Raffaella Settimi

21 papers A* 2A 6Journal 8Unranked 5
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2025 conf
ITiCSE (2)
Anu G. Bourgeois, Wendy Fisher, Albert Lionelle, Armin R. Mikler, Raffaella Settimi
2019 J jnl
SIGKDD Explor.
Bamshad Mobasher, Lucia Dettori, Daniela Raicu, Raffaella Settimi, Nasim Sonboli, Monica Stettler
2013 J jnl
CoRR
Raffaella Settimi, Jim Q. Smith, A. S. Gargoum
2013 J jnl
CoRR
Raffaella Settimi, Jim Q. Smith
2013 A* conf
ICDM
Zahra Ferdowsi, Rayid Ghani, Raffaella Settimi
2010 conf
DMIN
Zahra Ferdowsi, Raffaella Settimi, Daniela Stan Raicu
2010 J jnl
Empir. Softw. Eng.
Xuchang Zou, Raffaella Settimi, Jane Cleland-Huang
2008 conf
Software Engineering Research and Practice
Xuchang Zou, Raffaella Settimi, Jane Cleland-Huang
2007 J jnl
Requir. Eng.
Jane Cleland-Huang, Raffaella Settimi, Xuchang Zou, Peter Solc
2007 J jnl
Computer
Jane Cleland-Huang, Brian Berenbach, Stephen Clark, Raffaella Settimi, Eli Romanova
2007 J jnl
Bioinform.
Michael V. Doran, Daniela Stan Raicu, Jacob D. Furst, Raffaella Settimi, Matthew Schipma, Darrell P. Chandler
2006 conf
COMPSAC (1)
Xuchang Zou, Raffaella Settimi, Jane Cleland-Huang
2006 A conf
RE
Jun Lin, Chan Chou Lin, Jane Cleland-Huang, Raffaella Settimi, Joseph Amaya, Grace Bedford, Brian Berenbach, Oussama Ben Khadra, Chuan Duan, Xuchang Zou
2006 A conf
RE
Jane Cleland-Huang, Raffaella Settimi, Xuchang Zou, Peter Solc
2005 A* conf
ICSE
Jane Cleland-Huang, Raffaella Settimi, Oussama Ben Khadra, Eugenia Berezhanskaya, Selvia Christina
2005 A conf
RE
Jane Cleland-Huang, Raffaella Settimi, Chuan Duan, Xuchang Zou
2004 conf
IWPSE
Raffaella Settimi, Jane Cleland-Huang, Oussama Ben Khadra, Jigar Mody, Wiktor Lukasik, Chris DePalma
1999 A conf
UAI
Raffaella Settimi, Jim Q. Smith, A. S. Gargoum
1999 A conf
AISTATS
Raffaella Settimi, Jim Q. Smith
1998 J jnl
Stat. Comput.
Raffaella Settimi, Paul G. Blackwell
1998 A conf
UAI
Raffaella Settimi, Jim Q. Smith
redb/extractors/decompiler/bninja/analysis/scores.py
← Index redb/extractors/decompiler/bninja/analysis/scores.py python
from collections import deque
from binaryninja import highlevelil
from binaryninja.enums import HighLevelILOperation


class ObfuscationScores:
    def __init__(self, hlil_function):
        self.function = hlil_function
        self._basic_blocks = list(hlil_function.basic_blocks) if hlil_function and hlil_function.basic_blocks else []
        self._block_count = len(self._basic_blocks)

    def flattened_score(self):
        """
        A heuristic for detecting control flow flattening from Tim Blazytko.
        Source: https://www.synthesis.to/2021/03/03/flattening_detection.html
        """
        if self._block_count == 0:
            return 0.0

        max_flattening_ratio = 0.0

        for basic_block in self._basic_blocks:
            dominated = get_dominated_by(basic_block)
            if not any(edge.source in dominated for edge in basic_block.incoming_edges):
                continue
            ratio = len(dominated) / self._block_count
            if ratio > max_flattening_ratio:
                max_flattening_ratio = ratio

        return max_flattening_ratio

    def MBA_score(self):
        """
        Score for MBA is obtained by the number of instructions that have at least one arithmetic operation and
        one logic operation DIVIDED by the number of instructions.
        """
        total = 0
        mba_count = 0

        for ins in self.function.instructions:
            total += 1
            if uses_mba(ins):
                mba_count += 1

        if total == 0:
            return 0.0

        return mba_count / total

def get_dominated_by(dominator):
    """
    Get the dominators that are dominated by the given dominator.
    (To recall the theory, a basic block B is called dominator for A if every path from START
    to A must include B)
    """
    result = set()
    worklist = deque([dominator])

    while worklist:
        block = worklist.popleft()
        if block in result:
            continue
        result.add(block)
        worklist.extend(block.dominator_tree_children)

    return result

_ARITHMETIC_OPS = frozenset({
    HighLevelILOperation.HLIL_ADD,
    HighLevelILOperation.HLIL_NEG,
    HighLevelILOperation.HLIL_SUB,
    HighLevelILOperation.HLIL_MUL,
    HighLevelILOperation.HLIL_DIVS,
    HighLevelILOperation.HLIL_MODS,
})

_LOGIC_OPS = frozenset({
    HighLevelILOperation.HLIL_NOT,
    HighLevelILOperation.HLIL_AND,
    HighLevelILOperation.HLIL_OR,
    HighLevelILOperation.HLIL_XOR,
    HighLevelILOperation.HLIL_LSR,
    HighLevelILOperation.HLIL_LSL,
})

_MBA_OPS = _ARITHMETIC_OPS | _LOGIC_OPS

def uses_mba(hlil_instruction):
    uses_logic = False
    uses_arithmetic = False
    stack = [hlil_instruction]

    while stack:
        instruction = stack.pop()

        if not isinstance(instruction, highlevelil.HighLevelILInstruction):
            continue

        op = instruction.operation

        if op not in _MBA_OPS:
            for operand in instruction.operands:
                if isinstance(operand, highlevelil.HighLevelILInstruction):
                    stack.append(operand)
            continue

        if op in _ARITHMETIC_OPS:
            uses_arithmetic = True
        else:
            uses_logic = True

        if uses_logic and uses_arithmetic:
            return True

        for operand in instruction.operands:
            if isinstance(operand, highlevelil.HighLevelILInstruction):
                stack.append(operand)

    return False