Wei Li

35 papers C 1Journal 26Unranked 7
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2026 J jnl
Eng. Appl. Artif. Intell.
Hamzah A. A. M. Qaid, Bo Zhang, Shuai Su, Dan Li, See-Kiong Ng, Wei Li
2025 J jnl
J. Field Robotics
Juxian Zhao, Wei Li, Jinsong Zhu, Zhigang Gao, Lu Pan, Zhongguan Liu
2025 J jnl
Appl. Soft Comput.
Juxian Zhao, Wei Li, Jinsong Zhu, Zhigang Gao, Lu Pan, Zhongguan Liu
2024 J jnl
CoRR
Hamzah A. A. M. Qaid, Bo Zhang, Dan Li, See-Kiong Ng, Wei Li
2024 conf
LREC/COLING
Xiangping Zheng, Bo Wu, Alex X. Zhang, Wei Li
2024 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Instrum. Meas.
Lu Pan, Wei Li, Jinsong Zhu, Zhengsheng Chen, Juxian Zhao, Zhongguan Liu
2024 conf
LREC/COLING
Xiangping Zheng, Bo Wu, Alex X. Zhang, Wei Li
2021 J jnl
IEEE Access
Shengfei Ji, Wei Li, Bo Zhang, Lingwei Zhou, Chenxi Duan
2020 conf
IIP
Meng Zhang, Wei Li, Bo Zhang
2020 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Ind. Informatics
Houlian Wang, Gongbo Zhou, Laksh Bhatia, Zhencai Zhu, Wei Li, Julie A. McCann
2019 J jnl
IEEE Access
Xiao Chen, Zhencai Zhu, Wei Li, Gang Shen
2019 J jnl
IEEE Access
Yong Ren, Wei Li, Zhencai Zhu, Fan Jiang
2019 J jnl
IEEE Access
Zhe Tong, Wei Li, Bo Zhang, Fan Jiang, Gongbo Zhou
2019 J jnl
J. Syst. Control. Eng.
Xiao Chen, Zhencai Zhu, Gang Shen, Wei Li
2018 J jnl
IEEE Access
Benliang Hao, Gongbo Zhou, Zhencai Zhu, Ping Zhou, Wei Li
2018 J jnl
CoRR
Bo Zhang, Wei Li, Jie Hao, Xiao-Li Li, Meng Zhang
2018 J jnl
IEEE Access
Fan Jiang, Zhencai Zhu, Wei Li
2018 J jnl
IEEE Access
Zhe Tong, Wei Li, Bo Zhang, Fan Jiang, Gongbo Zhou
2018 J jnl
IEEE Access
Bo Zhang, Wei Li, Xiao-Li Li, See-Kiong Ng
2018 J jnl
IEEE Access
Mingquan Qiu, Wei Li, Fan Jiang, Zhencai Zhu
2018 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Ind. Informatics
Gongbo Zhou, Penghui Wang, Zhencai Zhu, Houlian Wang, Wei Li
2017 J jnl
CoRR
Bo Zhang, Wei Li, Zhe Tong, Meng Zhang
2016 J jnl
Comput. Commun.
Gongbo Zhou, Zhencai Zhu, Peng Zhang, Wei Li
2015 J jnl
CoRR
Wei Li, Mingquan Qiu, Zhencai Zhu, Bo Wu, Gongbo Zhou
2015 J jnl
CoRR
Wei Li, Bo Wu, Zhencai Zhu, Mingquan Qiu, Gongbo Zhou
2015 J jnl
Int. J. Distributed Sens. Networks
Gongbo Zhou, Zhencai Zhu, Peng Zhang, Wei Li
2014 J jnl
J. Sensors
Gongbo Zhou, Linghua Huang, Wei Li, Zhencai Zhu
2013 conf
HPCC/EUC
Gongbo Zhou, Linghua Huang, Zhencai Zhu, Wei Li, Gang Shen
2010 C conf
CCA
Wei Li, Zhencai Zhu
2010 J jnl
Int. J. Syst. Sci.
Wei Li, Steven X. Ding
2009
Wei Li
2009 conf
CDC
Wei Li, Steven X. Ding, Zhencai Zhu
2008 conf
CDC
Wei Li, Steven X. Ding
2008 J jnl
Autom.
Wei Li, Ping Zhang, Steven X. Ding, Ionut C. Chihaia, Eberhard Goldschmidt, Oliver Bredtmann, Andreas Czylwik
2007 conf
CDC
Wei Li, Ping Zhang, Steven X. Ding, Oliver Bredtmann
redb/extractors/elf_extractors/elf_features.py
← Index redb/extractors/elf_extractors/elf_features.py python
import inspect
import json
from datetime import datetime, timezone
from typing import Any

