Randall Landry

15 papers A* 3B 2Journal 9Unranked 1
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2015 J jnl
IEEE Commun. Mag.
Torleiv Maseng, Randall Landry
2014 J jnl
IEEE Commun. Mag.
Torleiv Maseng, Randall Landry, Kenneth Young
2013 J jnl
IEEE Commun. Mag.
Torleiv Maseng, Randall Landry, Kenneth Young
2012 J jnl
IEEE Commun. Mag.
Torleiv Maseng, Randall Landry, Kenneth Young
2008 B conf
WiMob
Randall Landry, Jared Burdin
2008 B conf
GLOBECOM
Jared Burdin, Randall Landry
2008 J jnl
IEEE Commun. Mag.
Torleiv Maseng, Randall Landry
2004 J jnl
IEEE Commun. Mag.
Randall Landry, Kevin H. Grace, Ali Saidi
1997 conf
ICC (1)
Jing-Fei Ren, Randall Landry
1997 J jnl
Comput. Networks ISDN Syst.
Randall Landry, Ioannis Stavrakakis
1997 J jnl
IEEE/ACM Trans. Netw.
Randall Landry, Ioannis Stavrakakis
1995 A* conf
INFOCOM
Randall Landry, Ioannis Stavrakakis
1994 A* conf
INFOCOM
Randall Landry, Ioannis Stavrakakis
1993 A* conf
INFOCOM
Randall Landry, Ioannis Stavrakakis
1993 J jnl
IEEE/ACM Trans. Netw.
Randall Landry, Ioannis Stavrakakis
redb/extractors/decompiler/bninja/analysis/scores.py
← Index redb/extractors/decompiler/bninja/analysis/scores.py python
from collections import deque
from binaryninja import highlevelil
from binaryninja.enums import HighLevelILOperation


class ObfuscationScores:
    def __init__(self, hlil_function):
        self.function = hlil_function
        self._basic_blocks = list(hlil_function.basic_blocks) if hlil_function and hlil_function.basic_blocks else []
        self._block_count = len(self._basic_blocks)

    def flattened_score(self):
        """
        A heuristic for detecting control flow flattening from Tim Blazytko.
        Source: https://www.synthesis.to/2021/03/03/flattening_detection.html
        """
        if self._block_count == 0:
            return 0.0

        max_flattening_ratio = 0.0

        for basic_block in self._basic_blocks:
            dominated = get_dominated_by(basic_block)
            if not any(edge.source in dominated for edge in basic_block.incoming_edges):
                continue
            ratio = len(dominated) / self._block_count
            if ratio > max_flattening_ratio:
                max_flattening_ratio = ratio

        return max_flattening_ratio

    def MBA_score(self):
        """
        Score for MBA is obtained by the number of instructions that have at least one arithmetic operation and
        one logic operation DIVIDED by the number of instructions.
        """
        total = 0
        mba_count = 0

        for ins in self.function.instructions:
            total += 1
            if uses_mba(ins):
                mba_count += 1

        if total == 0:
            return 0.0

        return mba_count / total

def get_dominated_by(dominator):
    """
    Get the dominators that are dominated by the given dominator.
    (To recall the theory, a basic block B is called dominator for A if every path from START
    to A must include B)
    """
    result = set()
    worklist = deque([dominator])

    while worklist:
        block = worklist.popleft()
        if block in result:
            continue
        result.add(block)
        worklist.extend(block.dominator_tree_children)

    return result

_ARITHMETIC_OPS = frozenset({
    HighLevelILOperation.HLIL_ADD,
    HighLevelILOperation.HLIL_NEG,
    HighLevelILOperation.HLIL_SUB,
    HighLevelILOperation.HLIL_MUL,
    HighLevelILOperation.HLIL_DIVS,
    HighLevelILOperation.HLIL_MODS,
})

_LOGIC_OPS = frozenset({
    HighLevelILOperation.HLIL_NOT,
    HighLevelILOperation.HLIL_AND,
    HighLevelILOperation.HLIL_OR,
    HighLevelILOperation.HLIL_XOR,
    HighLevelILOperation.HLIL_LSR,
    HighLevelILOperation.HLIL_LSL,
})

_MBA_OPS = _ARITHMETIC_OPS | _LOGIC_OPS

def uses_mba(hlil_instruction):
    uses_logic = False
    uses_arithmetic = False
    stack = [hlil_instruction]

    while stack:
        instruction = stack.pop()

        if not isinstance(instruction, highlevelil.HighLevelILInstruction):
            continue

        op = instruction.operation

        if op not in _MBA_OPS:
            for operand in instruction.operands:
                if isinstance(operand, highlevelil.HighLevelILInstruction):
                    stack.append(operand)
            continue

        if op in _ARITHMETIC_OPS:
            uses_arithmetic = True
        else:
            uses_logic = True

        if uses_logic and uses_arithmetic:
            return True

        for operand in instruction.operands:
            if isinstance(operand, highlevelil.HighLevelILInstruction):
                stack.append(operand)

    return False