Nader Sohrabi Safa

24 papers Journal 21Unranked 3
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2025 J jnl
Inf.
Nader Sohrabi Safa, Hossein Abroshan
2024 J jnl
J. Ambient Intell. Smart Environ.
Mahdi Safaei Yaraziz, Nader Sohrabi Safa, Muhammad Ajmal Azad
2023 J jnl
Netw. Secur.
Mohamad Ibrahim, Nader Sohrabi Safa
2022 J jnl
Trans. Emerg. Telecommun. Technol.
Shariq Aziz Butt, Tauseef Jamal, Muhammad Ajmal Azad, Arshad Ali, Nader Sohrabi Safa
2022 J jnl
IEEE Access
Omid Chatrabgoun, Alireza Daneshkhah, Mohsen Esmaeilbeigi, Nader Sohrabi Safa, Ali Hamdan Alenezi, Arafatur Rahman
2022 J jnl
Trans. Emerg. Telecommun. Technol.
Nader Sohrabi Safa, Faye Rona Mitchell, Carsten Maple, Muhammad Ajmal Azad, Mohammad Dabbagh
2021 J jnl
Comput. Secur.
Mohammad Dabbagh, Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo, Amin Beheshti, Mohammad Tahir, Nader Sohrabi Safa
2021 J jnl
J. Netw. Comput. Appl.
Mehdi Sookhak, Mohammad Reza Jabbarpour, Nader Sohrabi Safa, F. Richard Yu
2019 J jnl
Concurr. Comput. Pract. Exp.
Nader Sohrabi Safa, Carsten Maple, Mahboobeh Haghparast, Tim Watson, Mehrdad Dianati
2019 J jnl
CoRR
Nader Sohrabi Safa, Carsten Maple, Steven M. Furnell, Muhammad Ajmal Azad, Charith Perera, Mohammad Dabbagh, Mehdi Sookhak
2019 J jnl
Future Gener. Comput. Syst.
Nader Sohrabi Safa, Carsten Maple, Steven Furnell, Muhammad Ajmal Azad, Charith Perera, Mohammad Dabbagh, Mehdi Sookhak
2019 J jnl
IEEE Access
Mohammad Dabbagh, Mehdi Sookhak, Nader Sohrabi Safa
2018 J jnl
IET Inf. Secur.
Nader Sohrabi Safa, Carsten Maple, Tim Watson, Steven Furnell
2018 J jnl
J. Inf. Secur. Appl.
Nader Sohrabi Safa, Carsten Maple, Tim Watson, Rossouw von Solms
2017 J jnl
IEEE Access
Muhammad Hilmi Kamarudin, Carsten Maple, Tim Watson, Nader Sohrabi Safa
2017 J jnl
Secur. Commun. Networks
Muhammad Hilmi Kamarudin, Carsten Maple, Tim Watson, Nader Sohrabi Safa
2017 conf
ICC
Al Tariq Sheik, Carsten Maple, Tim Watson, Hussam Alhagagi, Nader Sohrabi Safa, Sang Woo Lee
2017 J jnl
IEEE Veh. Technol. Mag.
Mehdi Sookhak, F. Richard Yu, Ying He, Hamid Talebian, Nader Sohrabi Safa, Nan Zhao, Muhammad Khurram Khan, Neeraj Kumar
2016 J jnl
Intell. Autom. Soft Comput.
Haruna Chiroma, Sameem Abdul Kareem, Ahmad Shukri Mohd Noor, Adamu I. Abubakar, Nader Sohrabi Safa, Nor Liyana Mohd Shuib, Mukhtar Fatihu Hamza, Abdulsalam Ya'u Gital, Tutut Herawan
2016 J jnl
Comput. Hum. Behav.
Nader Sohrabi Safa, Rossouw von Solms
2016 conf
ISSA
Petrus M. J. Delport, Mariana Gerber, Nader Sohrabi Safa
2016 J jnl
Comput. Secur.
Nader Sohrabi Safa, Rossouw von Solms, Steven Furnell
2015 J jnl
Comput. Secur.
Nader Sohrabi Safa, Mehdi Sookhak, Rossouw von Solms, Steven Furnell, Norjihan Binti Abdul Ghani, Tutut Herawan
2013 conf
DaEng
Nader Sohrabi Safa, Maizatul Akmar Ismail
redb/extractors/elf_extractors/elf_imports.py
← Index redb/extractors/elf_extractors/elf_imports.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 ELFImport


class ELFImportExtractor(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_imports = None
        self.elastic_index = self.index_prefix + "-elf_imports"
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)

    def _get_import_libraries(self, elf) -> List[str]:
        """Extract imported libraries from dynamic section."""
        libraries = []

