Victor V. Podinovski

53 papers Journal 53
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2026 J jnl
Eur. J. Oper. Res.
Mahmood Mehdiloozad, Grammatoula Papaioannou, Victor V. Podinovski
2026 J jnl
Eur. J. Oper. Res.
Mahmood Mehdiloozad, Grammatoula Papaioannou, Victor V. Podinovski
2024 J jnl
Eur. J. Oper. Res.
Grammatoula Papaioannou, Victor V. Podinovski
2024 J jnl
Ann. Oper. Res.
Mahmood Mehdiloozad, Victor V. Podinovski
2024 J jnl
Eur. J. Oper. Res.
Victor V. Podinovski, Junlin Wu, Nikolaos Argyris
2023 J jnl
Eur. J. Oper. Res.
Grammatoula Papaioannou, Victor V. Podinovski
2023 J jnl
Eur. J. Oper. Res.
Grammatoula Papaioannou, Victor V. Podinovski
2022 J jnl
Ann. Oper. Res.
Ole Bent Olesen, Niels Christian Petersen, Victor V. Podinovski
2022 J jnl
Oper. Res.
Victor V. Podinovski
2021 J jnl
Eur. J. Oper. Res.
Mahmood Mehdiloozad, Victor V. Podinovski
2020 J jnl
Eur. J. Oper. Res.
Victor V. Podinovski, Tatiana Bouzdine-Chameeva
2020 J jnl
Ann. Oper. Res.
Emmanuel Thanassoulis, Maria C. A. S. Portela, Victor V. Podinovski
2019 J jnl
Eur. J. Oper. Res.
Victor V. Podinovski, Tatiana Bouzdine-Chameeva
2019 J jnl
Eur. J. Oper. Res.
Victor V. Podinovski
2019 J jnl
Eur. J. Oper. Res.
Mahmood Mehdiloozad, Victor V. Podinovski
2018 J jnl
Eur. J. Oper. Res.
Mohsen Afsharian, Victor V. Podinovski
2018 J jnl
Oper. Res.
Victor V. Podinovski, Ole Bent Olesen, Cláudia S. Sarrico
2018 J jnl
Eur. J. Oper. Res.
Mahmood Mehdiloozad, Victor V. Podinovski
2017 J jnl
Eur. J. Oper. Res.
Ole Bent Olesen, Niels Christian Petersen, Victor V. Podinovski
2017 J jnl
Ann. Oper. Res.
Rajiv D. Banker, Victor V. Podinovski
2017 J jnl
Eur. J. Oper. Res.
Victor V. Podinovski
2017 J jnl
Eur. J. Oper. Res.
Victor V. Podinovski, Tatiana Bouzdine-Chameeva
2017 J jnl
Ann. Oper. Res.
Victor V. Podinovski, Wan Rohaida Wan Husain
2016 J jnl
Oper. Res.
Victor V. Podinovski, Robert G. Chambers, Kazim Baris Atici, Iryna D. Deineko
2016 J jnl
Eur. J. Oper. Res.
Victor V. Podinovski, Tatiana Bouzdine-Chameeva
2016 J jnl
Eur. J. Oper. Res.
Victor V. Podinovski
2015 J jnl
Eur. J. Oper. Res.
Victor V. Podinovski, Tatiana Bouzdine-Chameeva
2015 J jnl
Eur. J. Oper. Res.
Ole Bent Olesen, Niels Christian Petersen, Victor V. Podinovski
2014 J jnl
Eur. J. Oper. Res.
Victor V. Podinovski, Ihsan Ismail, Tatiana Bouzdine-Chameeva, Wenjuan Zhang
2013 J jnl
Oper. Res.
Victor V. Podinovski, Tatiana Bouzdine-Chameeva
2012 J jnl
Eur. J. Oper. Res.
Kazim Baris Atici, Victor V. Podinovski
2011 J jnl
Eur. J. Oper. Res.
Victor V. Podinovski, Timo Kuosmanen
2011 J jnl
Eur. J. Oper. Res.
Victor V. Podinovski, Tatiana Bouzdine-Chameeva
2010 J jnl
Oper. Res.
Victor V. Podinovski, Finn R. Førsund
2009 J jnl
Eur. J. Oper. Res.
Victor V. Podinovski, Finn R. Førsund, Vladimir E. Krivonozhko
2009 J jnl
J. Oper. Res. Soc.
Ali Emrouznejad, Victor V. Podinovski, Emmanuel Thanassoulis
2007 J jnl
Eur. J. Oper. Res.
Victor V. Podinovski
2007 J jnl
J. Oper. Res. Soc.
Victor V. Podinovski
2005 J jnl
Eur. J. Oper. Res.
Victor V. Podinovski
2005 J jnl
J. Oper. Res. Soc.
Victor V. Podinovski
2004 J jnl
J. Oper. Res. Soc.
Victor V. Podinovski
2004 J jnl
J. Oper. Res. Soc.
Victor V. Podinovski
2004 J jnl
Eur. J. Oper. Res.
Victor V. Podinovski
2004 J jnl
J. Oper. Res. Soc.
Victor V. Podinovski
2004 J jnl
Eur. J. Oper. Res.
Victor V. Podinovski
2001 J jnl
Eur. J. Oper. Res.
Victor V. Podinovski
2001 J jnl
Eur. J. Oper. Res.
Robert G. Dyson, Victor V. Podinovski, Estelle A. Shale
2001 J jnl
Eur. J. Oper. Res.
Robert G. Dyson, R. Allen, Ana S. Camanho, Victor V. Podinovski, Cláudia S. Sarrico, Estelle A. Shale
2001 J jnl
J. Oper. Res. Soc.
Victor V. Podinovski
2000 J jnl
J. Oper. Res. Soc.
Victor V. Podinovski
1999 J jnl
Eur. J. Oper. Res.
Victor V. Podinovski
1999 J jnl
Eur. J. Oper. Res.
Victor V. Podinovski
1998 J jnl
J. Oper. Res. Soc.
Victor V. Podinovski, Antreas D. Athanassopoulos
redb/extractors/elf_extractors/elf_sections.py
← Index redb/extractors/elf_extractors/elf_sections.py python
import inspect
import hashlib
import math
from collections import Counter
from datetime import datetime, timezone
from typing import Any, List, Dict

