Omar Hegazy

40 papers C 8Journal 13Unranked 19
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2026 J jnl
IEEE Access
Ekaterina E. Abramushkina, Mohamed Amine Frikha, Boud Verbrugge, Omar Hegazy, Mohamed El Baghdadi
2026 J jnl
IEEE Access
Abid Abdul Azeez, Faried Makansi, Danila Goncharenko, Katharina Schmitz, Omar Hegazy, Tatiana A. Minav
2025 J jnl
IEEE Access
Serhat Emir Ogan, Chaochao Song, Sajib Chakraborty, Thomas Geury, Pooya Davari, Omar Hegazy
2025 J jnl
IEEE Access
Gamze Egin Martin, Mohamed El Baghdadi, Omar Hegazy
2025 J jnl
IEEE Access
Gamze Egin Martin, Boud Verbrugge, Mohammed Mahedi Hasan, Mohamed El Baghdadi, Claudio Romano, Omar Hegazy
2024 J jnl
IEEE Access
Assel Zhaksylyk, Hakan Polat, Shahid Jaman, Thomas Geury, Omar Hegazy
2024 J jnl
IEEE Access
Ekaterina E. Abramushkina, Gamze Egin Martin, Atila Sen, Shahid Jaman, Haaris Rasool, Mohamed El Baghdadi, Omar Hegazy
2024 J jnl
IEEE Access
Hakan Polat, Eneko Unamuno, David Cabezuelo, Thomas Geury, Omar Hegazy
2024 J jnl
Internet Things
Sachin Kumar Bhoi, Sajib Chakraborty, Boud Verbrugge, Stijn Helsen, Steven Robyns, Mohamed El Baghdadi, Omar Hegazy
2024 C conf
VEHITS
Róbinson Medina, Nikos Avramis, S. Subhajeet Rath, Mohammed Mahedi Hasan, Dai-Duong Tran, Zisis Maleas, Omar Hegazy, S. Steven Wilkins
2023 C conf
IECON
Hakan Polat, Farzad Hosseinabadi, Sajib Chakraborty, Thomas Geury, Mohamed El Baghdadi, Omar Hegazy
2023 J jnl
IEEE Access
Shahid Jaman, Mohamed Abdel Monem, Thomas Geury, Omar Hegazy
2023 J jnl
IEEE Access
Pierpaolo Dini, Sergio Saponara, Sajib Chakraborty, Farzad Hosseinabadi, Omar Hegazy
2022 C conf
IECON
Farzad Hosseinabadi, Hakan Polat, Gamze Egin Martin, Sachin Kumar Bhoi, Sajib Chakraborty, Thomas Geury, Mohamed El Baghdadi, Omar Hegazy
2022 C conf
IECON
Eneko Unamuno, Hakan Polat, David Cabezuelo, Josu Galarza, Adolfo Anta, Etienne Toutain, Thomas Geury, Omar Hegazy
2022 C conf
ISM
Steven Robyns, Stijn Helsen, Sam Weckx, Sachin Kumar Bhoi, Mohamed El Baghdadi, Omar Hegazy, Jasper De Smet
2022 C conf
IECON
Shahid Jaman, Assel Zhaksylyk, Sajib Chakraborty, Dai-Duong Tran, Mohamed El Baghdadi, Thomas Geury, Omar Hegazy
2022 C conf
IECON
Assel Zhaksylyk, Mohammed Mahedi Hasan, Sajib Chakraborty, Thomas Geury, Omar Hegazy
2022 C conf
IECON
Olcay Bay, Farzad Hosseinabadi, Sajib Chakraborty, Mohamed El Baghdadi, Omar Hegazy
2021 conf
EVER
Cihangir Derse, Mohamed El Baghdadi, Omar Hegazy, Umut Sensoz, Hatice Nur Gezer, Mustafa Nil
2021 conf
EVER
