Omid Maghazei

12 papers Journal 2Unranked 10
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2026 J jnl
Int. J. Prod. Res.
Fotios Petropoulos, Henk Akkermans, O. Zeynep Aksin, Imran Ali, Mohamed Zied Babai, Ana Barbosa-Póvoa, Olga Battaïa, Maria Besiou, Nils Boysen, Stephen Brammer, Alistair Brandon-Jones, Dirk Briskorn, Tyson R. Browning, Paul Buijs, Piera Centobelli, Andrea Chiarini, Paul Cousins, Elizabeth A. Cudney, Andrew Davies, Steven J. Day, René de Koster, Rommert Dekker, Juliano Denicol, Mélanie Despeisse, Stephen M. Disney, Alexandre Dolgui, Linh Duong, Malek El-Qallali, Behnam Fahimnia, Fatemeh Fakhredin, Stanley B. Gershwin, Salar Ghamat, Vaggelis Giannikas, Christoph H. Glock, Janet Godsell, Kannan Govindan, Claire Hannibal, Anders Haug, Tomislav Hernaus, Juliana Hsuan, Dmitry Ivanov, Marianne Jahre, Björn Johansson, Madan Shankar Kalidoss, Argyris Kanellopoulos, Devika Kannan, Elif Karul, Konstantinos V. Katsikopoulos, Ayse Begüm Kilic-Ararat, Rainer Kolisch, Maximilian Koppenberg, Maneesh Kumar, Yong-Hong Kuo, Andrew Kusiak, Michael A. Lewis, Stanley Frederick W. T. Lim, Veronique Limère, Jiyin Liu, Omid Maghazei, Matija Maric, Joern Meissner, Miranda Meuwissen, Pietro Micheli, Samudaya Nanayakkara, Bengü Nur Özdemir, Thanos Papadopoulos, Stephen Pavelin, Srinath Perera, Wendy Phillips, Dennis Prak, Hubert Pun, Sharfah Ahmad Qazi, Usha Ramanathan, Gerald Reiner, Ewout Reitsma, Jens K. Roehrich, Nada R. Sanders, Joseph Sarkis, Nico André Schmid, Christoph G. Schmidt, Andreas Schroeder, Kostas Selviaridis, Stefan Seuring, Chuan Shi, Byung-Gak Son, Martin Spring, Brian Squire, Wendy van der Valk, Dirk Pieter van Donk, Geert-Jan van Houtum, Miriam Wilhelm, Finn Wynstra, Ting Zheng
2025 conf
APMS (4)
Erlend Alfnes, Omid Maghazei, Bella Belerivana Nujen, Johanne Bjørnsen Skjetne, Ludvig Lilleby Johansson
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Fotios Petropoulos, Henk Akkermans, O. Zeynep Aksin, Imran Ali, Mohamed Zied Babai, Ana Barbosa-Póvoa, Olga Battaïa, Maria Besiou, Nils Boysen, Stephen Brammer, Alistair Brandon-Jones, Dirk Briskorn, Tyson R. Browning, Paul Buijs, Piera Centobelli, Andrea Chiarini, Paul Cousins, Elizabeth A. Cudney, Andrew Davies, Steven J. Day, René de