Xiaohong Deng

29 papers A 1B 1Misc 1Journal 15Unranked 10
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2025 J jnl
IET Blockchain
Xiaohong Deng, Li Zhang, Yijie Zou, Weizhi Xiong, Kangting Li
2025 conf
HCI (79)
Ling Yan, Songling Liu, Xiaohong Deng
2024 J jnl
J. Supercomput.
Xiaohong Deng, Zhiwei Yu, Weizhi Xiong, Kangting Li, Huiwen Liu
2024 J jnl
J. Cloud Comput.
Juan Liu, Xiaohong Deng, Wangchun Li, Kangting Li
2024 J jnl
Remote. Sens.
Xianglong Gao, Qi Feng, Wen Liu, Xiaohong Deng, Meng Zhu, Baiting Zhang, Jian Xue
2024 J jnl
Remote. Sens.
Junjie Wu, Du Xiao, Bingrui Du, Yuge Liu, Qingquan Zhi, Xingchun Wang, Xiaohong Deng, Xiaodong Chen, Yi Zhao, Yue Huang
2023 J jnl
Entropy
Wangchun Li, Xiaohong Deng, Juan Liu, Zhiwei Yu, Xiaoping Lou
2021 J jnl
CoRR
Xiaohong Deng, Yun Feng, Thanchanok Sutjarittham, Hassan Habibi Gharakheili, Blanca Gallego, Vijay Sivaraman
2020 B conf
Big Data (CCF)
Xiaohong Deng, Shiqun Yin, Haibo Deng
2020 conf
HPCC/DSS/SmartCity
Haibo Deng, Shiqun Yin, Xiaohong Deng, Shiwei Li
2019 J jnl
CoRR
Xiaohong Deng, Yun Feng, Hassan Habibi Gharakheili, Vijay Sivaraman
2018
Xiaohong Deng
2017 A conf
Internet Measurement Conference
Srikanth Sundaresan, Xiaohong Deng, Yun Feng, Danny Lee, Amogh Dhamdhere
2017 J jnl
RFC
Mohamed Boucadair, Jacni Qin, Tina Tsou, Xiaohong Deng
2017 conf
ICSPCC
Xingbin Tu, Xiaomei Xu, Xiaohong Deng, Yi Tao
2017 J jnl
Cogn. Process.
Xiaohong Deng, Yuan Qu, Huihui Zheng, Yang Lu, Xin Zhong, Anne Ward, Zijun Li
2017 conf
ICSPCC
Xiaohong Deng, Yi Tao, Xingbin Tu, Xiaomei Xu
2015 J jnl
RFC
Tomek Mrugalski, Ole Troan, Ian Farrer, Simon Perreault, Wojciech Dec, CongXiao Bao, Leaf Y. Yeh, Xiaohong Deng
2015 Misc conf
ITNAC
Xiaohong Deng, Jordan Hamilton, Jason Thorne, Vijay Sivaraman
2015 J jnl
Int. J. Medical Informatics
Yue Wang, Jin Luo, Shiying Hao, Haihua Xu, Andrew Young Shin, Bo Jin, Rui Liu, Xiaohong Deng, Lijuan Wang, Le Zheng, Yifan Zhao, Chunqing Zhu, Zhongkai Hu, Changlin Fu, Yanpeng Hao, Yingzhen Zhao, Yunliang Jiang, Dorothy Dai, Devore S. Culver, Shaun T. Alfreds, Todd Rogow, Frank Stearns, Karl G. Sylvester, Eric Widen, Xuefeng Bruce Ling
2014 J jnl
J. Comput.
Haibo Gao, Wenjuan Zeng, Xiaohong Deng
2014 J jnl
RFC
Xiaohong Deng, Mohamed Boucadair, Qin Zhao, James Huang, Cathy Zhou
2012 conf
CCIS
Jiang Li, Qin Zhao, Xiaohong Deng, Yan Ma
2008 conf
Australian Software Engineering Conference
Yameng Bai, Xingming Sun, Guang Sun, Xiaohong Deng, Xiaoming Zhou
2008 conf
IIH-MSP
Xiaohong Deng, Guowen Xu, Guang Sun, Junfeng Man
2007 J jnl
Int. J. Humanoid Robotics
Quanjun Song, Yong Yu, YunJian Ge, Zhen Gao, Huanghuan Shen, Xiaohong Deng
2007 conf
ROBIO
Xiaohong Deng, Weichao Yang, Huanghuan Shen, Yong Yu, YunJian Ge, Jian Sun
2007 conf
ROBIO
Jian Sun, Feng Chen, Baoyuan Wu, Xiaohong Deng, Yong Yu, YunJian Ge
2007 conf
ROBIO
Huanghuan Shen, Quanjun Song, Xiaohong Deng, Yibo Zhao, Yong Yu, YunJian Ge
redb/extractors/pe_extractors/pe_dotnet.py
← Index redb/extractors/pe_extractors/pe_dotnet.py python
import inspect
import pefile
from dotnetfile import DotNetPE

