Narendran Rajagopalan

20 papers Journal 16Unranked 4
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2026 J jnl
Comput. Secur.
Dwibik Patra, Narendran Rajagopalan
2025 J jnl
SN Comput. Sci.
L. Priya, Narendran Rajagopalan
2025 J jnl
SN Comput. Sci.
D. Sendil Vadivu, Ashwin Santhosh, Narendran Rajagopalan, Kaustub Pavagada, Aswin Valsaraj
2025 J jnl
J. Comput. Virol. Hacking Tech.
Harshitha C, D. Sendil Vadivu, Narendran Rajagopalan
2025 J jnl
Int. J. Commun. Networks Distributed Syst.
D. Sendil Vadivu, Aswin Valsaraj, Ashwin Santhosh, Kaustub Pavagada, Narendran Rajagopalan
2024 J jnl
Int. J. Comput. Sci. Eng.
J. Dhakshayani, B. Surendiran, J. Jyothsna, A. S. Syed Shahul Hameed, Narendran Rajagopalan
2024 J jnl
Int. J. Math. Oper. Res.
Mounesh Marali, R. Dhanalakshmi, Narendran Rajagopalan
2024 J jnl
Optim. Lett.
A. S. Syed Shahul Hameed, Narendran Rajagopalan
2024 J jnl
Concurr. Comput. Pract. Exp.
D. Sendil Vadivu, Narendran Rajagopalan
2023 J jnl
Int. J. Commun. Networks Distributed Syst.
D. Sendil Vadivu, Narendran Rajagopalan
2022 J jnl
Wirel. Pers. Commun.
U. Padmavathi, Narendran Rajagopalan
2021 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Netw. Serv. Manag.
Bommareddy Lokesh, Narendran Rajagopalan
2020 J jnl
Int. J. Ad Hoc Ubiquitous Comput.
V. Punitha, C. Mala, Narendran Rajagopalan
2014 J jnl
Int. J. Artif. Intell. Soft Comput.
Narendran Rajagopalan, C. Mala
2013 J jnl
Int. J. Adv. Intell. Paradigms
C. Mala, A. Gokul, Anand Babu, R. Kalyanasundaram, Narendran Rajagopalan
2012 J jnl
Int. J. Syst. Assur. Eng. Manag.
Narendran Rajagopalan, C. Mala
2011 conf
SocProS (1)
C. Mala, A. Gokul, Anand Babu, R. Kalyanasundaram, Narendran Rajagopalan
2011 conf
SocProS (1)
Narendran Rajagopalan, C. Mala
2011 conf
SocProS (1)
Narendran Rajagopalan, C. Mala, M. Sridevi, R. Hari Prasath
2010 conf
CNSA
Narendran Rajagopalan, C. Mala
redb/extractors/js_extractors/js_xray.py
← Index redb/extractors/js_extractors/js_xray.py python
"""Subprocess wrapper for the bundled js-x-ray Node bridge.

Mirrors `js_deobfuscator.py`: shell out to a Node script with a per-sample
timeout, kill the process group on hang, demote `FileNotFoundError` to debug
(missing tool is routine — the host either has Node + the bundled package
installed or it doesn't), and return a structured result on success.

The bridge lives at `redb/extractors/js_extractors/scripts/js-xray-runner.js`.
Operators install the JS dependency once with `npm install` in that directory
(or override the path with `JS_XRAY_RUNNER_PATH`).

Configuration (env vars):
    JS_XRAY_RUNNER_PATH   Path to the Node bridge script (default: bundled).
    JS_XRAY_TIMEOUT       Seconds before the subprocess is killed. Default: 30.

