Ramya Prabhakar

20 papers A 7B 5C 1Unranked 7
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2018 conf
USENIX ATC
Yamini Allu, Fred Douglis, Mahesh Kamat, Ramya Prabhakar, Philip Shilane, Rahul Ugale
2013 A conf
IPDPS
Ramya Prabhakar, Mahmut T. Kandemir, Myoungsoo Jung
2013 conf
IPDPS Workshops
Ramya Prabhakar, Mahmut T. Kandemir, Padma Raghavan, Myoungsoo Jung
2012 conf
IEEE CLOUD
Bikash Sharma, Ramya Prabhakar, Seung-Hwan Lim, Mahmut T. Kandemir, Chita R. Das
2012 B conf
CCGRID
Mahmut T. Kandemir, Taylan Yemliha, Ramya Prabhakar, Myoungsoo Jung
2012 A conf
Middleware
Myoungsoo Jung, Ramya Prabhakar, Mahmut T. Kandemir
2011 B conf
CCGRID
Ramya Prabhakar, Shekhar Srikantaiah, Rajat Garg, Mahmut T. Kandemir
2011 conf
ICEAC
Ramya Prabhakar, Erik Kruus, Guanlin Lu, Cristian Ungureanu
2011 conf
Euro-Par (1)
Mahmut T. Kandemir, Ramya Prabhakar, Mustafa Karaköy, Yuanrui Zhang
2011 A conf
ICDCS
Ramya Prabhakar, Sudharshan S. Vazhkudai, Youngjae Kim, Ali Raza Butt, Min Li, Mahmut T. Kandemir
2011 B conf
PPoPP
Ramya Prabhakar, Shekhar Srikantaiah, Rajat Garg, Mahmut T. Kandemir
2011 A conf
ICS
Michael R. Frasca, Ramya Prabhakar
2011 A conf
SC
Michael R. Frasca, Ramya Prabhakar, Padma Raghavan, Mahmut T. Kandemir
2010 A conf
ICS
Ramya Prabhakar, Shekhar Srikantaiah, Mahmut T. Kandemir, Christina M. Patrick
2010 C conf
EuroMPI
Seong Jo Kim, Yuanrui Zhang, Seung Woo Son, Ramya Prabhakar, Mahmut T. Kandemir, Christina M. Patrick, Wei-keng Liao, Alok N. Choudhary
2009 A conf
SC
Ramya Prabhakar, Shekhar Srikantaiah, Christina M. Patrick, Mahmut T. Kandemir
2009 B conf
CCGRID
Ramya Prabhakar, Christina M. Patrick, Mahmut T. Kandemir
2009 B conf
CCGRID
Rajat Garg, Seung Woo Son, Mahmut T. Kandemir, Padma Raghavan, Ramya Prabhakar
2009 conf
PDCCS
Rajat Garg, Ramya Prabhakar, Mahmut T. Kandemir
2007 conf
IEEE Security in Storage Workshop
Ramya Prabhakar, Seung Woo Son, Christina M. Patrick, Sri Hari Krishna Narayanan, Mahmut T. Kandemir
redb/extractors/elf_extractors/elf_imports.py
← Index redb/extractors/elf_extractors/elf_imports.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 ELFImport


class ELFImportExtractor(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_imports = None
        self.elastic_index = self.index_prefix + "-elf_imports"
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)

    def _get_import_libraries(self, elf) -> List[str]:
        """Extract imported libraries from dynamic section."""
        libraries = []

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

            # Extract DT_NEEDED entries (required libraries)
            for tag in dynamic_section.iter_tags():
                if tag.entry.d_tag == 'DT_NEEDED':
                    libraries.append(tag.needed)

        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error extracting import libraries: {e}")

        return libraries

    def _get_imported_functions_from_symbols(self, elf) -> Set[str]:
        """Extract imported functions from dynamic symbol table."""
        imported_functions = set()

        try:
            # Get the dynamic symbol table
            dynsym_section = elf.get_section_by_name('.dynsym')
            if not dynsym_section or not hasattr(dynsym_section, 'iter_symbols'):
                return imported_functions

            # Look for undefined symbols (imports)
            for symbol in dynsym_section.iter_symbols():
                # Check if symbol is undefined (imported)
                if (symbol.entry.get('st_shndx', 0) == 'SHN_UNDEF' and
                    symbol.name and
                    symbol.entry.get('st_info', {}).get('bind') in ['STB_GLOBAL', 'STB_WEAK']):
                    imported_functions.add(symbol.name)

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

        return imported_functions

    def _get_imported_functions_from_relocations(self, elf) -> Set[str]:
        """Extract imported functions from relocation sections."""
        imported_functions = set()

        try:
            # Look through relocation sections
            for section in elf.iter_sections():
                if hasattr(section, 'iter_relocations'):
                    try:
                        for relocation in section.iter_relocations():
                            # Get symbol associated with relocation
                            if hasattr(relocation, 'symbol') and relocation.symbol:
                                symbol_name = relocation.symbol.name
                                if symbol_name:
                                    imported_functions.add(symbol_name)
                    except Exception as e:
                        self.log.debug(f"Could not process relocations in section {section.name}: {e}")

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

        return imported_functions

    def _get_plt_functions(self, elf) -> Set[str]:
        """Extract functions from PLT (Procedure Linkage Table) sections."""
        plt_functions = set()

        try:
            # Look for PLT-related sections
            plt_sections = ['.plt', '.plt.got', '.plt.sec']

            for section_name in plt_sections:
                section = elf.get_section_by_name(section_name)
                if section:
                    # PLT functions are typically associated with relocations
                    # We'll get them from the relocation analysis
                    pass

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

        return plt_functions

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

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

            def extract_data(elf):
                # Extract import libraries
                import_libraries = self._get_import_libraries(elf)

                # Extract imported functions from multiple sources
                imported_functions = set()

                # From dynamic symbols
                symbol_imports = self._get_imported_functions_from_symbols(elf)
                imported_functions.update(symbol_imports)

                # From relocations
                relocation_imports = self._get_imported_functions_from_relocations(elf)
                imported_functions.update(relocation_imports)

                # From PLT
                plt_imports = self._get_plt_functions(elf)
                imported_functions.update(plt_imports)

                # Convert to sorted lists for consistent output
                import_libraries_list = sorted(list(set(import_libraries)))
                import_functions_list = sorted(list(imported_functions))

                # Return ELFImport dataclass
                return ELFImport(
                    elf_imports_total=len(import_functions_list),
                    elf_import_libraries=import_libraries_list,
                    elf_import_functions=import_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_imports = result
            return self.elf_imports

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

                # Prepare data array
                data = [[
                    self.sha256,
                    self.md5,
                    self.sha1,
                    self.elf_imports.elf_imports_total,
                    self.elf_imports.elf_import_libraries,
                    self.elf_imports.elf_import_functions,
                    datetime.now(timezone.utc)
                ]]

                column_names = [
                    'sha256', 'md5', 'sha1',
                    'elf_imports_total',
                    'elf_import_libraries',
                    'elf_import_functions',
                    'analysis_date'
                ]

                column_type_names = [
                    'FixedString(64)', 'FixedString(32)', 'FixedString(40)',
                    'UInt32',
                    'Array(LowCardinality(String))',
                    'Array(LowCardinality(String))',
                    '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_imports"