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 ELFFeatures


class ELFFeaturesExtractor(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_features = None
        self.elastic_index = self.index_prefix + "-elf_features"
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)

    def _extract_header_data(self):
        """Extract ELF header data using pyelftools."""
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)

        def extract_header(elf):
            # Initialize result with safe defaults
            result = {
                'ei_class': 0, 'ei_data': 0, 'ei_version': 0, 'ei_osabi': 0, 'ei_abiversion': 0,
                'e_type': 0, 'e_machine': 0, 'e_version': 0, 'e_entry': 0, 'e_flags': 0,
                'ei_class_str': 'unknown', 'ei_data_str': 'unknown', 'ei_osabi_str': 'unknown',
                'e_type_str': 'unknown', 'e_machine_str': 'unknown'
            }

            # Try to get the main header - if this fails, we can't extract anything
            try:
                header = elf.header
            except Exception as e:
                self.log.warning(f"Could not access ELF header: {e}")
                return result

            # Try to get e_ident section
            ident = None
            try:
                ident = header.get('e_ident', {})
            except Exception as e:
                self.log.warning(f"Could not access e_ident: {e}")

            # Extract EI_CLASS (32/64 bit)
            try:
                if ident:
                    ei_class_raw = ident.get('EI_CLASS', 'ELFCLASSNONE')
                    result['ei_class'] = 2 if ei_class_raw == 'ELFCLASS64' else 1 if ei_class_raw == 'ELFCLASS32' else 0
                    result['ei_class_str'] = '64-bit' if ei_class_raw == 'ELFCLASS64' else '32-bit' if ei_class_raw == 'ELFCLASS32' else 'unknown'
            except Exception as e:
                self.log.warning(f"Could not extract EI_CLASS: {e}")

            # Extract EI_DATA (endianness)
            try:
                if ident:
                    ei_data_raw = ident.get('EI_DATA', 'ELFDATANONE')
                    result['ei_data'] = 1 if ei_data_raw == 'ELFDATA2LSB' else 2 if ei_data_raw == 'ELFDATA2MSB' else 0
                    result['ei_data_str'] = 'Little-endian' if ei_data_raw == 'ELFDATA2LSB' else 'Big-endian' if ei_data_raw == 'ELFDATA2MSB' else 'unknown'
            except Exception as e:
                self.log.warning(f"Could not extract EI_DATA: {e}")

            # Extract EI_VERSION
            try:
                if ident:
                    ei_version_raw = ident.get('EI_VERSION', 0)
                    # Convert string like 'EV_CURRENT' to integer
                    if isinstance(ei_version_raw, str):
                        version_map = {'EV_NONE': 0, 'EV_CURRENT': 1}
                        result['ei_version'] = version_map.get(ei_version_raw, 1)
                    else:
                        result['ei_version'] = ei_version_raw
            except Exception as e:
                self.log.warning(f"Could not extract EI_VERSION: {e}")

            # Extract EI_OSABI
            try:
                if ident:
                    ei_osabi_raw = ident.get('EI_OSABI', 'ELFOSABI_SYSV')
                    osabi_map = {
                        'ELFOSABI_SYSV': 0, 'ELFOSABI_HPUX': 1, 'ELFOSABI_NETBSD': 2,
                        'ELFOSABI_LINUX': 3, 'ELFOSABI_SOLARIS': 6, 'ELFOSABI_FREEBSD': 9
                    }
                    result['ei_osabi'] = osabi_map.get(ei_osabi_raw, 0)
                    result['ei_osabi_str'] = ei_osabi_raw.replace('ELFOSABI_', '') if ei_osabi_raw and ei_osabi_raw.startswith('ELFOSABI_') else str(ei_osabi_raw) if ei_osabi_raw else 'unknown'
            except Exception as e:
                self.log.warning(f"Could not extract EI_OSABI: {e}")

            # Extract EI_ABIVERSION
            try:
                if ident:
                    result['ei_abiversion'] = ident.get('EI_ABIVERSION', 0)
            except Exception as e:
                self.log.warning(f"Could not extract EI_ABIVERSION: {e}")

