Vasileios Perifanis

25 papers Journal 17Unranked 8
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2025 conf
CLEF (Working Notes)
Georgios Arampatzis, Vasileios Perifanis, Symeon Symeonidis, Avi Arampatzis
2025 J jnl
Int. J. Neural Syst.
Theodoros Tsiolakis, Nikolaos Pavlidis, Vasileios Perifanis, Pavlos S. Efraimidis
2025 J jnl
J. Sens. Actuator Networks
Nikolaos Pavlidis, Andreas Sendros, Theodoros Tsiolakis, Periklis Kostamis, Christos Karasoulas, Eleni Briola, Christos Chrysanthos Nikolaidis, Vasileios Perifanis, George Drosatos, Eleftheria Katsiri, Despina Elisavet Filippidou, Anastasios Manos, Pavlos S. Efraimidis
2025 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Sustain. Comput.
Nikolaos Pavlidis, Vasileios Perifanis, Selim F. Yilmaz, Francesc Wilhelmi, Marco Miozzo, Pavlos S. Efraimidis, Remous-Aris Koutsiamanis, Pavol Mulinka, Paolo Dini
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Nikolaos Pavlidis, Vasileios Perifanis, Symeon Symeonidis, Pavlos S. Efraimidis
2024 conf
EICC
Eleni Briola, Christos Chrysanthos Nikolaidis, Vasileios Perifanis, Nikolaos Pavlidis, Pavlos S. Efraimidis
2024 conf
AIAI (3)
Theodoros Tsiolakis, Nikolaos Pavlidis, Vasileios Perifanis, Pavlos S. Efraimidis
2024 J jnl
CoRR
Theodoros Tsiolakis, Nikolaos Pavlidis, Vasileios Perifanis, Pavlos S. Efraimidis
2024 J jnl
CoRR
Nikolaos Pavlidis, Vasileios Perifanis, Eleni Briola, Christos Chrysanthos Nikolaidis, Eleftheria Katsiri, Pavlos S. Efraimidis, Despina Elizabeth Filippidou
2024 J jnl
CoRR
Nikolaos Pavlidis, Vasileios Perifanis, Selim F. Yilmaz, Francesc Wilhelmi, Marco Miozzo, Pavlos S. Efraimidis, Remous-Aris Koutsiamanis, Pavol Mulinka, Paolo Dini
2024 conf
EICC
Vasileios Perifanis, Efstathios Karypidis, Nikos Komodakis, Pavlos S. Efraimidis
2023 conf
PCI
Nikolaos Pavlidis, Christos Chrysanthos Nikolaidis, Vasileios Perifanis, Anastasia Papadopoulou, Pavlos S. Efraimidis, Avi Arampatzis
2023 conf
SemEval@ACL
Giorgos Arampatzis, Vasileios Perifanis, Symeon Symeonidis, Avi Arampatzis
2023 J jnl
Inf. Sci.
Vasileios Perifanis, George Drosatos, Giorgos Stamatelatos, Pavlos S. Efraimidis
2023 conf
FMEC
Christos Chrysanthos Nikolaidis, Vasileios Perifanis, Nikolaos Pavlidis, Pavlos S. Efraimidis
2023 J jnl
CoRR
Christos Chrysanthos Nikolaidis, Vasileios Perifanis, Nikolaos Pavlidis, Pavlos S. Efraimidis
2023 J jnl
Comput. Networks
Vasileios Perifanis, Nikolaos Pavlidis, Remous-Aris Koutsiamanis, Pavlos S. Efraimidis
2023 J jnl
CoRR
Nikolaos Pavlidis, Vasileios Perifanis, Theodoros Panagiotis Chatzinikolaou, Georgios Ch. Sirakoulis, Pavlos S. Efraimidis
2023 J jnl
CoRR
Vasileios Perifanis, Ioanna Michailidi, Giorgos Stamatelatos, George Drosatos, Pavlos S. Efraimidis
2023 conf
FMEC
Vasileios Perifanis, Nikolaos Pavlidis, Selim F. Yilmaz, Francesc Wilhelmi, Elia Guerra, Marco Miozzo, Pavlos S. Efraimidis, Paolo Dini, Remous-Aris Koutsiamanis
2023 J jnl
CoRR
Vasileios Perifanis, Nikolaos Pavlidis, Selim F. Yilmaz, Francesc Wilhelmi, Elia Guerra, Marco Miozzo, Pavlos S. Efraimidis, Paolo Dini, Remous-Aris Koutsiamanis
2022 J jnl
CoRR
Vasileios Perifanis, Nikolaos Pavlidis, Remous-Aris Koutsiamanis, Pavlos S. Efraimidis
2022 J jnl
Knowl. Based Syst.
Vasileios Perifanis, Pavlos S. Efraimidis
2021 J jnl
CoRR
Vasileios Perifanis, George Drosatos, Giorgos Stamatelatos, Pavlos S. Efraimidis
2021 J jnl
CoRR
Vasileios Perifanis, Pavlos S. Efraimidis
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