Neil McIntosh

11 papers B 1Misc 4Journal 4Unranked 2
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2009 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Pattern Anal. Mach. Intell.
John A. Quinn, Christopher K. I. Williams, Neil McIntosh
2008 Misc conf
AMIA
Jim Hunter, Yvonne Freer, Albert Gatt, Robert Logie, Neil McIntosh, Marian van der Meulen, François Portet, Ehud Reiter, Somayajulu Sripada, Cindy Sykes
2005 conf
NIPS
Christopher K. I. Williams, John A. Quinn, Neil McIntosh
2003 B conf
AIME
Jim Hunter, Gary Ewing, Yvonne Freer, Forbert Logie, Paul McCue, Neil McIntosh
2003 J jnl
J. Biomed. Informatics
Gary Ewing, Yvonne Freer, Robert Logie, Jim Hunter, Neil McIntosh, Sue Rudkin, Lindsey Ferguson
2001 Misc conf
AMIA
Christine L. Tsien, Isaac S. Kohane, Neil McIntosh
2001 J jnl
Int. J. Hum. Comput. Stud.
Eugenio Alberdi, Julie-Clare Becher, Kenneth J. Gilhooly, Jim Hunter, Robert Logie, Andy Lyon, Neil McIntosh, Jan Reiss
2000 J jnl
Artif. Intell. Medicine
Christine L. Tsien, Isaac S. Kohane, Neil McIntosh
1999 Misc conf
AMIA
Cungen Cao, Isaac S. Kohane, Neil McIntosh
1999 conf
AIMDM
Jim Hunter, Neil McIntosh
1998 Misc conf
AMIA
Cungen Cao, Neil McIntosh
redb/extractors/macho_extractors/macho_exports.py
← Index redb/extractors/macho_extractors/macho_exports.py python
import inspect
from datetime import datetime, timezone
from typing import Any

from redb.extractors.enum import Tag
from redb.extractors.macho_extractor import MachOExtractor
from redb.models.dataclasses import MachOExport


class MachOExportExtractor(MachOExtractor):

    def __init__(
        self,
        filepath,
        log,
        exporters=None,
        index_prefix=None,
        elastic_index=None,
        known_benign=False,
        known_malicious=False,
        macho=None,
    ):
        super().__init__(
            filepath,
            log,
            exporters,
            index_prefix,
            elastic_index,
            known_benign,
            known_malicious,
            macho,
        )
        self.elastic_index = self.index_prefix + "-macho_exports"
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)

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

    def _extract_exports(self, arch_name=None):
        """Extract export information from the MachO binary for a specific architecture."""
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)

        if not self.macho:
            return None

        try:
            # Get exported symbols using new API for specific architecture
            exported_symbols = self.macho.get_exported_symbols(arch=arch_name)

            # Extract all exported symbols (may be empty for some binaries)
            # Handle None or empty dict
            if not exported_symbols:
                exported_symbols = {}
            all_symbols = []
            for dylib_name, symbols in exported_symbols.items():
                # Process symbol names
                for symbol in symbols:
                    if isinstance(symbol, bytes):
                        symbol = symbol.decode('utf-8', errors='replace')
                    all_symbols.append(symbol)

            # Create export dataclass
            macho_export = MachOExport(
                macho_exports_total=len(all_symbols),
                macho_export_symbols=all_symbols  # Empty list is fine, but None is not allowed for Array type
            )

            return macho_export

        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error extracting MachO exports for arch {arch_name}: {e}")
            return None

    def extract(self):
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)
        try:
            # Get architectures (macho is already parsed in base class)
            architectures = self.macho.get_architectures()
            if len(architectures) > 1:
                # FAT binary - return list of exports for each architecture
                results = []
                for arch_name in architectures:
                    exports = self._extract_exports(arch_name)
                    if exports:
                        exports.arch_identifier = arch_name
                        results.append(exports)
                return results
            else:
                # Single architecture - return single result
                return self._extract_exports(architectures[0] if architectures else None)
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error extracting MachO exports: {e}")
            return None

    def prepare_export_data(self, exporter_type: str) -> Any:
        if exporter_type == "ElasticsearchExporter":
            return self.extract()
        elif exporter_type == "ClickHouseExporter":
            if not self.macho:
                return None

            # Get architectures (macho is already parsed in base class)
            try:
                architectures = self.macho.get_architectures()
                is_fat = len(architectures) > 1
            except Exception as e:
                self.log.error(f"Could not get architectures: {e}")
                return None

            data = []
            current_time = datetime.now(timezone.utc)

            # Loop through each architecture (1 for single, multiple for FAT)
            for arch_name in architectures:
                # Get architecture-specific sha256
                try:
                    arch_general_info = self.macho.get_general_info(arch=arch_name)
                    arch_header_raw = self.macho.get_macho_header(arch=arch_name)
                    arch_sha256 = arch_general_info.get('SHA256', self.sha256)
                    arch_cputype_raw = arch_header_raw.get('cputype', 0) if arch_header_raw else 0
                except Exception as e:
                    self.log.warning(f"Could not get arch-specific data for {arch_name}: {e}")
                    arch_sha256 = self.sha256
                    arch_cputype_raw = 0

                # Get exports for this architecture
                macho_export = self._extract_exports(arch_name)
                if not macho_export:
                    continue

                data.append([
                    arch_sha256,                          # sha256 (arch-specific)
                    macho_export.macho_exports_total,     # macho_exports_total
                    macho_export.macho_export_symbols,    # macho_export_symbols (keep as array!)
                    current_time,                         # analysis_date
                ])

            column_names = [
                'sha256',
                'macho_exports_total', 'macho_export_symbols',
                'analysis_date'
            ]

            if not data:
                return None

            column_type_names = [
                'FixedString(64)',
                'UInt32', 'Array(Nullable(String))',
                'DateTime64(3, \'UTC\')'
            ]

            return (data, column_names, column_type_names)

        return None

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