R. Ryan Nelson

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2024 J jnl
MIS Q. Executive
R. Ryan Nelson
2022 J jnl
J. Assoc. Inf. Syst.
Richard J. Skinner, R. Ryan Nelson, Wynne Chin
2021 J jnl
Found. Trends Inf. Syst.
R. Ryan Nelson
2019 conf
AMCIS
Lesley Land, Michelle Tandjung, Graham Low, Wynne W. Chin, R. Ryan Nelson, Kam Hay Fung
2015 J jnl
Commun. Assoc. Inf. Syst.
Richard J. Skinner, R. Ryan Nelson, Wynne W. Chin, Lesley Land
2014 J jnl
MIS Q. Executive
R. Ryan Nelson, Michael G. Morris
2010 conf
AMCIS
R. Ryan Nelson
2009 J jnl
MIS Q. Executive
R. Ryan Nelson, Karen Jansen
2007 J jnl
MIS Q. Executive
R. Ryan Nelson
2005 J jnl
J. Manag. Inf. Syst.
R. Ryan Nelson, Peter A. Todd, Barbara H. Wixom
2005 J jnl
MIS Q. Executive
R. Ryan Nelson
1999 conf
HICSS
R. Ryan Nelson, Peter A. Todd
1997 J jnl
Data Base
R. Ryan Nelson
1995 J jnl
Commun. ACM
R. Ryan Nelson, Ellen M. Whitener, Henry H. Philcox
1993 J jnl
Inf. Manag.
Dennis A. Adams, Peter A. Todd, R. Ryan Nelson
1992 J jnl
MIS Q.
Dennis A. Adams, R. Ryan Nelson, Peter A. Todd
1992 conf
SIGCPR
Carol Brown, Kate Kaiser, Robert Klepper, R. Ryan Nelson
1991 conf
SIGCPR
R. Ryan Nelson, Michael W. Kattan, Paul H. Cheney
1991 J jnl
MIS Q.
R. Ryan Nelson
1988 J jnl
Inf. Process. Manag.
Paul H. Cheney, R. Ryan Nelson
1988 J jnl
J. Manag. Inf. Syst.
Maryam Alavi, R. Ryan Nelson, Ira R. Weiss
1987 J jnl
Data Base
R. Ryan Nelson, Paul H. Cheney
1987 J jnl
Inf. Manag.
John A. Ricketts, R. Ryan Nelson
1987 J jnl
MIS Q.
R. Ryan Nelson, Paul H. Cheney
redb/extractors/decompiler/_archive/GhidraDecompilerScript-latest.java
← Index redb/extractors/decompiler/_archive/GhidraDecompilerScript-latest.java java
import ghidra.app.script.GhidraScript;
import ghidra.program.model.listing.*;
import ghidra.app.decompiler.*;
import ghidra.program.model.block.*;
import ghidra.program.model.symbol.*;
import ghidra.program.model.pcode.*;
import ghidra.program.model.address.*;
import org.json.JSONObject;
import org.json.JSONArray;
import java.security.MessageDigest;
import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;

public class GhidraDecompilerScript extends GhidraScript {
    private DecompInterface decompInterface;
    private BasicBlockModel basicBlockModel;
    
    @Override
    public void run() throws Exception {
        // Get binary hash and filepath from arguments
        String[] args = getScriptArgs();
        if (args.length < 2) {
            System.err.println("{\"error\": \"Both SHA256 and filepath arguments are required\"}");
            return;
        }
        String sha256 = args[0];
        String filepath = args[1];

        // Initialize analysis components
        setupDecompiler();
        basicBlockModel = new BasicBlockModel(currentProgram);

        // Create the main JSON object for output
        JSONObject output = new JSONObject();
        output.put("sha256", sha256);
        output.put("decompiled", new JSONArray());
        output.put("disassembled", new JSONArray());
        output.put("cfg", new JSONArray());

        // Process all functions
        FunctionIterator functions = currentProgram.getFunctionManager().getFunctions(true);
        for (Function function : functions) {
            processFunction(function, output);
        }

        // Output the final JSON to stdout
        System.out.println(output.toString());
    }

    private void setupDecompiler() {
        decompInterface = new DecompInterface();
        DecompileOptions options = new DecompileOptions();
        decompInterface.setOptions(options);
        decompInterface.openProgram(currentProgram);
    }

    private void processFunction(Function function, JSONObject output) {
        Address entry = function.getEntryPoint();
        String functionName = function.getName();
        String functionAddress = entry.toString();

        // Process decompiled code
        processDecompiledCode(function, output.getJSONArray("decompiled"), 
                            functionName, functionAddress);

        // Process disassembled code
        processDisassembledCode(function, output.getJSONArray("disassembled"), 
                              functionName, functionAddress);

