Nanxi Chen

34 papers A 4B 2Journal 18Unranked 9
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2026 J jnl
CoRR
Nanxi Chen, Airong Chen, Rujin Ma
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Nanxi Chen, Sifan Wang, Rujin Ma, Airong Chen, Chuanjie Cui
2025 J jnl
J. Comput. Phys.
Nanxi Chen, Sergio Lucarini, Rujin Ma, Airong Chen, Chuanjie Cui
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Nanxi Chen, Chuanjie Cui, Rujin Ma, Airong Chen, Sifan Wang
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Guisong Liu, Jiansong Zhang, Yinpei Luo, Guoliang Wei, Shuqing Sun, Shiyang Deng, Pengfei Wei, Nanxi Chen
2025 conf
CSCN
Nanxi Chen, Paul Fiterau-Brostean, Konstantinos Sagonas
2024 J jnl
ACM Trans. Auton. Adapt. Syst.
Fateneh Golpayegani, Nanxi Chen, Nima Afraz, Eric Gyamfi, Abdollah Malekjafarian, Dominik Schäfer, Christian Krupitzer
2024 B conf
IJCNN
Xin Zhang, Nanxi Chen, Jiyan Qiu, Pengcheng Shi, Xuesong Wu, Wu Yuan
2024 conf
Web3D
John Li, Nanxi Chen, Jinyuan Jia
2024 J jnl
Pattern Recognit. Lett.
Nanxi Chen, Xu Wang, Qi Sun, Jiamao Li, Xiaolin Zhang
2024 J jnl
SoftwareX
Nanxi Chen, Rujin Ma, Baixue Ge, Haocheng Chang
2024 A conf
ICWS
Nanxi Chen, Lili Liu, Xu Wang, Jiamao Li, Xiaolin Zhang
2024 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Ind. Informatics
Qiming Liu, Nanxi Chen, Zhe Liu, Hesheng Wang
2024 A conf
ICWS
Bixiao Zhao, Nanxi Chen, Jinyuan Jia, Enyang Feng, Xiaohen Li
2024 A conf
ICWS
Yunkai Fu, Xinyao Wei, Zhicheng Liu, Nanxi Chen, Jinyuan Jia
2023 J jnl
Sensors
Changxin Liu, Nanxi Chen, Guangyi Xing, Runhe Chen, Tong Shao, Baichuan Shan, Yilin Pan, Minyi Xu
2023 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Serv. Comput.
Nanxi Chen, Qi Sun, Yanbei Li, Hongfeng Shu, Jiamao Li, Xiaolin Zhang
2023 conf
ICMVA
Qi Sun, Nanxi Chen, Ruipeng Zhang, Jiamao Li, Xiaolin Zhang
2023 conf
KSEM (4)
Nanxi Chen, Jiyan Qiu, Pengcheng Shi, Wu Yuan, Jian Zhang
2022 B conf
GLOBECOM
Mulei Ma, Liantao Wu, Wenxiang Liu, Nanxi Chen, Ziyu Shao, Yang Yang
2020 J jnl
Int. J. Comput. Sci. Eng.
Shu Chen, Nanxi Chen, Jiayi Tang, Xu Wang
2020 conf
VR Workshops
Nanxi Chen, Ajit Sarkaar, Jooyoung Whang, Jackson Wonderly, Jiacheng Ye, Denis Gracanin
2020 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Veh. Technol.
Xu Wang, Jing Xu, Hongying Tang, Nanxi Chen, Xiaolin Zhang
2019 J jnl
IEEE Internet Things J.
Guowei Zhang, Fei Shen, Nanxi Chen, Pengcheng Zhu, Xuewu Dai, Yang Yang
2019 J jnl
IEEE Commun. Mag.
Yang Yang, Tao Zhang, Jun Wang, Nanxi Chen, Rhonda A. Dirvin
2018 conf
ICA3PP (4)
Nanxi Chen, Xiaobo Xu, Xuzhi Miao
2018 J jnl
IEEE Commun. Mag.
Nanxi Chen, Yang Yang, Tao Zhang, Ming-Tuo Zhou, Xiliang Luo, John K. Zao
2018 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Serv. Comput.
Nanxi Chen, Nicolás Cardozo, Siobhán Clarke
2018 J jnl
IEEE Access
Yang Yang, Yecheng Wu, Nanxi Chen, Kunlun Wang, Shanzhi Chen, Sha Yao
2017 conf
FWC
Nanxi Chen, Yang Yang, Jin Li, Tao Zhang
2017 conf
CSE/EUC (1)
Jin Li, Qiang Li, Nanxi Chen, Yingguan Wang
2016
Nanxi Chen
2014 A conf
ICSOC
Nanxi Chen, Siobhán Clarke
2010 conf
Med-Hoc-Net
Nanxi Chen, Mario Gerla, Dijiang Huang, Xiaoyan Hong
redb/extractors/pe_extractors/pe_extra_findings.py
← Index redb/extractors/pe_extractors/pe_extra_findings.py python
from hashlib import md5, sha1, sha256
import inspect
import pefile
from magika import Magika
import json
from datetime import datetime, timezone
from typing import List, Optional, Any
from asn1crypto import cms, pem, x509, core
from dataclasses import asdict

