Rami Mustafa A. Mohammad

28 papers B 1C 1Journal 20Unranked 5
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2025 J jnl
IEEE Access
Reem A. Alzahrani, Malak Aljabri, Rami Mustafa A. Mohammad
2025 J jnl
Forensic Sci. Int. Digit. Investig.
Norah Ahmed Almubairik, Fakhri Alam Khan, Rami Mustafa A. Mohammad, Mubarak Alshahrani
2024 J jnl
Multim. Tools Appl.
Muath AlShaikh, Malek Alzaqebah, Nabil Gmati, Nashat Alrefai, Mutasem K. Alsmadi, Ibrahim Almarashdeh, Rami Mustafa A. Mohammad, Sultan Alamri, Mostefa Kara
2024 J jnl
J. Wirel. Mob. Networks Ubiquitous Comput. Dependable Appl.
Mutasem K. Alsmadi, Rami Mustafa A. Mohammad, Malek Alzaqebah, Sana Jawarneh, Muath AlShaikh, Ahmad Al Smadi, Fahad A. Alghamdi, Jehad Saad Alqurni, Hayat Alfagham
2024 conf
AIAI (1)
Norah Ahmed Almubairik, Fakhri Alam Khan, Rami Mustafa A. Mohammad
2023 J jnl
J. Inf. Knowl. Manag.
Esra'a Alshabeeb, Malak Aljabri, Rami Mustafa A. Mohammad, Fatemah S. Alqarqoosh, Aseel A. Alqahtani, Zainab T. Alibrahim, Najd Y. Alawad, Mashael A. Alzeer
2023 J jnl
J. Sens. Actuator Networks
Dhiaa Musleh, Meera Alotaibi, Fahd A. Alhaidari, Atta-ur-Rahman, Rami Mustafa A. Mohammad
2023 J jnl
J. Sens. Actuator Networks
Malak Saleh Aljabri, Amal A. Alahmadi, Rami Mustafa A. Mohammad, Fahd A. Alhaidari, Menna Aboulnour, Dorieh M. Alomari, Samiha Mirza
2022 J jnl
J. King Saud Univ. Comput. Inf. Sci.
Rami Mustafa A. Mohammad
2022 J jnl
Appl. Comput. Intell. Soft Comput.
Rami Mustafa A. Mohammad, Malak Saleh Aljabri, Menna Aboulnour, Samiha Mirza, Ahmad Alshobaiki
2022 J jnl
IEEE Access
Malak Saleh Aljabri, Hanan S. Altamimi, Shahd A. Albelali, Maimunah Al-Harbi, Haya T. Alhuraib, Najd K. Alotaibi, Amal A. Alahmadi, Fahd A. Alhaidari, Rami Mustafa A. Mohammad, Khaled Salah
2022 J jnl
Inf. Secur. J. A Glob. Perspect.
Manal Mohamed Alhejazi, Rami Mustafa A. Mohammad
2022 J jnl
J. King Saud Univ. Comput. Inf. Sci.
Malek Alzaqebah, Sana Jawarneh, Maram Al-Wohaibi, Mutasem K. Alsmadi, Ibrahim Almarashdeh, Rami Mustafa A. Mohammad
2021 J jnl
Int. J. Commun. Networks Inf. Secur.
Malek Alzaqebah, Sana Jawarneh, Rami Mustafa A. Mohammad, Mutasem K. Alsmadi, Ibrahim Almarashdeh
2021 J jnl
Sensors
Malak Saleh Aljabri, Sumayh S. Aljameel, Rami Mustafa A. Mohammad, Sultan H. Almotiri, Samiha Mirza, Fatima M. Anis, Menna Aboulnour, Dorieh M. Alomari, Dina H. Alhamed, Hanan S. Altamimi
2021 J jnl
Neural Comput. Appl.
Rami Mustafa A. Mohammad, Mutasem K. Alsmadi
2020 J jnl
Comput. Secur.
Rami Mustafa A. Mohammad, Mutasem K. Alsmadi, Ibrahim Almarashdeh, Malek Alzaqebah
2020 conf
ACIT
Rami Mustafa A. Mohammad, Mamoun Masoud Abdulqader
2019 J jnl
J. Inf. Secur. Appl.
Rami Mustafa A. Mohammad, Mohammed Abdulrahman Alqahtani
2019 conf
ICDLT
Amanda H. Gonsalves, Fadi A. Thabtah, Rami Mustafa A. Mohammad, Gurpreet Singh
2018 C conf
AICCSA
Rami Mustafa A. Mohammad
2016 B conf
IJCNN
Fadi A. Thabtah, Rami Mustafa A. Mohammad, Lee McCluskey
2016 conf
PAKDD Workshops
Rami Mustafa A. Mohammad, Fadi A. Thabtah, Lee McCluskey
2016
Rami Mustafa A. Mohammad
2015 J jnl
Comput. Sci. Rev.
Rami Mustafa A. Mohammad, Fadi A. Thabtah, Lee McCluskey
2014 J jnl
IET Inf. Secur.
Rami Mustafa A. Mohammad, Fadi A. Thabtah, Lee McCluskey
2014 J jnl
Neural Comput. Appl.
Rami Mustafa A. Mohammad, Fadi A. Thabtah, Lee McCluskey
2012 conf
ICITST
Rami Mustafa A. Mohammad, Fadi A. Thabtah, Lee McCluskey
redb/extractors/elf_extractors/elf_features.py
← Index redb/extractors/elf_extractors/elf_features.py python
import inspect
import json
from datetime import datetime, timezone
from typing import Any