Assel Zhaksylyk, Sajib Chakraborty, Ekaterina E. Abramushkina, Thomas Geury, Mohamed El Baghdadi, Omar Hegazy
2021 J jnl
IEEE Access
Haaris Rasool, Boud Verbrugge, Assel Zhaksylyk, Manh Tuan Tran, Mohamed El Baghdadi, Thomas Geury, Omar Hegazy
2021 conf
EVER
Ahmet Aksöz, Yassine Benomar, Thomas Geury, Mohamed El Baghdadi, Omar Hegazy, Salih Baris Ozturk, Ilhami Colak
2021 conf
EVER
Volker Landersheim, Dai-Duong Tran, Thinh Pham, Daria Manushyna, Thomas Geury, S. Steven Wilkins, Omar Hegazy
2021 conf
EVER
Sajib Chakraborty, Vinayak Padmaji, Dai-Duong Tran, Javier A. Corea-Araujo, Thomas Geury, Mohamed El Baghdadi, Omar Hegazy
2021 conf
EVER
Mohamed Amine Frikha, Mohamed El Baghdadi, Yassine Benomar, Ahmed Masmoudi, Peter Van den Bossche, Omar Hegazy
2021 conf
EVER
Yang Wang, Ahmet Aksöz, Thomas Geury, Mohamed El Baghdadi, Omar Hegazy
2021 conf
EVER
Haaris Rasool, Manh Tuan Tran, Thomas Geury, Mohamed El Baghdadi, Omar Hegazy
2020 conf
EVER
Mustapha Al Sakka, Thomas Geury, Miguel Dhaens, Monzer Al Sakka, Sajib Chakraborty, Mohamed El Baghdadi, Omar Hegazy
2020 conf
EVER
Yuanfeng Lan, Wei Peng, Ahmet Aksöz, Yassine Benomar, Peter Van den Bossche, Mohamed El Baghdadi, Omar Hegazy
2020 conf
EVER
Majid Vafaeipour, Mohamed El Baghdadi, Dai-Duong Tran, Joeri Van Mierlo, Omar Hegazy, Florian Verbelen, Peter Sergeant
2020 conf
EVER
Mohammed Mahedi Hasan, Mohamed El Baghdadi, Omar Hegazy
2020 conf
EVER
Abdul Mannan Rauf, Mohamed Abdel Monem, Thomas Geury, Mohamed El Baghdadi, Omar Hegazy
2020 conf
EVER
Assel Zhaksylyk, Haaris Rasool, Thomas Geury, Mohamed El Baghdadi, Omar Hegazy
2020 conf
EVER
Haaris Rasool, Assel Zhaksylyk, Sajib Chakraborty, Mohamed El Baghdadi, Omar Hegazy
2020 conf
EVER
Sajib Chakraborty, Mohammed Mahedi Hasan, Dai-Duong Tran, Shahid Jaman, Peter Van den Bossche, Mohamed El Baghdadi, Omar Hegazy
2020 J jnl
IEEE Access
Sajib Chakraborty, Mikel Mazuela, Dai-Duong Tran, Javier A. Corea-Araujo, Yuanfeng Lan, Argiñe Alacano Loiti, Patrice Garmier, Iosu Aizpuru, Omar Hegazy
2019 conf
EVER
Majid Vafaeipour, Mohamed El Baghdadi, Joeri Van Mierlo, Omar Hegazy, Florian Verbelen, Peter Sergeant
2019 conf
ICCVE
Eric Armengaud, Omar Hegazy, Bernhard Brandstätter, Valentin G. Ivanov, Reinhard Tatschl, Michele De Gennaro, Aldo Sorniotti, Joeri Van Mierlo, Christof Schernus
2019 conf
EVER
Dai-Duong Tran, Sajib Chakraborty, Arthur Van Melckebeke, Ngoc-Tan Vu, Yuanfeng Lan, Mohamed El Baghdadi, Omar Hegazy
redb/ext/spoof_check.py
← Index redb/ext/spoof_check.py python
import copy
import struct
from enum import Enum