        // Process CFG
        processCFG(function, output.getJSONArray("cfg"), functionAddress);
    }

    private void processDecompiledCode(Function function, JSONArray decompArray, 
                                     String functionName, String functionAddress) {
        DecompileResults results = decompInterface.decompileFunction(function, 30, monitor);
        if (results.decompileCompleted()) {
            String decompiledCode = results.getDecompiledFunction().getC();
            String contentHash = calculateHash(decompiledCode);

            JSONObject functionObj = new JSONObject();
            functionObj.put("decompiled_content_hash", contentHash);
            functionObj.put("decompiled_function_name", functionName);
            functionObj.put("decompiled_function_address", functionAddress);
            functionObj.put("decompiled_function", decompiledCode);
            
            decompArray.put(functionObj);
        }
    }

    private void processDisassembledCode(Function function, JSONArray disasmArray, 
                                       String functionName, String functionAddress) {
        try {
            StringBuilder disassembly = new StringBuilder();
            StringBuilder normalized = new StringBuilder();
            int instructionCount = 0;

            Listing listing = currentProgram.getListing();
            AddressSetView functionBody = function.getBody();
            InstructionIterator instructions = listing.getInstructions(functionBody, true);

            while (instructions.hasNext()) {
                try {
                    Instruction instr = instructions.next();
                    String disasmLine = instr.toString();
                    disassembly.append(disasmLine).append("\n");
                    normalized.append(normalizeInstruction(disasmLine)).append("\n");
                    instructionCount++;
                } catch (Exception e) {
                    System.err.println("Error processing instruction in " + functionName + ": " + e.getMessage());
                }
            }

            String disassembledCode = disassembly.toString();
            String contentHash = calculateHash(disassembledCode);

            JSONObject functionObj = new JSONObject();
            functionObj.put("disassembled_content_hash", contentHash);
            functionObj.put("disassembled_function_name", functionName);
            functionObj.put("disassembled_function_address", functionAddress);
            functionObj.put("disassembled_function", disassembledCode);
            functionObj.put("normalized_disassembly", normalized.toString());
            functionObj.put("instruction_count", instructionCount);

            // Set similarity-related fields to null for now
            functionObj.put("minhash_signature", JSONObject.NULL);
            functionObj.put("opcode_frequency_vector", JSONObject.NULL);
            functionObj.put("api_calls_vector", JSONObject.NULL);
            functionObj.put("instruction_embedding", JSONObject.NULL);

            disasmArray.put(functionObj);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            System.err.println("Error processing disassembly for " + functionName + ": " + e.getMessage());
        }
    }

    private void processCFG(Function function, JSONArray cfgArray, String functionAddress) {
        try {
            CodeBlockIterator blocks = basicBlockModel.getCodeBlocksContaining(
                function.getBody(), monitor);

            while (blocks.hasNext()) {
                CodeBlock block = blocks.next();
                String blockInstructions = getBlockInstructions(block);
                String blockId = calculateHash(blockInstructions);

                JSONObject blockObj = new JSONObject();
                blockObj.put("block_id", blockId);
                blockObj.put("function_address", functionAddress);
                blockObj.put("block_instructions", blockInstructions);

                // Get successor blocks
                CodeBlockReferenceIterator successors = block.getDestinations(monitor);
                JSONArray successorAddresses = new JSONArray();
                while (successors.hasNext()) {
                    CodeBlockReference ref = successors.next();
                    successorAddresses.put(ref.getDestinationAddress().toString());
                }
                blockObj.put("successor_blocks", successorAddresses);

                cfgArray.put(blockObj);
            }
        } catch (Exception e) {
            System.err.println("{\"error\": \"Error processing CFG: " + 
                             e.getMessage().replace("\"", "'") + "\"}");
        }
    }

    private String normalizeInstruction(String instruction) {
        return instruction.replaceAll("0x[0-9a-fA-F]+", "IMM")
                        .replaceAll("\\b\\d+\\b", "NUM");
    }

    private String getBlockInstructions(CodeBlock block) {
        StringBuilder instructions = new StringBuilder();
        AddressIterator addresses = block.getAddresses(true);
        while (addresses.hasNext()) {
            Address addr = addresses.next();
            Instruction instr = currentProgram.getListing().getInstructionAt(addr);
            if (instr != null) {
                instructions.append(instr.toString()).append("\n");
            }
        }
        return instructions.toString();
    }

    private String calculateHash(String content) {
        try {
            MessageDigest digest = MessageDigest.getInstance("SHA-256");
            byte[] hash = digest.digest(content.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
            StringBuilder hexString = new StringBuilder();
            for (byte b : hash) {
                hexString.append(String.format("%02x", b));
            }
            return hexString.toString();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            System.err.println("{\"error\": \"Error calculating hash\"}");
            return "";
        }
    }
}