import base64
from hashlib import md5
from pprint import pprint

import magic
import pefile

from redb.extractors.enum import Tag
from redb.extractors.pe_extractor import PEExtractor
from redb.models.dataclasses import PEDotNet
from datetime import datetime, timezone
import json
from typing import Any


class PEDotNetExtractor(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.pe_features = None
        self.elastic_index = self.index_prefix + "-pe_dotnet"
        self.dotnet, self.error = self._generate_dotnetfile_object()
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)

    def _decode_assembly_flags(self, flag_value):
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)
        ASSEMBLY_FLAGS = {
            0x00000001: "COMIMAGE_FLAGS_ILONLY",
            0x00000002: "COMIMAGE_FLAGS_32BITREQUIRED",
            0x00000004: "COMIMAGE_FLAGS_IL_LIBRARY",
            0x00000008: "COMIMAGE_FLAGS_STRONGNAMESIGNED",
            0x00000010: "COMIMAGE_FLAGS_NATIVE_ENTRYPOINT",
            0x00010000: "COMIMAGE_FLAGS_TRACKDEBUGDATA",
            0x00020000: "COMIMAGE_FLAGS_32BITPREFERRED",
        }
        flags = []
        for bit, name in ASSEMBLY_FLAGS.items():
            if flag_value & bit:
                flags.append(name)
        return flags

    def _normalize_data(self, data):
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)
        if isinstance(data, str):
            return {"value": data}
        return data

    def _compute_md5(self, data):
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)
        if isinstance(data, str):
            # If it's a string, encode it to first
            return md5(data.encode("raw_unicode_escape")).hexdigest()
        elif not isinstance(data, bytes):
            # If it's neither string nor bytes, convert it to string and then to bytes
            return md5(str(data).encode("raw_unicode_escape")).hexdigest()
        else:
            return md5(data).hexdigest()

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

    def extract(self):
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)
        metadata = {}

        if self.error:
            metadata["Corrupted"] = self.error.args[0]
            dotnet = PEDotNet(metadata)
            self.dotnet = dotnet  # Store for later use in prepare_export_data
            return dotnet  # Return the extracted data instead of exporting directly

        metadata["info"] = {}
        try:
            available_tables = self.dotnet.existent_metadata_tables()
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error getting metadata tables for {self.hash.sha256}: {e}")
            available_tables = []
            metadata["info"]["PotentiallyCorrupted"] = True

        # GUID extraction
        try:
            input_string = self.dotnet.guid_stream_guids[0].string_representation
            
            formatted_uuid = (
                f"{input_string[6:8]}{input_string[4:6]}{input_string[2:4]}{input_string[0:2]}"
                f"-{input_string[10:12]}{input_string[8:10]}"
                f"-{input_string[14:16]}{input_string[12:14]}"
                f"-{input_string[16:20]}"
                f"-{input_string[20:]}"
            )
            metadata["info"]["ModuleVersionID"] = formatted_uuid
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error extracting GUID for {self.hash.sha256}: {e}")

        # CLR Version
        try:
            metadata["info"]["CLRversion"] = self.dotnet.get_runtime_target_version()
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error getting CLR version for {self.hash.sha256}: {e}")

        # Module information
        try:
            if self.dotnet.metadata_table_exists("Module"):
                metadata["info"]["AssemblyModuleName"] = self.dotnet.Module.get_module_name()
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error getting module info for {self.hash.sha256}: {e}")

