Viet Thuy Vu

76 papers C 22Journal 48Unranked 6
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2025 J jnl
IEEE Access
Viet Thuy Vu, Yevhen Ivanenko, Vanja Lindberg, Mats I. Pettersson
2024 J jnl
IEEE Geosci. Remote. Sens. Lett.
Lucas P. Ramos, Dimas Irion Alves, Leonardo Tomazeli Duarte, Renato B. Machado, Mats I. Pettersson, Viet Thuy Vu, Patrik B. G. Dammert
2024 J jnl
IEEE Geosci. Remote. Sens. Lett.
Bruna G. Palm, Fábio M. Bayer, Saleh Javadi, Viet Thuy Vu, Mats I. Pettersson
2023 J jnl
Remote. Sens.
Gustavo Henrique Mittmann Voigt, Dimas Irion Alves, Crístian Müller, Renato B. Machado, Lucas P. Ramos, Viet Thuy Vu, Mats I. Pettersson
2023 J jnl
IEEE Access
Dimas Irion Alves, Bruna Gregory Palm, Hans Hellsten, Renato B. Machado, Viet Thuy Vu, Mats I. Pettersson, Patrik B. G. Dammert
2023 conf
RIVF
Viet Thuy Vu, Yevhen Ivanenko, Aman Batra, Thomas K. Sjögren, Mats I. Pettersson, Thomas Kaiser
2023 J jnl
IEEE Access
Viet Thuy Vu, Yevhen Ivanenko, Mats I. Pettersson
2022 J jnl
CoRR
Bruna Gregory Palm, Dimas Irion Alves, Viet Thuy Vu, Mats I. Pettersson, Fábio M. Bayer, Renato J. Cintra, Renato B. Machado, Patrik B. G. Dammert, Hans Hellsten
2022 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens.
Thomas K. Sjögren, Viet Thuy Vu, Mats I. Pettersson, Anders Gustavsson
2022 J jnl
IEEE Geosci. Remote. Sens. Lett.
Alexandre Becker Campos, Mats I. Pettersson, Viet Thuy Vu, Renato B. Machado
2022 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Aerosp. Electron. Syst.
Viet Thuy Vu, Mats I. Pettersson, Aman Batra, Thomas Kaiser
2022 conf
RIVF
Viet Thuy Vu, Thomas Pernstal, Thomas K. Sjögren, Mats I. Pettersson
2022 C conf
IGARSS
Bruna Gregory Palm, Saleh Javadi, Fábio M. Bayer, Viet Thuy Vu, Mats I. Pettersson
2022 J jnl
Sensors
Yevhen Ivanenko, Viet Thuy Vu, Aman Batra, Thomas Kaiser, Mats I. Pettersson
2022 J jnl
IEEE Geosci. Remote. Sens. Lett.
Dimas Irion Alves, Crístian Müller, Bruna Gregory Palm, Mats I. Pettersson, Viet Thuy Vu, Renato B. Machado, Bartolomeu F. Uchôa Filho, Patrik B. G. Dammert, Hans Hellsten
2022 C conf
IGARSS
Saleh Javadi, Bruna G. Palm, Viet Thuy Vu, Mats I. Pettersson
2022 J jnl
CoRR
Bruna Gregory Palm, Fábio Mariano Bayer, Renato B. Machado, Mats I. Pettersson, Viet Thuy Vu, Renato J. Cintra
2022 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens.
Bruna Gregory Palm, Fábio M. Bayer, Renato B. Machado, Mats I. Pettersson, Viet Thuy Vu, Renato J. Cintra
2022 J jnl
IEEE Geosci. Remote. Sens. Lett.
Viet Thuy Vu, Mats I. Pettersson
2022 J jnl
IEEE Geosci. Remote. Sens. Lett.
Viet Thuy Vu, Mats I. Pettersson
2021 J jnl
Remote. Sens.
Lucas P. Ramos, Alexandre Becker Campos, Christofer Schwartz, Leonardo Tomazeli Duarte, Dimas Irion Alves, Mats I. Pettersson, Viet Thuy Vu, Renato B. Machado
2021 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Aerosp. Electron. Syst.
Viet Thuy Vu
2021 J jnl
IEEE Access
Viet Thuy Vu, Mats I. Pettersson, Thomas K. Sjögren
2021 J jnl
Remote. Sens.
Vinícius Ludwig-Barbosa, Thomas Sievert, Anders Carlström, Mats I. Pettersson, Viet Thuy Vu, Joel Rasch
