Xi Chen

54 papers Journal 3Unranked 50
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2025 conf
OFC
Hussam G. Batshon, Gregory Raybon, Di Che, Xi Chen
2025 conf
ECOC
Hussam G. Batshon, Gregory Raybon, Di Che, Xi Chen
2024 conf
OFC
Qian Hu, Tobias Tannert, Markus Grözing, Gregory Raybon, Robert Borkowski, Fred Buchali, Xi Chen, Patrick Iannone, Georg Rademacher, Roland Ryf
2024 conf
OFC
Basak Ozaydin, Xi Chen, Di Che
2024 conf
OFC
Mark Shtaif, Cristian Antonelli, Antonio Mecozzi, Xi Chen
2023 conf
OFC
Di Che, Stefano Grillanda, Yang Liu, Zheru Qiu, Xinru Ji, Gregory Raybon, Xi Chen, Kwangwoong Kim, Tobias J. Kippenberg, Andrea Blanco Redondo
2023 conf
OFC
Zhenping Xing, Kuo Zhang, Xi Chen, Qiguang Feng, Keshuang Zheng, Yijia Zhao, Zhen Dong, Ji Zhou, Tao Gui, Zhicheng Ye, Liangchuan Li
2023 J jnl
CoRR
Ji Zhou, Zhenping Xing, Haide Wang, Kuo Zhang, Xi Chen, Qiguang Feng, Keshuang Zheng, Yijia Zhao, Zhen Dong, Tao Gui, Zhicheng Ye, Liangchuan Li
2022 J jnl
Proc. IEEE
Mark Shtaif, Cristian Antonelli, Antonio Mecozzi, Xi Chen
2022 conf
OFC
Xi Chen, Prashanta Kharel, Gregory Raybon, Di Che, Christian Reimer, Kevin Luke, Mian Zhang
2022 conf
OFC
Patrick Iannone, Stefano Grillanda, Xi Chen, Ting-Chen Hu, Nagesh Basavanhally, Alaric Tate, Rose Kopf, Mark Cappuzzo, Yee L. Low, Mark P. Earnshaw, David T. Neilson
2021 conf
ECOC
Son Thai Le, Vahid Aref, Xi Chen
2021 conf
OFC
Son Thai Le, Vahid Aref, Junho Cho, Xi Chen, Di Che
2021 conf
OFC
Di Che, Xi Chen
2021 conf
OFC
Xi Chen, Di Che
2021 conf
ECOC
Di Che, Xi Chen
2021 conf
OFC
Xi Chen, Gregory Raybon, Di Che, Junho Cho, K. W. Kim
2020 conf
OFC
Di Che, Yasuhiro Matsui, Richard Schatz, Roberto Rodes, Ferdous Khan, Martin Kwakernaak, Tsurugi Sudo, S. Chandrasekhar, Junho Cho, Xi Chen, Peter J. Winzer
2020 conf
OFC
Joan M. Gené, Xi Chen, Junho Cho, Sethumadhavan Chandrasekhar, Peter J. Winzer
2020 conf
ECOC
Xi Chen, Junho Cho, Di Che
2020 conf
OFC
René-Jean Essiambre, Roland Ryf, Sjoerd van der Heide, Juan I. Bonetti, Hanzi Huang, Murali S. Kodialam, Francisco Javier García Gómez, Ellsworth C. Burrows, Juan Carlos Alvarado-Zacarias, Rodrigo Amezcua Correa, Xi Chen, Nicolas K. Fontaine, Haoshuo Chen
2020 conf
ECOC
René-Jean Essiambre, Roland Ryf, Murali S. Kodialam, Bin Chen, Mikael Mazur, Juan I. Bonetti, Riccardo Veronese, Hanzi Huang, Ankit Gupta, Fayçal Aït Aoudia, Ellsworth C. Burrows, Diego F. Grosz, Luca Palmieri, Mathini Sellathurai, Xi Chen, Nicolas K. Fontaine, Haoshuo Chen
2020 conf
ECOC
Junho Cho, Xi Chen
2020 J jnl
JOCN
Thierry Zami, Bruno Lavigne, Ivan Fernandez de Jauregui Ruiz, Marco Bertolini, Yuan-Hua Claire Kao, Oriol Bertran-Pardo, Mathieu Lefrançois, Florian Pulka, Sethumadhavan Chandrasekhar, Junho Cho, Xi Chen, Di Che, Ellsworth Burrows, Peter Winzer, Jelena Pesic, Nicola Rossi
2020 conf
ECOC
Xi Chen, Junho Cho, Gregory Raybon, Di Che, K. W. Kim, Ellsworth Burrows, Prashanta Kharel, Christian Reimer, Kevin Luke, Lingyan He, Mian Zhang
2019 conf
OFC
Di Che, S. Chandrasekhar, Xi Chen, Gregory Raybon, Peter J. Winzer, Chuanbowen Sun, William Shieh
