Oleksandr Solomentsev

26 papers Misc 4Unranked 22
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2025 conf
CPITS
Oleksiy Zuiev, Oleksandr Solomentsev, Maksym Zaliskyi, Alina Osipchuk
2025 conf
ICCSA (Workshops 3)
Olha Sushchenko, Yurii Bezkorovainyi, Oleksandr Solomentsev, Maksym Zaliskyi, Oleksii Holubnychyi, Ivan Ostroumov, Yuliya Averyanova, Viktoriia Ivannikova, Borys Kuznetsov, Ihor Bovdui, Tatyana Nikitina, Roman Voliansky, Kostiantyn Cherednichenko, Olena Sokolova
2024 conf
ICCSA (Workshops 2)
Olha Sushchenko, Yuriy Bezkorovainyi, Oleksandr Solomentsev, Maksym Zaliskyi, Oleksii Holubnychyi, Ivan Ostroumov, Yuliya Averyanova, Viktoriia Ivannikova, Borys Kuznetsov, Ihor Bovdui, Tatyana Nikitina, Roman Voliansky, Kostiantyn Cherednichenko, Olena Sokolova
2024 conf
ADP
Yuliya Averyanova, Maksym Zaliskyi, Oleksandr Solomentsev, Oleksii Holubnychyi, Ivan Ostroumov, Olha Sushchenko, Yurii Bezkorovainyi, Kostiantyn Cherednichenko, Olena Sokolova, Viktoriia Ivannikova, Roman Voliansky, Borys Kuznetsov, Ihor Bovdui, Tatyana Nikitina
2024 conf
ADP
Oleksandr Solomentsev, Maksym Zaliskyi, Zarina Poberezhna, Oleksiy Zuiev
2024 conf
CMSE
Maksym Zaliskyi, Oleksandr Solomentsev, Zarina Poberezhna, Onyedikachi Chioma Okoro, Bohdan Chumachenko, Serhii Chumachenko
2024 conf
CMSE
Maksym Zaliskyi, Oleksandr Solomentsev, Oleksii Holubnychyi, Ivan Ostroumov, Olha Sushchenko, Yuliya Averyanova, Yuriy Bezkorovainyi, Kostiantyn Cherednichenko, Olena Sokolova, Viktoriia Ivannikova, Roman Voliansky, Borys Kuznetsov, Ihor Bovdui, Tatyana Nikitina
2024 conf
CH&CMiGIN
Oleksiy Zuiev, Oleksandr Solomentsev, Maksym Zaliskyi, Olga Shevchenko, Alina Osipchuk
2023 conf
ACIT
Oleksandr Solomentsev, Maksym Zaliskyi, Oleksiy Zuiev, Onyedikachi Chioma Okoro, Olga Shcherbyna, Bohdan Chumachenko
2023 conf
ACIT
Maksym Zaliskyi, Oleksandr Solomentsev, Oleksiy Zuiev, Yuliia Petrova, Alina Osipchuk, Serhii Migel
2023 conf
CS&SE@SW
Oleksandr Solomentsev, Maksym Zaliskyi, Denys I. Bakhtiiarov, Bohdan S. Chumachenko
2023 Misc conf
CSIT
Oleksandr Solomentsev, Maksym Zaliskyi, Oleksii Holubnychyi, Olha Sushchenko, Ivan Ostroumov, Yuliya Averyanova
2023 conf
CPITS
Oleksandr Solomentsev, Maksym Zaliskyi, Oleksiy Zuiev, Alina Osipchuk
2023 conf
ICCSA (1)