Koster, Rommert Dekker, Juliano Denicol, Mélanie Despeisse, Stephen M. Disney, Alexandre Dolgui, Linh Duong, Malek El-Qallali, Behnam Fahimnia, Fatemeh Fakhredin, Stanley B. Gershwin, Salar Ghamat, Vaggelis Giannikas, Christoph H. Glock, Janet Godsell, Kannan Govindan, Claire Hannibal, Anders Haug, Tomislav Hernaus, Juliana Hsuan, Dmitry Ivanov, Marianne Jahre, Björn Johansson, Madan Shankar Kalidoss, Argyris Kanellopoulos, Devika Kannan, Elif Karul, Konstantinos V. Katsikopoulos, Ayse Begüm Kilic-Ararat, Rainer Kolisch, Maximilian Koppenberg, Maneesh Kumar, Yong-Hong Kuo, Andrew Kusiak, Michael A. Lewis, Stanley Frederick W. T. Lim, Veronique Limère, Jiyin Liu, Omid Maghazei, Matija Maric, Joern Meissner, Miranda Meuwissen, Pietro Micheli, Samudaya Nanayakkara, Bengü Nur Özdemir, Thanos Papadopoulos, Stephen Pavelin, Srinath Perera, Wendy Phillips, Dennis Prak, Hubert Pun, Sharfah Ahmad Qazi, Usha Ramanathan, Gerald Reiner, Ewout Reitsma, Jens K. Roehrich, Nada R. Sanders, Joseph Sarkis, Nico André Schmid, Christoph G. Schmidt, Andreas Schroeder, Kostas Selviaridis, Stefan Seuring, Chuan Shi, Byung-Gak Son, Martin Spring, Brian Squire, Wendy van der Valk, Dirk Pieter van Donk, Geert-Jan van Houtum, Miriam Wilhelm, Finn Wynstra, Ting Zheng
2024 conf
APMS (1)
Luca Keller, Omid Maghazei, Clemens Gróf, Torbjørn H. Netland
2023 conf
APMS (1)
Omid Maghazei, Marco Messerli, Thomas Gittler, Torbjørn H. Netland
2023 conf
APMS (1)
Jannick Fiedler, Omid Maghazei, Arne Seeliger, Torbjørn H. Netland
2022 conf
APMS (1)
Daniel Omidvarkarjan, Robin Streuli, Omid Maghazei, Torbjørn H. Netland, Mirko Meboldt
2022 conf
APMS (1)
Wan Ri Ho, Omid Maghazei, Torbjørn H. Netland
2021 conf
APMS (4)
Omid Maghazei, Torbjørn H. Netland, Dirk Frauenberger, Tobias Thalmann
2017 conf
APMS (1)
Omid Maghazei, Torbjørn H. Netland
2015 conf
APMS (2)
Aldo Duchi, Omid Maghazei, Davide Sili, Marco Bassan, Paul Schönsleben
2014 conf
APMS (3)
Gökan May, Omid Maghazei, Marco Taisch, Andrea Bettoni, Marco Cinus, Annarita Matarazzo
redb/extractors/apk_extractors/apk_inconsistency_tests.py
← Index redb/extractors/apk_extractors/apk_inconsistency_tests.py python
import inspect
import re
from datetime import datetime, timezone
from typing import Any

