Victor Asavei

25 papers C 2Journal 8Unranked 15
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2026 J jnl
Frontiers Virtual Real.
Alin Moldoveanu, Iulia-Cristina Stanica, Cristian Lambru, Ana Magdalena Anghel, Silviu Stancioiu, Anca Morar, Victor Asavei, Robert G. Lupu, Delia Cinteza
2025 J jnl
IEEE Access
Maria Anca Balutoiu, Anca Morar, Alin Moldoveanu, Alexandru Gradinaru, Victor Asavei, Ana Magdalena Anghel, Cristian Lambru
2022 conf
VISIGRAPP (1: GRAPP)
Cristian Lambru, Florica Moldoveanu, Anca Morar, Victor Asavei
2022 conf
RoCHI
Chris Luntraru, Victor Asavei, Alin Moldoveanu, Florica Moldoveanu
2021 J jnl
IEEE Access
Cristian Lambru, Anca Morar, Florica Moldoveanu, Victor Asavei, Alin Moldoveanu
2021 conf
ICSTCC
Cristian Lambru, Anca Morar, Florica Moldoveanu, Victor Asavei
2020 J jnl
IEEE Access
Victor Asavei, Andrei A. Muller, Esther Sanabria-Codesal, Alin Moldoveanu, Adrian M. Ionescu
2020 J jnl
Sensors
Anca Morar, Alin Moldoveanu, Irina Mocanu, Florica Moldoveanu, Ion Emilian Radoi, Victor Asavei, Alexandru Gradinaru, Alexandru Butean
2020 conf
RoEduNet
Anca Morar, Maria Anca Balutoiu, Alin Moldoveanu, Florica Moldoveanu, Alexandru Butean, Victor Asavei
2019 J jnl
Int. J. High Perform. Comput. Netw.
Ovidiu Mihai Poncea, Sorin Andrei Pistirica, Florica Moldoveanu, Victor Asavei
2019 conf
CSCS
Florica Moldoveanu, Andrei Ciobanu, Anca Morar, Alin Moldoveanu, Victor Asavei
2019 J jnl
CoRR
Andrei A. Muller, Alin Moldoveanu, Victor Asavei, Riyaz Khadar, Esther Sanabria-Codesal, Anna Krammer, Montserrat Fernandez-Bolaños, Matteo Cavalleri, Junrui Zhang, Emanuele A. Casu, Andreas Schuler, Adrian Mihai Ionescu
2018 J jnl
Symmetry
María Jose Pérez-Peñalver, Esther Sanabria-Codesal, Florica Moldoveanu, Alin Moldoveanu, Victor Asavei, Andrei A. Muller, Adrian M. Ionescu
2017 conf
CSCS
Claudiu Baronea, Adrian Cojocaru, Mihai Frâncu, Anca Morar, Victor Asavei
2017 C conf
FedCSIS
Anca Morar, Florica Moldoveanu, Alin Moldoveanu, Oana Balan, Victor Asavei
2015 conf
CSCS
Andrei Simion, Victor Asavei, Sorin Andrei Pistirica, Ovidiu Mihai Poncea
2015 conf
CSCS
Alexandru Lucian Petrescu, Florica Moldoveanu, Victor Asavei, Alin Moldoveanu
2014 conf
HPCC/CSS/ICESS
Sorin Andrei Pistirica, Victor Asavei, Horia Geanta, Florica Moldoveanu, Alin Moldoveanu, Catalin Negru, Mariana Mocanu
2014 conf
RoCHI
Valentin Dobre, Alin Moldoveanu, Victor Asavei
2014 conf
RoCHI
Andrei Simion, Florica Moldoveanu, Victor Asavei, Alin Moldoveanu
2013 conf
RoCHI
Alin Moldoveanu, Andrei A. Muller, Victor Asavei
2013 conf
CSCS
Alexandru Lucian Petrescu, Florica Moldoveanu, Alin Moldoveanu, Anca Morar, Victor Asavei
2013 C conf
ISPDC
Sorin Andrei Pistirica, Florica Moldoveanu, Alin Moldoveanu, Victor Asavei, Claudiu Mihai Caraman
2013 conf
RoCHI
Anca Morar, Alin Moldoveanu, Florica Moldoveanu, Victor Asavei, Lucian Petrescu, Oana Balan, Ionut Negoi, Sorin Hostiuc
2013 conf
CSCS
Andrei Vasilateanu, Nicolae Goga, Tudor Sutu, Marius Nastasescu, Alin Moldoveanu, Victor Asavei, Cristian Taslitchi
redb/extractors/elf_extractors/elf_exports.py
← Index redb/extractors/elf_extractors/elf_exports.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 ELFExport