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 ELFFeatures


class ELFFeaturesExtractor(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_features = None
        self.elastic_index = self.index_prefix + "-elf_features"
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)

    def _extract_header_data(self):
        """Extract ELF header data using pyelftools."""
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)

        def extract_header(elf):
            # Initialize result with safe defaults
            result = {
                'ei_class': 0, 'ei_data': 0, 'ei_version': 0, 'ei_osabi': 0, 'ei_abiversion': 0,
                'e_type': 0, 'e_machine': 0, 'e_version': 0, 'e_entry': 0, 'e_flags': 0,
                'ei_class_str': 'unknown', 'ei_data_str': 'unknown', 'ei_osabi_str': 'unknown',
                'e_type_str': 'unknown', 'e_machine_str': 'unknown'
            }

            # Try to get the main header - if this fails, we can't extract anything
            try:
                header = elf.header
            except Exception as e:
                self.log.warning(f"Could not access ELF header: {e}")
                return result

            # Try to get e_ident section
            ident = None
            try:
                ident = header.get('e_ident', {})
            except Exception as e:
                self.log.warning(f"Could not access e_ident: {e}")

            # Extract EI_CLASS (32/64 bit)
            try:
                if ident:
                    ei_class_raw = ident.get('EI_CLASS', 'ELFCLASSNONE')
                    result['ei_class'] = 2 if ei_class_raw == 'ELFCLASS64' else 1 if ei_class_raw == 'ELFCLASS32' else 0
                    result['ei_class_str'] = '64-bit' if ei_class_raw == 'ELFCLASS64' else '32-bit' if ei_class_raw == 'ELFCLASS32' else 'unknown'
            except Exception as e:
                self.log.warning(f"Could not extract EI_CLASS: {e}")

            # Extract EI_DATA (endianness)
            try:
                if ident:
                    ei_data_raw = ident.get('EI_DATA', 'ELFDATANONE')
                    result['ei_data'] = 1 if ei_data_raw == 'ELFDATA2LSB' else 2 if ei_data_raw == 'ELFDATA2MSB' else 0
                    result['ei_data_str'] = 'Little-endian' if ei_data_raw == 'ELFDATA2LSB' else 'Big-endian' if ei_data_raw == 'ELFDATA2MSB' else 'unknown'
            except Exception as e:
                self.log.warning(f"Could not extract EI_DATA: {e}")

            # Extract EI_VERSION
            try:
                if ident:
                    ei_version_raw = ident.get('EI_VERSION', 0)
                    # Convert string like 'EV_CURRENT' to integer
                    if isinstance(ei_version_raw, str):
                        version_map = {'EV_NONE': 0, 'EV_CURRENT': 1}
                        result['ei_version'] = version_map.get(ei_version_raw, 1)
                    else:
                        result['ei_version'] = ei_version_raw
            except Exception as e:
                self.log.warning(f"Could not extract EI_VERSION: {e}")

            # Extract EI_OSABI
            try:
                if ident:
                    ei_osabi_raw = ident.get('EI_OSABI', 'ELFOSABI_SYSV')
                    osabi_map = {
                        'ELFOSABI_SYSV': 0, 'ELFOSABI_HPUX': 1, 'ELFOSABI_NETBSD': 2,
                        'ELFOSABI_LINUX': 3, 'ELFOSABI_SOLARIS': 6, 'ELFOSABI_FREEBSD': 9
                    }
                    result['ei_osabi'] = osabi_map.get(ei_osabi_raw, 0)
                    result['ei_osabi_str'] = ei_osabi_raw.replace('ELFOSABI_', '') if ei_osabi_raw and ei_osabi_raw.startswith('ELFOSABI_') else str(ei_osabi_raw) if ei_osabi_raw else 'unknown'
            except Exception as e:
                self.log.warning(f"Could not extract EI_OSABI: {e}")