2021 J jnl
Remote. Sens.
Thomas Sievert, Joel Rasch, Anders Carlström, Vinícius Ludwig-Barbosa, Mats I. Pettersson, Viet Thuy Vu
2020 J jnl
IEEE Geosci. Remote. Sens. Lett.
Dimas Irion Alves, Bruna Gregory Palm, Mats I. Pettersson, Viet Thuy Vu, Renato B. Machado, Bartolomeu F. Uchôa Filho, Patrik B. G. Dammert, Hans Hellsten
2020 C conf
IGARSS
Viet Thuy Vu, Mats I. Pettersson, Thomas K. Sjögren
2020 J jnl
Remote. Sens.
Christofer Schwartz, Lucas P. Ramos, Leonardo Tomazeli Duarte, Marcelo S. Pinho, Mats I. Pettersson, Viet Thuy Vu, Renato B. Machado
2020 C conf
IGARSS
Viet Thuy Vu, Mats I. Pettersson, Thomas K. Sjögren
2020 conf
WSA
Aman Batra, Yamen Zantah, Viet Thuy Vu, Michael Wiemeler, Mats I. Pettersson, Diana Goehringer, Thomas Kaiser
2020 J jnl
IEEE Geosci. Remote. Sens. Lett.
Vinícius Ludwig-Barbosa, Joel Rasch, Anders Carlström, Mats I. Pettersson, Viet Thuy Vu
2020 C conf
IGARSS
Alexandre Becker Campos, Ricardo Dal Molin, Viet Thuy Vu, Mats I. Pettersson, Renato B. Machado
2020 J jnl
IEEE J. Sel. Top. Appl. Earth Obs. Remote. Sens.
Dimas Irion Alves, Bruna Gregory Palm, Hans Hellsten, Viet Thuy Vu, Mats I. Pettersson, Renato B. Machado, Bartolomeu F. Uchôa Filho, Patrik B. G. Dammert
2020 J jnl
Sensors
Bruna Gregory Palm, Dimas Irion Alves, Mats I. Pettersson, Viet Thuy Vu, Renato B. Machado, Renato J. Cintra, Fábio M. Bayer, Patrik B. G. Dammert, Hans Hellsten
2019 C conf
IGARSS
Viet Thuy Vu, Mats I. Pettersson, Mattias Dahl, Thomas K. Sjögren
2019 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens.
Viet Thuy Vu, Natanael Rodrigues Gomes, Mats I. Pettersson, Patrik B. G. Dammert, Hans Hellsten
2019 J jnl
IEEE Geosci. Remote. Sens. Lett.
Natanael Rodrigues Gomes, Patrik B. G. Dammert, Mats Ingemar Pettersson, Viet Thuy Vu, Hans Hellsten
2019 C conf
IGARSS
Viet Thuy Vu, Mats I. Pettersson, Natanael R. Gomes
2018 J jnl
IEEE Geosci. Remote. Sens. Lett.
Viet Thuy Vu, Mats I. Pettersson
2018 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens.
Viet Thuy Vu
2018 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Aerosp. Electron. Syst.
Viet Thuy Vu, Mats I. Pettersson, Patrik B. G. Dammert, Hans Hellsten
2017 C conf
IGARSS
Thomas Sievert, Mats I. Pettersson, Viet Thuy Vu, Joel Rasch, Anders Carlström
2017 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens.
Viet Thuy Vu, Mats I. Pettersson, Renato B. Machado, Patrik B. G. Dammert, Hans Hellsten
2017 C conf
IGARSS
Mats I. Pettersson, Viet Thuy Vu, Natanael R. Gomes, Patrik B. G. Dammert, Hans Hellsten
2017 C conf
IGARSS
Viet Thuy Vu, Thomas K. Sjögren, Mats I. Pettersson, Mattias Dahl
2017 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Aerosp. Electron. Syst.
Viet Thuy Vu, Mats I. Pettersson, Thomas K. Sjögren
2017 J jnl
IEEE Geosci. Remote. Sens. Lett.
Viet Thuy Vu
2016 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens.
Viet Thuy Vu, Mats I. Pettersson
2016 J jnl
IEEE Geosci. Remote. Sens. Lett.
