Walter Balzano

64 papers B 2Misc 3Journal 9Unranked 50
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2025 conf
3PGCIC
Walter Balzano, Pasquale Miranda
2025 conf
3PGCIC
Walter Balzano, Pasquale Miranda
2024 conf
EIDWT
Walter Balzano, Antonio Lanuto, Erasmo Prosciutto, Biagio Scotto di Covella
2024 conf
EIDWT
Walter Balzano, Antonio Lanuto, Erasmo Prosciutto, Biagio Scotto di Covella
2023 conf
AINA (3)
Walter Balzano, Antonio Lanuto, Erasmo Prosciutto, Biagio Scotto di Covella, Silvia Stranieri
2023 conf
INCoS
Walter Balzano, Silvia Stranieri
2022 conf
3PGCIC
Walter Balzano, Erasmo Prosciutto, Biagio Scotto di Covella, Silvia Stranieri
2022 conf
AINA (3)
Marco Agizza, Walter Balzano, Silvia Stranieri
2022 conf
INCoS
Walter Balzano, Davide Pio Faicchia, Silvia Stranieri
2022 J jnl
Soft Comput.
Walter Balzano, Marco Lapegna, Silvia Stranieri, Fabio Vitale
2022 conf
3PGCIC
Walter Balzano, Antonio Lanuto, Carmine Mascia, Silvia Stranieri
2022 conf
3PGCIC
Walter Balzano, Walter Galiano, Stefano Sivo, Silvia Stranieri
2021 conf
AINA (3)
Alessandro Maisto, Walter Balzano
2021 Misc conf
CISIS
Walter Balzano, Silvia Stranieri
2021 J jnl
Sensors
Marco Lapegna, Walter Balzano, Norbert Meyer, Diego Romano
2021 J jnl
Int. J. Embed. Syst.
Walter Balzano, Fabio Vitale
2021 conf
3PGCIC
Walter Balzano, Leonard Barolli, Francesco Zangrillo
2021 conf
AINA (3)
Walter Balzano, Walter Galiano, Silvia Stranieri
2020 conf
AINA Workshops
Walter Balzano, Aniello Murano, Loredana Sorrentino, Silvia Stranieri
2020 B conf
TrustCom
Muhammad Arif, Walter Balzano, Alessandro Fontanella, Silvia Stranieri, Guojun Wang, Xiaofei Xing
2020 conf
AINA Workshops
Walter Balzano, Chiara Pellecchia, Marco Balzano
2020 J jnl
Pattern Recognit. Lett.
Basudeb Bera, Ashok Kumar Das, Walter Balzano, Carlo Maria Medaglia
2020 conf
AINA Workshops
Marco Balzano, Walter Balzano, Loredana Sorrentino, Silvia Stranieri
2019 conf
AINA Workshops
Walter Balzano, Silvia Stranieri
2019 conf
AINA Workshops
Walter Balzano, Aniello Murano, Loredana Sorrentino, Silvia Stranieri
2019 conf
AINA Workshops
Walter Balzano, Silvia Stranieri
2019 B conf
AINA
Alessandra Amato, Walter Balzano, Giovanni Cozzolino, Francesco Moscato
2019 conf
AINA Workshops
Walter Balzano, Silvia Stranieri
2019 conf
AINA Workshops
Flora Amato, Walter Balzano, Giovanni Cozzolino, Francesco Moscato
2019 conf
AINA Workshops
Walter Balzano, Maurizio Minieri, Silvia Stranieri
2019 conf
M&N
Walter Balzano, Aniello Murano, Loredana Sorrentino, Silvia Stranieri
2019 conf
AINA Workshops
Flora Amato, Walter Balzano, Giovanni Cozzolino, Alessandro De Luca, Francesco Moscato
2018 conf
DMSVIVA
Walter Balzano, Silvia Stranieri
2018 J jnl
J. Vis. Lang. Sentient Syst.
Walter Balzano, Silvia Stranieri
2018 conf
NBiS
Walter Balzano, Silvia Stranieri
2018 conf
NBiS
Walter Balzano, Fabio Vitale
2018 conf
CSS
Walter Balzano, Fabio Vitale
2018 conf
DMSVIVA
Walter Balzano, Fabio Vitale
2018 J jnl
J. High Speed Networks
Walter Balzano, Aniello Murano, Fabio Vitale
2018 conf
AINA Workshops
Walter Balzano, Vinicio Barbieri, Giovanni Riccardi
2017 conf
DMSVLSS
Vinicio Barbieri, Giovanni Riccardi, Walter Balzano
2017 conf
3PGCIC
Walter Balzano, Fabio Vitale
2017 conf
AINA Workshops
Walter Balzano, Fabio Vitale
2017 Misc conf
CISIS
Walter Balzano, Aniello Murano, Fabio Vitale
2017 conf
3PGCIC
Walter Balzano, Silvia Stranieri
2017 J jnl
J. High Speed Networks
Walter Balzano, Aniello Murano, Silvia Stranieri
2017 conf
IIMSS
Walter Balzano, Fabio Vitale
2017 conf
IIMSS
Walter Balzano, Mattia Formisano, Luca Gaudino
2016 conf
AINA Workshops
Walter Balzano, Maria Rosaria Del Sorbo, Silvia Stranieri
2016 conf
3PGCIC
Walter Balzano, Maria Rosaria Del Sorbo, Aniello Murano, Silvia Stranieri
2016 conf
AINA Workshops
Walter Balzano, Maria Rosaria Del Sorbo, Aniello Murano
2016 conf
EUSPN/ICTH
Walter Balzano, Aniello Murano, Fabio Vitale
2016 conf
AINA Workshops
Walter Balzano, Aniello Murano, Fabio Vitale
2015 conf
CIT/IUCC/DASC/PICom
Walter Balzano, Maria Rosaria Del Sorbo, Domenico del Prete
2014 conf
INCoS
Walter Balzano, Maria Rosaria Del Sorbo
2013 J jnl
Biosyst.
Maria Rosaria Del Sorbo, Walter Balzano, Michele Donato, Sorin Draghici
2011 conf
CCP
Walter Balzano, Maria Rosaria Del Sorbo
2011 conf
T4E
Maria Rosaria Del Sorbo, Walter Balzano
2010 conf
WEBIST (2)
Walter Balzano, Maria Rosaria Del Sorbo, Antonio Tarantino
2009 conf
ICEIS (4)
Walter Balzano, Maria Rosaria Del Sorbo, Luca Di Liberto
2007 conf
ICEIS (4)
Walter Balzano, Maria Rosaria Del Sorbo, Mario Epifania
2007 J jnl
Biosyst.
Walter Balzano, Maria Rosaria Del Sorbo
2003 conf
ICWI
Walter Balzano
2000 Misc conf
AIMSA
Walter Balzano, Antonina Dattolo, Vincenzo Loia
redb/extractors/elf_extractors/elf_notes.py
← Index redb/extractors/elf_extractors/elf_notes.py python
import inspect
import binascii
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 ELFNote


