Valentin Volokitin

24 papers B 3Journal 17Unranked 4
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2026 J jnl
Future Gener. Comput. Syst.
Anna Pirova, Anastasia Vodeneeva, Konstantin Kovalev, Alexander Ustinov, Evgeny Kozinov, Alexey Liniov, Valentin Volokitin, Iosif B. Meyerov
2025 B conf
PaCT
Valentin Volokitin, Evgeny Kozinov, Valentin Petrov, Iosif B. Meyerov
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Anna Pirova, Anastasia Vodeneeva, Konstantin Kovalev, Alexander Ustinov, Evgeny Kozinov, Alexey Liniov, Valentin Volokitin, Iosif B. Meyerov
2024 conf
PPAM (1)
Elena Panova, Valentin Volokitin, Aleksei V. Bashinov, Alexander A. Muraviev, Evgeny Efimenko, Iosif B. Meyerov
2024 J jnl
CoRR
Elena Panova, Valentin Volokitin, Alexei V. Bashinov, Alexander A. Muraviev, Evgeny Efimenko, Iosif B. Meyerov
2024 conf
PPAM (2)
Evgeny Kozinov, Evgeny Vasiliev, Andrey Gorshkov, Valentina Kustikova, Artem Maklaev, Valentin Volokitin, Iosif B. Meyerov
2024 J jnl
CoRR
Evgeny Kozinov, Evgeny Vasiliev, Andrey Gorshkov, Valentina Kustikova, Artem Maklaev, Valentin Volokitin, Iosif B. Meyerov
2023 B conf
PaCT
Valentin Volokitin, Evgeny Kozinov, Valentina Kustikova, Alexey Liniov, Iosif B. Meyerov
2023 J jnl
CoRR
Valentin Volokitin, Evgeny Kozinov, Valentina Kustikova, Alexey Liniov, Iosif B. Meyerov
2023 J jnl
CoRR
Valentin Volokitin, Evgenii Vasiliev, Evgeny Kozinov, Valentina Kustikova, Alexei Liniov, Yury Rodimkov, Alexander Sysoyev, Iosif B. Meyerov
2023 J jnl
CoRR
Valentin Volokitin, Joel Magnusson, Aleksei V. Bashinov, Evgeny Efimenko, Alexander A. Muraviev, Iosif B. Meyerov
2023 J jnl
J. Comput. Sci.
Valentin Volokitin, Joel Magnusson, Alexei V. Bashinov, Evgeny Efimenko, Alexander A. Muraviev, Iosif B. Meyerov
2022 J jnl
CoRR
Elena Panova, Valentin Volokitin, Anton V. Gorshkov, Iosif B. Meyerov
2021 B conf
PaCT
Valentin Volokitin, Alexey V. Bashinov, Evgeny Efimenko, Arkady A. Gonoskov, Iosif B. Meyerov
2021 J jnl
CoRR
Valentin Volokitin, Alexey V. Bashinov, Evgeny Efimenko, Arkady A. Gonoskov, Iosif B. Meyerov
2021 J jnl
Entropy
Yury Rodimkov, Evgeny Efimenko, Valentin Volokitin, Elena Panova, Alexey Polovinkin, Iosif B. Meyerov, Arkady A. Gonoskov
2021 J jnl
Comput. Phys. Commun.
Alexander A. Muraviev, Alexei V. Bashinov, Evgeny Efimenko, Valentin Volokitin, Iosif B. Meyerov, Arkady A. Gonoskov
2021 J jnl
Sensors
Yury Rodimkov, Shikha Bhadoria, Valentin Volokitin, Evgeny Efimenko, Alexey Polovinkin, Thomas Blackburn, Mattias Marklund, Arkady A. Gonoskov, Iosif B. Meyerov
2020 J jnl
CoRR
Valentin Volokitin, Sergei I. Bastrakov, Aleksei V. Bashinov, Evgeny Efimenko, Alexander A. Muraviev, Arkady A. Gonoskov, Iosif B. Meyerov
2020 J jnl
Entropy
Iosif B. Meyerov, Evgeny Kozinov, Alexey Liniov, Valentin Volokitin, Igor I. Yusipov, Mikhail Ivanchenko, Sergey V. Denisov
2019 conf
PPAM (1)
Iosif B. Meyerov, Alexander Panov, Sergei I. Bastrakov, Aleksei V. Bashinov, Evgeny Efimenko, Elena Panova, Igor A. Surmin, Valentin Volokitin, Arkady A. Gonoskov
2019 J jnl
CoRR
Iosif B. Meyerov, Sergei I. Bastrakov, Aleksei V. Bashinov, Evgeny Efimenko, Alexander Panov, Elena Panova, Igor A. Surmin, Valentin Volokitin, Arkady A. Gonoskov
2019 J jnl
CoRR
Iosif B. Meyerov, Evgeny Kozinov, Alexey Liniov, Valentin Volokitin, Igor I. Yusipov, Mikhail Ivanchenko, Sergey V. Denisov
2017 conf
RuSCDays
Alexey Liniov, Valentin Volokitin, Iosif B. Meyerov, Mikhail Ivanchenko, Sergey V. Denisov
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"