        # Basic properties
        try:
            metadata["info"].update({
                "IsNativeNgenImage": self.dotnet.is_native_image(),
                "IsMixedAssembly": self.dotnet.is_mixed_assembly(),
                "IsWindowsFormsApp": self.dotnet.is_windows_forms_app(),
                "EntryPointToken": self.dotnet.clr_header.EntryPointToken.value,
                "HasNativeEntryPoint": self.dotnet.has_native_entry_point(),
            })
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error getting basic properties for {self.hash.sha256}: {e}")

        # Assembly flags
        try:
            metadata["info"]["AssemblyFlags"] = self._decode_assembly_flags(
                self.dotnet.clr_header.Flags.value
            )
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error getting assembly flags for {self.hash.sha256}: {e}")

        # More Metadata/Info CLR Header
        try:
            metadata["info"]["NumOfStreams"] = self.dotnet.get_number_of_streams()
            # [TODO] The following two on VT are "RVA entry point"
            #  and "Resources va" respectively. To verify.
            metadata["info"][
                "ResourcesDirectoryAddress"
            ] = self.dotnet.clr_header.ResourcesDirectoryAddress.value
            metadata["info"][
                "ResourcesDirectorySize"
            ] = self.dotnet.clr_header.ResourcesDirectorySize.value
            metadata["info"][
                "StrongNameSignatureAddress"
            ] = self.dotnet.clr_header.StrongNameSignatureAddress.value
            metadata["info"][
                "StrongNameSignatureSize"
            ] = self.dotnet.clr_header.StrongNameSignatureSize.value
            metadata["info"][
                "CodeManagerTableAddress"
            ] = self.dotnet.clr_header.CodeManagerTableAddress.value
            metadata["info"][
                "CodeManagerTableSize"
            ] = self.dotnet.clr_header.CodeManagerTableSize.value
            metadata["info"][
                "VTableFixupsAddress"
            ] = self.dotnet.clr_header.VTableFixupsAddress.value
            metadata["info"][
                "VTableFixupsSize"
            ] = self.dotnet.clr_header.VTableFixupsSize.value
            metadata["info"][
                "ExportAddressTableJumpsAddress"
            ] = self.dotnet.clr_header.ExportAddressTableJumpsAddress.value
            metadata["info"][
                "ExportAddressTableJumpsSize"
            ] = self.dotnet.clr_header.ExportAddressTableJumpsSize.value
            metadata["info"][
                "ManagedNativeHeaderAddress"
            ] = self.dotnet.clr_header.ManagedNativeHeaderAddress.value
            metadata["info"][
                "ManagedNativeHeaderSize"
            ] = self.dotnet.clr_header.ManagedNativeHeaderSize.value
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error getting more metadata/info clr header for {self.hash.sha256}: {e}")

        # Streams section
        try:
            metadata["Streams"] = {}
            stream_names = self.dotnet.get_stream_names()
            for name in stream_names:
                indx = stream_names.index(name)
                stream_header = self.dotnet.dotnet_stream_headers[indx]
                stream_address = self.dotnet.dotnet_streams[indx].address
                metadata["Streams"][name] = {}
                metadata["Streams"][name]["raw_name"] = base64.b64encode(
                    stream_header.Name.value
                ).decode()
                # metadata["Streams"][name]["raw_name"] = name
                metadata["Streams"][name]["size"] = stream_header.Size.value
                # Retrieve the stream data directly using the given address and size
                stream_data = self.pe.get_data(stream_address, stream_header.Size.value)
                metadata["Streams"][name]["entropy"] = (
                    "%.2f" % pefile.SectionStructure.entropy_H(self.pe, stream_data)
                )
                metadata["Streams"][name]["md5"] = md5(stream_data).hexdigest()
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error getting streams for {self.hash.sha256}: {e}")

        # ManifestResource
        try:
            metadata["ManifestResource"] = ()
            if "ManifestResource" in available_tables:
                metadata["info"]["HasManifestResource"] = True
                metadata["ManifestResource"] = (
                    self.dotnet.ManifestResource.get_resource_names()
                )
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error getting manifest resource for {self.hash.sha256}: {e}")

        # ExternalAssemblyRef
        try:
            metadata["ExternalAssemblyRef"] = {}
            if "AssemblyRef" in available_tables:
                metadata["ExternalAssemblyRef"][
                    "names"
                ] = self.dotnet.AssemblyRef.get_assemblyref_names()
                metadata["ExternalAssemblyRef"][
                    "cultures"
                ] = self.dotnet.AssemblyRef.get_assemblyref_cultures()
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error getting external assembly ref for {self.hash.sha256}: {e}")

