Naeem Iqbal Ratyal

17 papers Journal 16Unranked 1
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2025 J jnl
Comput. Electr. Eng.
Mirza Ateeq Ahmed Baig, Naeem Iqbal Ratyal, Adil Amin, Umar Jamil, Haris M. Khalid, Muhammad Fahad Zia
2025 J jnl
IEEE Access
Iqra Rafiq, Anzar Mahmood, Ubaid Ahmed, Ahsan Raza Khan, Kamran Arshad, Khaled Assaleh, Naeem Iqbal Ratyal, Ahmed Zoha
2025 J jnl
Multim. Tools Appl.
Hammad Ud Din Ahmed, Usama Ijaz Bajwa, Naeem Iqbal Ratyal, Fan Zhang, Muhammad Waqas Anwar
2024 J jnl
IEEE Access
Iqra Rafiq, Anzar Mahmood, Ubaid Ahmed, Ahsan Raza Khan, Kamran Arshad, Khaled Assaleh, Naeem Iqbal Ratyal, Ahmed Zoha
2024 J jnl
Future Internet
Mirza Ateeq Ahmed Baig, Naeem Iqbal Ratyal, Adil Amin, Umar Jamil, Sheroze Liaquat, Haris M. Khalid, Muhammad Fahad Zia
2023 J jnl
IEEE Access
Sohaib Manzoor, Naeem Iqbal Ratyal, Heba G. Mohamed
2023 J jnl
IEEE Access
Sohaib Manzoor, Muhammad Akbar Kayani, Nouman Ali, Naeem Iqbal Ratyal, Heba G. Mohamed
2022 J jnl
Comput. J.
Muhammad Sajid, Nouman Ali, Naeem Iqbal Ratyal, Muhammad Usman, Faisal Mehmood Butt, Imran Riaz, Usman Musaddiq, Mirza Jabbar Aziz Baig, Shahbaz Baig, Umair Ahmad Salaria
2022 J jnl
Comput. J.
Muhammad Sajid, Nouman Ali, Naeem Iqbal Ratyal, Muhammad Usman, Faisal Mehmood Butt, Imran Riaz, Usman Musaddiq, Mirza Jabbar Aziz Baig, Shahbaz Baig, Umair Ahmad Salaria
2022 J jnl
Sensors
Wahab Khawaja, Vasilii Semkin, Naeem Iqbal Ratyal, Qasim Yaqoob, Jibran Gul, Ismail Güvenç
2021 J jnl
Artif. Intell. Rev.
Muhammad Sajid, Nouman Ali, Naeem Iqbal Ratyal, Saadat Hanif Dar, Bushra Zafar
2020 J jnl
Comput. Commun.
Faisal Riaz, M. Mazhar Rathore, Adnan Sohail, Naeem Iqbal Ratyal, Samia Abid, Samina Khalid, Tehmina Shehryar, Adil Waheed
2019 J jnl
Ad Hoc Sens. Wirel. Networks
Faisal Riaz, M. Mazhar Rathore, Tariq Sharif, Muhammad Sajid, Naeem Iqbal Ratyal, Yaser Jararweh
2018 J jnl
KSII Trans. Internet Inf. Syst.
Naeem Iqbal Ratyal, Imtiaz A. Taj, Usama Ijaz Bajwa, Muhammad Sajid
2016 J jnl
Comput. Electr. Eng.
Muhammad Sajid, Imtiaz Ahmad Taj, Usama Ijaz Bajwa, Naeem Iqbal Ratyal
2015 J jnl
Comput. Electr. Eng.
Naeem Iqbal Ratyal, Imtiaz Ahmad Taj, Usama Ijaz Bajwa, Muhammad Sajid
2013 conf
FGCT
Faisal Riaz, Zunera Jalil, Sehrab Bashir, M. Imran, Naeem Iqbal Ratyal, M. Sajid
redb/extractors/js_extractors/js_patterns.py
← Index redb/extractors/js_extractors/js_patterns.py python
"""Canonical, compiled JavaScript regex patterns shared across JS extractors.

All suspicious-API patterns and the few feature-only patterns live here so each
expression is compiled exactly once per Python process and so any pattern that
was previously duplicated across `js_features.py` and `js_suspicious_apis.py`
now resolves to a single shared compiled object.