            # Extract EI_ABIVERSION
            try:
                if ident:
                    result['ei_abiversion'] = ident.get('EI_ABIVERSION', 0)
            except Exception as e:
                self.log.warning(f"Could not extract EI_ABIVERSION: {e}")

            # Extract e_type (file type)
            try:
                e_type_raw = header.get('e_type', 'ET_NONE')
                type_map = {
                    'ET_NONE': 0, 'ET_REL': 1, 'ET_EXEC': 2, 'ET_DYN': 3, 'ET_CORE': 4
                }
                result['e_type'] = type_map.get(e_type_raw, 0)
                result['e_type_str'] = e_type_raw.replace('ET_', '') if e_type_raw and e_type_raw.startswith('ET_') else str(e_type_raw) if e_type_raw else 'unknown'
            except Exception as e:
                self.log.warning(f"Could not extract e_type: {e}")

            # Extract e_machine (architecture)
            try:
                e_machine_raw = header.get('e_machine', 0)
                # Map machine strings to integers and human-readable names
                # https://github.com/eliben/pyelftools/blob/main/elftools/elf/enums.py
                # https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/include/uapi/linux/elf-em.h
                # https://refspecs.linuxfoundation.org/elf/elf.pdf
                machine_int_map = {
                    'EM_NONE': 0, 'EM_M32': 1, 'EM_SPARC': 2, 'EM_386': 3,
                    'EM_68K': 4, 'EM_88K': 5, 'EM_860': 7, 'EM_MIPS': 8,
                    'EM_S370': 9, 'EM_MIPS_RS3_LE': 10, 'EM_PARISC': 15,
                    'EM_VPP500': 17, 'EM_SPARC32PLUS': 18, 'EM_960': 19,
                    'EM_PPC': 20, 'EM_PPC64': 21, 'EM_S390': 22, 'EM_V800': 36,
                    'EM_FR20': 37, 'EM_RH32': 38, 'EM_RCE': 39, 'EM_ARM': 40,
                    'EM_ALPHA': 41, 'EM_SH': 42, 'EM_SPARCV9': 43, 'EM_TRICORE': 44,
                    'EM_ARC': 45, 'EM_H8_300': 46, 'EM_H8_300H': 47, 'EM_H8S': 48,
                    'EM_H8_500': 49, 'EM_IA_64': 50, 'EM_MIPS_X': 51, 'EM_COLDFIRE': 52,
                    'EM_68HC12': 53, 'EM_X86_64': 62, 'EM_AARCH64': 183, 'EM_RISCV': 243,
                }
                machine_str_map = {
                    'EM_386': 'x86', 'EM_X86_64': 'x86_64', 'EM_ARM': 'ARM', 'EM_AARCH64': 'ARM64',
                    'EM_MIPS': 'MIPS', 'EM_PPC': 'PowerPC', 'EM_PPC64': 'PowerPC64',
                    'EM_SPARC': 'SPARC', 'EM_SPARCV9': 'SPARC64', 'EM_RISCV': 'RISC-V',
                    'EM_IA_64': 'IA-64', 'EM_S390': 'S390', 'EM_SH': 'SuperH',
                }
                if isinstance(e_machine_raw, str):
                    result['e_machine'] = machine_int_map.get(e_machine_raw, 0)
                    result['e_machine_str'] = machine_str_map.get(e_machine_raw, e_machine_raw.replace('EM_', '') if e_machine_raw.startswith('EM_') else e_machine_raw)
                else:
                    result['e_machine'] = e_machine_raw
                    result['e_machine_str'] = str(e_machine_raw)
            except Exception as e:
                self.log.warning(f"Could not extract e_machine: {e}")

            # Extract e_version
            try:
                e_version_raw = header.get('e_version', 0)
                # Convert string like 'EV_CURRENT' to integer
                if isinstance(e_version_raw, str):
                    version_map = {'EV_NONE': 0, 'EV_CURRENT': 1}
                    result['e_version'] = version_map.get(e_version_raw, 1)
                else:
                    result['e_version'] = e_version_raw
            except Exception as e:
                self.log.warning(f"Could not extract e_version: {e}")