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 ELFSection


class ELFSectionExtractor(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_sections = []
        self.elastic_index = self.index_prefix + "-elf_sections"
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)

    def _is_empty_result(self, extracted_data) -> bool:
        """
        Override: Empty sections is an ERROR, not a valid empty case.
        A valid ELF file must have sections (at minimum a null section).
        """
        # Always return False - empty sections should be treated as an error
        return False

    def _calculate_entropy(self, data: bytes) -> float:
        """Calculate Shannon entropy of data."""
        if not data:
            return 0.0

        try:
            # Count frequency of each byte
            byte_counts = Counter(data)
            data_len = len(data)

            # Calculate entropy
            entropy = 0.0
            for count in byte_counts.values():
                if count > 0:
                    frequency = count / data_len
                    entropy -= frequency * math.log2(frequency)

            return entropy
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error calculating entropy: {e}")
            return 0.0

    def _map_section_type(self, sh_type_str: str) -> int:
        """Map section type string to enum value."""
        type_map = {
            'SHT_NULL': 0,
            'SHT_PROGBITS': 1,
            'SHT_SYMTAB': 2,
            'SHT_STRTAB': 3,
            'SHT_RELA': 4,
            'SHT_HASH': 5,
            'SHT_DYNAMIC': 6,
            'SHT_NOTE': 7,
            'SHT_NOBITS': 8,
            'SHT_REL': 9,
            'SHT_DYNSYM': 11
        }
        return type_map.get(sh_type_str, 0)

    def _decode_section_flags(self, flags: int) -> List[str]:
        """Decode section flags to human-readable strings."""
        flag_strings = []

        # Common ELF section flags
        if flags & 0x1:  # SHF_WRITE
            flag_strings.append('WRITE')
        if flags & 0x2:  # SHF_ALLOC
            flag_strings.append('ALLOC')
        if flags & 0x4:  # SHF_EXECINSTR
            flag_strings.append('EXECINSTR')
        if flags & 0x10:  # SHF_MERGE
            flag_strings.append('MERGE')
        if flags & 0x20:  # SHF_STRINGS
            flag_strings.append('STRINGS')
        if flags & 0x40:  # SHF_INFO_LINK
            flag_strings.append('INFO_LINK')
        if flags & 0x80:  # SHF_LINK_ORDER
            flag_strings.append('LINK_ORDER')
        if flags & 0x100:  # SHF_OS_NONCONFORMING
            flag_strings.append('OS_NONCONFORMING')
        if flags & 0x200:  # SHF_GROUP
            flag_strings.append('GROUP')
        if flags & 0x400:  # SHF_TLS
            flag_strings.append('TLS')

        return flag_strings if flag_strings else ['NONE']

    def _extract_section_data(self, section) -> Dict:
        """Extract data from a single section."""
        try:
            header = section.header