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

            # Extract DT_NEEDED entries (required libraries)
            for tag in dynamic_section.iter_tags():
                if tag.entry.d_tag == 'DT_NEEDED':
                    libraries.append(tag.needed)

        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error extracting import libraries: {e}")

        return libraries

    def _get_imported_functions_from_symbols(self, elf) -> Set[str]:
        """Extract imported functions from dynamic symbol table."""
        imported_functions = set()

        try:
            # Get the dynamic symbol table
            dynsym_section = elf.get_section_by_name('.dynsym')
            if not dynsym_section or not hasattr(dynsym_section, 'iter_symbols'):
                return imported_functions

            # Look for undefined symbols (imports)
            for symbol in dynsym_section.iter_symbols():
                # Check if symbol is undefined (imported)
                if (symbol.entry.get('st_shndx', 0) == 'SHN_UNDEF' and
                    symbol.name and
                    symbol.entry.get('st_info', {}).get('bind') in ['STB_GLOBAL', 'STB_WEAK']):
                    imported_functions.add(symbol.name)

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

        return imported_functions

    def _get_imported_functions_from_relocations(self, elf) -> Set[str]:
        """Extract imported functions from relocation sections."""
        imported_functions = set()

        try:
            # Look through relocation sections
            for section in elf.iter_sections():
                if hasattr(section, 'iter_relocations'):
                    try:
                        for relocation in section.iter_relocations():
                            # Get symbol associated with relocation
                            if hasattr(relocation, 'symbol') and relocation.symbol:
                                symbol_name = relocation.symbol.name
                                if symbol_name:
                                    imported_functions.add(symbol_name)
                    except Exception as e:
                        self.log.debug(f"Could not process relocations in section {section.name}: {e}")

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

        return imported_functions

    def _get_plt_functions(self, elf) -> Set[str]:
        """Extract functions from PLT (Procedure Linkage Table) sections."""
        plt_functions = set()

        try:
            # Look for PLT-related sections
            plt_sections = ['.plt', '.plt.got', '.plt.sec']

            for section_name in plt_sections:
                section = elf.get_section_by_name(section_name)
                if section:
                    # PLT functions are typically associated with relocations
                    # We'll get them from the relocation analysis
                    pass

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

        return plt_functions

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

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

            def extract_data(elf):
                # Extract import libraries
                import_libraries = self._get_import_libraries(elf)

                # Extract imported functions from multiple sources
                imported_functions = set()

                # From dynamic symbols
                symbol_imports = self._get_imported_functions_from_symbols(elf)
                imported_functions.update(symbol_imports)

                # From relocations
                relocation_imports = self._get_imported_functions_from_relocations(elf)
                imported_functions.update(relocation_imports)

                # From PLT
                plt_imports = self._get_plt_functions(elf)
                imported_functions.update(plt_imports)

                # Convert to sorted lists for consistent output
                import_libraries_list = sorted(list(set(import_libraries)))
                import_functions_list = sorted(list(imported_functions))

                # Return ELFImport dataclass
                return ELFImport(
                    elf_imports_total=len(import_functions_list),
                    elf_import_libraries=import_libraries_list,
                    elf_import_functions=import_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_imports = result
            return self.elf_imports

        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error extracting ELF imports {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_imports
        elif exporter_type == "ClickHouseExporter":
            try:
                if not self.elf_imports:
                    return None

                # Prepare data array
                data = [[
                    self.sha256,
                    self.md5,
                    self.sha1,
                    self.elf_imports.elf_imports_total,
                    self.elf_imports.elf_import_libraries,
                    self.elf_imports.elf_import_functions,
                    datetime.now(timezone.utc)
                ]]

                column_names = [
                    'sha256', 'md5', 'sha1',
                    'elf_imports_total',
                    'elf_import_libraries',
                    'elf_import_functions',
                    'analysis_date'
                ]

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

                if not data:
                    return None

                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_imports"