"""
Checks that the metadata within a file's Rich header does not contradict the
other metadata contained within it.

References:
    https://gist.github.com/skochinsky/07c8e95e33d9429d81a75622b5d24c8b
    https://www.sec.in.tum.de/i20/publications/finding-the-needle-a-study-of-
    the-pe32-rich-header-and-respective-malware-triage
"""

KNOWN_PRODUCT_IDS = {
    0: "Unknown",
    1: "Import0",
    2: "Linker510",
    3: "Cvtomf510",
    4: "Linker600",
    5: "Cvtomf600",
    6: "Cvtres500",
    7: "Utc11_Basic",
    8: "Utc11_C",
    9: "Utc12_Basic",
    10: "Utc12_C",
    11: "Utc12_CPP",
    12: "AliasObj60",
    13: "VisualBasic60",
    14: "Masm613",
    15: "Masm710",
    16: "Linker511",
    17: "Cvtomf511",
    18: "Masm614",
    19: "Linker512",
    20: "Cvtomf512",
    21: "Utc12_C_Std",
    22: "Utc12_CPP_Std",
    23: "Utc12_C_Book",
    24: "Utc12_CPP_Book",
    25: "Implib700",
    26: "Cvtomf700",
    27: "Utc13_Basic",
    28: "Utc13_C",
    29: "Utc13_CPP",
    30: "Linker610",
    31: "Cvtomf610",
    32: "Linker601",
    33: "Cvtomf601",
    34: "Utc12_1_Basic",
    35: "Utc12_1_C",
    36: "Utc12_1_CPP",
    37: "Linker620",
    38: "Cvtomf620",
    39: "AliasObj70",
    40: "Linker621",
    41: "Cvtomf621",
    42: "Masm615",
    43: "Utc13_LTCG_C",
    44: "Utc13_LTCG_CPP",
    45: "Masm620",
    46: "ILAsm100",
    47: "Utc12_2_Basic",
    48: "Utc12_2_C",
    49: "Utc12_2_CPP",
    50: "Utc12_2_C_Std",
    51: "Utc12_2_CPP_Std",
    52: "Utc12_2_C_Book",
    53: "Utc12_2_CPP_Book",
    54: "Implib622",
    55: "Cvtomf622",
    56: "Cvtres501",
    57: "Utc13_C_Std",
    58: "Utc13_CPP_Std",
    59: "Cvtpgd1300",
    60: "Linker622",
    61: "Linker700",
    62: "Export622",
    63: "Export700",
    64: "Masm700",
    65: "Utc13_POGO_I_C",
    66: "Utc13_POGO_I_CPP",
    67: "Utc13_POGO_O_C",
    68: "Utc13_POGO_O_CPP",
    69: "Cvtres700",
    70: "Cvtres710p",
    71: "Linker710p",
    72: "Cvtomf710p",
    73: "Export710p",
    74: "Implib710p",
    75: "Masm710p",
    76: "Utc1310p_C",
    77: "Utc1310p_CPP",
    78: "Utc1310p_C_Std",
    79: "Utc1310p_CPP_Std",
    80: "Utc1310p_LTCG_C",
    81: "Utc1310p_LTCG_CPP",
    82: "Utc1310p_POGO_I_C",
    83: "Utc1310p_POGO_I_CPP",
    84: "Utc1310p_POGO_O_C",
    85: "Utc1310p_POGO_O_CPP",
    86: "Linker624",
    87: "Cvtomf624",
    88: "Export624",
    89: "Implib624",
    90: "Linker710",
    91: "Cvtomf710",
    92: "Export710",
    93: "Implib710",
    94: "Cvtres710",
    95: "Utc1310_C",
    96: "Utc1310_CPP",
    97: "Utc1310_C_Std",
    98: "Utc1310_CPP_Std",
    99: "Utc1310_LTCG_C",
    100: "Utc1310_LTCG_CPP",
    101: "Utc1310_POGO_I_C",
    102: "Utc1310_POGO_I_CPP",
    103: "Utc1310_POGO_O_C",
    104: "Utc1310_POGO_O_CPP",
    105: "AliasObj710",
    106: "AliasObj710p",
    107: "Cvtpgd1310",
    108: "Cvtpgd1310p",
    109: "Utc1400_C",
    110: "Utc1400_CPP",
    111: "Utc1400_C_Std",
    112: "Utc1400_CPP_Std",
    113: "Utc1400_LTCG_C",
    114: "Utc1400_LTCG_CPP",
    115: "Utc1400_POGO_I_C",
