Omar Ochoa

42 papers B 2C 13Misc 2Journal 11Unranked 14
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2026 J jnl
CoRR
Lynn Vonderhaar, Timothy Elvira, Tyler Thomas Procko, Omar Ochoa
2026 J jnl
Frontiers Artif. Intell.
Alexandra Newcomb, Omar Ochoa
2026 J jnl
Softw.
Lynn Vonderhaar, Juan Ortiz Couder, Tyler Thomas Procko, Eva Lueddeke, Daryela Cisneros, Omar Ochoa
2025 J jnl
Int. J. Semantic Comput.
Sarah A. Reynolds, Omar Ochoa
2025 conf
ICSC
Lynn Vonderhaar, Timothy Elvira, Tyler Thomas Procko, Omar Ochoa
2025 Misc conf
FLAIRS
Lynn Vonderhaar, Timothy Elvira, Juan Ortiz Couder, Omar Ochoa
2025 B conf
CAIN
Lynn Vonderhaar, Timothy Elvira, Omar Ochoa
2025 Misc conf
FLAIRS
Lynn Vonderhaar, Timothy Elvira, Omar Ochoa
2025 J jnl
IEEE Access
Luke Newcomb, Alexandra Newcomb, Omar Ochoa
2024 J jnl
Frontiers Artif. Intell.
Tyler Procko, Timothy Elvira, Omar Ochoa
2024 C conf
ICMLA
Timothy Elvira, Tyler Thomas Procko, Lynn Vonderhaar, Omar Ochoa
2024 C conf
FIE
Juan Ortiz Couder, William C. Pate, Daniel A. Machado, Omar Ochoa
2024 C conf
FIE
Sarah A. Reynolds, Omar Ochoa, Massood Towhidnejad, James J. Pembridge, Radu F. Babiceanu
2024 J jnl
J. Aerosp. Inf. Syst.
Tyler Thomas Procko, Omar Ochoa
2024 J jnl
CoRR
Lynn Vonder Haar, Timothy Elvira, Luke Newcomb, Omar Ochoa
2024 J jnl
J. Aerosp. Inf. Syst.
Alexandra Davidoff, Lynn Vonderhaar, Alexis Caldwell, Tyler Procko, Omar Ochoa
2024 J jnl
CoRR
Lynn Vonderhaar, Timothy Elvira, Tyler Procko, Omar Ochoa
2023 C conf
FIE
Omar Ochoa, Massood Towhidnejad, James J. Pembridge, Radu F. Babiceanu
2023 C conf
FIE
Sarah A. Reynolds, William C. Pate, Omar Ochoa
2023 J jnl
Eng. Appl. Artif. Intell.
Lynn Vonder Haar, Timothy Elvira, Omar Ochoa
2023 conf
TransAI
Tyler Thomas Procko, Omar Ochoa, Timothy Elvira
2023 conf
TransAI
Tyler Thomas Procko, Timothy Elvira, Omar Ochoa
2023 C conf
FIE
Sarah A. Reynolds, Alexis Caldwell, Tyler Procko, Omar Ochoa
2023 conf
ICSC
Lynn Vonder Haar, Sarah A. Reynolds, Tyler Procko, Omar Ochoa
2022 conf
ICSC
Tyler Procko, Timothy Elvira, Omar Ochoa, Nicholas Del Rio
2022 C conf
FIE
Omar Ochoa, Sarah A. Reynolds
2022 conf
ICSC
Jessica Steinmann, Omar Ochoa
2021 C conf
FIE
Omar Ochoa, Massood Towhidnejad, Timothy Wilson, James Pembridze, Erin Bowen, Carlos Castro
2020 conf
ICSC
Omar Ochoa, Miralda Rodney, Nicholas Del Rio
2019 C conf
FIE
Omar Ochoa, Adam Babbit
2018 C conf
FIE
Omar Ochoa, Miralda Rodney, Massood Towhidnejad, Salamah Salamah
2018 conf
ICSSA
Omar Ochoa, Jessica Steinmann, Yevgeniy Lischuk
2018 conf
HCI (16)
Tia Larsen-Calcano, Omar Ochoa, Richard Simonson
2015 C conf
FIE
Omar Ochoa, Salamah Salamah
2015 conf
HASE
Salamah Salamah, Omar Ochoa, Yadira Jacquez
2013 conf
WCSC
Christian Servin, Aline Jaimes, Craig E. Tweedie, Aaron Velasco, Omar Ochoa, Vladik Kreinovich
2012 C conf
SEKE
Salamah Salamah, Matthew Engskow, Omar Ochoa
2009 conf
MICAI
Alberto Ochoa, María Beatríz Bernábe-Loranca, Omar Ochoa
2008 conf
SETP
Salamah Salamah, Irbis Gallegos, Omar Ochoa
2008 C conf
SEKE
Irbis Gallegos, Omar Ochoa, Ann Q. Gates, Steve Roach, Salamah Salamah, Corina Vela
2007 B conf
RV
Omar Ochoa, Irbis Gallegos, Steve Roach, Ann Q. Gates
2005 conf
WORDS
Ann Q. Gates, Steve Roach, Irbis Gallegos, Omar Ochoa, Oleg Sokolsky
redb/extractors/elf_extractors/elf_imports.py
← Index redb/extractors/elf_extractors/elf_imports.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 ELFImport


class ELFImportExtractor(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_imports = None
        self.elastic_index = self.index_prefix + "-elf_imports"
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)

    def _get_import_libraries(self, elf) -> List[str]:
        """Extract imported libraries from dynamic section."""
        libraries = []

        try:
            # Get the dynamic section
            dynamic_section = elf.get_section_by_name('.dynamic')
            if not dynamic_section:
                return libraries

