Raghuraman Rangarajan

11 papers B 1Misc 1Journal 2Unranked 7
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2023 Misc conf
ICISS
Luis Romero Gomez, Tess Watt, Kehinde O. Babaagba, Christos Chrysoulas, Aydin E. Homay, Raghuraman Rangarajan, Xiaodong Liu
2019 J jnl
ACM Trans. Cyber Phys. Syst.
João Loureiro, Raghuraman Rangarajan, Borislav Nikolic, Leandro Soares Indrusiak, Eduardo Tovar
2017 B conf
RTCSA
João Loureiro, Raghuraman Rangarajan, Borislav Nikolic, Leandro Soares Indrusiak, Eduardo Tovar
2017 conf
WNS3
João Loureiro, Pedro Santos, Raghuraman Rangarajan, Eduardo Tovar
2016 conf
IPSN
Shashank Gaur, Raghuraman Rangarajan, Eduardo Tovar
2016 conf
IoTDI
Shashank Gaur, Raghuraman Rangarajan, Eduardo Tovar
2015 conf
CPSNA
João Loureiro, Raghuraman Rangarajan, Eduardo Tovar
2015 J jnl
Int. J. Distributed Sens. Networks
Maryam Vahabi, Vikram Gupta, Michele Albano, Raghuraman Rangarajan, Eduardo Tovar
2014 conf
SIES
Olfa Gaddour, Anis Koubaa, Raghuraman Rangarajan, Omar Cheikhrouhou, Eduardo Tovar, Mohamed Abid
2007 conf
COMSWARE
Janak Chandarana, K. Sravana Kumar, Srinath Perur, Raghuraman Rangarajan, Sameer Sahasrabuddhe, Sridhar Iyer
2006 conf
ICIT
Punit Rathod, Srinath Perur, Raghuraman Rangarajan
redb/extractors/elf_extractors/elf_exports.py
← Index redb/extractors/elf_extractors/elf_exports.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 ELFExport


class ELFExportExtractor(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_exports = None
        self.elastic_index = self.index_prefix + "-elf_exports"
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)

    def _get_exported_functions_from_symbols(self, elf) -> Set[str]:
        """Extract exported functions from symbol tables."""
        exported_functions = set()

        try:
            # Check both static (.symtab) and dynamic (.dynsym) symbol tables
            symbol_sections = ['.symtab', '.dynsym']

            for section_name in symbol_sections:
                section = elf.get_section_by_name(section_name)
                if not section or not hasattr(section, 'iter_symbols'):
                    continue

                for symbol in section.iter_symbols():
                    # Check if symbol is exported (defined and globally visible)
                    if (symbol.name and
                        symbol.entry.get('st_shndx', 0) != 'SHN_UNDEF' and  # Not undefined
                        symbol.entry.get('st_info', {}).get('bind') in ['STB_GLOBAL', 'STB_WEAK'] and  # Global or weak binding
                        symbol.entry.get('st_info', {}).get('type') in ['STT_FUNC', 'STT_OBJECT']):  # Function or object

                        # Additional checks for meaningful exports
                        if (symbol.entry.get('st_value', 0) > 0 or  # Has a value
                            symbol.entry.get('st_size', 0) > 0):    # Has a size
                            exported_functions.add(symbol.name)

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

        return exported_functions

    def _get_exported_functions_from_dynamic_section(self, elf) -> Set[str]:
        """Extract exported functions information from dynamic section."""
        exported_functions = set()

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

            # Look for version definition sections that might indicate exports
            # This is complementary to symbol table analysis
            for tag in dynamic_section.iter_tags():
                if tag.entry.d_tag == 'DT_SONAME':
                    # If it has a SONAME, it's likely a shared library with exports
                    # The actual exports are still found in symbol tables
                    pass

        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error extracting exports from dynamic section: {e}")

        return exported_functions

    def _filter_meaningful_exports(self, exports: Set[str]) -> Set[str]:
        """Filter out compiler-generated and internal symbols to focus on meaningful exports."""
        filtered_exports = set()

        # Common patterns to exclude (compiler-generated, internal symbols)
        exclude_patterns = [
            '_start',
            '_init',
            '_fini',
            '__libc_',
            '__gmon_start__',
            '_IO_stdin_used',
            '__data_start',
            '__bss_start',
            '_edata',
            '_end',
            '__TMC_END__',
            '_ITM_deregisterTMCloneTable',
            '_ITM_registerTMCloneTable',
            '__cxa_finalize',
            '__gxx_personality_v0',
            '_Jv_RegisterClasses'
        ]

        for export in exports:
            # Skip empty or very short names
            if not export or len(export) < 2:
                continue

            # Skip symbols that match exclude patterns
            skip = False
            for pattern in exclude_patterns:
                if export.startswith(pattern):
                    skip = True
                    break

            # Skip symbols that look like internal mangled names (but keep reasonable C++ names)
            if export.startswith('_Z') and len(export) > 50:  # Very long mangled names
                skip = True

            if not skip:
                filtered_exports.add(export)

        return filtered_exports

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

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

            def extract_data(elf):
                # Extract exported functions from multiple sources
                exported_functions = set()

                # From symbol tables (primary source)
                symbol_exports = self._get_exported_functions_from_symbols(elf)
                exported_functions.update(symbol_exports)

                # From dynamic section (supplementary)
                dynamic_exports = self._get_exported_functions_from_dynamic_section(elf)
                exported_functions.update(dynamic_exports)

                # Filter out compiler-generated and internal symbols
                meaningful_exports = self._filter_meaningful_exports(exported_functions)

                # Convert to sorted list for consistent output
                export_functions_list = sorted(list(meaningful_exports))

                # Return ELFExport dataclass
                return ELFExport(
                    elf_exports_total=len(export_functions_list),
                    elf_export_functions=export_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_exports = result
            return self.elf_exports

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

                # Prepare data array
                data = [[
                    self.sha256,
                    self.md5,
                    self.sha1,
                    self.elf_exports.elf_exports_total,
                    self.elf_exports.elf_export_functions,
                    datetime.now(timezone.utc)
                ]]

                column_names = [
                    'sha256', 'md5', 'sha1',
                    'elf_exports_total',
                    'elf_export_functions',
                    'analysis_date'
                ]

                if not data:
                    return None

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

                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_exports"