Ramin Ramezani

31 papers A* 1B 1C 5Journal 16Unranked 7
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2026 J jnl
CoRR
Theo Schwider, Ramin Ramezani
2025 J jnl
Frontiers Digit. Health
Ramin Ramezani, Saam Iranmanesh, Arash Naeim, Peyman Benharash
2024 J jnl
CoRR
Fahimeh Fakour, Ali Mosleh, Ramin Ramezani
2024 J jnl
Frontiers Digit. Health
Minh Cao, Ramin Ramezani, Vivek Kumar Katakwar, Wenhao Zhang, Dheeraj Boda, Muneeb Wani, Arash Naeim
2024 J jnl
CoRR
Michael Zhou, Ramin Ramezani
2024 C ed.
ICMLA
M. Arif Wani, Plamen Angelov, Feng Luo, Mitsunori Ogihara, Xintao Wu, Radu-Emil Precup, Ramin Ramezani, Xiaowei Gu
2024 C conf
ISNCC
Rishabh Goel, Yizi Xiao, Ramin Ramezani
2024 J jnl
CoRR
Rishabh Goel, Yizi Xiao, Ramin Ramezani
2023 J jnl
Sensors
Ramin Ramezani, Minh Cao, Arjun Earthperson, Arash Naeim
2022 J jnl
CoRR
Minh Cao, Ramin Ramezani
2022 J jnl
CoRR
Minh Cao, Tianqi Zhao, Yanxun Li, Wenhao Zhang, Peyman Benharash, Ramin Ramezani
2022 C conf
BSN
Minh Cao, Brett Bailey, Wenhao Zhang, Solana Fernandez, Aaron Han, Smiti Narayanan, Shrineel Patel, Steven Saletta, Alexandra Stavrakis, Stephen Speicher, Stephanie Seidlits, Arash Naeim, Ramin Ramezani
2021 J jnl
CoRR
Wenhao Zhang, Ramin Ramezani, Arash Naeim
2020 A* conf
WWW
Wenhao Zhang, Wentian Bao, Xiao-Yang Liu, Keping Yang, Quan Lin, Hong Wen, Ramin Ramezani
2020 J jnl
Reliab. Eng. Syst. Saf.
Xue Yang, Ramin Ramezani, Ingrid Bouwer Utne, Ali Mosleh, Pål Furset Lader
2020 J jnl
BMC Medical Informatics Decis. Mak.
Jennifer Murphy, T. Uttamlal, Kelly Ann Schmidtke, Ivo Vlaev, David Taylor, Mian Ahmad, S. Alsters, P. Purkayastha, Samantha Scholtz, Ramin Ramezani, A. R. Ahmed, H. Chahal, Ara Darzi, Alexandra I. F. Blakemore
2019 J jnl
CoRR
Wenhao Zhang, Wentian Bao, Xiao-Yang Liu, Keping Yang, Quan Lin, Hong Wen, Ramin Ramezani
2019 J jnl
CoRR
Vishwa Karia, Wenhao Zhang, Arash Naeim, Ramin Ramezani
2019 conf
IEEE BigData
Wenhao Zhang, Ramin Ramezani, Arash Naeim
2019 J jnl
CoRR
Wenhao Zhang, Ramin Ramezani, Arash Naeim
2018 conf
BHI
Ramin Ramezani, Yubin Xiao, Arash Naeim
2016 conf
UEMCON
Kevin Bouchard, Ramin Ramezani, Arjun, Arash Naeim
2016 conf
UEMCON
Kevin Bouchard, Ramin Ramezani, Arash Naeim
2016 conf
UEMCON
Kevin Bouchard, Mahir Rafi Eusufzai, Ramin Ramezani, Arash Naeim
2016 C conf
BSN
Babak Moatamed, Arjun, Farhad Shahmohammadi, Ramin Ramezani, Arash Naeim, Majid Sarrafzadeh
2016 conf
MMVR
David Taylor, Jennifer Murphy, Mian Ahmad, Sanjay Purkayastha, Samantha Scholtz, Ramin Ramezani, Ivaylo Vlaev, Alexandra I. F. Blakemore, Ara Darzi
2014
Ramin Ramezani
2013 C conf
ICCC
Alison Pease, Simon Colton, Ramin Ramezani, John William Charnley, Kate Reed
2011 J jnl
Int. J. Intell. Syst.
Plamen Angelov, Pouria Sadeghi-Tehran, Ramin Ramezani
2010 conf
IPMU (2)
Pouria Sadeghi-Tehran, Plamen Angelov, Ramin Ramezani
2008 B conf
IJCNN
Plamen Angelov, Ramin Ramezani, Xiaowei Zhou
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"