2019 conf
OFC
Xi Chen, Sethumadhavan Chandrasekhar, Junho Cho, Peter Winzer
2018 conf
OFC
Gregory Raybon, Andrew Adamiecki, Junho Cho, Filipe Jorge, Agnieszka Konczykowska, Muriel Riet, Bernadette Duval, Jean-Yves Dupuy, Nicolas K. Fontaine, Peter J. Winzer, Sethumadhavan Chandrasekhar, Xi Chen
2018 conf
OFC
Xi Chen, Sethumadhavan Chandrasekhar, Peter Winzer
2018 conf
OFC
Xi Chen, Sethumadhavan Chandrasekhar, Gregory Raybon, Samuel Olsson, Junho Cho, Andrew Adamiecki, Peter J. Winzer
2018 conf
ECOC
Xi Chen, S. Chandrasekhar, Samuel Olsson, Andrew Adamiecki, Peter J. Winzer
2018 conf
OFC
Samuel L. I. Olsson, Junho Cho, Sethumadhavan Chandrasekhar, Xi Chen, Ellsworth C. Burrows, Peter J. Winzer
2018 conf
ECOC
Xi Chen, S. Chandrasekhar, Peter J. Winzer
2018 conf
OFC
Antonio Mecozzi, Cristian Antonelli, Mark Shtaif, Xi Chen, S. Chandrasekhar, Peter J. Winzer
2018 conf
OFC
Mian Zhang, Cheng Wang, Xi Chen, Maxime Bertrand, Amirhassan Shams-Ansari, Sethumadhavan Chandrasekhar, Peter Winzer, Marko Loncar
2017 conf
OFC
Xi Chen, Cristian Antonelli, S. Chandrasekhar, Gregory Raybon, Jeffrey H. Sinsky, Antonio Mecozzi, Mark Shtaif, Peter J. Winzer
2017 conf
ECOC
Xi Chen, Cristian Antonelli, S. Chandrasekhar, Gregory Raybon, Antonio Mecozzi, Mark Shtaif, Peter J. Winzer
2017 conf
OFC
Xi Chen, S. Chandrasekhar, Gregory Raybon, Po Dong, Borui Li, Andrew Adamiecki, Peter Winzer
2017 conf
OFC
Xi Chen, S. Chandrasekhar, P. Pupalaikis, Peter J. Winzer
2017 conf
ECOC
Junho Cho, S. Chandrasekhar, Xi Chen, Gregory Raybon, Peter J. Winzer
2017 conf
OFC
Junho Cho, Xi Chen, S. Chandrasekhar, Gregory Raybon, Ronen Dar, Laurent Schmalen, Ellsworth C. Burrows, Andrew Adamiecki, Stephen Corteselli, Yin Pan, Diego Correa, Bradley McKay, Zsigmond Szilárd, Peter J. Winzer, Steve Grubb
2016 conf
OFC
Xi Chen, S. Chandrasekhar, Sebastian Randel, Gregory Raybon, Andrew Adamiecki, P. Pupalaikis, Peter Winzer
2016 conf
OFC
Xi Chen, Sethumadhavan Chandrasekhar, Sebastian Randel, Wenjun Gu, Peter Winzer
2015 conf
OFC
Di Che, An Li, Qian Hu, Xi Chen, William Shieh
2014 conf
OFC
Di Che, Xi Chen, Jiayuan He, An Li, William Shieh
2014 conf
OFC
Di Che, An Li, Xi Chen, Qian Hu, Yifei Wang, William Shieh
2014 conf
OFC
Rong Hu, Tao Gui, Zhaohui Li, Haibo Li, Chao Li, Cai Li, Xiao Xiao, Qi Yang, Shaohua Yu, Xi Chen, William Shieh
2014 conf
OFC
Xi Chen, Jiayuan He, Di Che, William Shieh
2014 conf
OFC
Qian Hu, Xi Chen, An Li, William Shieh
2013 conf
OFC/NFOEC
Xi Chen, Jiayuan He, An Li, Jia Ye, William Shieh
2013 conf
OFC/NFOEC
An Li, Jia Ye, Xi Chen, William Shieh
2013 conf
OFC/NFOEC
An Li, Xi Chen, William Shieh
2013 conf
OFC/NFOEC
Jia Ye, An Li, Xi Chen, Lianshan Yan, William Shieh
2012
Xi Chen
redb/extractors/pe_extractors/pe_extra_findings.py
← Index redb/extractors/pe_extractors/pe_extra_findings.py python
from hashlib import md5, sha1, sha256
import inspect
import pefile
from magika import Magika
import json
from datetime import datetime, timezone
from typing import List, Optional, Any
from asn1crypto import cms, pem, x509, core
from dataclasses import asdict

