Rangeet Mitra

72 papers B 1C 1Journal 52Unranked 18
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2026 J jnl
IEEE Access
Uday Kumar Singh, Rangeet Mitra, Rama Rao Thipparaju, K. Venkateswaran, Amit Kumar Mishra, Michal Lupa
2026 J jnl
IET Commun.
Rangeet Mitra, Sandesh Jain, K. Venkateswaran, Rajat Kumar, Vimal Bhatia, Ondrej Krejcar
2026 J jnl
Comput. Electr. Eng.
Deepjyoti Boro, Sandesh Jain, Rangeet Mitra, Pragya Swami
2026 J jnl
J. Signal Process. Syst.
Uday Kumar Singh, Moein Ahmadi, Rangeet Mitra, K. Venkateswaran, Rama Rao Thipparaju
2025 conf
ANTS
Uday Kumar Singh, Rangeet Mitra, Amit Kumar Mishra, Vimal Bhatia, K. Venkateswaran, Arijit Datta, Rama Rao Thipparaju
2025 J jnl
IEEE Access
Sandesh Jain, Pankaj Kumar, Rangeet Mitra, Praveen Kumar Singya, Sanjeev Sharma, Vimal Bhatia
2025 conf
ANTS
Atul Verma, Rangeet Mitra, Sandesh Jain, K. Venkateswaran, Vimal Bhatia
2025 J jnl
IEEE Signal Process. Lett.
Deepjyoti Boro, Sandesh Jain, Rangeet Mitra, Pragya Swami
2025 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Circuits Syst. I Regul. Pap.
Ayush Ranjan, Shivam Yadav, Sandesh Jain, Rangeet Mitra, Murat Uysal
2024 conf
WPMC
Rajat Kumar, Vidya Bhasker Shukla, Rangeet Mitra, Vimal Bhatia, Nandana Rajatheva, Matti Latva-aho
2023 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Veh. Technol.
Elie Sfeir, Rangeet Mitra, Georges Kaddoum
2023 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Veh. Technol.
Vidya Bhasker Shukla, Rangeet Mitra, Ondrej Krejcar, Vimal Bhatia, Kwonhue Choi
2022 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Circuits Syst. II Express Briefs
Rangeet Mitra, Georges Kaddoum, Gwenael Poitau
2022 J jnl
Phys. Commun.
Farshad Miramirkhani, Mehdi Karbalayghareh, Engin Zeydan, Rangeet Mitra
2022 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Commun.
Rangeet Mitra, Georges Kaddoum, Daniel Benevides da Costa
2022 conf
SPCOM
Vidya Bhasker Shukla, Rangeet Mitra, Vimal Bhatia
2022 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Cogn. Commun. Netw.
Rangeet Mitra, Georges Kaddoum
2022 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Circuits Syst. II Express Briefs
Rangeet Mitra, Sandesh Jain, Georges Kaddoum, Kwonhue Choi
2021 conf
ANTS
Vidya Bhasker Shukla, Rangeet Mitra, Vimal Bhatia
2021 J jnl
IEEE Access
Baris Dönmez, Rangeet Mitra, Farshad Miramirkhani
2021 J jnl
IEEE Commun. Lett.
Rangeet Mitra, Sanjeev Sharma, Georges Kaddoum, Vimal Bhatia
2021 J jnl
Sensors
Elie Sfeir, Rangeet Mitra, Georges Kaddoum, Vimal Bhatia
2021 J jnl
IEEE Commun. Lett.
Rangeet Mitra, Georges Kaddoum, Ghassan S. Dahman, Gwenael Poitau
2021 J jnl
IEEE Commun. Lett.
K. Reddy Sekhar, Farshad Miramirkhani, Rangeet Mitra, Anish C. Turlapaty
2021 J jnl
IEEE Signal Process. Lett.
Rangeet Mitra, Georges Kaddoum, Ghassan S. Dahman, Gwenael Poitau
2021 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Commun.
Rangeet Mitra, Georges Kaddoum, Vimal Bhatia
2021 J jnl
IEEE Access
Uday Kumar Singh, Rangeet Mitra, Vimal Bhatia, Amit Kumar Mishra
2021 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Circuits Syst. II Express Briefs
Sandesh Jain, Rangeet Mitra, Vimal Bhatia
2021 J jnl
Phys. Commun.
Farshad Miramirkhani, Mehdi Karbalayghareh, Rangeet Mitra
2021 J jnl
IEEE Commun. Lett.
Rangeet Mitra, Georges Kaddoum, Ghassan S. Dahman, Gwenael Poitau
2021 J jnl
IEEE Commun. Lett.
Elie Sfeir, Rangeet Mitra, Georges Kaddoum, Vimal Bhatia
2021 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Veh. Technol.
Vimal Bhatia, Sandesh Jain, Kamal K. Garg, Rangeet Mitra
2021 J jnl
IEEE Commun. Lett.
Rangeet Mitra, Vimal Bhatia, Sandesh Jain, Kwonhue Choi