class ELFNotesExtractor(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_notes = []
        self.elastic_index = self.index_prefix + "-elf_notes"
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)

    def _get_note_type_string(self, note_type: int, note_name: str) -> str:
        """Convert note type number to human-readable string."""

        # GNU-specific note types
        if note_name == "GNU":
            gnu_types = {
                1: "NT_GNU_ABI_TAG",
                2: "NT_GNU_HWCAP",
                3: "NT_GNU_BUILD_ID",
                4: "NT_GNU_GOLD_VERSION",
                5: "NT_GNU_PROPERTY_TYPE_0"
            }
            return gnu_types.get(note_type, f"NT_GNU_UNKNOWN_{note_type}")

        # Generic note types
        generic_types = {
            1: "NT_PRSTATUS",
            2: "NT_FPREGSET",
            3: "NT_PRPSINFO",
            4: "NT_TASKSTRUCT",
            5: "NT_AUXV",
            6: "NT_PSTATUS",
            7: "NT_FPREGS",
            8: "NT_PSINFO",
            9: "NT_PRCRED",
            10: "NT_UTSNAME",
            11: "NT_LWPSTATUS",
            12: "NT_LWPSINFO",
            13: "NT_PRFPXREG"
        }

        return generic_types.get(note_type, f"NT_UNKNOWN_{note_type}")

    def _format_note_description(self, note_desc, note_type: int, note_name: str) -> str:
        """Format note description based on type for human readability."""
        try:
            if not note_desc:
                return ""

            # Handle build ID specifically (common case)
            if note_name == "GNU" and note_type == 3:  # NT_GNU_BUILD_ID
                if isinstance(note_desc, bytes):
                    return binascii.hexlify(note_desc).decode('ascii')
                return str(note_desc)

            # Handle ABI tag
            if note_name == "GNU" and note_type == 1:  # NT_GNU_ABI_TAG
                if isinstance(note_desc, bytes) and len(note_desc) >= 16:
                    # ABI tag contains OS, major, minor, subminor
                    import struct
                    try:
                        os_val, major, minor, subminor = struct.unpack('<IIII', note_desc[:16])
                        os_names = {0: "Linux", 1: "GNU", 2: "Solaris", 3: "FreeBSD"}
                        os_name = os_names.get(os_val, f"OS_{os_val}")
                        return f"{os_name} {major}.{minor}.{subminor}"
                    except:
                        pass

            # For binary data, convert to hex
            if isinstance(note_desc, bytes):
                # Limit size for very large descriptions
                if len(note_desc) > 256:
                    return binascii.hexlify(note_desc[:256]).decode('ascii') + "..."
                return binascii.hexlify(note_desc).decode('ascii')

            # For string data
            if isinstance(note_desc, str):
                return note_desc

            # Fallback
            return str(note_desc)

        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error formatting note description: {e}")
            return str(note_desc) if note_desc else ""

    def _extract_note_data(self, note, section_name: str) -> ELFNote:
        """Extract data from a single note entry."""
        try:
            # Get note properties
            note_name = note.get('n_name', '').rstrip('\x00') if note.get('n_name') else ""
            note_type_raw = note.get('n_type', 0)
            note_desc_raw = note.get('n_desc', b'')