Renato B. Machado, Viet Thuy Vu, Mats I. Pettersson, Patrik B. G. Dammert, Hans Hellsten
2015 C conf
IGARSS
Renato B. Machado, Mats I. Pettersson, Viet Thuy Vu, Patrik B. G. Dammert, Hans Hellsten
2015 C conf
IGARSS
Hans Hellsten, Renato B. Machado, Mats I. Pettersson, Viet Thuy Vu, Patrik B. G. Dammert
2015 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Signal Process.
Viet Thuy Vu, Mats I. Pettersson
2015 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Aerosp. Electron. Syst.
Mats I. Pettersson, Thomas K. Sjögren, Viet Thuy Vu
2014 C conf
IGARSS
Viet Thuy Vu, Mats I. Pettersson, Svante Björklund
2014 C conf
IGARSS
Viet Thuy Vu, Mats I. Pettersson
2014 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens.
Thomas K. Sjögren, Viet Thuy Vu, Mats I. Pettersson, Feng Wang, Daniel Jan George Murdin, Anders Gustavsson, Lars M. H. Ulander
2014 J jnl
IEEE Geosci. Remote. Sens. Lett.
Viet Thuy Vu, Thomas K. Sjögren, Mats I. Pettersson
2013 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Aerosp. Electron. Syst.
Viet Thuy Vu, Thomas K. Sjögren, Mats I. Pettersson
2013 C conf
IGARSS
Viet Thuy Vu, Thomas K. Sjögren, Mats I. Pettersson
2013 C conf
IGARSS
Viet Thuy Vu, Thomas K. Sjögren, Mats I. Pettersson
2013 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Aerosp. Electron. Syst.
Viet Thuy Vu, Thomas K. Sjögren, Mats I. Pettersson
2012 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Aerosp. Electron. Syst.
Thomas K. Sjögren, Viet Thuy Vu, Mats I. Pettersson, Anders Gustavsson, Lars M. H. Ulander
2012 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Aerosp. Electron. Syst.
Viet Thuy Vu, Thomas K. Sjögren, Mats I. Pettersson
2011 C conf
IGARSS
Thomas K. Sjögren, Viet Thuy Vu, Mats I. Pettersson
2011 C conf
IGARSS
Viet Thuy Vu, Thomas K. Sjögren, Mats I. Pettersson
2011 C conf
IGARSS
Viet Thuy Vu, Thomas K. Sjögren, Mats I. Pettersson
2010 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Signal Process.
Viet Thuy Vu, Thomas K. Sjögren, Mats I. Pettersson, Hans Hellsten
2010 C conf
IGARSS
Viet Thuy Vu, Thomas K. Sjögren, Mats I. Pettersson, Paulo A. C. Marques
2010 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens.
Viet Thuy Vu, Thomas K. Sjögren, Mats I. Pettersson, Anders Gustavsson, Lars M. H. Ulander
2010 C conf
IGARSS
Viet Thuy Vu, Thomas K. Sjögren, Mats I. Pettersson
2010 C conf
IGARSS
Thomas K. Sjögren, Viet Thuy Vu, Mats I. Pettersson
2010 J jnl
IEEE Geosci. Remote. Sens. Lett.
Viet Thuy Vu, Thomas K. Sjögren, Mats I. Pettersson, Lars Håkansson, Anders Gustavsson, Lars M. H. Ulander
2010 J jnl
IEEE Geosci. Remote. Sens. Lett.
Viet Thuy Vu, Thomas K. Sjögren, Mats I. Pettersson
2008 conf
IGARSS (4)
Viet Thuy Vu, Thomas K. Sjögren, Mats I. Pettersson
2008 conf
IGARSS (1)
Viet Thuy Vu, Thomas K. Sjögren, Mats I. Pettersson
2008 conf
IGARSS (1)
Thomas K. Sjögren, Viet Thuy Vu, Mats I. Pettersson
redb/extractors/decompiler/apk/method_extractor.py
← Index redb/extractors/decompiler/apk/method_extractor.py python
"""Per-method content extraction, hashing, and similarity computation.

