Neil M. Goldman

37 papers A* 9A 2B 1Misc 1Journal 8Unranked 15
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2012 conf
SASO Workshops
Mark H. Burstein, Robert P. Goldman, Paul Robertson, Robert Laddaga, Robert Balzer, Neil M. Goldman, Christopher W. Geib, Ugur Kuter, David D. McDonald, John Maraist, Peter Keller, David S. Wile
2010 conf
ICSM
David S. Wile, Robert Balzer, Neil M. Goldman, Marcelo Tallis, Alexander Egyed, Tim Hollebeek
2007 J jnl
AI Mag.
Howard E. Shrobe, Robert Laddaga, Robert Balzer, Neil M. Goldman, David S. Wile, Marcelo Tallis, Tim Hollebeek, Alexander Egyed
2007 conf
SASO
Howard E. Shrobe, Robert Laddaga, Robert Balzer, Neil M. Goldman, David S. Wile, Marcelo Tallis, Tim Hollebeek, Alexander Egyed
2006 A* conf
AAAI
Howard E. Shrobe, Robert Laddaga, Robert Balzer, Neil M. Goldman, David S. Wile, Marcelo Tallis, Tim Hollebeek, Alexander Egyed
2003 Misc conf
ISWC
Neil M. Goldman
2002 J jnl
IEEE Intell. Syst.
Marcelo Tallis, Neil M. Goldman, Robert Balzer
2001 conf
SWWS
Marcelo Tallis, Neil M. Goldman, Robert Balzer
2000 conf
IWPC
Neil M. Goldman
1999 conf
VL
Neil M. Goldman, Robert Balzer
1994 conf
Workshop on Interface Definition Languages
Don Cohen, Neil M. Goldman, Khaled Narayanaswamy
1992 A conf
CSCW
Khaled Narayanaswamy, Neil M. Goldman
1992 A* conf
ICSE
Neil M. Goldman, Khaled Narayanaswamy
1991 J jnl
J. Syst. Softw.
Khaled Narayanaswamy, Neil M. Goldman
1991 conf
ISPW
Khaled Narayanaswamy, Neil M. Goldman
1987 conf
POS
David S. Wile, Neil M. Goldman, Dennis G. Allard
1986 conf
ISPW
Neil M. Goldman
1984 A* conf
ICDE
Robert Balzer, Neil M. Goldman, Robert Neches
1983 A* conf
AAAI
Neil M. Goldman
1982 conf
Rapid Prototyping
Robert M. Balzer, Neil M. Goldman, David S. Wile
1981 conf
AFIPS National Computer Conference
Robert Balzer, Neil M. Goldman
1979 A conf
ER
Neil M. Goldman, David S. Wile
1978 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Software Eng.
Robert Balzer, Neil M. Goldman, David S. Wile
1978 conf
AFIPS National Computer Conference
Robert Balzer, Neil M. Goldman, David Wile
1977 conf
Artificial Intelligence and Programming Languages
David S. Wile, Robert Balzer, Neil M. Goldman
1977 A* conf
IJCAI
Robert Balzer, Neil M. Goldman, David S. Wile
1977 A* conf
IJCAI
Robert Balzer, Neil M. Goldman, David S. Wile
1977 J jnl
SIGART Newsl.
Robert Balzer, Neil M. Goldman, David Wile
1977 A* conf
IJCAI
Neil M. Goldman, Robert Balzer, David S. Wile
1977 J jnl
SIGART Newsl.
Neil M. Goldman, Robert Balzer, David Wile
1976 A* conf
ICSE
Robert Balzer, Neil M. Goldman, David S. Wile
1975 J jnl
J. ACM
Roger C. Schank, Neil M. Goldman, Charles J. Rieger III, Christopher Riesbeck
1975 J jnl
Commun. ACM
Neil M. Goldman
1975 conf
TINLAP
Neil M. Goldman
1974
Neil M. Goldman
1973 A* conf
IJCAI
Roger C. Schank, Neil M. Goldman, Charles J. Rieger III, Christopher Riesbeck
1973 B conf
COLING
Neil M. Goldman
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"