            # Extract e_type (file type)
            try:
                e_type_raw = header.get('e_type', 'ET_NONE')
                type_map = {
                    'ET_NONE': 0, 'ET_REL': 1, 'ET_EXEC': 2, 'ET_DYN': 3, 'ET_CORE': 4
                }
                result['e_type'] = type_map.get(e_type_raw, 0)
                result['e_type_str'] = e_type_raw.replace('ET_', '') if e_type_raw and e_type_raw.startswith('ET_') else str(e_type_raw) if e_type_raw else 'unknown'
            except Exception as e:
                self.log.warning(f"Could not extract e_type: {e}")

            # Extract e_machine (architecture)
            try:
                e_machine_raw = header.get('e_machine', 0)
                # Map machine strings to integers and human-readable names
                # https://github.com/eliben/pyelftools/blob/main/elftools/elf/enums.py
                # https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/include/uapi/linux/elf-em.h
                # https://refspecs.linuxfoundation.org/elf/elf.pdf
                machine_int_map = {
                    'EM_NONE': 0, 'EM_M32': 1, 'EM_SPARC': 2, 'EM_386': 3,
                    'EM_68K': 4, 'EM_88K': 5, 'EM_860': 7, 'EM_MIPS': 8,
                    'EM_S370': 9, 'EM_MIPS_RS3_LE': 10, 'EM_PARISC': 15,
                    'EM_VPP500': 17, 'EM_SPARC32PLUS': 18, 'EM_960': 19,
                    'EM_PPC': 20, 'EM_PPC64': 21, 'EM_S390': 22, 'EM_V800': 36,
                    'EM_FR20': 37, 'EM_RH32': 38, 'EM_RCE': 39, 'EM_ARM': 40,
                    'EM_ALPHA': 41, 'EM_SH': 42, 'EM_SPARCV9': 43, 'EM_TRICORE': 44,
                    'EM_ARC': 45, 'EM_H8_300': 46, 'EM_H8_300H': 47, 'EM_H8S': 48,
                    'EM_H8_500': 49, 'EM_IA_64': 50, 'EM_MIPS_X': 51, 'EM_COLDFIRE': 52,
                    'EM_68HC12': 53, 'EM_X86_64': 62, 'EM_AARCH64': 183, 'EM_RISCV': 243,
                }
                machine_str_map = {
                    'EM_386': 'x86', 'EM_X86_64': 'x86_64', 'EM_ARM': 'ARM', 'EM_AARCH64': 'ARM64',
                    'EM_MIPS': 'MIPS', 'EM_PPC': 'PowerPC', 'EM_PPC64': 'PowerPC64',
                    'EM_SPARC': 'SPARC', 'EM_SPARCV9': 'SPARC64', 'EM_RISCV': 'RISC-V',
                    'EM_IA_64': 'IA-64', 'EM_S390': 'S390', 'EM_SH': 'SuperH',
                }
                if isinstance(e_machine_raw, str):
                    result['e_machine'] = machine_int_map.get(e_machine_raw, 0)
                    result['e_machine_str'] = machine_str_map.get(e_machine_raw, e_machine_raw.replace('EM_', '') if e_machine_raw.startswith('EM_') else e_machine_raw)
                else:
                    result['e_machine'] = e_machine_raw
                    result['e_machine_str'] = str(e_machine_raw)
            except Exception as e:
                self.log.warning(f"Could not extract e_machine: {e}")

            # Extract e_version
            try:
                e_version_raw = header.get('e_version', 0)
                # Convert string like 'EV_CURRENT' to integer
                if isinstance(e_version_raw, str):
                    version_map = {'EV_NONE': 0, 'EV_CURRENT': 1}
                    result['e_version'] = version_map.get(e_version_raw, 1)
                else:
                    result['e_version'] = e_version_raw
            except Exception as e:
                self.log.warning(f"Could not extract e_version: {e}")

            # Extract e_entry (entry point)
            try:
                result['e_entry'] = header.get('e_entry', 0)
            except Exception as e:
                self.log.warning(f"Could not extract e_entry: {e}")