`run(source, log)` returns `XRayResult(obfuscator, warnings)` on a successful
analysis, or `XRayResult(None, [])` for any non-success path (binary missing,
timeout, parse failure, etc.). The two unsuccessful states are
indistinguishable to the caller on purpose — they all collapse to "no
js-x-ray verdict, fall back to heuristic".
"""

from __future__ import annotations

import json
import os
import signal
import subprocess
import tempfile
from dataclasses import dataclass, field
from typing import List, Optional

# Bundled bridge: redb/extractors/js_extractors/scripts/js-xray-runner.js
_DEFAULT_RUNNER = os.path.join(
    os.path.dirname(__file__), "scripts", "js-xray-runner.js"
)
_DEFAULT_NODE = "node"
_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_SECS = 30


@dataclass
class XRayResult:
    """Parsed js-x-ray output. `obfuscator` is the recognised family name
    (e.g. "jsfuck", "obfuscator.io") or None when js-x-ray did not flag the
    code. `warnings` carries every {kind, value} pair the analyser produced;
    the heuristic uses it as a corroborating signal. `avg_identifier_length`
    is js-x-ray's own AST-derived figure — used as a fallback for the
    heuristic's `avg_identifier_length<2` strong signal when pyjsparser
    can't parse the source (anything ES2015+ trips it)."""

    obfuscator: Optional[str] = None
    warnings: List[dict] = field(default_factory=list)
    avg_identifier_length: Optional[float] = None

    @property
    def flagged(self) -> bool:
        return self.obfuscator is not None


def _empty() -> XRayResult:
    return XRayResult(obfuscator=None, warnings=[])


def run(source: str, log) -> XRayResult:
    if not source:
        return _empty()

    runner = os.getenv("JS_XRAY_RUNNER_PATH", _DEFAULT_RUNNER)
    node_bin = os.getenv("JS_XRAY_NODE_BIN", _DEFAULT_NODE)
    timeout = int(os.getenv("JS_XRAY_TIMEOUT", str(_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_SECS)))

    if not os.path.exists(runner):
        log.debug(f"js-x-ray runner not found at {runner}")
        return _empty()

    # Skip the subprocess entirely when the JS dependency isn't installed.
    # Without this, every call to a host that has `node` but never ran
    # `npm install` next to the runner would still fork node, get a require
    # error, and exit nonzero — wasted ~50–200ms per JS sample (and per test).
    runner_dir = os.path.dirname(runner)
    if not os.path.isdir(os.path.join(runner_dir, "node_modules", "@nodesecure", "js-x-ray")):
        log.debug(f"@nodesecure/js-x-ray not installed in {runner_dir}")
        return _empty()

    tmp_path = None
    try:
        with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(
            suffix=".js", mode="w", delete=False, encoding="utf-8"
        ) as tmp:
            tmp.write(source)
            tmp_path = tmp.name

        try:
            process = subprocess.Popen(
                [node_bin, runner, tmp_path],
                stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
                stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
                preexec_fn=os.setsid,
            )
            try:
                stdout, stderr = process.communicate(timeout=timeout)
            except subprocess.TimeoutExpired:
                # Kill the whole process group so any node helpers die too.
                try:
                    os.killpg(os.getpgid(process.pid), signal.SIGTERM)
                    process.wait(timeout=5)
                except Exception:
                    try:
                        os.killpg(os.getpgid(process.pid), signal.SIGKILL)
                    except Exception:
                        pass
                log.warning(f"js-x-ray timed out after {timeout}s")
                return _empty()

            if process.returncode != 0:
                err = stderr.decode("utf-8", errors="replace").strip()
                log.debug(f"js-x-ray exited {process.returncode}: {err}")
                return _empty()

            text = stdout.decode("utf-8", errors="replace").strip()
            if not text:
                return _empty()

            try:
                payload = json.loads(text)
            except json.JSONDecodeError as e:
                log.warning(f"js-x-ray emitted non-JSON output: {e}")
                return _empty()

            obfuscator = payload.get("obfuscator")
            warnings = payload.get("warnings") or []
            if not isinstance(warnings, list):
                warnings = []

            ids_avg = payload.get("idsLengthAvg")
            if not isinstance(ids_avg, (int, float)):
                ids_avg = None

            return XRayResult(
                obfuscator=obfuscator,
                warnings=warnings,
                avg_identifier_length=ids_avg,
            )
        finally:
            if tmp_path:
                try:
                    os.unlink(tmp_path)
                except Exception:
                    pass
    except FileNotFoundError:
        log.debug(f"node binary not found at {node_bin}")
        return _empty()
    except Exception as e:
        log.error(f"js-x-ray subprocess error: {e}")
        return _empty()