from redb.extractors.enum import Tag
from redb.extractors.pe_extractor import PEExtractor
from redb.models.dataclasses import PEExtraFinding, PECertificate


class PEExtraFindings(PEExtractor):

    def __init__(
        self,
        filepath,
        log,
        exporters=None,
        index_prefix=None,
        elastic_index=None,
        known_benign=False,
        known_malicious=False,
        pe=None,
    ):
        super().__init__(
            filepath,
            log,
            exporters,
            index_prefix,
            elastic_index,
            known_benign,
            known_malicious,
            pe,
        )
        self.elastic_index = self.index_prefix + "-pe_extrafindings"
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)
        self.has_binary_overlay = False
        self.has_binary_resource = False
        self.findings = []

    def tag(self):
        return Tag.PE_EMBEDDED_EXTRAS.value

    """
    The section below triggers in case of a binary which is not signed.
    It trigger the scan for Certificates inside the binary, for example
    inside a resource or an overlay.
    """

    def _scan_for_certificates(self):
        """
        Comprehensive scan for certificate data in PE file.
        Returns list of tuples (location_description, certificate_data)
        """
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)

        # 1. Scan resources for embedded PE files
        self._scan_resources_for_certificates()

        # 3. Scan overlay
        overlay_data = self.pe.get_overlay()
        if overlay_data:
            self._scan_overlay_for_certificates(overlay_data)


    def _extract_certificate_info(self, cert_data):
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)

        certificate = x509.Certificate.load(cert_data)
        certificate_serial_number = format(certificate.serial_number, "x").upper()
        grouped_serial_number = ":".join(
            [
                certificate_serial_number[i : i + 2]
                for i in range(0, len(certificate_serial_number), 2)
            ]
        )
        return PECertificate(
            certificate_serial_number=grouped_serial_number,
            certificate_issuer=certificate.issuer.human_friendly,
            certificate_subject=certificate.subject.human_friendly,
            certificate_valid_from=certificate["tbs_certificate"]["validity"][
                "not_before"
            ].native.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"),
            certificate_valid_to=certificate["tbs_certificate"]["validity"][
                "not_after"
            ].native.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"),
            certificate_thumbprint=sha1(cert_data).hexdigest().upper(),
            certificate_algorithm=None,
        )

    def _extract_standard_certificates(self, pe):
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)
        address = pe.OPTIONAL_HEADER.DATA_DIRECTORY[
            pefile.DIRECTORY_ENTRY["IMAGE_DIRECTORY_ENTRY_SECURITY"]
        ].VirtualAddress
        size = pe.OPTIONAL_HEADER.DATA_DIRECTORY[
            pefile.DIRECTORY_ENTRY["IMAGE_DIRECTORY_ENTRY_SECURITY"]
        ].Size

        addr_8 = address + 8
        signature_data = bytes(
            pe.write()[addr_8 : addr_8 + size]  # noqa E203
        )  # Ensure this is a bytes object
        if pem.detect(signature_data):
            signature_data = pem.unarmor(signature_data)

        content_info = cms.ContentInfo.load(signature_data)
        signed_data = content_info["content"]
        certificates = signed_data["certificates"]

        certificates_list = []
        for cert in certificates:
            cert_info = self._extract_certificate_info(cert.chosen.dump())
            certificates_list.append(cert_info)

        return certificates_list

    def _is_signed(self, pedata):
        address = pedata.OPTIONAL_HEADER.DATA_DIRECTORY[
            pefile.DIRECTORY_ENTRY["IMAGE_DIRECTORY_ENTRY_SECURITY"]
        ].VirtualAddress
        if address == 0:
            return False
        return True

    def _scan_resources_for_certificates(self):
        """Scan resources for embedded PE files and their certificates"""
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)

        try:
            if hasattr(self.pe, "DIRECTORY_ENTRY_RESOURCE"):
                for entry in self.pe.DIRECTORY_ENTRY_RESOURCE.entries:
                    for resource in self._get_resource_data(entry):
                        # Check if resource data might be a PE file
                        resource_magika = Magika().identify_bytes(resource).output.label
                        if resource.startswith(b"MZ") or resource_magika == "pebin":
                            try:
                                embedded_pe = pefile.PE(data=resource)
                                if self._is_signed(embedded_pe):
                                    cert_data = self._extract_standard_certificates(
                                        embedded_pe
                                    )
                                    if cert_data:
                                        # certificates.append(
                                        #     (f"Resource_{entry.id}", cert_data)
                                        # )
                                        self.findings.append(
                                            PEExtraFinding(
                                                context=f"Resource ({sha256(resource).hexdigest()}) is a PE file. Found Code Signing Certificates information inside.",
                                                finding=cert_data,
                                            )
                                        )
                            except Exception as e:
                                self.log.warning(
                                    f"Resource {sha256(resource).hexdigest()} is not a valid PE: {e}"
                                )

