Vincent Kotzsch

21 papers B 2Misc 1Journal 4Unranked 14
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2023 J jnl
IEEE Commun. Mag.
Chinenye Tassie, Abdo Gaber, Vini Chaudhary, Nasim Soltani, Mauro Belgiovine, Michael Löhning, Vincent Kotzsch, Charles Schroeder, Kaushik R. Chowdhury
2019 conf
5G World Forum
Walter P. Nitzold, Clemens Felber, Vincent Kotzsch
2019 conf
WNS3
Muhammad Shahwaiz Afaqui, Cristina Cano, Vincent Kotzsch, Clemens Felber, Walter Nitzold
2019 J jnl
CoRR
Muhammad Shahwaiz Afaqui, Cristina Cano, Vincent Kotzsch, Clemens Felber, Walter Nitzold
2019 conf
INFOCOM Workshops
Muhammad Shahwaiz Afaqui, Cristina Cano, Vincent Kotzsch, Clemens Felber, Walter Nitzold
2015 conf
CSCN
Valerio Frascolla, Honglei Miao, Mehrdad Shariat, Eckhard Ohlmer, Vincent Kotzsch, Laurent Dussopt, Emilio Calvanese Strinati, Ronan Sauleau, Karri Ranta-aho, Jyri Putkonen
2015 conf
EuCNC
Valerio Frascolla, Michael Faerber, Emilio Calvanese Strinati, Laurent Dussopt, Vincent Kotzsch, Eckhard Ohlmer, Mehrdad Shariat, Jyri Putkonen, Giovanni Romano
2015 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Wirel. Commun.
Michael Grieger, Gerhard P. Fettweis, Vincent Kotzsch
2014 conf
GLOBECOM Workshops
Valerio Frascolla, Michael Faerber, Laurent Dussopt, Emilio Calvanese Strinati, Ronan Sauleau, Vincent Kotzsch, Giovanni Romano, Karri Ranta-aho, Jyri Putkonen, Javier Valino
2012 B conf
PIMRC
Michael Grieger, Vincent Kotzsch, Gerhard P. Fettweis
2012 conf
WSA
Vincent Kotzsch, Wolfgang Rave, Gerhard P. Fettweis
2010 J jnl
IEEE Wirel. Commun.
Atso Hekkala, Mika Lasanen, Ilkka Harjula, Luis C. Vieira, Nathan J. Gomes, Anthony Nkansah, Steffen Bittner, Fabian Diehm, Vincent Kotzsch
2010 Misc conf
ICASSP
Gerhard P. Fettweis, Jörg Holfeld, Vincent Kotzsch, Patrick Marsch, Eckhard Ohlmer, Zhijun Rong, Peter Rost
2010 conf
ISWCS
Vincent Kotzsch, Wolfgang Rave, Gerhard P. Fettweis
2010 B conf
WCNC
Vincent Kotzsch, Gerhard P. Fettweis
2010 conf
WSA
Vincent Kotzsch, Carsten Jandura, Wolfgang Rave, Gerhard P. Fettweis
2010 conf
WSA
Jörg Holfeld, Vincent Kotzsch, Gerhard P. Fettweis
2009 conf
VTC Spring
Vincent Kotzsch, Jörg Holfeld, Gerhard P. Fettweis
2005 conf
ARCS
Vincent Kotzsch, Jörg Schneider, Günther Döring
2004 conf
PARELEC
Jörg Schneider, Vincent Kotzsch, Steffen Rülke
2004 conf
ARCS Workshops
Jörg Schneider, Vincent Kotzsch
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