            # Extract e_flags
            try:
                result['e_flags'] = header.get('e_flags', 0)
            except Exception as e:
                self.log.warning(f"Could not extract e_flags: {e}")

            return result

        try:
            return self._with_elf_file(extract_header)
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error extracting header data {self.hash.sha256}: {e}")
            return None

    def _count_dynamic_symbols(self):
        """Count symbols in dynamic symbol table."""
        def count_dynsym(elf):
            dynsym_section = elf.get_section_by_name('.dynsym')
            if dynsym_section and hasattr(dynsym_section, 'num_symbols'):
                return dynsym_section.num_symbols()
            return 0

        try:
            result = self._with_elf_file(count_dynsym)
            return result if result is not None else 0
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error counting dynamic symbols: {e}")
            return 0

    def _count_relocations(self):
        """Count total relocations across all sections."""
        def count_relocs(elf):
            reloc_count = 0
            for section in elf.iter_sections():
                if hasattr(section, 'iter_relocations'):
                    try:
                        reloc_count += section.num_relocations()
                    except:
                        # Some sections might not support num_relocations()
                        for _ in section.iter_relocations():
                            reloc_count += 1
            return reloc_count

        try:
            result = self._with_elf_file(count_relocs)
            return result if result is not None else 0
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error counting relocations: {e}")
            return 0

    def _has_gnu_hash(self):
        """Check if GNU hash table is present."""
        def check_gnu_hash(elf):
            gnu_hash_section = elf.get_section_by_name('.gnu.hash')
            return gnu_hash_section is not None

        try:
            result = self._with_elf_file(check_gnu_hash)
            return bool(result)
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error checking GNU hash: {e}")
            return False

    def _has_fortify(self):
        """Check if binary has fortify source protection."""
        def check_fortify(elf):
            # Look for fortified function symbols
            fortify_symbols = ['__printf_chk', '__sprintf_chk', '__snprintf_chk',
                             '__strcpy_chk', '__strcat_chk', '__memcpy_chk']

            for section in elf.iter_sections():
                if hasattr(section, 'iter_symbols'):
                    for symbol in section.iter_symbols():
                        if symbol.name in fortify_symbols:
                            return True
            return False

        try:
            result = self._with_elf_file(check_fortify)
            return bool(result)
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error checking fortify: {e}")
            return False

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

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

            # Check if file is valid ELF
            if not self._is_elf_file():
                self.log.error(f"No valid ELF file for {self.hash.sha256}")
                return None

            # Extract header data (now always returns a result, even with defaults)
            header_data = self._extract_header_data()
            if not header_data:
                self.log.error(f"Complete failure to extract any header data for {self.hash.sha256}")
                return None

            # Extract binary properties
            is_64bit = 1 if self._is_64bit() else 0
            is_stripped = 1 if self._is_stripped() else 0
            is_pie = 1 if self._is_pie() else 0
            has_canary = 1 if self._has_stack_protection() else 0
            has_nx = 1 if self._has_nx_bit() else 0
            has_relro = 1 if self._has_relro() else 0
            has_fortify = 1 if self._has_fortify() else 0

            # Extract counts
            number_of_segments = self._count_segments()
            number_of_sections = self._count_sections()
            number_of_symbols = self._count_symbols()
            number_of_dynamic_symbols = self._count_dynamic_symbols()
            number_of_relocations = self._count_relocations()
            number_of_dependencies = len(self._get_dependencies())

            # Extract build information
            build_id = self._get_build_id()
            gnu_hash_present = 1 if self._has_gnu_hash() else 0
            has_debug_info = 1 if self._has_debug_info() else 0

            self.elf_features = ELFFeatures(
                # ELF Header data
                ei_class=header_data['ei_class'],
                ei_data=header_data['ei_data'],
                ei_version=header_data['ei_version'],
                ei_osabi=header_data['ei_osabi'],
                ei_abiversion=header_data['ei_abiversion'],
                e_type=header_data['e_type'],
                e_machine=header_data['e_machine'],
                e_version=header_data['e_version'],
                e_entry=header_data['e_entry'],
                e_flags=header_data['e_flags'],
                # Human readable values
                ei_class_str=header_data['ei_class_str'],
                ei_data_str=header_data['ei_data_str'],
                ei_osabi_str=header_data['ei_osabi_str'],
                e_type_str=header_data['e_type_str'],
                e_machine_str=header_data['e_machine_str'],
                # Binary properties
                is_64bit=is_64bit,
                is_stripped=is_stripped,
                is_pie=is_pie,
                has_canary=has_canary,
                has_nx=has_nx,
                has_relro=has_relro,
                has_fortify=has_fortify,
                # Counts
                number_of_segments=number_of_segments,
                number_of_sections=number_of_sections,
                number_of_symbols=number_of_symbols,
                number_of_dynamic_symbols=number_of_dynamic_symbols,
                number_of_relocations=number_of_relocations,
                number_of_dependencies=number_of_dependencies,
                # Build information
                build_id=build_id,
                gnu_hash_present=gnu_hash_present,
                has_debug_info=has_debug_info,
            )

