Vijay B. Borghate

20 papers C 6Journal 14
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2025 J jnl
Int. J. Circuit Theory Appl.
Hari Babu Gobburi, Vijay B. Borghate, Sanat Kumar Patro, Prafullachandra M. Meshram
2025 J jnl
Int. J. Circuit Theory Appl.
Saurabh Kamble, Pradyumn Chaturvedi, Vijay B. Borghate, Ching-Jan Chen
2024 C conf
IECON
Sonalika Singh, Ritesh Kumar Keshri, Vijay B. Borghate, Chandan Chakraborty, Giuseppe Buja
2024 J jnl
IEEE Access
Sheetal Umredkar, Ritesh Kumar Keshri, Vijay B. Borghate, Mohan M. Renge
2024 C conf
IECON
Sonalika Singh, Ritesh Kumar Keshri, Vijay B. Borghate, Chandan Chakraborty
2023 J jnl
Int. J. Circuit Theory Appl.
Hari Babu Gobburi, Vijay B. Borghate, Prafullachandra M. Meshram
2023 C conf
IECON
Akshaya Dinesh Bonde, Pradyumn Chaturvedi, Vijay B. Borghate, Ching-Jan Chen
2023 J jnl
Int. J. Circuit Theory Appl.
Sheetal Umredkar, Ritesh Kumar Keshri, Vijay B. Borghate, Mohan M. Renge
2022 J jnl
Int. J. Circuit Theory Appl.
Hari Babu Gobburi, Vijay B. Borghate, Prafullachandra M. Meshram
2021 C conf
IECON
Sheetal Umredkar, Ritesh Kumar Keshri, Vijay B. Borghate, Mohan M. Renge
2020 J jnl
J. Circuits Syst. Comput.
Sidharth Sabyasachi, Vijay B. Borghate, Santosh Kumar Maddugari
2019 C conf
IECON
Sidharth Sabyasachi, Vijay B. Borghate, Santosh Kumar Maddugari
2019 J jnl
Int. J. Circuit Theory Appl.
Santosh Kumar Maddugari, Vijay B. Borghate, Sidharth Sabyasachi
2019 C conf
IECON
D. Srujan, Rambabu Thogaru, Arghya Mitra, Vijay B. Borghate
2018 J jnl
Int. J. Circuit Theory Appl.
Santosh Kumar Maddugari, Vijay B. Borghate, Raghavendra Reddy Karasani, Sidharth Sabyasachi, Hiralal M. Suryawanshi
2018 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Ind. Informatics
Hiralal M. Suryawanshi, Snehal Pachpor, T. Ajmal, Girish G. Talapur, Shelas Sathyan, Makarand Sudhakar Ballal, Vijay B. Borghate, Manoj R. Ramteke
2017 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Ind. Informatics
Chetan B. Khadse, Madhuri A. Chaudhari, Vijay B. Borghate
2017 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Ind. Informatics
Amardeep B. Shitole, Hiralal M. Suryawanshi, Girish G. Talapur, Shelas Sathyan, Makarand Sudhakar Ballal, Vijay B. Borghate, Manoj R. Ramteke, Madhuri A. Chaudhari
2017 J jnl
IEEE Access
Sidharth Sabyasachi, Vijay B. Borghate, Raghavendra Reddy Karasani, Santosh Kumar Maddugari, Hiralal M. Suryawanshi
2008 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Ind. Electron.
Hiralal M. Suryawanshi, Abhishek K. Kulwal, Madhuri A. Chaudhari, Vijay B. Borghate
redb/extractors/malcontent.py
← Index redb/extractors/malcontent.py python
import inspect
import json
import subprocess
from typing import Any
from datetime import datetime, timezone

from redb.extractors.enum import Tag
from redb.models.dataclasses import Malcontent
from redb.extractors.extractor import Extractor
from dotenv import load_dotenv
import os

load_dotenv(override=True)


class MalcontentExtractor(Extractor):
    """
    Extractor for malcontent tool from chainguard-dev/malcontent.

    Malcontent discovers supply-chain compromises through context, differential
    analysis, and 14,000+ YARA rules. It analyzes binaries and code to detect
    malicious content and suspicious behavioral patterns.