JavaScript is case-sensitive at runtime, but every suspicious-API pattern matches
either a literal-case identifier (`\\beval\\s*\\(`, `String\\.fromCharCode`, etc.)
or a string-quoted token (`"powershell"`). Compiling them with `re.IGNORECASE`
matches the historical behaviour of `JSSuspiciousAPIsExtractor` and is safe for
the patterns that historically came from `JSFeaturesExtractor` — those literals
are spelled in real-world JS exactly as written.

`scan_source()` is the entry point used by extractors: it walks the source once
per pattern using the pre-compiled regexes and returns a flat
`{name: {"count": N, "lines": [unique_line_numbers_sorted]}}` dict. Both
`JSFeaturesExtractor` and `JSSuspiciousAPIsExtractor` consume the same dict so
the per-pattern × per-line loops they used to run independently collapse to a
single shared scan.
"""

import bisect
import re
from typing import Dict, Iterable, List, Mapping

_FLAGS = re.IGNORECASE

# Canonical compiled patterns, keyed by their human-readable name. The name is
# also the value emitted into `redb_js_suspicious_apis.api_name`.
PATTERNS = {
    # ---- code execution ----
    "eval": re.compile(r"\beval\s*\(", _FLAGS),
    "Function constructor": re.compile(r"\bnew\s+Function\s*\(", _FLAGS),
    "execScript": re.compile(r"\bexecScript\s*\(", _FLAGS),
    "document.write": re.compile(r"\bdocument\.write(?:ln)?\s*\(", _FLAGS),
    "innerHTML assignment": re.compile(r"\.innerHTML\s*=", _FLAGS),
    "outerHTML assignment": re.compile(r"\.outerHTML\s*=", _FLAGS),
    "insertAdjacentHTML": re.compile(r"\.insertAdjacentHTML\s*\(", _FLAGS),
    # ---- network ----
    "XMLHttpRequest": re.compile(r"\bnew\s+XMLHttpRequest\b", _FLAGS),
    "fetch": re.compile(r"\bfetch\s*\(", _FLAGS),
    "WebSocket": re.compile(r"\bnew\s+WebSocket\s*\(", _FLAGS),
    "navigator.sendBeacon": re.compile(r"\bnavigator\.sendBeacon\s*\(", _FLAGS),
    "ActiveXObject XMLHTTP": re.compile(
        r"ActiveXObject\s*\(\s*[\"\'](?:MSXML2\.XMLHTTP|Microsoft\.XMLHTTP)", _FLAGS
    ),
    "require network module": re.compile(
        r"require\s*\(\s*[\"\'](?:http|https|net|dgram)[\"\']", _FLAGS
    ),
    "axios": re.compile(r"\baxios\b", _FLAGS),
    # ---- filesystem ----
    "require fs": re.compile(r"require\s*\(\s*[\"\']fs[\"\']", _FLAGS),
    "require path": re.compile(r"require\s*\(\s*[\"\']path[\"\']", _FLAGS),
    "FileSystemObject": re.compile(r"Scripting\.FileSystemObject", _FLAGS),
    "ADODB.Stream": re.compile(r"ADODB\.Stream", _FLAGS),
    "Shell.Application": re.compile(r"Shell\.Application", _FLAGS),
    "WScript.CreateObject": re.compile(r"WScript\.CreateObject", _FLAGS),
    # ---- process ----
    "require child_process": re.compile(r"require\s*\(\s*[\"\']child_process[\"\']", _FLAGS),
    "child_process exec": re.compile(r"child_process\.(?:exec|spawn|execFile|fork)\s*\(", _FLAGS),
    "WScript.Shell": re.compile(r"WScript\.Shell", _FLAGS),
    "WScript.Shell.Run": re.compile(r"\.Run\s*\(", _FLAGS),
    "WScript.Shell.Exec": re.compile(r"\.Exec\s*\(", _FLAGS),
    "ShellExecute": re.compile(r"\bShellExecute\b", _FLAGS),
    "PowerShell reference": re.compile(r"[\"\']powershell[\"\']", _FLAGS),
    "cmd.exe reference": re.compile(r"[\"\']cmd\.exe[\"\']", _FLAGS),
    "require os": re.compile(r"require\s*\(\s*[\"\']os[\"\']", _FLAGS),
    # ---- registry ----
    "RegRead": re.compile(r"\.RegRead\s*\(", _FLAGS),
    "RegWrite": re.compile(r"\.RegWrite\s*\(", _FLAGS),
    "RegDelete": re.compile(r"\.RegDelete\s*\(", _FLAGS),
    "StdRegProv": re.compile(r"StdRegProv", _FLAGS),
    # ---- crypto / encoding ----
    "atob": re.compile(r"\batob\s*\(", _FLAGS),
    "btoa": re.compile(r"\bbtoa\s*\(", _FLAGS),
    "String.fromCharCode": re.compile(r"String\.fromCharCode\s*\(", _FLAGS),
    "unescape": re.compile(r"\bunescape\s*\(", _FLAGS),
    "decodeURIComponent": re.compile(r"\bdecodeURIComponent\s*\(", _FLAGS),
    "Buffer.from": re.compile(r"Buffer\.from\s*\(", _FLAGS),
    "crypto module": re.compile(r"crypto\.create(?:Cipher|Decipher|Hash|Hmac)", _FLAGS),
    # ---- DOM manipulation ----
    "document.forms": re.compile(r"document\.forms", _FLAGS),
    "document.cookie": re.compile(r"document\.cookie", _FLAGS),
    "querySelector sensitive input": re.compile(
        r"document\.querySelector\s*\([^)]*(?:password|credit|card|cvv|ssn)", _FLAGS
    ),
    "submit event listener": re.compile(r"addEventListener\s*\(\s*[\"\']submit", _FLAGS),
    "createElement script/iframe": re.compile(
        r"\.createElement\s*\(\s*[\"\'](?:script|iframe)", _FLAGS
    ),
    "dynamic script src": re.compile(r"\.src\s*=\s*[\"\'](?:https?://|//)", _FLAGS),
}