            return self.elf_features

        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error extracting ELF features {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_features
        elif exporter_type == "ClickHouseExporter":
            try:
                if not self.elf_features:
                    return None

                # Prepare data array matching the schema
                data = [[
                    self.sha256,
                    self.md5,
                    self.sha1,

                    # ELF Header data
                    self.elf_features.ei_class,
                    self.elf_features.ei_data,
                    self.elf_features.ei_version,
                    self.elf_features.ei_osabi,
                    self.elf_features.ei_abiversion,
                    self.elf_features.e_type,
                    self.elf_features.e_machine,
                    self.elf_features.e_version,
                    self.elf_features.e_entry,
                    self.elf_features.e_flags,

                    # Human readable values
                    self.elf_features.ei_class_str,
                    self.elf_features.ei_data_str,
                    self.elf_features.ei_osabi_str,
                    self.elf_features.e_type_str,
                    self.elf_features.e_machine_str,

                    # Binary properties
                    self.elf_features.is_64bit,
                    self.elf_features.is_stripped,
                    self.elf_features.is_pie,
                    self.elf_features.has_canary,
                    self.elf_features.has_nx,
                    self.elf_features.has_relro,
                    self.elf_features.has_fortify,

                    # Counts
                    self.elf_features.number_of_segments,
                    self.elf_features.number_of_sections,
                    self.elf_features.number_of_symbols,
                    self.elf_features.number_of_dynamic_symbols,
                    self.elf_features.number_of_relocations,
                    self.elf_features.number_of_dependencies,

                    # Build information
                    self.elf_features.build_id,
                    self.elf_features.gnu_hash_present,
                    self.elf_features.has_debug_info,

                    # Analysis metadata
                    datetime.now(timezone.utc)
                ]]

                column_names = [
                    'sha256', 'md5', 'sha1',
                    'ei_class', 'ei_data', 'ei_version', 'ei_osabi', 'ei_abiversion',
                    'e_type', 'e_machine', 'e_version', 'e_entry', 'e_flags',
                    'ei_class_str', 'ei_data_str', 'ei_osabi_str', 'e_type_str', 'e_machine_str',
                    'is_64bit', 'is_stripped', 'is_pie', 'has_canary', 'has_nx', 'has_relro', 'has_fortify',
                    'number_of_segments', 'number_of_sections', 'number_of_symbols',
                    'number_of_dynamic_symbols', 'number_of_relocations', 'number_of_dependencies',
                    'build_id', 'gnu_hash_present', 'has_debug_info',
                    'analysis_date'
                ]

                column_type_names = [
                    'FixedString(64)', 'FixedString(32)', 'FixedString(40)',
                    "Enum8('32-bit'=1, '64-bit'=2)",
                    "Enum8('Little-endian'=1, 'Big-endian'=2)",
                    'UInt8',
                    "Enum8('SYSV'=0, 'HPUX'=1, 'NETBSD'=2, 'LINUX'=3, 'SOLARIS'=6, 'FREEBSD'=9)",
                    'UInt8',
                    "Enum8('NONE'=0, 'REL'=1, 'EXEC'=2, 'DYN'=3, 'CORE'=4)",
                    'UInt16', 'UInt32', 'UInt64', 'UInt32',
                    'LowCardinality(String)', 'LowCardinality(String)', 'LowCardinality(String)',
                    'LowCardinality(String)', 'LowCardinality(String)',
                    'UInt8', 'UInt8', 'UInt8', 'UInt8', 'UInt8', 'UInt8', 'UInt8',
                    'UInt16', 'UInt16', 'UInt32', 'UInt32', 'UInt32', 'UInt16',
                    'Nullable(String)', 'UInt8', 'UInt8',
                    'DateTime64(3, \'UTC\')'
                ]

                if not data:
                    return None

                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_features"