class ELFExportExtractor(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_exports = None
        self.elastic_index = self.index_prefix + "-elf_exports"
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)

    def _get_exported_functions_from_symbols(self, elf) -> Set[str]:
        """Extract exported functions from symbol tables."""
        exported_functions = set()

        try:
            # Check both static (.symtab) and dynamic (.dynsym) symbol tables
            symbol_sections = ['.symtab', '.dynsym']

            for section_name in symbol_sections:
                section = elf.get_section_by_name(section_name)
                if not section or not hasattr(section, 'iter_symbols'):
                    continue

                for symbol in section.iter_symbols():
                    # Check if symbol is exported (defined and globally visible)
                    if (symbol.name and
                        symbol.entry.get('st_shndx', 0) != 'SHN_UNDEF' and  # Not undefined
                        symbol.entry.get('st_info', {}).get('bind') in ['STB_GLOBAL', 'STB_WEAK'] and  # Global or weak binding
                        symbol.entry.get('st_info', {}).get('type') in ['STT_FUNC', 'STT_OBJECT']):  # Function or object

                        # Additional checks for meaningful exports
                        if (symbol.entry.get('st_value', 0) > 0 or  # Has a value
                            symbol.entry.get('st_size', 0) > 0):    # Has a size
                            exported_functions.add(symbol.name)

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

        return exported_functions

    def _get_exported_functions_from_dynamic_section(self, elf) -> Set[str]:
        """Extract exported functions information from dynamic section."""
        exported_functions = set()

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

            # Look for version definition sections that might indicate exports
            # This is complementary to symbol table analysis
            for tag in dynamic_section.iter_tags():
                if tag.entry.d_tag == 'DT_SONAME':
                    # If it has a SONAME, it's likely a shared library with exports
                    # The actual exports are still found in symbol tables
                    pass

        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error extracting exports from dynamic section: {e}")

        return exported_functions

    def _filter_meaningful_exports(self, exports: Set[str]) -> Set[str]:
        """Filter out compiler-generated and internal symbols to focus on meaningful exports."""
        filtered_exports = set()

        # Common patterns to exclude (compiler-generated, internal symbols)
        exclude_patterns = [
            '_start',
            '_init',
            '_fini',
            '__libc_',
            '__gmon_start__',
            '_IO_stdin_used',
            '__data_start',
            '__bss_start',
            '_edata',
            '_end',
            '__TMC_END__',
            '_ITM_deregisterTMCloneTable',
            '_ITM_registerTMCloneTable',
            '__cxa_finalize',
            '__gxx_personality_v0',
            '_Jv_RegisterClasses'
        ]

        for export in exports:
            # Skip empty or very short names
            if not export or len(export) < 2:
                continue

            # Skip symbols that match exclude patterns
            skip = False
            for pattern in exclude_patterns:
                if export.startswith(pattern):
                    skip = True
                    break

            # Skip symbols that look like internal mangled names (but keep reasonable C++ names)
            if export.startswith('_Z') and len(export) > 50:  # Very long mangled names
                skip = True

            if not skip:
                filtered_exports.add(export)

        return filtered_exports

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

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

            def extract_data(elf):
                # Extract exported functions from multiple sources
                exported_functions = set()

                # From symbol tables (primary source)
                symbol_exports = self._get_exported_functions_from_symbols(elf)
                exported_functions.update(symbol_exports)

                # From dynamic section (supplementary)
                dynamic_exports = self._get_exported_functions_from_dynamic_section(elf)
                exported_functions.update(dynamic_exports)

                # Filter out compiler-generated and internal symbols
                meaningful_exports = self._filter_meaningful_exports(exported_functions)

                # Convert to sorted list for consistent output
                export_functions_list = sorted(list(meaningful_exports))

                # Return ELFExport dataclass
                return ELFExport(
                    elf_exports_total=len(export_functions_list),
                    elf_export_functions=export_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_exports = result
            return self.elf_exports

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

                # Prepare data array
                data = [[
                    self.sha256,
                    self.md5,
                    self.sha1,
                    self.elf_exports.elf_exports_total,
                    self.elf_exports.elf_export_functions,
                    datetime.now(timezone.utc)
                ]]

                column_names = [
                    'sha256', 'md5', 'sha1',
                    'elf_exports_total',
                    'elf_export_functions',
                    'analysis_date'
                ]

                if not data:
                    return None

                column_type_names = [
                    'FixedString(64)', 'FixedString(32)', 'FixedString(40)',
                    'UInt32',
                    'Array(LowCardinality(String))',
                    'DateTime64(3, \'UTC\')'
                ]

                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_exports"