analysis
            for tag in dynamic_section.iter_tags():
                if tag.entry.d_tag == 'DT_SONAME':
                    # If it has a SONAME, it's likely a shared library with exports
                    # The actual exports are still found in symbol tables
                    pass

        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error extracting exports from dynamic section: {e}")

        return exported_functions

    def _filter_meaningful_exports(self, exports: Set[str]) -> Set[str]:
        """Filter out compiler-generated and internal symbols to focus on meaningful exports."""
        filtered_exports = set()

        # Common patterns to exclude (compiler-generated, internal symbols)
        exclude_patterns = [
            '_start',
            '_init',
            '_fini',
            '__libc_',
            '__gmon_start__',
            '_IO_stdin_used',
            '__data_start',
            '__bss_start',
            '_edata',
            '_end',
            '__TMC_END__',
            '_ITM_deregisterTMCloneTable',
            '_ITM_registerTMCloneTable',
            '__cxa_finalize',
            '__gxx_personality_v0',
            '_Jv_RegisterClasses'
        ]

        for export in exports:
            # Skip empty or very short names
            if not export or len(export) < 2:
                continue

            # Skip symbols that match exclude patterns
            skip = False
            for pattern in exclude_patterns:
                if export.startswith(pattern):
                    skip = True
                    break

            # Skip symbols that look like internal mangled names (but keep reasonable C++ names)
            if export.startswith('_Z') and len(export) > 50:  # Very long mangled names
                skip = True

            if not skip:
                filtered_exports.add(export)

        return filtered_exports

    def tag(self):
        return Tag.ELF_EXPORTS.value if hasattr(Tag, 'ELF_EXPORTS') else "elf_exports"

    def extract(self):
        try:
            self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)

            def extract_data(elf):
                # Extract exported functions from multiple sources
                exported_functions = set()

                # From symbol tables (primary source)
                symbol_exports = self._get_exported_functions_from_symbols(elf)
                exported_functions.update(symbol_exports)

                # From dynamic section (supplementary)
                dynamic_exports = self._get_exported_functions_from_dynamic_section(elf)
                exported_functions.update(dynamic_exports)

                # Filter out compiler-generated and internal symbols
                meaningful_exports = self._filter_meaningful_exports(exported_functions)

                # Convert to sorted list for consistent output
                export_functions_list = sorted(list(meaningful_exports))

                # Return ELFExport dataclass
                return ELFExport(
                    elf_exports_total=len(export_functions_list),
                    elf_export_functions=export_functions_list,
                )

            if not self._is_elf_file():
                return None

            result = self._with_elf_file(extract_data)
            if result is None:
                return None

            self.elf_exports = result
            return self.elf_exports

        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error extracting ELF exports {self.hash.sha256}: {e}")
            return None

    def prepare_export_data(self, exporter_type: str) -> Any:
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)

        if exporter_type == "ElasticsearchExporter":
            return self.elf_exports
        elif exporter_type == "ClickHouseExporter":
            try:
                if not self.elf_exports:
                    return None

                # Prepare data array
                data = [[
                    self.sha256,
                    self.md5,
                    self.sha1,
                    self.elf_exports.elf_exports_total,
                    self.elf_exports.elf_export_functions,
                    datetime.now(timezone.utc)
                ]]

                column_names = [
                    'sha256', 'md5', 'sha1',
                    'elf_exports_total',
                    'elf_export_functions',
                    'analysis_date'
                ]

                if not data:
                    return None

                column_type_names = [
                    'FixedString(64)', 'FixedString(32)', 'FixedString(40)',
                    'UInt32',
                    'Array(LowCardinality(String))',
                    'DateTime64(3, \'UTC\')'
                ]

                return (data, column_names, column_type_names)

            except Exception as e:
                self.log.error(f"Error preparing export data: {e}")
                raise

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