2021 J jnl
CoRR
Rangeet Mitra, Georges Kaddoum
2021 conf
ANTS
Sanjeev Sharma, Rangeet Mitra, Vimal Bhatia
2020 J jnl
CoRR
Samad Ali, Walid Saad, Nandana Rajatheva, Kapseok Chang, Daniel Steinbach, Benjamin Sliwa, Christian Wietfeld, Kai Mei, Hamid Shiri, Hans-Jürgen Zepernick, Thi My Chinh Chu, Ijaz Ahmad, Jyrki Huusko, Jaakko Suutala, Shubhangi Bhadauria, Vimal Bhatia, Rangeet Mitra, SaiDhiraj Amuru, Robert Abbas, Baohua Shao, Michele Capobianco, Guanghui Yu, Maëlick Claes, Teemu Karvonen, Mingzhe Chen, Maksym A. Girnyk, Hassan Malik
2020 J jnl
IEEE Commun. Lett.
Sandesh Jain, Rangeet Mitra, Vimal Bhatia
2020 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Veh. Technol.
Sandesh Jain, Rangeet Mitra, Vimal Bhatia
2020 J jnl
IEEE Commun. Lett.
Rangeet Mitra, Sandesh Jain, Vimal Bhatia
2020 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Veh. Technol.
Rangeet Mitra, Farshad Miramirkhani, Vimal Bhatia, Murat Uysal
2020 J jnl
IEEE Commun. Lett.
K. Reddy Sekhar, Rangeet Mitra
2020 C conf
TENCON
Anupma Sharma, Sandesh Jain, Rangeet Mitra, Vimal Bhatia
2020 conf
ICCSPA
Anupma Sharma, Sandesh Jain, Rangeet Mitra, Vimal Bhatia
2020 J jnl
IEEE Commun. Lett.
Elie Sfeir, Rangeet Mitra, Georges Kaddoum, Vimal Bhatia
2020 conf
EuCNC
Varun Chhangani, Rangeet Mitra, Vimal Bhatia
2020 conf
ICCSPA
Pavan Kumar Anand, Sandesh Jain, Rangeet Mitra, Vimal Bhatia
2020 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Aerosp. Electron. Syst.
Uday Kumar Singh, Rangeet Mitra, Vimal Bhatia, Amit Kumar Mishra
2019 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Aerosp. Electron. Syst.
Uday Kumar Singh, Rangeet Mitra, Vimal Bhatia, Amit Kumar Mishra
2019 conf
ANTS
Sandesh Jain, Anuj Agrawal, Rangeet Mitra, Vimal Bhatia, Shashi Prakash
2019 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Veh. Technol.
Rangeet Mitra, Vimal Bhatia
2019 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Veh. Technol.
Rangeet Mitra, Farshad Miramirkhani, Vimal Bhatia, Murat Uysal
2019 B conf
PIMRC
Sandesh Jain, Rangeet Mitra, Vimal Bhatia
2019 J jnl
CoRR
Rangeet Mitra, Paschalis C. Sofotasios, Vimal Bhatia, Sami Muhaidat
2019 conf
ANTS
Uday Kumar Singh, Rangeet Mitra, Vimal Bhatia, Amit Kumar Mishra
2018 J jnl
IEEE Commun. Lett.
Sandesh Jain, Rangeet Mitra, Vimal Bhatia
2018 conf
ANTS
Sandesh Jain, Rangeet Mitra, Vimal Bhatia
2018 J jnl
Comput. Electr. Eng.
Rangeet Mitra, Vimal Bhatia
2018 conf
ANTS
Uday Kumar Singh, Rangeet Mitra, Vimal Bhatia, Amit Kumar Mishra
2018 conf
ANTS
K. Reddy Sekhar, Rangeet Mitra
2018 conf
VTC Spring
Rangeet Mitra, Vimal Bhatia
2017 J jnl
Signal Image Video Process.
Rangeet Mitra, Vimal Bhatia
2017 J jnl
IEEE Commun. Lett.
Rangeet Mitra, Vimal Bhatia
2017 J jnl
CoRR
Rangeet Mitra, Vimal Bhatia
2017 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Commun.
Rangeet Mitra, Vimal Bhatia
2015 conf
EUSIPCO
Rangeet Mitra, Vimal Bhatia
2015 J jnl
CoRR
Rangeet Mitra, Vimal Bhatia
2015 J jnl
CoRR
Rangeet Mitra, Vimal Bhatia
2014 J jnl
CoRR
Rangeet Mitra, Amit Kumar Mishra, Tarun Choubisa
2014 conf
ICIT
Rangeet Mitra, Vimal Bhatia
2014 conf
ICIT
Rangeet Mitra, Vimal Bhatia
2013 J jnl
CoRR
Rangeet Mitra, Amit Kumar Mishra
2011 J jnl
IET Commun.
Rangeet Mitra, Sarabjot Singh, Amit Kumar Mishra
redb/extractors/pe_extractors/pe_extra_findings.py
← Index redb/extractors/pe_extractors/pe_extra_findings.py python
from hashlib import md5, sha1, sha256
import inspect
import pefile
from magika import Magika
import json
from datetime import datetime, timezone
from typing import List, Optional, Any
from asn1crypto import cms, pem, x509, core
from dataclasses import asdict