            # Get section name (handle empty names)
            section_name = section.name if section.name else f"<unnamed_{section.header.get('sh_name', 0)}>"

            # Get section type and map to enum
            sh_type_str = header.get('sh_type', 'SHT_NULL')
            section_type_enum = self._map_section_type(sh_type_str)
            section_type_str = sh_type_str.replace('SHT_', '') if sh_type_str.startswith('SHT_') else sh_type_str

            # Get section properties
            section_flags = header.get('sh_flags', 0)
            section_flags_str = self._decode_section_flags(section_flags)
            section_addr = header.get('sh_addr', 0)
            section_offset = header.get('sh_offset', 0)
            section_size = header.get('sh_size', 0)
            section_link = header.get('sh_link', 0)
            section_info = header.get('sh_info', 0)
            section_addralign = header.get('sh_addralign', 0)
            section_entsize = header.get('sh_entsize', 0)

            # Calculate entropy and hashes for section data
            section_entropy = 0.0
            section_sha256 = ""
            section_md5 = ""

            try:
                if section_size > 0 and section_type_str != 'NOBITS':
                    section_data = section.data()
                    if section_data:
                        # Calculate entropy
                        section_entropy = self._calculate_entropy(section_data)

                        # Calculate hashes
                        section_sha256 = hashlib.sha256(section_data).hexdigest()
                        section_md5 = hashlib.md5(section_data).hexdigest()
            except Exception as e:
                self.log.warning(f"Could not read section '{section_name}' data: {e}")
                section_entropy = 0.0
                section_sha256 = ""
                section_md5 = ""

            return ELFSection(
                section_name=section_name,
                section_type=section_type_enum,
                section_type_str=section_type_str,
                section_flags=section_flags,
                section_flags_str=section_flags_str,
                section_addr=section_addr,
                section_offset=section_offset,
                section_size=section_size,
                section_link=section_link,
                section_info=section_info,
                section_addralign=section_addralign,
                section_entsize=section_entsize,
                section_entropy=section_entropy,
                section_sha256=section_sha256,
                section_md5=section_md5
            )

        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error extracting section data: {e}")
            return None

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

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

            def extract_data(elf):
                sections_data = []

                # Iterate through all sections with per-section error handling
                for section_index, section in enumerate(elf.iter_sections()):
                    try:
                        section_data = self._extract_section_data(section)
                        if section_data:
                            sections_data.append(section_data)
                        else:
                            self.log.warning(f"Failed to extract data for section {section_index}")
                    except Exception as e:
                        self.log.warning(f"Error processing section {section_index}: {e}")
                        # Continue processing other sections

                return sections_data

            if not self._is_elf_file():
                return None

            result = self._with_elf_file(extract_data)
            if result is None:
                return None

            self.elf_sections = result
            return self.elf_sections

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

                # Prepare data arrays for all sections
                data = []
                current_time = datetime.now(timezone.utc)
                for section in self.elf_sections:
                    row = [
                        self.sha256,
                        self.md5,
                        self.sha1,
                        section.section_name,
                        section.section_type,
                        section.section_type_str,
                        section.section_flags,
                        section.section_flags_str,
                        section.section_addr,
                        section.section_offset,
                        section.section_size,
                        section.section_link,
                        section.section_info,
                        section.section_addralign,
                        section.section_entsize,
                        section.section_entropy,
                        section.section_sha256,
                        section.section_md5,
                        current_time
                    ]
                    data.append(row)

                column_names = [
                    'sha256', 'md5', 'sha1',
                    'section_name', 'section_type', 'section_type_str',
                    'section_flags', 'section_flags_str',
                    'section_addr', 'section_offset', 'section_size',
                    'section_link', 'section_info', 'section_addralign', 'section_entsize',
                    'section_entropy', 'section_sha256', 'section_md5',
                    'analysis_date'
                ]

                column_type_names = [
                    'FixedString(64)', 'FixedString(32)', 'FixedString(40)',
                    'LowCardinality(String)',
                    "Enum8('NULL'=0, 'PROGBITS'=1, 'SYMTAB'=2, 'STRTAB'=3, 'RELA'=4, 'HASH'=5, 'DYNAMIC'=6, 'NOTE'=7, 'NOBITS'=8, 'REL'=9, 'DYNSYM'=11)",
                    'LowCardinality(String)',
                    'UInt64',
                    'Array(LowCardinality(String))',
                    'UInt64', 'UInt64', 'UInt64',
                    'UInt32', 'UInt32', 'UInt64', 'UInt64',
                    'Float64',
                    'FixedString(64)', 'FixedString(32)',
                    '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_sections"