    116: "Utc1400_POGO_I_CPP",
    117: "Utc1400_POGO_O_C",
    118: "Utc1400_POGO_O_CPP",
    119: "Cvtpgd1400",
    120: "Linker800",
    121: "Cvtomf800",
    122: "Export800",
    123: "Implib800",
    124: "Cvtres800",
    125: "Masm800",
    126: "AliasObj800",
    127: "PhoenixPrerelease",
    128: "Utc1400_CVTCIL_C",
    129: "Utc1400_CVTCIL_CPP",
    130: "Utc1400_LTCG_MSIL",
    131: "Utc1500_C",
    132: "Utc1500_CPP",
    133: "Utc1500_C_Std",
    134: "Utc1500_CPP_Std",
    135: "Utc1500_CVTCIL_C",
    136: "Utc1500_CVTCIL_CPP",
    137: "Utc1500_LTCG_C",
    138: "Utc1500_LTCG_CPP",
    139: "Utc1500_LTCG_MSIL",
    140: "Utc1500_POGO_I_C",
    141: "Utc1500_POGO_I_CPP",
    142: "Utc1500_POGO_O_C",
    143: "Utc1500_POGO_O_CPP",
    144: "Cvtpgd1500",
    145: "Linker900",
    146: "Export900",
    147: "Implib900",
    148: "Cvtres900",
    149: "Masm900",
    150: "AliasObj900",
    151: "Resource900",
    152: "AliasObj1000",
    154: "Cvtres1000",
    155: "Export1000",
    156: "Implib1000",
    157: "Linker1000",
    158: "Masm1000",
    170: "Utc1600_C",
    171: "Utc1600_CPP",
    172: "Utc1600_CVTCIL_C",
    173: "Utc1600_CVTCIL_CPP",
    174: "Utc1600_LTCG_C ",
    175: "Utc1600_LTCG_CPP",
    176: "Utc1600_LTCG_MSIL",
    177: "Utc1600_POGO_I_C",
    178: "Utc1600_POGO_I_CPP",
    179: "Utc1600_POGO_O_C",
    180: "Utc1600_POGO_O_CPP",
    183: "Linker1010",
    184: "Export1010",
    185: "Implib1010",
    186: "Cvtres1010",
    187: "Masm1010",
    188: "AliasObj1010",
    199: "AliasObj1100",
    201: "Cvtres1100",
    202: "Export1100",
    203: "Implib1100",
    204: "Linker1100",
    205: "Masm1100",
    206: "Utc1700_C",
    207: "Utc1700_CPP",
    208: "Utc1700_CVTCIL_C",
    209: "Utc1700_CVTCIL_CPP",
    210: "Utc1700_LTCG_C ",
    211: "Utc1700_LTCG_CPP",
    212: "Utc1700_LTCG_MSIL",
    213: "Utc1700_POGO_I_C",
    214: "Utc1700_POGO_I_CPP",
    215: "Utc1700_POGO_O_C",
    216: "Utc1700_POGO_O_CPP",
    219: "Cvtres1200",
    220: "Export1200",
    221: "Implib1200",
    222: "Linker1200",
    223: "Masm1200",
    # Speculation
    224: "AliasObj1200",
    237: "Cvtres1210",
    238: "Export1210",
    239: "Implib1210",
    240: "Linker1210",
    241: "Masm1210",
    # Speculation
    242: "Utc1810_C",
    243: "Utc1810_CPP",
    244: "Utc1810_CVTCIL_C",
    245: "Utc1810_CVTCIL_CPP",
    246: "Utc1810_LTCG_C ",
    247: "Utc1810_LTCG_CPP",
    248: "Utc1810_LTCG_MSIL",
    249: "Utc1810_POGO_I_C",
    250: "Utc1810_POGO_I_CPP",
    251: "Utc1810_POGO_O_C",
    252: "Utc1810_POGO_O_CPP",
    255: "Cvtres1400",
    256: "Export1400",
    257: "Implib1400",
    258: "Linker1400",
    259: "Masm1400",
    260: "Utc1900_C",
    261: "Utc1900_CPP",
    # Speculation
    262: "Utc1900_CVTCIL_C",
    263: "Utc1900_CVTCIL_CPP",
    264: "Utc1900_LTCG_C ",
    265: "Utc1900_LTCG_CPP",
    266: "Utc1900_LTCG_MSIL",
    267: "Utc1900_POGO_I_C",
    268: "Utc1900_POGO_I_CPP",
    269: "Utc1900_POGO_O_C",
    270: "Utc1900_POGO_O_CPP",
}