from redb.extractors.enum import Tag
from redb.extractors.apk_extractor import APKExtractor
from redb.models.dataclasses import APKInconsistencyTests

# Emulator detection indicator strings
EMULATOR_INDICATORS = {
    "generic", "sdk", "google_sdk", "Emulator",
    "goldfish", "ranchu", "Andy", "Genymotion",
    "BlueStacks", "nox", "ttVM_Hdragon",
}

# Root detection indicator strings
ROOT_INDICATORS = {
    "/system/app/Superuser.apk",
    "/system/xbin/su",
    "/system/bin/su",
    "com.noshufou.android.su",
    "com.thirdparty.superuser",
    "eu.chainfire.supersu",
    "com.koushikdutta.superuser",
    "com.topjohnwu.magisk",
}

# Standard DEX filename pattern
STANDARD_DEX_PATTERN = re.compile(r"^classes\d*\.dex$")


class APKInconsistencyTestsExtractor(APKExtractor):

    def __init__(
        self, filepath, log, exporters=None, index_prefix=None,
        known_benign=False, known_malicious=False,
        apk=None,
    ):
        super().__init__(
            filepath, log, exporters, index_prefix,
            known_benign, known_malicious, apk,
        )
        self.test_results = None
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)

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

    def _test_zip_bomb(self):
        """Check if any ZIP entry has compression ratio > 100:1."""
        try:
            zf = self._get_zip_file()
            if not zf:
                return None
            with zf:
                for info in zf.infolist():
                    if info.compress_size > 0:
                        ratio = info.file_size / info.compress_size
                        if ratio > 100:
                            return True
            return False
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.warning(f"Error in zip bomb test: {e}")
            return None

    def _test_zip_duplicate_entries(self):
        """Check for duplicate filenames in ZIP directory."""
        try:
            zf = self._get_zip_file()
            if not zf:
                return None
            with zf:
                names = [info.filename for info in zf.infolist()]
                return len(names) != len(set(names))
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.warning(f"Error in duplicate entries test: {e}")
            return None

    def _test_zip_path_traversal(self):
        """Check for path traversal (../) in ZIP entry names."""
        try:
            for f in self._list_files():
                if ".." in f or f.startswith("/"):
                    return True
            return False
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.warning(f"Error in path traversal test: {e}")
            return None

    def _test_zip_suspicious_timestamps(self):
        """Check for timestamps at epoch (1980) or in the future."""
        try:
            zf = self._get_zip_file()
            if not zf:
                return None
            now = datetime.now()
            with zf:
                for info in zf.infolist():
                    try:
                        dt = datetime(*info.date_time)
                        if dt.year <= 1980 or dt > now:
                            return True
                    except (ValueError, TypeError):
                        continue
            return False
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.warning(f"Error in suspicious timestamps test: {e}")
            return None

    def _test_hidden_dex_files(self):
        """Check for DEX files not matching classes*.dex pattern."""
        try:
            for f in self._list_files():
                if f.endswith(".dex"):
                    basename = f.split("/")[-1]
                    if not STANDARD_DEX_PATTERN.match(basename):
                        return True
            return False
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.warning(f"Error in hidden DEX files test: {e}")
            return None

    def _test_manifest_component_mismatch(self):
        """Check for declared components that don't exist in DEX."""
        try:
            if not self._is_valid_apk():
                return None

            # Get all class names from DEX
            dex_classes = set()
            try:
                from androguard.core.dex import DEX
                for dex_data in (self.apk.get_all_dex() or []):
                    try:
                        d = DEX(dex_data)
                        for cls in d.get_classes():
                            name = cls.get_name()
                            if name:
                                # Convert "Lcom/example/Foo;" to "com.example.Foo"
                                dex_classes.add(
                                    name[1:-1].replace("/", ".") if name.startswith("L") else name
                                )
                    except Exception:
                        continue
            except Exception:
                return None

            if not dex_classes:
                return None

            # Check manifest components against DEX classes
            components = []
            try:
                components.extend(self.apk.get_activities() or [])
                components.extend(self.apk.get_services() or [])
                components.extend(self.apk.get_receivers() or [])
                components.extend(self.apk.get_providers() or [])
            except Exception:
                return None

            for comp in components:
                if comp and comp not in dex_classes:
                    # Component might use a shorthand; check with package prefix
                    package = self.apk.get_package() or ""
                    full_name = package + comp if comp.startswith(".") else comp
                    if full_name not in dex_classes:
                        return True

            return False
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.warning(f"Error in manifest component mismatch test: {e}")
            return None

    def _test_debuggable_release(self):
        """Check android:debuggable=true combined with a release signature."""
        try:
            if not self._is_valid_apk():
                return None

            is_debuggable = self.apk.get_attribute_value(
                "application", "debuggable"
            ) == "true"

            if not is_debuggable:
                return False

            # Check if it has a signing certificate (release builds have certs)
            try:
                certs = self.apk.get_certificates()
                if certs and len(certs) > 0:
                    return True
            except Exception:
                pass

            return False
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.warning(f"Error in debuggable release test: {e}")
            return None

    def _get_dex_strings(self):
        """Get all string constants from DEX files."""
        all_strings = set()
        try:
            from androguard.core.dex import DEX
            for dex_data in (self.apk.get_all_dex() or []):
                try:
                    d = DEX(dex_data)
                    for s in d.get_strings():
                        if s:
                            all_strings.add(s)
                except Exception:
                    continue
        except Exception:
            pass
        return all_strings