from redb.extractors.enum import Tag
from redb.extractors.pe_extractor import PEExtractor
from redb.models.dataclasses import PEExtraFinding, PECertificate


class PEExtraFindings(PEExtractor):

    def __init__(
        self,
        filepath,
        log,
        exporters=None,
        index_prefix=None,
        elastic_index=None,
        known_benign=False,
        known_malicious=False,
        pe=None,
    ):
        super().__init__(
            filepath,
            log,
            exporters,
            index_prefix,
            elastic_index,
            known_benign,
            known_malicious,
            pe,
        )
        self.elastic_index = self.index_prefix + "-pe_extrafindings"
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)
        self.has_binary_overlay = False
        self.has_binary_resource = False
        self.findings = []

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

    """
    The section below triggers in case of a binary which is not signed.
    It trigger the scan for Certificates inside the binary, for example
    inside a resource or an overlay.
    """

    def _scan_for_certificates(self):
        """
        Comprehensive scan for certificate data in PE file.
        Returns list of tuples (location_description, certificate_data)
        """
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)

        # 1. Scan resources for embedded PE files
        self._scan_resources_for_certificates()

        # 3. Scan overlay
        overlay_data = self.pe.get_overlay()
        if overlay_data:
            self._scan_overlay_for_certificates(overlay_data)


    def _extract_certificate_info(self, cert_data):
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)

        certificate = x509.Certificate.load(cert_data)
        certificate_serial_number = format(certificate.serial_number, "x").upper()
        grouped_serial_number = ":".join(
            [
                certificate_serial_number[i : i + 2]
                for i in range(0, len(certificate_serial_number), 2)
            ]
        )
        return PECertificate(
            certificate_serial_number=grouped_serial_number,
            certificate_issuer=certificate.issuer.human_friendly,
            certificate_subject=certificate.subject.human_friendly,
            certificate_valid_from=certificate["tbs_certificate"]["validity"][
                "not_before"
            ].native.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"),
            certificate_valid_to=certificate["tbs_certificate"]["validity"][
                "not_after"
            ].native.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"),
            certificate_thumbprint=sha1(cert_data).hexdigest().upper(),
            certificate_algorithm=None,
        )

    def _extract_standard_certificates(self, pe):
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)
        address = pe.OPTIONAL_HEADER.DATA_DIRECTORY[
            pefile.DIRECTORY_ENTRY["IMAGE_DIRECTORY_ENTRY_SECURITY"]
        ].VirtualAddress
        size = pe.OPTIONAL_HEADER.DATA_DIRECTORY[
            pefile.DIRECTORY_ENTRY["IMAGE_DIRECTORY_ENTRY_SECURITY"]
        ].Size

        addr_8 = address + 8
        signature_data = bytes(
            pe.write()[addr_8 : addr_8 + size]  # noqa E203
        )  # Ensure this is a bytes object
        if pem.detect(signature_data):
            signature_data = pem.unarmor(signature_data)

        content_info = cms.ContentInfo.load(signature_data)
        signed_data = content_info["content"]
        certificates = signed_data["certificates"]

        certificates_list = []
        for cert in certificates:
            cert_info = self._extract_certificate_info(cert.chosen.dump())
            certificates_list.append(cert_info)

        return certificates_list

    def _is_signed(self, pedata):
        address = pedata.OPTIONAL_HEADER.DATA_DIRECTORY[
            pefile.DIRECTORY_ENTRY["IMAGE_DIRECTORY_ENTRY_SECURITY"]
        ].VirtualAddress
        if address == 0:
            return False
        return True

    def _scan_resources_for_certificates(self):
        """Scan resources for embedded PE files and their certificates"""
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)