            # Handle note_type - pyelftools may return string or int
            if isinstance(note_type_raw, str):
                # pyelftools returned the type as a string like 'NT_GNU_BUILD_ID'
                note_type_str = note_type_raw
                # Map known string types to integers
                note_type_map = {
                    'NT_GNU_ABI_TAG': 1,
                    'NT_GNU_HWCAP': 2,
                    'NT_GNU_BUILD_ID': 3,
                    'NT_GNU_GOLD_VERSION': 4,
                    'NT_GNU_PROPERTY_TYPE_0': 5,
                    'NT_PRSTATUS': 1,
                    'NT_FPREGSET': 2,
                    'NT_PRPSINFO': 3,
                    'NT_TASKSTRUCT': 4,
                    'NT_AUXV': 5,
                    'NT_PSTATUS': 6,
                    'NT_FPREGS': 7,
                    'NT_PSINFO': 8,
                    'NT_PRCRED': 9,
                    'NT_UTSNAME': 10,
                    'NT_LWPSTATUS': 11,
                    'NT_LWPSINFO': 12,
                    'NT_PRFPXREG': 13,
                }
                note_type = note_type_map.get(note_type_raw, 0)
            else:
                note_type = note_type_raw
                # Get human-readable type string
                note_type_str = self._get_note_type_string(note_type, note_name)

            # Format description
            note_desc = self._format_note_description(note_desc_raw, note_type, note_name)

            return ELFNote(
                note_name=note_name,
                note_type=note_type,
                note_type_str=note_type_str,
                note_desc=note_desc,
                note_section=section_name
            )

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

    def _extract_notes_from_sections(self, elf) -> List[Dict]:
        """Extract notes from note sections."""
        notes = []

        try:
            # Look for note sections
            for section in elf.iter_sections():
                if (section.name and
                    section.name.startswith('.note') and
                    hasattr(section, 'iter_notes')):

                    section_name = section.name
                    try:
                        for note in section.iter_notes():
                            note_data = self._extract_note_data(note, section_name)
                            if note_data:
                                notes.append(note_data)
                    except Exception as e:
                        self.log.debug(f"Could not process notes in section {section_name}: {e}")

        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error extracting notes from sections: {e}")

        return notes

    def _extract_notes_from_segments(self, elf) -> List[Dict]:
        """Extract notes from PT_NOTE segments."""
        notes = []

        try:
            # Look for PT_NOTE segments
            for segment in elf.iter_segments():
                if segment.header.get('p_type') == 'PT_NOTE':
                    segment_name = f"PT_NOTE_segment_{segment.header.get('p_offset', 0)}"

                    try:
                        if hasattr(segment, 'iter_notes'):
                            for note in segment.iter_notes():
                                note_data = self._extract_note_data(note, segment_name)
                                if note_data:
                                    notes.append(note_data)
                    except Exception as e:
                        self.log.debug(f"Could not process notes in segment: {e}")

        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error extracting notes from segments: {e}")

        return notes

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

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

            def extract_data(elf):
                all_notes = []

                # Extract notes from note sections
                section_notes = self._extract_notes_from_sections(elf)
                all_notes.extend(section_notes)

                # Extract notes from PT_NOTE segments
                segment_notes = self._extract_notes_from_segments(elf)
                all_notes.extend(segment_notes)

                # Remove duplicates (same note might appear in section and segment)
                unique_notes = []
                seen_notes = set()
                for note in all_notes:
                    note_key = (note.note_name, note.note_type, note.note_desc)
                    if note_key not in seen_notes:
                        seen_notes.add(note_key)
                        unique_notes.append(note)

                return unique_notes

            if not self._is_elf_file():
                return None

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

            self.elf_notes = result
            return self.elf_notes

        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error extracting ELF notes {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_notes
        elif exporter_type == "ClickHouseExporter":
            try:
                # Return valid empty structure if no notes found
                # None is reserved for actual errors

                # Prepare data arrays for all notes
                data = []
                current_time = datetime.now(timezone.utc)
                for note in self.elf_notes:
                    row = [
                        self.sha256,
                        self.md5,
                        self.sha1,
                        note.note_name,
                        note.note_type,
                        note.note_type_str,
                        note.note_desc,
                        note.note_section,
                        current_time
                    ]
                    data.append(row)

                column_names = [
                    'sha256', 'md5', 'sha1',
                    'note_name', 'note_type', 'note_type_str',
                    'note_desc', 'note_section',
                    'analysis_date'
                ]

                if not data:
                    return None

                column_type_names = [
                    'FixedString(64)', 'FixedString(32)', 'FixedString(40)',
                    'LowCardinality(String)', 'UInt32', 'LowCardinality(String)',
                    'String CODEC(ZSTD(3))', 'LowCardinality(String)',
                    'DateTime64(3, \'UTC\')'
                ]

                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_notes"