Weijie Yu

26 papers Journal 18Unranked 8
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2026 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Netw. Serv. Manag.
Zhengshu Zhou, Weijie Yu, Tingting Zhao, Qian Long, Yutaka Matsubara, Hiroaki Takada
2026 J jnl
CoRR
Chenglei Shen, Yi Zhan, Weijie Yu, Xiao Zhang, Jun Xu
2026 J jnl
CoRR
Zhongxiang Sun, Yi Zhan, Chenglei Shen, Weijie Yu, Xiao Zhang, Ming He, Jun Xu
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Xinzhu Chen, Xuesheng Li, Zhongxiang Sun, Weijie Yu
2025 J jnl
Syst.
Xuedong Hua, Yangzhen Zhao, Weijie Yu, Wenxie Lin, Qihao Zhou, Wei Wang
2025 J jnl
IEEE Access
Weijie Yu, Guangyu Liu, Ling Zhu, Wujia Yu
2025 J jnl
Int. J. Mach. Learn. Cybern.
Lilan Peng, Chongshou Li, Wuyang Zhang, Weijie Yu, Tianrui Li
2025 conf
ITSC
Qichao Liu, Dong Ngoduy, Weijie Yu, Jian Wang
2024 J jnl
Comput. Biol. Medicine
Fang Jia, Bingchang Zhang, Weijie Yu, Zheng Chen, Wenbin Xu, Wenpeng Zhao, Zhanxiang Wang
2024 J jnl
IEEE Access
Li Wang, Jin Song, Weijie Yu, Yuqi Teng
2024 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Intell. Transp. Syst.
Xiaofeng Shan, Weijie Yu, Zhibin Li, Chishe Wang, Yifeng Ren, Jiajie Zhang
2023 J jnl
Sensors
Weijie Yu, Li Wang, Jin Song, Lijun He, Yanting Wang
2023 J jnl
Concurr. Comput. Pract. Exp.
Sixiang Tan, Wenzhong Yang, JianZhuang Lin, Weijie Yu
2022 conf
ISOEN
Yingying Xue, Yizhou Xiong, Weijie Yu, Shimeng Mou, Hao Wan, Ping Wang
2022 conf
AIAM
Weijie Yu, Weinan Weng
2022 J jnl
IEEE Intell. Transp. Syst. Mag.
Weijie Yu, Xuedong Hua, Wei Wang
2022 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Circuits Syst. Video Technol.
Zhaoqing Pan, Feng Yuan, Weijie Yu, Jianjun Lei, Nam Ling, Sam Kwong
2022 conf
ISOEN
Weijie Yu, Shimeng Mou, Yingying Xue, Hangming Xiong, Yanjie Hu, Hao Wan, Ping Wang
2022 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Circuits Syst. Video Technol.
Zhaoqing Pan, Weijie Yu, Jianjun Lei, Nam Ling, Sam Kwong
2022 conf
ISOEN
Junyu Zhang, Xiaojing Zhang, Hangming Xiong, Weijie Yu, Keiing Ying, Hao Wan, Ping Wang
2021 conf
CSCI
Bing Sun, Chuan Wang, Qiang Yang, Weili Liu, Weijie Yu
2021 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Ind. Informatics
Guangyu Liu, Ling Zhu, Weijie Yu, Wujia Yu
2020 conf
PAAP
Sixiang Tan, Wenzhong Yang, JianZhuang Lin, Weijie Yu
2020 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Emerg. Top. Comput. Intell.
Zhaoqing Pan, Weijie Yu, Bosi Wang, Haoran Xie, Victor S. Sheng, Jianjun Lei, Sam Kwong
2019 J jnl
IEEE Access
Zhaoqing Pan, Weijie Yu, Xiaokai Yi, Asifullah Khan, Feng Yuan, Yuhui Zheng
2014 conf
ICME Workshops
Chuanfei Luo, Yihao Zhang, Weiyao Lin, Yulin Wang, Weijie Yu
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