        try:
            if hasattr(self.pe, "DIRECTORY_ENTRY_RESOURCE"):
                for entry in self.pe.DIRECTORY_ENTRY_RESOURCE.entries:
                    for resource in self._get_resource_data(entry):
                        # Check if resource data might be a PE file
                        resource_magika = Magika().identify_bytes(resource).output.label
                        if resource.startswith(b"MZ") or resource_magika == "pebin":
                            try:
                                embedded_pe = pefile.PE(data=resource)
                                if self._is_signed(embedded_pe):
                                    cert_data = self._extract_standard_certificates(
                                        embedded_pe
                                    )
                                    if cert_data:
                                        # certificates.append(
                                        #     (f"Resource_{entry.id}", cert_data)
                                        # )
                                        self.findings.append(
                                            PEExtraFinding(
                                                context=f"Resource ({sha256(resource).hexdigest()}) is a PE file. Found Code Signing Certificates information inside.",
                                                finding=cert_data,
                                            )
                                        )
                            except Exception as e:
                                self.log.warning(
                                    f"Resource {sha256(resource).hexdigest()} is not a valid PE: {e}"
                                )

                        # Direct certificate pattern matching in resource
                        cert_data = self._find_certificate_patterns(resource)
                        if cert_data:
                            # certificates.append((f"Resource_{entry.id}", cert_data))
                            self.findings.append(
                                PEExtraFinding(
                                    context=f"Resource ({sha256(resource).hexdigest()}) is a PE file.\
                                    Found Code Signing Certificates information inside.",
                                    finding=cert_data,
                                )
                            )

        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Failed to scan resources: {e}")


    def _scan_overlay_for_certificates(self, overlay_data) -> List[bytes]:
        """Scan PE overlay for certificate data"""
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)
        try:
            # Check if overlay is a PE file
            overlay_magika = Magika().identify_bytes(overlay_data).output.ct_label
            if overlay_data.startswith(b"MZ") or overlay_magika == "pebin":
                try:
                    overlay_pe = pefile.PE(data=overlay_data)
                    if self._is_signed(overlay_pe):
                        cert_data = self._extract_standard_certificates(overlay_data)
                        if cert_data:
                            self.findings.append(
                                PEExtraFinding(
                                    context=f"Overlay data ({sha256(overlay_data).hexdigest()}) is a PE file.\
                                    Found Code Signing Certificates information inside.",
                                    finding=cert_data,
                                )
                            )
                except Exception as e:
                    self.log.warning(f"Error looking for certificates in Overlay: {e}")
                    pass

            # Direct certificate pattern matching in overlay
            cert_data = self._find_certificate_patterns(overlay_data)
            if cert_data:
                self.findings.append(
                    PEExtraFinding(
                        context=f"Overlay data ({sha256(overlay_data).hexdigest()}) is a PE file.\
                        Found Code Signing Certificates information inside.",
                        finding=cert_data,
                    )
                )
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Failed to scan overlay: {e}")


    def _get_resource_data(self, entry) -> List[bytes]:
        """Recursively get resource data"""
        resources = []
        try:
            if hasattr(entry, "directory"):
                for subentry in entry.directory.entries:
                    resources.extend(self._get_resource_data(subentry))
            else:
                data = self.pe.get_data(
                    entry.data.struct.OffsetToData, entry.data.struct.Size
                )
                resources.append(data)
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Failed to get resource data: {e}")
        return resources

    def _find_certificate_patterns(self, data: bytes) -> Optional[bytes]:
        """Find certificate patterns in binary data"""
        # PKCS#7 SignedData OID pattern
        PKCS7_PATTERN = b"\x06\x09\x2A\x86\x48\x86\xF7\x0D\x01\x07\x02"

        try:
            idx = data.find(PKCS7_PATTERN)
            if idx != -1:
                # Search backwards for ASN.1 sequence marker
                for i in range(idx, max(0, idx - 50), -1):
                    if data[i] == 0x30:  # ASN.1 SEQUENCE
                        try:
                            # Try to parse as X.509 certificate
                            cert = x509.load_der_x509_certificate(
                                data[i:], default_backend()
                            )
                            return data[i:]
                        except Exception:
                            continue
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Failed to find certificate patterns: {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.findings
        elif exporter_type == "ClickHouseExporter":
            current_time = datetime.now(timezone.utc)
            
            data = [
                [
                    self.sha256,
                    self.md5,
                    self.sha1,
                    finding.context,
                    [asdict(cert) for cert in finding.finding] if finding.finding else None,
                    current_time
                ]
                for finding in self.findings
            ]
            
            column_names = [
                'sha256', 'md5', 'sha1', 'context', 'finding', 'analysis_date'
            ]
            
            if not data:
                return None

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

            return (data, column_names, column_type_names)

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

    def extract(self):
        try:
            self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)
            self._scan_for_certificates()
            if len(self.findings) > 0:
                return self.findings
            return None
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error extracting PE Extras: {e}")
            return None