        # AssemblyData
        try:
            metadata["AssemblyData"] = {}
            if "Assembly" in available_tables:
                metadata["AssemblyData"][
                    "name"
                ] = self.dotnet.Assembly.get_assembly_name()
                # It's officially a one-row table, but there are ITW files with more than one row.
                # It stores information about the current assembly. It is documented in ECMA-335.
                assembly_table = self.dotnet.metadata_tables_lookup[
                    "Assembly"
                ].table_rows[0]
                metadata["AssemblyData"][
                    "MajorVersion"
                ] = assembly_table.MajorVersion.value
                metadata["AssemblyData"][
                    "MinorVersion"
                ] = assembly_table.MinorVersion.value
                metadata["AssemblyData"]["hashalgid"] = assembly_table.HashAlgId.value
                metadata["AssemblyData"][
                    "BuildNumber"
                ] = assembly_table.BuildNumber.value
                metadata["AssemblyData"][
                    "RevisionNumber"
                ] = assembly_table.RevisionNumber.value
                metadata["AssemblyData"][
                    "culture"
                ] = self.dotnet.Assembly.get_assembly_culture()
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error getting assembly data for {self.hash.sha256}: {e}")

        # TypeDef handling
        try:
            metadata["TypeDef"] = {}
            if "TypeDef" in available_tables:
                metadata["info"]["HasTypeDef"] = True
                # Get basic type definitions
                try:
                    # Get all types (ANY visibility)
                    type_defs = self.dotnet.TypeDef.get_type_names()
                    metadata["TypeDef"]["names"] = type_defs if type_defs else []
                    
                    # Get detailed type information with methods
                    types_with_methods = self.dotnet.TypeDef.get_type_names_with_methods()
                    if types_with_methods:
                        metadata["TypeDef"]["detailed"] = []
                        for type_info in types_with_methods:
                            type_data = {
                                "type": type_info.Type,
                                "namespace": type_info.Namespace,
                                "flags": type_info.Flags,
                                "methods": []
                            }
                            for method in type_info.Methods:
                                method_data = {
                                    "name": method.Name,
                                    "flags": method.Flags
                                }
                                if method.Signature:
                                    method_data["signature"] = {
                                        "parameters": method.Signature.get("parameter", []),
                                        "return_type": method.Signature.get("return", ""),
                                        "has_this": method.Signature.get("hasthis", False)
                                    }
                                type_data["methods"].append(method_data)
                            metadata["TypeDef"]["detailed"].append(type_data)
                except AttributeError as e:
                    self.log.warning(f"TypeDef table exists but attributes missing for {self.hash.sha256}: {e}")
                    # metadata["info"]["TypeDefParsingError"] = f"Missing attributes: {str(e)}"
                except Exception as e:
                    self.log.error(f"Error parsing TypeDef table for {self.hash.sha256}: {e}")
                    # metadata["info"]["TypeDefParsingError"] = str(e)
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error handling TypeDef section for {self.hash.sha256}: {e}")
            metadata["TypeDef"] = {"names": [], "detailed": []}
            # metadata["info"]["TypeDefParsingError"] = str(e)

        # ExternalUnmanagedModules
        try:
            metadata["ExternalUnmanagedModules"] = ()
            if "ModuleRef" in available_tables:
                metadata["info"]["HasModuleRef"] = True
                metadata["ExternalUnmanagedModules"] = (
                    self.dotnet.ModuleRef.get_unmanaged_module_names(
                        self.dotnet.Type.UnmanagedModules.RAW
                    )
                )
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error getting external unmanaged modules for {self.hash.sha256}: {e}")

        # ExternalUnmanagedMethods
        try:
            metadata["ExternalUnmanagedMethods"] = ()
            if "ImplMap" in available_tables:
                metadata["info"]["HasImplMap"] = True
                metadata["ExternalUnmanagedMethods"] = (
                    self.dotnet.ImplMap.get_unmanaged_functions()
                )
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error getting external unmanaged methods for {self.hash.sha256}: {e}")

        # Event
        try:
            metadata["Event"] = ()
            if "Event" in available_tables:
                metadata["info"]["HasEvent"] = True
                metadata["Event"] = self.dotnet.Event.get_event_names()
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error getting event for {self.hash.sha256}: {e}")