class Result(Enum):
    VALID = 0
    INVALID = 1
    UNABLE_TO_PARSE = 2


def _rol(val, num):
    """Rotates val to the left by num bits."""
    return ((val << (num % 32)) & 0xFFFFFFFF) | (val >> (32 - (num % 32)))


def checksum_test(pe, rich_header):
    """Tests that the Rich header checksum is valid.

    Computes what the Rich header checksum should be. If the Rich header
    contains a different checksum value, this function returns INVALID
    This indicates that either the Rich header or MS-DOS stub has been modified

    The Rich header checksum is computed from the following:
        Length of the MS-DOS stub
        Contents of the MS-DOS stub, with e_lfanew zeroed out
        Rich header @Comp.IDs and lowest 5 bits of each count
    """
    if rich_header is None:
        rich_header = {}
    # Checksum stored in Rich header
    rich_checksum = rich_header.get("checksum", None)

    # Get DOS header data
    if pe.DOS_HEADER.e_lfanew > len(pe.__data__):
        return Result.UNABLE_TO_PARSE
    data = pe.__data__[: pe.DOS_HEADER.e_lfanew]

    # Get start marker
    mask = 0x536E6144  # DanS (little-endian)
    start_marker = struct.pack(
        "<LLLL", rich_checksum ^ mask, rich_checksum, rich_checksum, rich_checksum
    )
    if not len(start_marker):
        return Result.UNABLE_TO_PARSE

    # Get index of start marker
    start_index = data.find(start_marker)
    if start_index == -1:
        return Result.UNABLE_TO_PARSE

    # Get list of @Comp.IDs and counts from Rich header
    # Elements in rich_fields at even indices are @Comp.IDs
    # Elements in rich_fields at odd indices are counts
    rich_fields = copy.deepcopy(rich_header.get("values", None))
    if len(rich_fields) % 2 != 0:
        return Result.UNABLE_TO_PARSE

    # Compute cd as MS-DOS stub portion of checksum
    # Zero out e_lfanew from 0x3c to 0x3f
    cd = 0
    for i in range(start_index):
        if i >= 0x3C and i <= 0x3F:
            cd += _rol(0, i)
        else:
            cd += _rol(data[i], i)

    # Compute cd as Rich header portion of checksum
    cr = 0
    while len(rich_fields):
        compid = rich_fields.pop(0)
        count = rich_fields.pop(0)
        cr += _rol(compid, count & 0x1F)

    # Compute checksum from MS-DOS stub start index, cd, cr
    # Only keep lowest 32 bits
    checksum = (start_index + cd + cr) & 0xFFFFFFFF

    # Compare computed checksum with the checksum in the Rich header
    if checksum != rich_checksum:
        return Result.INVALID
    else:
        return Result.VALID


def duplicate_test(pe, rich_header):
    """Checks for duplicate @Comp.IDs in the Rich header.

