Ramesh Viswanathan

31 papers A* 9A 1B 5C 2Misc 1Journal 7Unranked 5
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2021 A* conf
ASE
Rui Abreu, Franjo Ivancic, Filip Niksic, Hadi Ravanbakhsh, Ramesh Viswanathan
2014 J jnl
Inf. Comput.
Rohit Chadha, Mahesh Viswanathan, Ramesh Viswanathan
2012 J jnl
Bell Labs Tech. J.
Fangzhe Chang, Peter S. Fales, Moritz Steiner, Ramesh Viswanathan, Thomas J. Williams, Thomas L. Wood
2012 conf
IEEE CLOUD
Fangzhe Chang, Ramesh Viswanathan, Tom L. Wood
2012 conf
Hot-ICE
Adiseshu Hari, Ramesh Viswanathan, T. V. Lakshman, Y. J. Chang
2011 conf
WS-FM
Fangzhe Chang, Pavithra Prabhakar, Ramesh Viswanathan
2011 J jnl
Comput. Networks
Ramesh Viswanathan, Krishan K. Sabnani, Robert J. Holt, Arun N. Netravali
2010 conf
IEEE CLOUD
Fangzhe Chang, Jennifer Ren, Ramesh Viswanathan
2009 A conf
ICST
Fangzhe Chang, Jennifer Ren, Ramesh Viswanathan
2008 B conf
CONCUR
Rohit Chadha, Mahesh Viswanathan, Ramesh Viswanathan
2008 J jnl
Bell Labs Tech. J.
Ramesh Viswanathan, Thomas L. Wood
2005 B conf
ICNP
Ramesh Viswanathan, Krishan K. Sabnani, Robert J. Holt, Arun N. Netravali
2005 C conf
WOWMOM
Ramesh Viswanathan, Jing (Tiffany) Li, Mooi Choo Chuah
2005 B conf
ICCCN
Amogh Kavimandan, Wonsuck Lee, Marina Thottan, Aniruddha S. Gokhale, Ramesh Viswanathan
2005 Misc conf
EMSOFT
Lalita Jategaonkar Jagadeesan, Ramesh Viswanathan
2004 B conf
CONCUR
Mahesh Viswanathan, Ramesh Viswanathan
2004 B conf
GLOBECOM
Ruiyuan Hu, Ramesh Viswanathan, Jing Li
2003 C conf
FORTE
Arun N. Netravali, Krishan K. Sabnani, Ramesh Viswanathan
2003 A* conf
INFOCOM
Bin Yao, Ramesh Viswanathan, Fangzhe Chang, Daniel G. Waddington
2003 J jnl
Comput. Commun. Rev.
Daniel G. Waddington, Fangzhe Chang, Ramesh Viswanathan, Bin Yao
2002 J jnl
ACM SIGOPS Oper. Syst. Rev.
Dan G. Waddington, Ramesh Viswanathan
2001 A* conf
ICALP
Mahesh Viswanathan, Ramesh Viswanathan
1999 conf
Integrated Network Management
Masum Hasan, Binay Sugla, Ramesh Viswanathan
1999 A* conf
ACM Multimedia (1)
Allen Ginsberg, Ramesh Viswanathan
1998 A* conf
LICS
Ramesh Viswanathan
1996 A* conf
POPL
Martín Abadi, Luca Cardelli, Ramesh Viswanathan
1996 A* conf
ICALP
John C. Mitchell, Ramesh Viswanathan
1996 J jnl
Inf. Comput.
John C. Mitchell, Ramesh Viswanathan
1995 A* conf
POPL
Jon G. Riecke, Ramesh Viswanathan
1995
Ramesh Viswanathan
1993 A* conf
LICS
My Hoang, John C. Mitchell, Ramesh Viswanathan
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