Xianghong Wang

24 papers A 1Journal 19Unranked 4
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2025 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Instrum. Meas.
Peng Jin, Shaobo Zhang, Xianghong Wang, Lei Xu, Yin Jiang, Tianye Niu, Wei Zhao
2025 conf
CMMCA@MICCAI
Xueren Zhang, Xianghong Wang, Tianye Niu
2025 A conf
ICME
Yucheng Zeng, Aihua Mao, Xianghong Wang, Tianye Niu
2025 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Computational Imaging
Xianghong Wang, Jiajun Xiang, Aihua Mao, Jiayi Xie, Peng Jin, Mingchao Ding, Yixuan Yuan, Yanye Lu, Lequan Yu, Hongmin Cai, Baiying Lei, Tianye Niu
2024 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Computational Imaging
Jiajun Xiang, Aihua Mao, Jiayi Xie, Hongbin Han, Xianghong Wang, Peng Jin, Jichen Du, Mingchao Ding, Lequan Yu, Tianye Niu
2024 J jnl
Comput. Biol. Medicine
Zhengwei Ou, Jiayi Xie, Ze Teng, Xianghong Wang, Peng Jin, Jichen Du, Mingchao Ding, Huihui Li, Yang Chen, Tianye Niu
2023 J jnl
Briefings Bioinform.
Qiushi Cao, Cheng Ge, Xuejie Wang, Peta J. Harvey, Zixuan Zhang, Yuan Ma, Xianghong Wang, Xinying Jia, Mehdi Mobli, David J. Craik, Tao Jiang, Jinbo Yang, Zhiqiang Wei, Yan Wang, Shan Chang, Rilei Yu
2021 J jnl
Neural Comput. Appl.
Xianghong Wang, Jing Yuan, Baozhen Wang
2019 J jnl
Biomed. Signal Process. Control.
Jun Xie, Tian Hao, Chengxin Li, Xianghong Wang, Xiaojun Yu, Linbo Liu
2019 J jnl
Int. J. Geogr. Inf. Sci.
Zhangang Wang, Zixing Wu, Honggang Qu, Xianghong Wang
2019 J jnl
Comput. Biol. Chem.
Wenbin Liu, Yugai Du, Gang Fang, Zheng Kou, Xianghong Wang, Henry Han
2019 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng.
Hongying Tang, Xinyu Liu, Si Chen, Xiaojun Yu, Yuemei Luo, Junying Wu, Xianghong Wang, Linbo Liu
2019 J jnl
Sensors
Xianghong Wang, ChengLong He, Wei Xie, Hongwei Hu
2019 J jnl
Neural Comput. Appl.
Xianghong Wang, Baozhen Wang
2018 conf
ICAC
Xiaoli Tang, Zainab Mones, Xianghong Wang, Fengshou Gu, Andrew D. Ball
2018 J jnl
Biomed. Signal Process. Control.
Xianghong Wang, Xiaojun Yu, Xinyu Liu, Si Chen, Shufen Chen, Nanshuo Wang, Linbo Liu
2018 J jnl
Sensors
Xiaoli Tang, Xianghong Wang, Robert Cattley, Fengshou Gu, Andrew D. Ball
2018 J jnl
Comput. Geosci.
Zhangang Wang, Honggang Qu, Zixing Wu, Xianghong Wang
2018 J jnl
IEEE Access
Yuemei Luo, En Bo, Haitao Liang, Xianghong Wang, Xiaojun Yu, Dongyao Cui, Xin Ge, Jianhua Mo, Linbo Liu
2017 J jnl
Comput. Biol. Medicine
Guangming Ni, Linbo Liu, Xiaojun Yu, Xin Ge, Si Chen, Xinyu Liu, Xianghong Wang, Shi Chen
2016 J jnl
Comput. Biol. Medicine
P. V. Sudeep, S. Issac Niwas, Palanisamy Ponnusamy, Jeny Rajan, Yu Xiaojun, Xianghong Wang, Yuemei Luo, Linbo Liu
2014 conf
ROBIO
Xianghong Wang, Ying Zhong, Yixin Sun, Xingfei Li
2013 J jnl
Int. J. Comput. Intell. Syst.
Xianghong Wang, Hanling Mao, Hongwei Hu, Zhiyong Zhang
2012 conf
ISB
Peng Xu, Xianghong Wang, Wenbin Liu
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