Handles SHA-256 content hashing, ssdeep/TLSH fuzzy hashing, MinHash
computation, and obfuscation indicator detection for APK methods.
"""

import hashlib
import re
from typing import Dict, List, Optional

from redb.extractors.decompiler.apk.smali_normalization import (
    categorize_opcode,
    normalize_method_body,
)
from redb.extractors.decompiler.apk.smali_parser import SmaliParser


# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Smali Prime Product — semantic primes matching Binary Ninja's LLIL primes
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Each Dalvik semantic category maps to the same prime its LLIL counterpart
# uses in cfg_features.py. This makes prime products semantically comparable
# for APK-vs-APK similarity (not numerically comparable to Binja values).

SMALI_OP_PRIMES = {
    "ALU": 37,       # ADD/SUB → same prime as LLIL_ADD
    "CONV": 131,     # Type conversions → same as LLIL_SX
    "CMP": 103,      # Comparisons → same as LLIL_CMP_E
    "MOV": 2,        # Register moves → same as LLIL_SET_REG
    "CONST": 2,      # Constants → SET_REG equivalent
    "LOAD": 5,       # Field/array reads → same as LLIL_LOAD
    "STORE": 7,      # Field/array writes → same as LLIL_STORE
    "CALL": 17,      # invoke-* → same as LLIL_CALL
    "BRANCH": 29,    # if-* → same as LLIL_IF
    "JMP": 31,       # goto → same as LLIL_GOTO
    "SWITCH": 151,   # switch → same as LLIL_JUMP_TO
    "RET": 23,       # return → same as LLIL_RET
    "ALLOC": 5,      # new-instance/new-array → LOAD-adjacent (heap access)
    "TYPE": 1,       # check-cast/instance-of → identity (metadata)
    "ARR": 5,        # array-length/fill-array → LOAD-adjacent
    "EXC": 23,       # throw → RET-adjacent (control transfer out)
    "SYNC": 1,       # monitor → identity (no LLIL equivalent)
    "OTHER": 1,      # Unknown → identity
}


def compute_prime_product_smali(smali_body: str) -> int:
    """Multiplicative hash of normalized Dalvik opcodes. Mod 2^64.

    Same algorithm as cfg_features.compute_prime_product but using
    Dalvik semantic categories instead of LLIL operation enums.
    """
    if not smali_body:
        return 0

    product = 1
    for line in smali_body.splitlines():
        stripped = line.strip()
        if not stripped or stripped.startswith((".", ":", "#")):
            continue
        opcode = stripped.split()[0].split("/")[0] if stripped else ""
        category = categorize_opcode(opcode)
        prime = SMALI_OP_PRIMES.get(category, 1)
        product = (product * prime) % (2**64)

    return product


def count_call_instructions(smali_body: str) -> int:
    """Count invoke-* instructions in a smali method body."""
    if not smali_body:
        return 0
    count = 0
    for line in smali_body.splitlines():
        stripped = line.strip()
        if stripped.startswith("invoke-"):
            count += 1
    return count


def compute_sha256(content: str) -> str:
    """Compute SHA-256 hash of normalized content."""
    return hashlib.sha256(content.encode("utf-8")).hexdigest()


def compute_ssdeep(content: str) -> Optional[str]:
    """Compute ssdeep fuzzy hash of content."""
    try:
        import ppdeep
        data = content.encode("utf-8")
        if len(data) < 50:
            return None
        result = ppdeep.hash(data)
        return result if result else None
    except (ImportError, Exception):
        return None


def compute_tlsh(content: str) -> Optional[str]:
    """Compute TLSH fuzzy hash of content."""
    try:
        import tlsh
        data = content.encode("utf-8")
        if len(data) < 50:
            return None
        result = tlsh.hash(data)
        return result if result else None
    except (ImportError, Exception):
        return None


def compute_minhash(
    content: str,
    n: int = 3,
    normalization_level: str = "opcode_api",
) -> Optional[List[int]]:
    """Compute MinHash signature from semantically normalized smali n-grams.

