Rahul Tripathi

28 papers B 7C 1Journal 14Unranked 6
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2024 J jnl
CoRR
Mukesh Karunanethy, Rahul Tripathi, Mahesh V. Panchagnula, Raghunathan Rengaswamy
2020 conf
ECML/PKDD (4)
Rahul Tripathi, Srinivasan Jagannathan, Balaji Dhamodharaswamy
2019 B conf
DSAA
Rahul Tripathi, Balaji Dhamodharaswamy, Srinivasan Jagannathan, Abhishek Nandi
2017 J jnl
CoRR
Nicolas Kourtellis, Tharaka Alahakoon, Ramanuja Simha, Adriana Iamnitchi, Rahul Tripathi
2013 J jnl
Soc. Netw. Anal. Min.
Nicolas Kourtellis, Tharaka Alahakoon, Ramanuja Simha, Adriana Iamnitchi, Rahul Tripathi
2012 conf
ICDE Workshops
Ramanuja Simha, Rahul Tripathi, Mayur Thakur
2011 conf
SNS
Tharaka Alahakoon, Rahul Tripathi, Nicolas Kourtellis, Ramanuja Simha, Adriana Iamnitchi
2011 J jnl
J. Discrete Algorithms
Rahul Tripathi, Elena Valkanova, V. S. Anil Kumar
2011 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Parallel Distributed Syst.
Yunlian Jiang, Kai Tian, Xipeng Shen, Jinghe Zhang, Jie Chen, Rahul Tripathi
2010 C conf
CIAC
Rahul Tripathi, Elena Valkanova, V. S. Anil Kumar
2010 J jnl
Theory Comput. Syst.
Rahul Tripathi
2009 J jnl
SIAM J. Comput.
Holger Spakowski, Rahul Tripathi
2009 J jnl
Theor. Comput. Sci.
Mayur Thakur, Rahul Tripathi
2008 B conf
PACT
Yunlian Jiang, Xipeng Shen, Jie Chen, Rahul Tripathi
2007 B conf
MFCS
Rahul Tripathi
2007 J jnl
Discret. Appl. Math.
Edith Hemaspaandra, Lane A. Hemaspaandra, Stanislaw P. Radziszowski, Rahul Tripathi
2007 J jnl
CoRR
Holger Spakowski, Rahul Tripathi
2007 J jnl
Theory Comput. Syst.
Holger Spakowski, Rahul Tripathi
2007 B conf
ISAAC
Rahul Tripathi
2006 B conf
MFCS
Holger Spakowski, Rahul Tripathi
2006 J jnl
J. Comput. Syst. Sci.
Holger Spakowski, Rahul Tripathi
2005 B conf
FCT
Holger Spakowski, Rahul Tripathi
2005 J jnl
Inf. Comput.
Holger Spakowski, Mayur Thakur, Rahul Tripathi
2004 J jnl
CoRR
Edith Hemaspaandra, Lane A. Hemaspaandra, Stanislaw P. Radziszowski, Rahul Tripathi
2004 B conf
MFCS
Edith Hemaspaandra, Lane A. Hemaspaandra, Stanislaw P. Radziszowski, Rahul Tripathi
2004 conf
FSTTCS
Mayur Thakur, Rahul Tripathi
2004 conf
IFIP TCS
Holger Spakowski, Rahul Tripathi
2003 conf
FSTTCS
Holger Spakowski, Mayur Thakur, Rahul Tripathi
redb/extractors/malcontent.py
← Index redb/extractors/malcontent.py python
import inspect
import json
import subprocess
from typing import Any
from datetime import datetime, timezone

from redb.extractors.enum import Tag
from redb.models.dataclasses import Malcontent
from redb.extractors.extractor import Extractor
from dotenv import load_dotenv
import os

load_dotenv(override=True)


class MalcontentExtractor(Extractor):
    """
    Extractor for malcontent tool from chainguard-dev/malcontent.

    Malcontent discovers supply-chain compromises through context, differential
    analysis, and 14,000+ YARA rules. It analyzes binaries and code to detect
    malicious content and suspicious behavioral patterns.

