Naeem Esfahani

25 papers A* 2A 2B 2C 1Misc 1Journal 6Unranked 11
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2019 conf
ICSE (SEIP)
Stas Negara, Naeem Esfahani, Raymond P. L. Buse
2017 J jnl
ACM Trans. Softw. Eng. Methodol.
Alireza Sadeghi, Naeem Esfahani, Sam Malek
2017 conf
WAMA@ESEC/SIGSOFT FSE
Alireza Sadeghi, Naeem Esfahani, Sam Malek
2016 J jnl
ACM Trans. Auton. Adapt. Syst.
Naeem Esfahani, Eric Yuan, Kyle R. Canavera, Sam Malek
2014 J jnl
ACM Trans. Auton. Adapt. Syst.
Eric Yuan, Naeem Esfahani, Sam Malek
2014 A conf
SEAMS
Eric Yuan, Naeem Esfahani, Sam Malek
2014 B conf
FASE
Alireza Sadeghi, Naeem Esfahani, Sam Malek
2013 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Software Eng.
Naeem Esfahani, Ahmed M. Elkhodary, Sam Malek
2013 A* conf
ICSE
Naeem Esfahani, Sam Malek, Kaveh Razavi
2012 conf
SERE (Companion)
Sam Malek, Naeem Esfahani, Thabet Kacem, Riyadh Mahmood, Nariman Mirzaei, Angelos Stavrou
2012 conf
AST@ICSE
Riyadh Mahmood, Naeem Esfahani, Thabet Kacem, Nariman Mirzaei, Sam Malek, Angelos Stavrou
2012 conf
SIGSOFT FSE
Naeem Esfahani, Kaveh Razavi, Sam Malek
2012 conf
SIGSOFT FSE
Kyle R. Canavera, Naeem Esfahani, Sam Malek
2012 J jnl
ACM SIGSOFT Softw. Eng. Notes
Nariman Mirzaei, Sam Malek, Corina S. Pasareanu, Naeem Esfahani, Riyadh Mahmood
2012 J jnl
Inf. Softw. Technol.
Naeem Esfahani, Sam Malek
2011 A* conf
ASE
Naeem Esfahani
2011 conf
SIGSOFT FSE
Naeem Esfahani, Ehsan Kouroshfar, Sam Malek
2010 conf
SIGSOFT FSE
Ahmed M. Elkhodary, Naeem Esfahani, Sam Malek
2010 B conf
ECSA
Naeem Esfahani, Sam Malek
2010 C conf
SERA
Mohsen Asadi, Naeem Esfahani, Raman Ramsin
2010 conf
ICSE (2)
Naeem Esfahani, Sam Malek
2010 conf
Software Engineering for Self-Adaptive Systems
Naeem Esfahani, Sam Malek
2009 A conf
MoDELS
Naeem Esfahani, Sam Malek, João Pedro Sousa, Hassan Gomaa, Daniel A. Menascé
2009 conf
PESOS@ICSE
Sam Malek, Naeem Esfahani, Daniel A. Menascé, João Pedro Sousa, Hassan Gomaa
2008 Misc conf
CSICC
Naeem Esfahani, Seyed-Hassan Mirian-Hosseinabadi, Kamyar Rafati
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"