from redb.extractors.enum import Tag
from redb.extractors.pe_extractor import PEExtractor
from redb.models.dataclasses import PEExtraFinding, PECertificate


class PEExtraFindings(PEExtractor):

    def __init__(
        self,
        filepath,
        log,
        exporters=None,
        index_prefix=None,
        elastic_index=None,
        known_benign=False,
        known_malicious=False,
        pe=None,
    ):
        super().__init__(
            filepath,
            log,
            exporters,
            index_prefix,
            elastic_index,
            known_benign,
            known_malicious,
            pe,
        )
        self.elastic_index = self.index_prefix + "-pe_extrafindings"
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)
        self.has_binary_overlay = False
        self.has_binary_resource = False
        self.findings = []

    def tag(self):
        return Tag.PE_EMBEDDED_EXTRAS.value

    """
    The section below triggers in case of a binary which is not signed.
    It trigger the scan for Certificates inside the binary, for example
    inside a resource or an overlay.
    """

    def _scan_for_certificates(self):
        """
        Comprehensive scan for certificate data in PE file.
        Returns list of tuples (location_description, certificate_data)
        """
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)

        # 1. Scan resources for embedded PE files
        self._scan_resources_for_certificates()

        # 3. Scan overlay
        overlay_data = self.pe.get_overlay()
        if overlay_data:
            self._scan_overlay_for_certificates(overlay_data)


    def _extract_certificate_info(self, cert_data):
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)

        certificate = x509.Certificate.load(cert_data)
        certificate_serial_number = format(certificate.serial_number, "x").upper()
        grouped_serial_number = ":".join(
            [
                certificate_serial_number[i : i + 2]
                for i in range(0, len(certificate_serial_number), 2)
            ]
        )
        return PECertificate(
            certificate_serial_number=grouped_serial_number,
            certificate_issuer=certificate.issuer.human_friendly,
            certificate_subject=certificate.subject.human_friendly,
            certificate_valid_from=certificate["tbs_certificate"]["validity"][
                "not_before"
            ].native.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"),
            certificate_valid_to=certificate["tbs_certificate"]["validity"][
                "not_after"
            ].native.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"),
            certificate_thumbprint=sha1(cert_data).hexdigest().upper(),
            certificate_algorithm=None,
        )

    def _extract_standard_certificates(self, pe):
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)
        address = pe.OPTIONAL_HEADER.DATA_DIRECTORY[
            pefile.DIRECTORY_ENTRY["IMAGE_DIRECTORY_ENTRY_SECURITY"]
        ].VirtualAddress
        size = pe.OPTIONAL_HEADER.DATA_DIRECTORY[
            pefile.DIRECTORY_ENTRY["IMAGE_DIRECTORY_ENTRY_SECURITY"]
        ].Size

        addr_8 = address + 8
        signature_data = bytes(
            pe.write()[addr_8 : addr_8 + size]  # noqa E203
        )  # Ensure this is a bytes object
        if pem.detect(signature_data):
            signature_data = pem.unarmor(signature_data)

        content_info = cms.ContentInfo.load(signature_data)
        signed_data = content_info["content"]
        certificates = signed_data["certificates"]

        certificates_list = []
        for cert in certificates:
            cert_info = self._extract_certificate_info(cert.chosen.dump())
            certificates_list.append(cert_info)

        return certificates_list

    def _is_signed(self, pedata):
        address = pedata.OPTIONAL_HEADER.DATA_DIRECTORY[
            pefile.DIRECTORY_ENTRY["IMAGE_DIRECTORY_ENTRY_SECURITY"]
        ].VirtualAddress
        if address == 0:
            return False
        return True

    def _scan_resources_for_certificates(self):
        """Scan resources for embedded PE files and their certificates"""
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)