Anatoliy Popov, Eduard Tserne, Valerii Volosyuk, Simeon Zhyla, Vladimir Pavlikov, Nikolay Ruzhentsev, Kostiantyn Dergachov, Olena Havrylenko, Oleksandr Shmatko, Yuliya Averyanova, Ivan Ostroumov, Nataliia Kuzmenko, Olga Sushchenko, Maksym Zaliskyi, Oleksandr Solomentsev, Borys Kuznetsov, Tatyana Nikitina
2023 Misc conf
CSIT
Maksym Zaliskyi, Oleksandr Solomentsev, Oleksii Holubnychyi, Ivan Ostroumov, Yuliya Averyanova, Olha Sushchenko
2022 conf
ICCSA (1)
Olha Sushchenko, Yuliya Averyanova, Ivan Ostroumov, Nataliia Kuzmenko, Maksym Zaliskyi, Oleksandr Solomentsev, Borys Kuznetsov, Tatyana Nikitina, Olena Havrylenko, Anatoliy Popov, Valerii Volosyuk, Oleksandr Shmatko, Nikolay Ruzhentsev, Simeon Zhyla, Vladimir Pavlikov, Kostiantyn Dergachov, Eduard Tserne
2022 Misc conf
CSIT
Oleksandr Solomentsev, Maksym Zaliskyi, Olha Sushchenko, Yuriy Bezkorovainyi, Yuliya Averyanova, Ivan Ostroumov, Vitalii Larin, Nataliia Kuzmenko
2022 conf
CMiGIN
Valeriyi Kuzmin, Oleksandr Solomentsev, Maksym Zaliskyi, Yuliia Petrova, Olena Zharova, Mykyta Yankov
2022 conf
DESSERT
Oleksandr Solomentsev, Maksym Zaliskyi, Olga Shcherbyna, Yuliia Petrova
2022 Misc conf
CSIT
Maksym Zaliskyi, Oleksandr Solomentsev, Vitalii Larin, Yuliya Averyanova, Nataliia Kuzmenko, Ivan Ostroumov, Olha Sushchenko, Yuriy Bezkorovainyi
2022 conf
CMiGIN
Ivan Yashanov, Marlen Asanov, Oleksandr Solomentsev, Anzhela Lelechenko, Evgen Kamalov
2021 conf
ICCSA (2)
Ivan Ostroumov, Nataliia Kuzmenko, Olga Sushchenko, Maksym Zaliskyi, Oleksandr Solomentsev, Yuliya Averyanova, Simeon Zhyla, Vladimir Pavlikov, Eduard Tserne, Valerii Volosyuk, Kostiantyn Dergachov, Olena Havrylenko, Oleksandr Shmatko, Anatoliy Popov, Nikolay Ruzhentsev, Borys Kuznetsov, Tatyana Nikitina
2021 conf
EUROCON
Olha Sushchenko, Felix Yanovsky, Oleksandr Solomentsev, Nataliia Kuzmenko, Yuliya Averyanova, Maksym Zaliskyi, Ivan Ostroumov, Olga Shcherbyna
2021 conf
ACIT
Maksym Zaliskyi, Olga Shcherbyna, Oleksiy Zuiev, Oleksandr Solomentsev, Olena Kozhokhina, Yuliia Petrova
2020 conf
ACIT
Oleksii Zuiev, Oleksandr Solomentsev, Yuliia Petrova
2019 conf
CybHyg
Oleksandr Solomentsev, Maksym Zaliskyi, Pavlo Skladannyi
redb/extractors/malcontent.py
← Index redb/extractors/malcontent.py python
import inspect
import json
import subprocess
from typing import Any
from datetime import datetime, timezone