        # Resources
        try:
            metadata["Resources"] = []
            if self.dotnet.has_resources():
                tmp_resources_list = []
                resource_data = self.dotnet.get_resources()
                for data in resource_data:
                    tmp_dict = {}
                    for resource_item in data.items():
                        if resource_item[0] == "SubResources":
                            if resource_item[1]:
                                tmp_dict["SubResources"] = {}
                                for sub_resource in resource_item[1]:
                                    for sub_resource_item in sub_resource.items():
                                        if sub_resource_item[0] == "Data":
                                            # Check if data is a sequence type that supports len()
                                            if hasattr(sub_resource_item[1], '__len__') and len(sub_resource_item[1]) > 100:
                                                tmp_dict["SubResources"]["Data"] = {}
                                                try:
                                                    # tmp_dict["SubResources"]["Data"][
                                                    #     "md5"
                                                    # ] = md5(
                                                    #     sub_resource_item[1].encode()
                                                    # ).hexdigest()
                                                    tmp_dict["SubResources"]["Data"][
                                                        "md5"
                                                    ] = self._compute_md5(
                                                        sub_resource_item[1]
                                                    )
                                                except Exception as e:
                                                    self.log.error(
                                                        f"Error in dotnet resources"
                                                        f" extraction {self.hash.sha256}: {e}"
                                                    )
                                                guess = magic.from_buffer(
                                                    sub_resource_item[1], mime=True
                                                )
                                                tmp_dict["SubResources"]["Data"][
                                                    "MimeType"
                                                ] = (guess if guess else None)
                                            else:
                                                normalized_data = self._normalize_data(
                                                    sub_resource_item[1].decode()
                                                    if isinstance(
                                                        sub_resource_item[1], bytes
                                                    )
                                                    else sub_resource_item[1]
                                                )
                                                tmp_dict["SubResources"][
                                                    sub_resource_item[0]
                                                ] = normalized_data
                                        else:
                                            tmp_dict["SubResources"][
                                                sub_resource_item[0]
                                            ] = (
                                                sub_resource_item[1].decode()
                                                if isinstance(
                                                    sub_resource_item[1], bytes
                                                )
                                                else sub_resource_item[1]
                                            )
                        elif resource_item[0] == "Data":
                            # Check if data is a sequence type that supports len()
                            if hasattr(resource_item[1], '__len__') and len(resource_item[1]) > 100:
                                tmp_dict["Data"] = {}
                                tmp_dict["Data"]["md5"] = self._compute_md5(
                                    resource_item[1]
                                )
                                guess = magic.from_buffer(resource_item[1], mime=True)
                                tmp_dict["Data"]["MimeType"] = guess if guess else None
                            else:
                                normalized_data = self._normalize_data(
                                    resource_item[1].decode()
                                    if isinstance(resource_item[1], bytes)
                                    else resource_item[1]
                                )
                                tmp_dict["Data"] = normalized_data
                        else:
                            tmp_dict[resource_item[0]] = (
                                resource_item[1].decode()
                                if isinstance(resource_item[1], bytes)
                                else resource_item[1]
                            )
                    tmp_resources_list.append(tmp_dict)
                metadata["Resources"] = tmp_resources_list
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error getting resources for {self.hash.sha256}: {e}")
            metadata["Resources"] = []  # Ensure we always have a valid list even on error

        dotnet = PEDotNet(metadata)
        self.dotnet = dotnet  # Store for later use in prepare_export_data
        return dotnet  # Return the extracted data instead of exporting directly


    def prepare_export_data(self, exporter_type: str) -> Any:
        if exporter_type == "ElasticsearchExporter":
            return self.dotnet
        elif exporter_type == "ClickHouseExporter":
            # Convert metadata to JSON string
            metadata_json = json.dumps(self.dotnet.dotnet)
            
            data = [[
                self.sha256,
                self.md5,
                self.sha1,
                metadata_json,
                datetime.now(timezone.utc)
            ]]
            
            column_names = [
                'sha256', 'md5', 'sha1', 'dotnet', 'analysis_date'
            ]
            
            if not data:
                return None

            column_type_names = [
                'String', 'String', 'String', 'JSON', 'DateTime64(3, \'UTC\')'
            ]

            return (data, column_names, column_type_names)

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