    Binary can be extracted from Docker image:
        docker cp $(docker create cgr.dev/chainguard/malcontent:latest):/usr/bin/mal /usr/local/bin/mal

    Stores full JSON output for materialized view extraction.
    """

    # Cache version at class level to avoid repeated subprocess calls
    _cached_version = None

    def __init__(
        self,
        filepath,
        log,
        exporters=None,
        index_prefix=None,
        elastic_index=None,
        known_benign=False,
        known_malicious=False,
    ):
        super().__init__(
            filepath,
            log,
            exporters,
            index_prefix,
            elastic_index,
            known_benign,
            known_malicious
        )
        self.malcontent = None

    @classmethod
    def _get_malcontent_version(cls, log) -> str:
        """Get malcontent version, cached at class level."""
        if cls._cached_version is not None:
            return cls._cached_version

        malcontent_path = os.getenv("MALCONTENT_PATH", "/usr/local/bin/mal")
        try:
            result = subprocess.run(
                [malcontent_path, "--version"],
                capture_output=True,
                text=True,
                timeout=10
            )
            version_output = result.stdout.strip()
            if result.returncode == 0 and version_output:
                # Parse "malcontent version v1.21.5" -> "1.21.5"
                if version_output.startswith("malcontent version v"):
                    version_output = version_output[len("malcontent version v"):]
                elif version_output.startswith("malcontent version "):
                    version_output = version_output[len("malcontent version "):]
                cls._cached_version = version_output
            else:
                cls._cached_version = "unknown"
        except Exception as e:
            log.warning(f"Could not get malcontent version: {e}")
            cls._cached_version = "unknown"

        return cls._cached_version

    def _extract_malcontent(self):
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)
        TIMEOUT = int(os.getenv("MALCONTENT_TIMEOUT", "300"))
        malcontent_path = os.getenv("MALCONTENT_PATH", "/usr/local/bin/mal")

        malcontent_command = [malcontent_path, "analyze", "--format=json", self.filepath]

        import signal

        try:
            process = subprocess.Popen(
                malcontent_command,
                stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
                stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
                text=True,
                preexec_fn=os.setsid
            )

            try:
                stdout, stderr = process.communicate(timeout=TIMEOUT)
                if process.returncode != 0:
                    self.log.error(f"Error running malcontent, return code: {process.returncode}, stderr: {stderr}")
                    return {}
            except subprocess.TimeoutExpired:
                self.log.warning(f"The malcontent command timed out after {TIMEOUT} seconds, terminating process group")
                try:
                    os.killpg(process.pid, signal.SIGTERM)
                    try:
                        process.wait(timeout=3)
                    except subprocess.TimeoutExpired:
                        self.log.warning("Process didn't terminate with SIGTERM, sending SIGKILL")
                        os.killpg(process.pid, signal.SIGKILL)
                    process.wait()
                except (ProcessLookupError, OSError) as e:
                    self.log.warning(f"Error while killing process: {e}")
                return {}

            try:
                malcontent_output = json.loads(stdout)
            except json.JSONDecodeError as e:
                self.log.error(f"Error parsing malcontent output: {e}")
                return {}

            # Unwrap the Files/<path> structure to get the inner content
            # Structure is: {"Files": {"/path/to/file": {<actual content>}}}
            files_dict = malcontent_output.get("Files", {})
            if not files_dict:
                self.log.warning("Malcontent output has no 'Files' key")
                return {}

            # Get the first (and only) file's content
            file_content = next(iter(files_dict.values()), {})
            if not file_content:
                self.log.warning("Malcontent output has empty file content")
                return {}

            # Extract risk score and level from the unwrapped content
            risk_score = file_content.get("RiskScore", 0)
            risk_level = file_content.get("RiskLevel", "")

            version = self._get_malcontent_version(self.log)

            self.malcontent = Malcontent(
                malcontent_dump=json.dumps(file_content),
                version=version,
                risk_score=risk_score,
                risk_level=risk_level
            )
            self.log.debug(f"Malcontent analysis complete, version={version}, risk={risk_level}({risk_score})")

        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Unexpected error in malcontent extraction: {str(e)}")
            if 'process' in locals() and process.poll() is None:
                try:
                    os.killpg(process.pid, signal.SIGKILL)
                    process.wait()
                except:
                    pass
            return {}

    def prepare_export_data(self, exporter_type: str) -> Any:
        if exporter_type == "ClickHouseExporter":
            current_time = datetime.now(timezone.utc)

            data = [[
                self.sha256,
                current_time,
                self.malcontent.version,
                self.malcontent.risk_score,
                self.malcontent.risk_level,
                self.malcontent.malcontent_dump
            ]]

            column_names = [
                'sha256', 'analysis_date',
                'malcontent_version', 'malcontent_risk_score', 'malcontent_risk_level',
                'malcontent_json'
            ]

            column_type_names = [
                'FixedString(64)',
                'DateTime64(3, \'UTC\')',
                'LowCardinality(String)', 'UInt8', 'LowCardinality(String)',
                'JSON'
            ]

            return (data, column_names, column_type_names)

    def get_clickhouse_table(self) -> str:
        return "redb_malcontent"

    def extract(self):
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)
        try:
            self._extract_malcontent()
            return self.malcontent
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error extracting malcontent: {e}")
            return None

    def tag(self):
        return Tag.MALCONTENT.value