            # Extract DT_NEEDED entries (required libraries)
            for tag in dynamic_section.iter_tags():
                if tag.entry.d_tag == 'DT_NEEDED':
                    libraries.append(tag.needed)

        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error extracting import libraries: {e}")

        return libraries

    def _get_imported_functions_from_symbols(self, elf) -> Set[str]:
        """Extract imported functions from dynamic symbol table."""
        imported_functions = set()

        try:
            # Get the dynamic symbol table
            dynsym_section = elf.get_section_by_name('.dynsym')
            if not dynsym_section or not hasattr(dynsym_section, 'iter_symbols'):
                return imported_functions

            # Look for undefined symbols (imports)
            for symbol in dynsym_section.iter_symbols():
                # Check if symbol is undefined (imported)
                if (symbol.entry.get('st_shndx', 0) == 'SHN_UNDEF' and
                    symbol.name and
                    symbol.entry.get('st_info', {}).get('bind') in ['STB_GLOBAL', 'STB_WEAK']):
                    imported_functions.add(symbol.name)

        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error extracting imported functions from symbols: {e}")

        return imported_functions

    def _get_imported_functions_from_relocations(self, elf) -> Set[str]:
        """Extract imported functions from relocation sections."""
        imported_functions = set()

        try:
            # Look through relocation sections
            for section in elf.iter_sections():
                if hasattr(section, 'iter_relocations'):
                    try:
                        for relocation in section.iter_relocations():
                            # Get symbol associated with relocation
                            if hasattr(relocation, 'symbol') and relocation.symbol:
                                symbol_name = relocation.symbol.name
                                if symbol_name:
                                    imported_functions.add(symbol_name)
                    except Exception as e:
                        self.log.debug(f"Could not process relocations in section {section.name}: {e}")

        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error extracting imported functions from relocations: {e}")

        return imported_functions

    def _get_plt_functions(self, elf) -> Set[str]:
        """Extract functions from PLT (Procedure Linkage Table) sections."""
        plt_functions = set()

        try:
            # Look for PLT-related sections
            plt_sections = ['.plt', '.plt.got', '.plt.sec']

            for section_name in plt_sections:
                section = elf.get_section_by_name(section_name)
                if section:
                    # PLT functions are typically associated with relocations
                    # We'll get them from the relocation analysis
                    pass

        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error extracting PLT functions: {e}")

        return plt_functions

    def tag(self):
        return Tag.ELF_IMPORTS.value if hasattr(Tag, 'ELF_IMPORTS') else "elf_imports"

    def extract(self):
        try:
            self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)

            def extract_data(elf):
                # Extract import libraries
                import_libraries = self._get_import_libraries(elf)

                # Extract imported functions from multiple sources
                imported_functions = set()

                # From dynamic symbols
                symbol_imports = self._get_imported_functions_from_symbols(elf)
                imported_functions.update(symbol_imports)

                # From relocations
                relocation_imports = self._get_imported_functions_from_relocations(elf)
                imported_functions.update(relocation_imports)

                # From PLT
                plt_imports = self._get_plt_functions(elf)
                imported_functions.update(plt_imports)

                # Convert to sorted lists for consistent output
                import_libraries_list = sorted(list(set(import_libraries)))
                import_functions_list = sorted(list(imported_functions))

                # Return ELFImport dataclass
                return ELFImport(
                    elf_imports_total=len(import_functions_list),
                    elf_import_libraries=import_libraries_list,
                    elf_import_functions=import_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_imports = result
            return self.elf_imports

        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error extracting ELF imports {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_imports
        elif exporter_type == "ClickHouseExporter":
            try:
                if not self.elf_imports:
                    return None

                # Prepare data array
                data = [[
                    self.sha256,
                    self.md5,
                    self.sha1,
                    self.elf_imports.elf_imports_total,
                    self.elf_imports.elf_import_libraries,
                    self.elf_imports.elf_import_functions,
                    datetime.now(timezone.utc)
                ]]

                column_names = [
                    'sha256', 'md5', 'sha1',
                    'elf_imports_total',
                    'elf_import_libraries',
                    'elf_import_functions',
                    'analysis_date'
                ]

                column_type_names = [
                    'FixedString(64)', 'FixedString(32)', 'FixedString(40)',
                    'UInt32',
                    'Array(LowCardinality(String))',
                    'Array(LowCardinality(String))',
                    'DateTime64(3, \'UTC\')'
                ]

                if not data:
                    return None

                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_imports"