Vimal Rau Aparow

14 papers C 2Journal 5Unranked 7
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2025 J jnl
Annu. Rev. Control.
M. F. Yasak, P. M. Heerwan, Vimal Rau Aparow
2025 J jnl
Clust. Comput.
Vinod Kumar Verma, Manpreet Kaur, Klimis S. Ntalianis, Carlos Manuel Moreno, Chao-Tung Yang, Mónica-Karel Huerta, Vimal Rau Aparow
2024 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Intell. Transp. Syst.
Henglai Wei, Vimal Rau Aparow, Bin-Bin Hu, Chen Lv
2024 conf
ICARM
G. L. Juan, Vimal Rau Aparow, C. J. Wen, K. Z. Zhang, T. X. Xuan
2022 C conf
ICARCV
Vimal Rau Aparow, Cheok Jun Hong, Lee Kah Onn, Hishamuddin Jamaluddin, Khairil Anwar Abu Kassim, Zulhaidi Mohd Jawi
2022 C conf
ICARCV
Manoharan Aaruththiran, K. M. Begum, Vimal Rau Aparow
2021 conf
IoTaIS
Manoharan Aaruththiran, K. M. Begam, Vimal Rau Aparow, Denesh Sooriamoorthy
2021 conf
ICVISP
Vimal Rau Aparow, Cheok Jun Hong, Ng Yuan Weun, Chai Chee Huei, Tiong Kai Yen, Lee Chen Hong, Chia Yu Hang, Teoh Xin Yi, Khoo Kai Wen
2021 conf
IoTaIS
Cheok Jun Hong, Vimal Rau Aparow
2018 J jnl
Robotics Auton. Syst.
Noor Hafizah Amer, Khisbullah Hudha, Hairi Zamzuri, Vimal Rau Aparow, Amar Faiz Zainal Abidin, Zulkiffli Abdul Kadir, Muhamad Murrad
2018 J jnl
Simul.
Fauzi Ahmad, Khisbullah Hudha, Saiful Amri Mazlan, Hishammudin Jamaluddin, Vimal Rau Aparow, MR M. Yunos
2018 conf
ITSC
Pallavi Mitra, Apratirn Choudhury, Vimal Rau Aparow, Giridharan Kulandaivelu, Justin Dauwels
2015 conf
IEEM
Vimal Rau Aparow, Khisbullah Hudha, Megat Mohamad Hamdan Megat Ahmad, Shohaimi Abdullah
2015 conf
ASCC
Mohamad Izzat Satar, Khisbullah Hudha, Wan Ali Wan Mat, Raja Nor Izawati Raja Othman, Muhamad Murrad, Vimal Rau Aparow, Mohd Sharil Salleh
redb/extractors/js_extractors/js_xray.py
← Index redb/extractors/js_extractors/js_xray.py python
"""Subprocess wrapper for the bundled js-x-ray Node bridge.

Mirrors `js_deobfuscator.py`: shell out to a Node script with a per-sample
timeout, kill the process group on hang, demote `FileNotFoundError` to debug
(missing tool is routine — the host either has Node + the bundled package
installed or it doesn't), and return a structured result on success.

The bridge lives at `redb/extractors/js_extractors/scripts/js-xray-runner.js`.
Operators install the JS dependency once with `npm install` in that directory
(or override the path with `JS_XRAY_RUNNER_PATH`).

Configuration (env vars):
    JS_XRAY_RUNNER_PATH   Path to the Node bridge script (default: bundled).
    JS_XRAY_TIMEOUT       Seconds before the subprocess is killed. Default: 30.