    Applies semantic normalization (analogous to Binary Ninja's LLIL) before
    computing the MinHash. This strips register allocation noise and
    instruction encoding variants while preserving operation semantics and
    API references.

    Uses the same algorithm and parameters as the Binary Ninja MinHasher
    (64 seeds from master seed 0xdeadbeef, 8-bit signature elements, mmh3)
    to ensure cross-platform similarity comparisons are compatible.

    Args:
        content: Raw smali method body.
        n: N-gram size (default 3).
        normalization_level: Normalization level for instructions.
            'opcode_api' (default) preserves API call/field references.
            'category' uses only semantic categories.
            'opcode' uses base opcodes without operands.
    """
    try:
        import mmh3
    except ImportError:
        return None

    HASH_MAX = 0xFFFFFFFF
    SIGNATURE_LENGTH = 64
    SIGNATURE_BITS = 8

    # Semantically normalize instructions (like LLIL for native code)
    lines = normalize_method_body(content, level=normalization_level)

    if len(lines) < n:
        return None

    # Build n-grams (tuples of normalized instruction strings)
    shingles = [tuple(lines[i:i + n]) for i in range(len(lines) - n + 1)]

    if not shingles:
        return None

    # Generate deterministic seeds matching the Binary Ninja pipeline
    import random
    rng = random.Random(0xDEADBEEF)
    seeds = [rng.randint(0, HASH_MAX) for _ in range(SIGNATURE_LENGTH)]

    # For each seed, hash all shingles and take the minimum
    signature = []
    for seed in seeds:
        min_val = HASH_MAX
        for shingle in shingles:
            text = "|".join(str(elem) for elem in shingle)
            h = mmh3.hash(text, seed) & HASH_MAX
            if h < min_val:
                min_val = h
        # Truncate to signature bits
        if SIGNATURE_BITS < 32:
            min_val %= (2 ** SIGNATURE_BITS)
        signature.append(min_val)

    return signature


def detect_obfuscation_indicators(
    method_name: str,
    class_name: str,
    smali_body: str,
    instruction_count: int,
) -> Dict[str, bool]:
    """Compute obfuscation indicators for a method.

    Returns dict with boolean indicators.
    """
    indicators = {}

    # Short method name (typical R8/ProGuard output)
    indicators["short_method_name"] = len(method_name) <= 2

    # Short class name — extract simple name from Dalvik descriptor
    simple_class = class_name
    if "/" in simple_class:
        simple_class = simple_class.rsplit("/", 1)[-1]
    simple_class = simple_class.rstrip(";")
    indicators["short_class_name"] = len(simple_class) <= 2

    # String encryption: const-string followed by decryption-pattern call
    indicators["has_string_encryption"] = _detect_string_encryption(smali_body)

    # Reflection calls
    indicators["has_reflection_calls"] = _detect_reflection_calls(smali_body)

    # Excessive goto count (control flow flattening)
    goto_count = _count_goto_instructions(smali_body)
    threshold = max(5, int(instruction_count * 0.15))
    indicators["excessive_goto_count"] = goto_count > threshold

    return indicators


def _detect_string_encryption(smali_body: str) -> bool:
    """Detect const-string followed by decryption-pattern calls."""
    lines = smali_body.split("\n")
    for i, line in enumerate(lines):
        stripped = line.strip()
        if stripped.startswith("const-string"):
            # Check the next 3 lines for invoke-* to potential decryption
            for j in range(i + 1, min(i + 4, len(lines))):
                next_line = lines[j].strip()
                if next_line.startswith("invoke-"):
                    # Common decryption patterns
                    if any(
                        pat in next_line
                        for pat in [
                            "decrypt",
                            "decode",
                            "Cipher",
                            "DES",
                            "AES",
                            "Base64",
                            "getBytes",
                        ]
                    ):
                        return True
    return False