    If the Rich header contains duplicate entries, returns INVALID
    This indicates that the Rich header has been modified
    """
    if rich_header is None:
        rich_header = {}

    # Get list of @Comp.IDs and counts from Rich header
    # Elements in rich_fields at even indices are @Comp.IDs
    # Elements in rich_fields at odd indices are counts
    rich_fields = copy.deepcopy(rich_header.get("values", None))
    if len(rich_fields) % 2 != 0:
        return Result.UNABLE_TO_PARSE

    # Get a list of @Comp.IDs in rich_fields
    compids = []
    for i in range(len(rich_fields)):
        if i % 2 == 0:
            compids.append(rich_fields[i])

    # Check if any @Comp.IDs are duplicates
    if len(compids) != len(set(compids)):
        return Result.INVALID

    return Result.VALID


def linker_test(pe, rich_header):
    """Checks that the Rich and PE header linker versions do not conflict.

    Certain Rich Header ProdIDs correspond to linker versions
    Although they are undocumented, we have used prior research as well as our
    own to determine many of them
    There are likely more linker version ProdIDs that we have not identified

    If the linker versions conflict, this function returns INVALID
    This indicates that the Rich header or PE header has been modified
    """
    if rich_header is None:
        rich_header = {}

    # Get list of @Comp.IDs and counts from Rich header
    # Elements in rich_fields at even indices are @Comp.IDs
    # Elements in rich_fields at odd indices are counts
    rich_fields = copy.deepcopy(rich_header.get("values", None))
    if len(rich_fields) % 2 != 0:
        return Result.UNABLE_TO_PARSE

    # Get list of ProdIDs from rich_fields
    prodids = []
    for i in range(len(rich_fields)):
        if i % 2 == 0:
            prodids.append(rich_fields[i] >> 16)

    # Parse major and minor linker versions from PE header
    pe_major = pe.OPTIONAL_HEADER.MajorLinkerVersion
    pe_minor = pe.OPTIONAL_HEADER.MinorLinkerVersion

    # Iterate over Rich header ProdIDs
    found_linker = False
    for prodid in prodids:

        # Only interested in ProdIDs that correspond to linker versions
        if KNOWN_PRODUCT_IDS.get(prodid) is None:
            continue
        prodid_name = KNOWN_PRODUCT_IDS[prodid]
        if not prodid_name.startswith("Linker"):
            continue

        found_linker = True

        # Parse major and minor linker version from ProdID
        prodid_name = prodid_name[6:]
        if prodid_name.endswith("p"):
            prodid_name = prodid_name[:-1]
        rich_major = int(prodid_name[:-2])
        rich_minor = int(prodid_name[-2:])

        # Check whether the Rich and PE linker versions match
        if pe_major == rich_major and pe_minor == rich_minor:
            return Result.VALID

    if not found_linker:
        return Result.UNABLE_TO_PARSE

    return Result.INVALID


def import_count_test(pe, rich_header):
    """Checks that import0 does not conflict with the IAT import count.

    The Rich header contains a ProdID called import0
    It is related to the number of imports in the IAT, but we are unsure how
    It is never less than the number of imports in the IAT

    If import0 is less than IAT import count, this function returns INVALID
    This indicates that the Rich header or IAT has been modified
    """
    if rich_header is None:
        rich_header = {}

    # Check whether the file has an IAT
    if not hasattr(pe, "DIRECTORY_ENTRY_IMPORT"):
        return Result.UNABLE_TO_PARSE

    # Get the number of imports in the IAT
    iat_count = 0
    for entry in pe.DIRECTORY_ENTRY_IMPORT:
        for imported_function in entry.imports:
            iat_count += 1

    # Get list of @Comp.IDs and counts from Rich header
    # Elements in rich_fields at even indices are @Comp.IDs
    # Elements in rich_fields at odd indices are counts
    rich_fields = copy.deepcopy(rich_header.get("values", None))
    if len(rich_fields) % 2 != 0:
        return Result.INVALID

    # Get @Comp.ID 65536 (ProdID Import0)
    import0_count = None
    while len(rich_fields):
        compid = rich_fields.pop(0)
        count = rich_fields.pop(0)
        if compid == 65536:
            import0_count = count

    # Legitimate files never have import0_count < iat_count
    if import0_count is None:
        return Result.VALID

    if import0_count < iat_count:
        return Result.INVALID

    return Result.VALID