# Pattern name -> category (one of code_execution / network / filesystem /
# process / registry / crypto_encoding / dom_manipulation).
CATEGORIES = {
    "eval": "code_execution",
    "Function constructor": "code_execution",
    "execScript": "code_execution",
    "document.write": "code_execution",
    "innerHTML assignment": "code_execution",
    "outerHTML assignment": "code_execution",
    "insertAdjacentHTML": "code_execution",
    "XMLHttpRequest": "network",
    "fetch": "network",
    "WebSocket": "network",
    "navigator.sendBeacon": "network",
    "ActiveXObject XMLHTTP": "network",
    "require network module": "network",
    "axios": "network",
    "require fs": "filesystem",
    "require path": "filesystem",
    "FileSystemObject": "filesystem",
    "ADODB.Stream": "filesystem",
    "Shell.Application": "filesystem",
    "WScript.CreateObject": "filesystem",
    "require child_process": "process",
    "child_process exec": "process",
    "WScript.Shell": "process",
    "WScript.Shell.Run": "process",
    "WScript.Shell.Exec": "process",
    "ShellExecute": "process",
    "PowerShell reference": "process",
    "cmd.exe reference": "process",
    "require os": "process",
    "RegRead": "registry",
    "RegWrite": "registry",
    "RegDelete": "registry",
    "StdRegProv": "registry",
    "atob": "crypto_encoding",
    "btoa": "crypto_encoding",
    "String.fromCharCode": "crypto_encoding",
    "unescape": "crypto_encoding",
    "decodeURIComponent": "crypto_encoding",
    "Buffer.from": "crypto_encoding",
    "crypto module": "crypto_encoding",
    "document.forms": "dom_manipulation",
    "document.cookie": "dom_manipulation",
    "querySelector sensitive input": "dom_manipulation",
    "submit event listener": "dom_manipulation",
    "createElement script/iframe": "dom_manipulation",
    "dynamic script src": "dom_manipulation",
}

# Patterns consumed only by JSFeaturesExtractor (no category, never surfaced as
# a suspicious-API row). Kept here so every JS regex is compiled in one place.
FEATURE_PATTERNS = {
    "hex_escape": re.compile(r"\\x[0-9a-fA-F]{2}"),
    "unicode_escape": re.compile(r"\\u[0-9a-fA-F]{4}"),
    "base64_string": re.compile(r"[A-Za-z0-9+/]{40,}={0,2}"),
    # decodeURI matches BOTH decodeURI and decodeURIComponent. The latter is also
    # a suspicious-API pattern in PATTERNS; this broader form is what the
    # `decodeuri_count` feature column has historically counted.
    "decodeURI": re.compile(r"\b(?:decodeURI|decodeURIComponent)\s*\(", _FLAGS),
    "settimeout_setinterval": re.compile(r"\b(?:setTimeout|setInterval)\s*\(", _FLAGS),
    "function_decl": re.compile(r"\bfunction\s+\w+\s*\(|\bfunction\s*\("),
    "var_decl": re.compile(r"\b(?:var|let|const)\s+"),
    "string_concat": re.compile(r"[\"\'][\s]*\+[\s]*[\"\']"),
    "comment": re.compile(r"//.*?$|/\*[\s\S]*?\*/", re.MULTILINE),
    "long_string": re.compile(r"[\"\']([^\"\']{256,})[\"\']"),
    "array_function_call": re.compile(r"\[(?:0x[0-9a-f]+|[\d]+)\]\s*\(", _FLAGS),
}