from redb.extractors.enum import Tag
from redb.models.dataclasses import Malcontent
from redb.extractors.extractor import Extractor
from dotenv import load_dotenv
import os

load_dotenv(override=True)


class MalcontentExtractor(Extractor):
    """
    Extractor for malcontent tool from chainguard-dev/malcontent.

    Malcontent discovers supply-chain compromises through context, differential
    analysis, and 14,000+ YARA rules. It analyzes binaries and code to detect
    malicious content and suspicious behavioral patterns.

    Binary can be extracted from Docker image:
        docker cp $(docker create cgr.dev/chainguard/malcontent:latest):/usr/bin/mal /usr/local/bin/mal

    Stores full JSON output for materialized view extraction.
    """

    # Cache version at class level to avoid repeated subprocess calls
    _cached_version = None

    def __init__(
        self,
        filepath,
        log,
        exporters=None,
        index_prefix=None,
        elastic_index=None,
        known_benign=False,
        known_malicious=False,
    ):
        super().__init__(
            filepath,
            log,
            exporters,
            index_prefix,
            elastic_index,
            known_benign,
            known_malicious
        )
        self.malcontent = None

    @classmethod
    def _get_malcontent_version(cls, log) -> str:
        """Get malcontent version, cached at class level."""
        if cls._cached_version is not None:
            return cls._cached_version

        malcontent_path = os.getenv("MALCONTENT_PATH", "/usr/local/bin/mal")
        try:
            result = subprocess.run(
                [malcontent_path, "--version"],
                capture_output=True,
                text=True,
                timeout=10
            )
            version_output = result.stdout.strip()
            if result.returncode == 0 and version_output:
                # Parse "malcontent version v1.21.5" -> "1.21.5"
                if version_output.startswith("malcontent version v"):
                    version_output = version_output[len("malcontent version v"):]
                elif version_output.startswith("malcontent version "):
                    version_output = version_output[len("malcontent version "):]
                cls._cached_version = version_output
            else:
                cls._cached_version = "unknown"
        except Exception as e:
            log.warning(f"Could not get malcontent version: {e}")
            cls._cached_version = "unknown"

        return cls._cached_version

    def _extract_malcontent(self):
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)
        TIMEOUT = int(os.getenv("MALCONTENT_TIMEOUT", "300"))
        malcontent_path = os.getenv("MALCONTENT_PATH", "/usr/local/bin/mal")

        malcontent_command = [malcontent_path, "analyze", "--format=json", self.filepath]

        import signal

        try:
            process = subprocess.Popen(
                malcontent_command,
                stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
                stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
                text=True,
                preexec_fn=os.setsid
            )

            try:
                stdout, stderr = process.communicate(timeout=TIMEOUT)
                if process.returncode != 0:
                    self.log.error(f"Error running malcontent, return code: {process.returncode}, stderr: {stderr}")
                    return {}
            except subprocess.TimeoutExpired:
                self.log.warning(f"The malcontent command timed out after {TIMEOUT} seconds, terminating process group")
                try:
                    os.killpg(process.pid, signal.SIGTERM)
                    try:
                        process.wait(timeout=3)
                    except subprocess.TimeoutExpired:
                        self.log.warning("Process didn't terminate with SIGTERM, sending SIGKILL")
                        os.killpg(process.pid, signal.SIGKILL)
                    process.wait()
                except (ProcessLookupError, OSError) as e:
                    self.log.warning(f"Error while killing process: {e}")
                return {}

            try:
                malcontent_output = json.loads(stdout)
            except json.JSONDecodeError as e:
                self.log.error(f"Error parsing malcontent output: {e}")
                return {}

            # Unwrap the Files/<path> structure to get the inner content
            # Structure is: {"Files": {"/path/to/file": {<actual content>}}}
            files_dict = malcontent_output.get("Files", {})
            if not files_dict:
                self.log.warning("Malcontent output has no 'Files' key")
                return {}

            # Get the first (and only) file's content
            file_content = next(iter(files_dict.values()), {})
            if not file_content:
                self.log.warning("Malcontent output has empty file content")
                return {}

            # Extract risk score and level from the unwrapped content
            risk_score = file_content.get("RiskScore", 0)
            risk_level = file_content.get("RiskLevel", "")

            version = self._get_malcontent_version(self.log)

            self.malcontent = Malcontent(
                malcontent_dump=json.dumps(file_content),
                version=version,
                risk_score=risk_score,
                risk_level=risk_level
            )
            self.log.debug(f"Malcontent analysis complete, version={version}, risk={risk_level}({risk_score})")

        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Unexpected error in malcontent extraction: {str(e)}")
            if 'process' in locals() and process.poll() is None:
                try:
                    os.killpg(process.pid, signal.SIGKILL)
                    process.wait()
                except:
                    pass
            return {}

    def prepare_export_data(self, exporter_type: str) -> Any:
        if exporter_type == "ClickHouseExporter":
            current_time = datetime.now(timezone.utc)

            data = [[
                self.sha256,
                current_time,
                self.malcontent.version,
                self.malcontent.risk_score,
                self.malcontent.risk_level,
                self.malcontent.malcontent_dump
            ]]

            column_names = [
                'sha256', 'analysis_date',
                'malcontent_version', 'malcontent_risk_score', 'malcontent_risk_level',
                'malcontent_json'
            ]

            column_type_names = [
                'FixedString(64)',
                'DateTime64(3, \'UTC\')',
                'LowCardinality(String)', 'UInt8', 'LowCardinality(String)',
                'JSON'
            ]

            return (data, column_names, column_type_names)

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

    def extract(self):
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)
        try:
            self._extract_malcontent()
            return self.malcontent
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error extracting malcontent: {e}")
            return None

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