            # Extract e_entry (entry point)
            try:
                result['e_entry'] = header.get('e_entry', 0)
            except Exception as e:
                self.log.warning(f"Could not extract e_entry: {e}")

            # Extract e_flags
            try:
                result['e_flags'] = header.get('e_flags', 0)
            except Exception as e:
                self.log.warning(f"Could not extract e_flags: {e}")

            return result

        try:
            return self._with_elf_file(extract_header)
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error extracting header data {self.hash.sha256}: {e}")
            return None

    def _count_dynamic_symbols(self):
        """Count symbols in dynamic symbol table."""
        def count_dynsym(elf):
            dynsym_section = elf.get_section_by_name('.dynsym')
            if dynsym_section and hasattr(dynsym_section, 'num_symbols'):
                return dynsym_section.num_symbols()
            return 0

        try:
            result = self._with_elf_file(count_dynsym)
            return result if result is not None else 0
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error counting dynamic symbols: {e}")
            return 0

    def _count_relocations(self):
        """Count total relocations across all sections."""
        def count_relocs(elf):
            reloc_count = 0
            for section in elf.iter_sections():
                if hasattr(section, 'iter_relocations'):
                    try:
                        reloc_count += section.num_relocations()
                    except:
                        # Some sections might not support num_relocations()
                        for _ in section.iter_relocations():
                            reloc_count += 1
            return reloc_count

        try:
            result = self._with_elf_file(count_relocs)
            return result if result is not None else 0
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error counting relocations: {e}")
            return 0

    def _has_gnu_hash(self):
        """Check if GNU hash table is present."""
        def check_gnu_hash(elf):
            gnu_hash_section = elf.get_section_by_name('.gnu.hash')
            return gnu_hash_section is not None

        try:
            result = self._with_elf_file(check_gnu_hash)
            return bool(result)
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error checking GNU hash: {e}")
            return False

    def _has_fortify(self):
        """Check if binary has fortify source protection."""
        def check_fortify(elf):
            # Look for fortified function symbols
            fortify_symbols = ['__printf_chk', '__sprintf_chk', '__snprintf_chk',
                             '__strcpy_chk', '__strcat_chk', '__memcpy_chk']

            for section in elf.iter_sections():
                if hasattr(section, 'iter_symbols'):
                    for symbol in section.iter_symbols():
                        if symbol.name in fortify_symbols:
                            return True
            return False

        try:
            result = self._with_elf_file(check_fortify)
            return bool(result)
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error checking fortify: {e}")
            return False

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

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

            # Check if file is valid ELF
            if not self._is_elf_file():
                self.log.error(f"No valid ELF file for {self.hash.sha256}")
                return None

            # Extract header data (now always returns a result, even with defaults)
            header_data = self._extract_header_data()
            if not header_data:
                self.log.error(f"Complete failure to extract any header data for {self.hash.sha256}")
                return None

            # Extract binary properties
            is_64bit = 1 if self._is_64bit() else 0
            is_stripped = 1 if self._is_stripped() else 0
            is_pie = 1 if self._is_pie() else 0
            has_canary = 1 if self._has_stack_protection() else 0
            has_nx = 1 if self._has_nx_bit() else 0
            has_relro = 1 if self._has_relro() else 0
            has_fortify = 1 if self._has_fortify() else 0

            # Extract counts
            number_of_segments = self._count_segments()
            number_of_sections = self._count_sections()
            number_of_symbols = self._count_symbols()
            number_of_dynamic_symbols = self._count_dynamic_symbols()
            number_of_relocations = self._count_relocations()
            number_of_dependencies = len(self._get_dependencies())

            # Extract build information
            build_id = self._get_build_id()
            gnu_hash_present = 1 if self._has_gnu_hash() else 0
            has_debug_info = 1 if self._has_debug_info() else 0