# Patterns consumed only by JSStringsExtractor for encoded-string discovery.
# Scoped to *hidden* strings only — patterns whose decoded form is not visible
# to a substring search over the raw text. Plain long literals are not
# extracted here because they're already preserved in code_text_content and
# scraped by the IOC pipeline over text_raw / text_normalized.
#
# Distinct from FEATURE_PATTERNS even where the names rhyme:
#   FEATURE_PATTERNS["hex_escape"] / ["unicode_escape"]   -> single escape
#   STRING_PATTERNS["hex_escape_seq"] / ["unicode_escape_seq"] -> 4+ / 3+ in a row
#   FEATURE_PATTERNS["base64_string"]                     -> bare base64 token
#   STRING_PATTERNS["base64_quoted"]                      -> base64 inside JS quotes
# These do not share match objects with the suspicious-API or feature scans, so
# they are not folded into JSContext.scan; the strings extractor walks them
# itself (one finditer per pattern, with shared line-offset bisect in #4b).
STRING_PATTERNS = {
    "hex_escape_seq": re.compile(r"(?:\\x[0-9a-fA-F]{2}){4,}"),
    "unicode_escape_seq": re.compile(r"(?:\\u[0-9a-fA-F]{4}){3,}"),
    "charcode_call": re.compile(r"String\.fromCharCode\s*\(\s*([\d,\s]+)\s*\)"),
    "base64_quoted": re.compile(r"[\"\']([A-Za-z0-9+/]{40,}={0,2})[\"\']"),
    "concat_chain": re.compile(r"(?:[\"\'][^\"\']+[\"\']\s*\+\s*){3,}[\"\'][^\"\']+[\"\']"),
}


def line_offsets(source: str) -> List[int]:
    """Sorted list of byte offsets for every newline in `source`, plus a final
    sentinel of len(source). Used to translate match offsets into 1-indexed
    line numbers via bisect.
    """
    offsets = [-1]  # so that bisect_right of offset 0 returns line 1
    push = offsets.append
    idx = source.find("\n")
    while idx != -1:
        push(idx)
        idx = source.find("\n", idx + 1)
    return offsets


def _scan_one(
    pattern: "re.Pattern[str]", source: str, offsets: List[int]
) -> Dict[str, object]:
    """Run a single compiled pattern over `source` and return count + unique lines."""
    count = 0
    seen_lines: "set[int]" = set()
    for m in pattern.finditer(source):
        count += 1
        seen_lines.add(bisect.bisect_right(offsets, m.start()))
    if not count:
        return None  # type: ignore[return-value]
    return {"count": count, "lines": sorted(seen_lines)}


def scan_source(
    source: str,
    patterns: Iterable[Mapping[str, "re.Pattern[str]"]] = (PATTERNS, FEATURE_PATTERNS),
) -> Dict[str, Dict[str, object]]:
    """Scan `source` against every compiled pattern in `patterns`.

    Returns a dict keyed by pattern name. Each entry has:
        "count": total number of matches in the source
        "lines": sorted list of unique 1-indexed line numbers where the pattern
                 matched (deduplicated — multiple matches on the same line
                 collapse to one entry, preserving the historical
                 line-set semantics of JSSuspiciousAPIsExtractor)
    Patterns with zero matches are absent from the dict; callers should default
    to {"count": 0, "lines": []}.
    """
    if not source:
        return {}
    offsets = line_offsets(source)
    results: Dict[str, Dict[str, object]] = {}
    for table in patterns:
        for name, pat in table.items():
            entry = _scan_one(pat, source, offsets)
            if entry is not None:
                results[name] = entry
    return results