def _detect_reflection_calls(smali_body: str) -> bool:
    """Detect use of Java reflection APIs."""
    reflection_patterns = [
        "Ljava/lang/reflect/",
        "Ljava/lang/Class;->forName",
        "Ljava/lang/Class;->getMethod",
        "Ljava/lang/Class;->getDeclaredMethod",
        "Ljava/lang/Class;->getField",
        "Ljava/lang/Class;->getDeclaredField",
    ]
    for pattern in reflection_patterns:
        if pattern in smali_body:
            return True
    return False


def _count_goto_instructions(smali_body: str) -> int:
    """Count goto/goto_16/goto_32 instructions."""
    count = 0
    for line in smali_body.split("\n"):
        stripped = line.strip()
        if stripped.startswith(("goto ", "goto/16 ", "goto/32 ")):
            count += 1
        elif stripped in ("goto", "goto/16", "goto/32"):
            count += 1
    return count


def dalvik_to_java_class(descriptor: str) -> str:
    """Convert Dalvik class descriptor to Java dot notation.

    Lcom/example/Foo; -> com.example.Foo
    """
    if descriptor.startswith("L") and descriptor.endswith(";"):
        return descriptor[1:-1].replace("/", ".")
    return descriptor.replace("/", ".")


def dalvik_type_to_java(type_desc: str) -> str:
    """Convert a Dalvik type descriptor to Java type name."""
    type_map = {
        "V": "void",
        "Z": "boolean",
        "B": "byte",
        "S": "short",
        "C": "char",
        "I": "int",
        "J": "long",
        "F": "float",
        "D": "double",
    }

    if not type_desc:
        return "void"

    if type_desc in type_map:
        return type_map[type_desc]

    if type_desc.startswith("["):
        return dalvik_type_to_java(type_desc[1:]) + "[]"

    if type_desc.startswith("L") and type_desc.endswith(";"):
        full = type_desc[1:-1].replace("/", ".")
        # Return simple name
        return full.rsplit(".", 1)[-1] if "." in full else full

    return type_desc


def dalvik_to_java_prototype(
    method_name: str, signature: str, class_name: str = ""
) -> str:
    """Convert Dalvik method signature to Java-style prototype.

    Input: method_name='onCreate', signature='(Landroid/os/Bundle;)V'
    Output: 'void onCreate(Bundle)'
    """
    # Parse return type and param types from signature
    if not signature or not signature.startswith("("):
        return f"void {method_name}()"

    close_paren = signature.find(")")
    if close_paren == -1:
        return f"void {method_name}()"

    params_str = signature[1:close_paren]
    return_type_str = signature[close_paren + 1:]

    return_type = dalvik_type_to_java(return_type_str)
    params = _parse_dalvik_params(params_str)
    param_java = ", ".join(dalvik_type_to_java(p) for p in params)

    return f"{return_type} {method_name}({param_java})"


def _parse_dalvik_params(params_str: str) -> List[str]:
    """Parse Dalvik parameter descriptor string into individual types."""
    params = []
    i = 0
    while i < len(params_str):
        ch = params_str[i]
        if ch in "VZBSCIJFD":
            params.append(ch)
            i += 1
        elif ch == "[":
            # Array — find the base type
            array_prefix = "["
            i += 1
            while i < len(params_str) and params_str[i] == "[":
                array_prefix += "["
                i += 1
            if i < len(params_str):
                if params_str[i] == "L":
                    end = params_str.find(";", i)
                    if end != -1:
                        params.append(array_prefix + params_str[i : end + 1])
                        i = end + 1
                    else:
                        break
                else:
                    params.append(array_prefix + params_str[i])
                    i += 1
        elif ch == "L":
            end = params_str.find(";", i)
            if end != -1:
                params.append(params_str[i : end + 1])
                i = end + 1
            else:
                break
        else:
            i += 1
    return params