    Binary can be extracted from Docker image:
        docker cp $(docker create cgr.dev/chainguard/malcontent:latest):/usr/bin/mal /usr/local/bin/mal

    Stores full JSON output for materialized view extraction.
    """

    # Cache version at class level to avoid repeated subprocess calls
    _cached_version = None

    def __init__(
        self,
        filepath,
        log,
        exporters=None,
        index_prefix=None,
        elastic_index=None,
        known_benign=False,
        known_malicious=False,
    ):
        super().__init__(
            filepath,
            log,
            exporters,
            index_prefix,
            elastic_index,
            known_benign,
            known_malicious
        )
        self.malcontent = None

    @classmethod
    def _get_malcontent_version(cls, log) -> str:
        """Get malcontent version, cached at class level."""
        if cls._cached_version is not None:
            return cls._cached_version

        malcontent_path = os.getenv("MALCONTENT_PATH", "/usr/local/bin/mal")
        try:
            result = subprocess.run(
                [malcontent_path, "--version"],
                capture_output=True,
                text=True,
                timeout=10
            )
            version_output = result.stdout.strip()
            if result.returncode == 0 and version_output:
                # Parse "malcontent version v1.21.5" -> "1.21.5"
                if version_output.startswith("malcontent version v"):
                    version_output = version_output[len("malcontent version v"):]
                elif version_output.startswith("malcontent version "):
                    version_output = version_output[len("malcontent version "):]
                cls._cached_version = version_output
            else:
                cls._cached_version = "unknown"
        except Exception as e:
            log.warning(f"Could not get malcontent version: {e}")
            cls._cached_version = "unknown"

        return cls._cached_version

    def _extract_malcontent(self):
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)
        TIMEOUT = int(os.getenv("MALCONTENT_TIMEOUT", "300"))
        malcontent_path = os.getenv("MALCONTENT_PATH", "/usr/local/bin/mal")

        malcontent_command = [malcontent_path, "analyze", "--format=json", self.filepath]

        import signal

        try:
            process = subprocess.Popen(
                malcontent_command,
                stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
                stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
                text=True,
                preexec_fn=os.setsid
            )

            try:
                stdout, stderr = process.communicate(timeout=TIMEOUT)
                if process.returncode != 0:
                    self.log.error(f"Error running malcontent, return code: {process.returncode}, stderr: {stderr}")
                    return {}
            except subprocess.TimeoutExpired:
                self.log.warning(f"The malcontent command timed out after {TIMEOUT} seconds, terminating process group")
                try:
                    os.killpg(process.pid, signal.SIGTERM)
                    try:
                        process.wait(timeout=3)
                    except subprocess.TimeoutExpired:
                        self.log.warning("Process didn't terminate with SIGTERM, sending SIGKILL")
                        os.killpg(process.pid, signal.SIGKILL)
                    process.wait()
                except (ProcessLookupError, OSError) as e:
                    self.log.warning(f"Error while killing process: {e}")
                return {}

            try:
                malcontent_output = json.loads(stdout)
            except json.JSONDecodeError as e:
                self.log.error(f"Error parsing malcontent output: {e}")
                return {}

            # Unwrap the Files/<path> structure to get the inner content
            # Structure is: {"Files": {"/path/to/file": {<actual content>}}}
            files_dict = malcontent_output.get("Files", {})
            if not files_dict:
                self.log.warning("Malcontent output has no 'Files' key")
                return {}

            # Get the first (and only) file's content
            file_content = next(iter(files_dict.values()), {})
            if not file_content:
                self.log.warning("Malcontent output has empty file content")
                return {}

            # Extract risk score and level from the unwrapped content
            risk_score = file_content.get("RiskScore", 0)
            risk_level = file_content.get("RiskLevel", "")

            version = self._get_malcontent_version(self.log)

            self.malcontent = Malcontent(
                malcontent_dump=json.dumps(file_content),
                version=version,
                risk_score=risk_score,
                risk_level=risk_level
            )
            self.log.debug(f"Malcontent analysis complete, version={version}, risk={risk_level}({risk_score})")

        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Unexpected error in malcontent extraction: {str(e)}")
            if 'process' in locals() and process.poll() is None:
                try:
                    os.killpg(process.pid, signal.SIGKILL)
                    process.wait()
                except:
                    pass
            return {}

    def prepare_export_data(self, exporter_type: str) -> Any:
        if exporter_type == "ClickHouseExporter":
            current_time = datetime.now(timezone.utc)

            data = [[
                self.sha256,
                current_time,
                self.malcontent.version,
                self.malcontent.risk_score,
                self.malcontent.risk_level,
                self.malcontent.malcontent_dump
            ]]

            column_names = [
                'sha256', 'analysis_date',
                'malcontent_version', 'malcontent_risk_score', 'malcontent_risk_level',
                'malcontent_json'
            ]

            column_type_names = [
                'FixedString(64)',
                'DateTime64(3, \'UTC\')',
                'LowCardinality(String)', 'UInt8', 'LowCardinality(String)',
                'JSON'
            ]

            return (data, column_names, column_type_names)

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

    def extract(self):
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)
        try:
            self._extract_malcontent()
            return self.malcontent
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error extracting malcontent: {e}")
            return None

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