    def _test_emulator_detection_strings(self):
        """Check for emulator detection patterns in DEX strings."""
        try:
            if not self._is_valid_apk():
                return None

            dex_strings = self._get_dex_strings()
            for indicator in EMULATOR_INDICATORS:
                for s in dex_strings:
                    if indicator in s:
                        return True
            return False
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.warning(f"Error in emulator detection test: {e}")
            return None

    def _test_debugger_detection(self):
        """Check for debugger detection API calls in DEX."""
        try:
            if not self._is_valid_apk():
                return None

            dex_strings = self._get_dex_strings()
            debugger_patterns = {
                "isDebuggerConnected",
                "waitingForDebugger",
                "Debug.isDebuggerConnected",
            }
            for pattern in debugger_patterns:
                for s in dex_strings:
                    if pattern in s:
                        return True
            return False
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.warning(f"Error in debugger detection test: {e}")
            return None

    def _test_root_detection(self):
        """Check for root detection patterns in DEX."""
        try:
            if not self._is_valid_apk():
                return None

            dex_strings = self._get_dex_strings()
            for indicator in ROOT_INDICATORS:
                for s in dex_strings:
                    if indicator in s:
                        return True
            return False
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.warning(f"Error in root detection test: {e}")
            return None

    def extract(self):
        if not self._is_valid_apk():
            self.log.error(f"Invalid APK for {self.hash.sha256}")
            return None

        self.test_results = APKInconsistencyTests(
            test_zip_bomb=self._test_zip_bomb(),
            test_zip_duplicate_entries=self._test_zip_duplicate_entries(),
            test_zip_path_traversal=self._test_zip_path_traversal(),
            test_zip_suspicious_timestamps=self._test_zip_suspicious_timestamps(),
            test_hidden_dex_files=self._test_hidden_dex_files(),
            test_manifest_component_mismatch=self._test_manifest_component_mismatch(),
            test_debuggable_release=self._test_debuggable_release(),
            test_emulator_detection_strings=self._test_emulator_detection_strings(),
            test_debugger_detection=self._test_debugger_detection(),
            test_root_detection=self._test_root_detection(),
        )
        return self.test_results

    def _bool_to_nullable(self, val):
        """Convert bool/None to ClickHouse Nullable(UInt8)."""
        if val is None:
            return None
        return int(val)

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

            current_time = datetime.now(timezone.utc)
            t = self.test_results

            data = [[
                self.sha256,
                self._bool_to_nullable(t.test_zip_bomb),
                self._bool_to_nullable(t.test_zip_duplicate_entries),
                self._bool_to_nullable(t.test_zip_path_traversal),
                self._bool_to_nullable(t.test_zip_suspicious_timestamps),
                self._bool_to_nullable(t.test_hidden_dex_files),
                self._bool_to_nullable(t.test_manifest_component_mismatch),
                self._bool_to_nullable(t.test_debuggable_release),
                self._bool_to_nullable(t.test_emulator_detection_strings),
                self._bool_to_nullable(t.test_debugger_detection),
                self._bool_to_nullable(t.test_root_detection),
                current_time,
            ]]

            column_names = [
                'sha256',
                'test_zip_bomb', 'test_zip_duplicate_entries',
                'test_zip_path_traversal', 'test_zip_suspicious_timestamps',
                'test_hidden_dex_files', 'test_manifest_component_mismatch',
                'test_debuggable_release', 'test_emulator_detection_strings',
                'test_debugger_detection', 'test_root_detection',
                'analysis_date',
            ]

            column_type_names = [
                'FixedString(64)',
                'Nullable(UInt8)', 'Nullable(UInt8)',
                'Nullable(UInt8)', 'Nullable(UInt8)',
                'Nullable(UInt8)', 'Nullable(UInt8)',
                'Nullable(UInt8)', 'Nullable(UInt8)',
                'Nullable(UInt8)', 'Nullable(UInt8)',
                "DateTime64(3, 'UTC')",
            ]

            return (data, column_names, column_type_names)

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