`run(source, log)` returns `XRayResult(obfuscator, warnings)` on a successful
analysis, or `XRayResult(None, [])` for any non-success path (binary missing,
timeout, parse failure, etc.). The two unsuccessful states are
indistinguishable to the caller on purpose — they all collapse to "no
js-x-ray verdict, fall back to heuristic".
"""

from __future__ import annotations

import json
import os
import signal
import subprocess
import tempfile
from dataclasses import dataclass, field
from typing import List, Optional

# Bundled bridge: redb/extractors/js_extractors/scripts/js-xray-runner.js
_DEFAULT_RUNNER = os.path.join(
    os.path.dirname(__file__), "scripts", "js-xray-runner.js"
)
_DEFAULT_NODE = "node"
_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_SECS = 30


@dataclass
class XRayResult:
    """Parsed js-x-ray output. `obfuscator` is the recognised family name
    (e.g. "jsfuck", "obfuscator.io") or None when js-x-ray did not flag the
    code. `warnings` carries every {kind, value} pair the analyser produced;
    the heuristic uses it as a corroborating signal. `avg_identifier_length`
    is js-x-ray's own AST-derived figure — used as a fallback for the
    heuristic's `avg_identifier_length<2` strong signal when pyjsparser
    can't parse the source (anything ES2015+ trips it)."""

    obfuscator: Optional[str] = None
    warnings: List[dict] = field(default_factory=list)
    avg_identifier_length: Optional[float] = None

    @property
    def flagged(self) -> bool:
        return self.obfuscator is not None


def _empty() -> XRayResult:
    return XRayResult(obfuscator=None, warnings=[])


def run(source: str, log) -> XRayResult:
    if not source:
        return _empty()

    runner = os.getenv("JS_XRAY_RUNNER_PATH", _DEFAULT_RUNNER)
    node_bin = os.getenv("JS_XRAY_NODE_BIN", _DEFAULT_NODE)
    timeout = int(os.getenv("JS_XRAY_TIMEOUT", str(_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_SECS)))

    if not os.path.exists(runner):
        log.debug(f"js-x-ray runner not found at {runner}")
        return _empty()

    # Skip the subprocess entirely when the JS dependency isn't installed.
    # Without this, every call to a host that has `node` but never ran
    # `npm install` next to the runner would still fork node, get a require
    # error, and exit nonzero — wasted ~50–200ms per JS sample (and per test).
    runner_dir = os.path.dirname(runner)
    if not os.path.isdir(os.path.join(runner_dir, "node_modules", "@nodesecure", "js-x-ray")):
        log.debug(f"@nodesecure/js-x-ray not installed in {runner_dir}")
        return _empty()

    tmp_path = None
    try:
        with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(
            suffix=".js", mode="w", delete=False, encoding="utf-8"
        ) as tmp:
            tmp.write(source)
            tmp_path = tmp.name

        try:
            process = subprocess.Popen(
                [node_bin, runner, tmp_path],
                stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
                stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
                preexec_fn=os.setsid,
            )
            try:
                stdout, stderr = process.communicate(timeout=timeout)
            except subprocess.TimeoutExpired:
                # Kill the whole process group so any node helpers die too.
                try:
                    os.killpg(os.getpgid(process.pid), signal.SIGTERM)
                    process.wait(timeout=5)
                except Exception:
                    try:
                        os.killpg(os.getpgid(process.pid), signal.SIGKILL)
                    except Exception:
                        pass
                log.warning(f"js-x-ray timed out after {timeout}s")
                return _empty()

            if process.returncode != 0:
                err = stderr.decode("utf-8", errors="replace").strip()
                log.debug(f"js-x-ray exited {process.returncode}: {err}")
                return _empty()

            text = stdout.decode("utf-8", errors="replace").strip()
            if not text:
                return _empty()

            try:
                payload = json.loads(text)
            except json.JSONDecodeError as e:
                log.warning(f"js-x-ray emitted non-JSON output: {e}")
                return _empty()

            obfuscator = payload.get("obfuscator")
            warnings = payload.get("warnings") or []
            if not isinstance(warnings, list):
                warnings = []

            ids_avg = payload.get("idsLengthAvg")
            if not isinstance(ids_avg, (int, float)):
                ids_avg = None

            return XRayResult(
                obfuscator=obfuscator,
                warnings=warnings,
                avg_identifier_length=ids_avg,
            )
        finally:
            if tmp_path:
                try:
                    os.unlink(tmp_path)
                except Exception:
                    pass
    except FileNotFoundError:
        log.debug(f"node binary not found at {node_bin}")
        return _empty()
    except Exception as e:
        log.error(f"js-x-ray subprocess error: {e}")
        return _empty()