            self.elf_features = ELFFeatures(
                # ELF Header data
                ei_class=header_data['ei_class'],
                ei_data=header_data['ei_data'],
                ei_version=header_data['ei_version'],
                ei_osabi=header_data['ei_osabi'],
                ei_abiversion=header_data['ei_abiversion'],
                e_type=header_data['e_type'],
                e_machine=header_data['e_machine'],
                e_version=header_data['e_version'],
                e_entry=header_data['e_entry'],
                e_flags=header_data['e_flags'],
                # Human readable values
                ei_class_str=header_data['ei_class_str'],
                ei_data_str=header_data['ei_data_str'],
                ei_osabi_str=header_data['ei_osabi_str'],
                e_type_str=header_data['e_type_str'],
                e_machine_str=header_data['e_machine_str'],
                # Binary properties
                is_64bit=is_64bit,
                is_stripped=is_stripped,
                is_pie=is_pie,
                has_canary=has_canary,
                has_nx=has_nx,
                has_relro=has_relro,
                has_fortify=has_fortify,
                # Counts
                number_of_segments=number_of_segments,
                number_of_sections=number_of_sections,
                number_of_symbols=number_of_symbols,
                number_of_dynamic_symbols=number_of_dynamic_symbols,
                number_of_relocations=number_of_relocations,
                number_of_dependencies=number_of_dependencies,
                # Build information
                build_id=build_id,
                gnu_hash_present=gnu_hash_present,
                has_debug_info=has_debug_info,
            )

            return self.elf_features

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

                # Prepare data array matching the schema
                data = [[
                    self.sha256,
                    self.md5,
                    self.sha1,

                    # ELF Header data
                    self.elf_features.ei_class,
                    self.elf_features.ei_data,
                    self.elf_features.ei_version,
                    self.elf_features.ei_osabi,
                    self.elf_features.ei_abiversion,
                    self.elf_features.e_type,
                    self.elf_features.e_machine,
                    self.elf_features.e_version,
                    self.elf_features.e_entry,
                    self.elf_features.e_flags,

                    # Human readable values
                    self.elf_features.ei_class_str,
                    self.elf_features.ei_data_str,
                    self.elf_features.ei_osabi_str,
                    self.elf_features.e_type_str,
                    self.elf_features.e_machine_str,

                    # Binary properties
                    self.elf_features.is_64bit,
                    self.elf_features.is_stripped,
                    self.elf_features.is_pie,
                    self.elf_features.has_canary,
                    self.elf_features.has_nx,
                    self.elf_features.has_relro,
                    self.elf_features.has_fortify,

                    # Counts
                    self.elf_features.number_of_segments,
                    self.elf_features.number_of_sections,
                    self.elf_features.number_of_symbols,
                    self.elf_features.number_of_dynamic_symbols,
                    self.elf_features.number_of_relocations,
                    self.elf_features.number_of_dependencies,

                    # Build information
                    self.elf_features.build_id,
                    self.elf_features.gnu_hash_present,
                    self.elf_features.has_debug_info,

                    # Analysis metadata
                    datetime.now(timezone.utc)
                ]]

                column_names = [
                    'sha256', 'md5', 'sha1',
                    'ei_class', 'ei_data', 'ei_version', 'ei_osabi', 'ei_abiversion',
                    'e_type', 'e_machine', 'e_version', 'e_entry', 'e_flags',
                    'ei_class_str', 'ei_data_str', 'ei_osabi_str', 'e_type_str', 'e_machine_str',
                    'is_64bit', 'is_stripped', 'is_pie', 'has_canary', 'has_nx', 'has_relro', 'has_fortify',
                    'number_of_segments', 'number_of_sections', 'number_of_symbols',
                    'number_of_dynamic_symbols', 'number_of_relocations', 'number_of_dependencies',
                    'build_id', 'gnu_hash_present', 'has_debug_info',
                    'analysis_date'
                ]

                column_type_names = [
                    'FixedString(64)', 'FixedString(32)', 'FixedString(40)',
                    "Enum8('32-bit'=1, '64-bit'=2)",
                    "Enum8('Little-endian'=1, 'Big-endian'=2)",
                    'UInt8',
                    "Enum8('SYSV'=0, 'HPUX'=1, 'NETBSD'=2, 'LINUX'=3, 'SOLARIS'=6, 'FREEBSD'=9)",
                    'UInt8',
                    "Enum8('NONE'=0, 'REL'=1, 'EXEC'=2, 'DYN'=3, 'CORE'=4)",
                    'UInt16', 'UInt32', 'UInt64', 'UInt32',
                    'LowCardinality(String)', 'LowCardinality(String)', 'LowCardinality(String)',
                    'LowCardinality(String)', 'LowCardinality(String)',
                    'UInt8', 'UInt8', 'UInt8', 'UInt8', 'UInt8', 'UInt8', 'UInt8',
                    'UInt16', 'UInt16', 'UInt32', 'UInt32', 'UInt32', 'UInt16',
                    'Nullable(String)', 'UInt8', 'UInt8',
                    'DateTime64(3, \'UTC\')'
                ]

                if not data:
                    return None

                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_features"