                        # Direct certificate pattern matching in resource
                        cert_data = self._find_certificate_patterns(resource)
                        if cert_data:
                            # certificates.append((f"Resource_{entry.id}", cert_data))
                            self.findings.append(
                                PEExtraFinding(
                                    context=f"Resource ({sha256(resource).hexdigest()}) is a PE file.\
                                    Found Code Signing Certificates information inside.",
                                    finding=cert_data,
                                )
                            )

        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Failed to scan resources: {e}")


    def _scan_overlay_for_certificates(self, overlay_data) -> List[bytes]:
        """Scan PE overlay for certificate data"""
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)
        try:
            # Check if overlay is a PE file
            overlay_magika = Magika().identify_bytes(overlay_data).output.ct_label
            if overlay_data.startswith(b"MZ") or overlay_magika == "pebin":
                try:
                    overlay_pe = pefile.PE(data=overlay_data)
                    if self._is_signed(overlay_pe):
                        cert_data = self._extract_standard_certificates(overlay_data)
                        if cert_data:
                            self.findings.append(
                                PEExtraFinding(
                                    context=f"Overlay data ({sha256(overlay_data).hexdigest()}) is a PE file.\
                                    Found Code Signing Certificates information inside.",
                                    finding=cert_data,
                                )
                            )
                except Exception as e:
                    self.log.warning(f"Error looking for certificates in Overlay: {e}")
                    pass

            # Direct certificate pattern matching in overlay
            cert_data = self._find_certificate_patterns(overlay_data)
            if cert_data:
                self.findings.append(
                    PEExtraFinding(
                        context=f"Overlay data ({sha256(overlay_data).hexdigest()}) is a PE file.\
                        Found Code Signing Certificates information inside.",
                        finding=cert_data,
                    )
                )
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Failed to scan overlay: {e}")


    def _get_resource_data(self, entry) -> List[bytes]:
        """Recursively get resource data"""
        resources = []
        try:
            if hasattr(entry, "directory"):
                for subentry in entry.directory.entries:
                    resources.extend(self._get_resource_data(subentry))
            else:
                data = self.pe.get_data(
                    entry.data.struct.OffsetToData, entry.data.struct.Size
                )
                resources.append(data)
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Failed to get resource data: {e}")
        return resources

    def _find_certificate_patterns(self, data: bytes) -> Optional[bytes]:
        """Find certificate patterns in binary data"""
        # PKCS#7 SignedData OID pattern
        PKCS7_PATTERN = b"\x06\x09\x2A\x86\x48\x86\xF7\x0D\x01\x07\x02"

        try:
            idx = data.find(PKCS7_PATTERN)
            if idx != -1:
                # Search backwards for ASN.1 sequence marker
                for i in range(idx, max(0, idx - 50), -1):
                    if data[i] == 0x30:  # ASN.1 SEQUENCE
                        try:
                            # Try to parse as X.509 certificate
                            cert = x509.load_der_x509_certificate(
                                data[i:], default_backend()
                            )
                            return data[i:]
                        except Exception:
                            continue
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Failed to find certificate patterns: {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.findings
        elif exporter_type == "ClickHouseExporter":
            current_time = datetime.now(timezone.utc)
            
            data = [
                [
                    self.sha256,
                    self.md5,
                    self.sha1,
                    finding.context,
                    [asdict(cert) for cert in finding.finding] if finding.finding else None,
                    current_time
                ]
                for finding in self.findings
            ]
            
            column_names = [
                'sha256', 'md5', 'sha1', 'context', 'finding', 'analysis_date'
            ]
            
            if not data:
                return None

            column_type_names = [
                'FixedString(64)', 'FixedString(32)', 'FixedString(40)',
                'String', 'Array(JSON)', 'DateTime64(3, \'UTC\')'
            ]

            return (data, column_names, column_type_names)

    def get_clickhouse_table(self) -> str:
        return "redb_extra_findings"

    def extract(self):
        try:
            self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)
            self._scan_for_certificates()
            if len(self.findings) > 0:
                return self.findings
            return None
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error extracting PE Extras: {e}")
            return None