        try:
            if hasattr(self.pe, "DIRECTORY_ENTRY_RESOURCE"):
                for entry in self.pe.DIRECTORY_ENTRY_RESOURCE.entries:
                    for resource in self._get_resource_data(entry):
                        # Check if resource data might be a PE file
                        resource_magika = Magika().identify_bytes(resource).output.label
                        if resource.startswith(b"MZ") or resource_magika == "pebin":
                            try:
                                embedded_pe = pefile.PE(data=resource)
                                if self._is_signed(embedded_pe):
                                    cert_data = self._extract_standard_certificates(
                                        embedded_pe
                                    )
                                    if cert_data:
                                        # certificates.append(
                                        #     (f"Resource_{entry.id}", cert_data)
                                        # )
                                        self.findings.append(
                                            PEExtraFinding(
                                                context=f"Resource ({sha256(resource).hexdigest()}) is a PE file. Found Code Signing Certificates information inside.",
                                                finding=cert_data,
                                            )
                                        )
                            except Exception as e:
                                self.log.warning(
                                    f"Resource {sha256(resource).hexdigest()} is not a valid PE: {e}"
                                )

                        # Direct certificate pattern matching in resource
                        cert_data = self._find_certificate_patterns(resource)
                        if cert_data:
                            # certificates.append((f"Resource_{entry.id}", cert_data))
                            self.findings.append(
                                PEExtraFinding(
                                    context=f"Resource ({sha256(resource).hexdigest()}) is a PE file.\
                                    Found Code Signing Certificates information inside.",
                                    finding=cert_data,
                                )
                            )

        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Failed to scan resources: {e}")


    def _scan_overlay_for_certificates(self, overlay_data) -> List[bytes]:
        """Scan PE overlay for certificate data"""
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)
        try:
            # Check if overlay is a PE file
            overlay_magika = Magika().identify_bytes(overlay_data).output.ct_label
            if overlay_data.startswith(b"MZ") or overlay_magika == "pebin":
                try:
                    overlay_pe = pefile.PE(data=overlay_data)
                    if self._is_signed(overlay_pe):
                        cert_data = self._extract_standard_certificates(overlay_data)
                        if cert_data:
                            self.findings.append(
                                PEExtraFinding(
                                    context=f"Overlay data ({sha256(overlay_data).hexdigest()}) is a PE file.\
                                    Found Code Signing Certificates information inside.",
                                    finding=cert_data,
                                )
                            )
                except Exception as e:
                    self.log.warning(f"Error looking for certificates in Overlay: {e}")
                    pass

            # Direct certificate pattern matching in overlay
            cert_data = self._find_certificate_patterns(overlay_data)
            if cert_data:
                self.findings.append(
                    PEExtraFinding(
                        context=f"Overlay data ({sha256(overlay_data).hexdigest()}) is a PE file.\
                        Found Code Signing Certificates information inside.",
                        finding=cert_data,
                    )
                )
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Failed to scan overlay: {e}")


    def _get_resource_data(self, entry) -> List[bytes]:
        """Recursively get resource data"""
        resources = []
        try:
            if hasattr(entry, "directory"):
                for subentry in entry.directory.entries:
                    resources.extend(self._get_resource_data(subentry))
            else:
                data = self.pe.get_data(
                    entry.data.struct.OffsetToData, entry.data.struct.Size
                )
                resources.append(data)
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Failed to get resource data: {e}")
        return resources

    def _find_certificate_patterns(self, data: bytes) -> Optional[bytes]:
        """Find certificate patterns in binary data"""
        # PKCS#7 SignedData OID pattern
        PKCS7_PATTERN = b"\x06\x09\x2A\x86\x48\x86\xF7\x0D\x01\x07\x02"

        try:
            idx = data.find(PKCS7_PATTERN)
            if idx != -1:
                # Search backwards for ASN.1 sequence marker
                for i in range(idx, max(0, idx - 50), -1):
                    if data[i] == 0x30:  # ASN.1 SEQUENCE
                        try:
                            # Try to parse as X.509 certificate
                            cert = x509.load_der_x509_certificate(
                                data[i:], default_backend()
                            )
                            return data[i:]
                        except Exception:
                            continue
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Failed to find certificate patterns: {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.findings
        elif exporter_type == "ClickHouseExporter":
            current_time = datetime.now(timezone.utc)
            
            data = [
                [
                    self.sha256,
                    self.md5,
                    self.sha1,
                    finding.context,
                    [asdict(cert) for cert in finding.finding] if finding.finding else None,
                    current_time
                ]
                for finding in self.findings
            ]
            
            column_names = [
                'sha256', 'md5', 'sha1', 'context', 'finding', 'analysis_date'
            ]
            
            if not data:
                return None

            column_type_names = [
                'FixedString(64)', 'FixedString(32)', 'FixedString(40)',
                'String', 'Array(JSON)', 'DateTime64(3, \'UTC\')'
            ]

            return (data, column_names, column_type_names)

    def get_clickhouse_table(self) -> str:
        return "redb_extra_findings"

    def extract(self):
        try:
            self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)
            self._scan_for_certificates()
            if len(self.findings) > 0:
                return self.findings
            return None
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error extracting PE Extras: {e}")
            return None