Xiaohu Chen

24 papers B 2Journal 9Unranked 13
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2025 J jnl
IEEE Access
Salisu Abdullahi, Khaled Eltag, Weining Lei, Xiaohu Chen
2025 J jnl
IEEE Access
Khaled Eltag, Salisu Abdullahi, Weining Lei, Xiaohu Chen
2025 J jnl
Knowl. Based Syst.
Juanying Xie, Xiaohu Chen, Mingzhao Wang, Henry Han
2024 conf
ICSR + BioMed
Xiaohu Chen, Jiashu Cui, Yanen Wang
2024 conf
ICSR + BioMed
Haonan Zhang, Yanen Wang, Minyan Liu, Zhisheng Liu, Xiaohu Chen, Yan Xu
2024 J jnl
IEEE Internet Things J.
Tao Li, Anjia Yang, Jian Weng, Min-Rong Chen, Xizhao Luo, Xiaohu Chen, Changkun Jiang
2024 conf
BMVC Workshops
Ruiqiang Xiao, Xiaohu Chen
2024 J jnl
CoRR
Ruiqiang Xiao, Xiaohu Chen
2024 conf
CIS-RAM
Wei Meng, Zhengchen Lu, Jianzhi Weng, Zefan Huang, Yu Li, Songyi Xu, Xuejun Zhou, Suoming Zhong, Baochang Zhu, Fujun Mao, Yu Yang, Xiaohu Chen, Chao Liang, Yinghao Li, Zhiyu Zhang, Linqiang Shi, Tingting Zhu, Marcelo H. Ang
2024 conf
ICBAR
Cheng Yan, Cheng Yang, Xinjian Li, Shengjun Ma, Xinhao Zou, Xiaohu Chen
2023 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Serv. Comput.
Xiaohu Chen, Anjia Yang, Jian Weng, Yao Tong, Cheng Huang, Tao Li
2023 conf
ICBAR
Chengtao Wang, Fei Chen, Xinjian Li, Xiaohu Chen
2023 conf
BDEIM
Xinjian Li, Xiaohu Chen, Chengtao Wang, Fei Chen
2023 conf
ICARM
Weiyan Shang, Xiaohu Chen, Xinhua Yi, Wei Zheng, Hongfei Cao
2022 J jnl
IEEE Internet Things J.
Xiaohu Chen, Anjia Yang, Yao Tong, Jian Weng, Jiasi Weng, Tao Li
2022 J jnl
IEEE Access
Bo Liu, Weiping Fu, Wen Wang, Zhiqiang Gao, Rui Li, Lixia Peng, Huilong Du, Xiaohu Chen
2019 conf
Blockchain
Xinle Yang, Yang Chen, Xiaohu Chen
2013 J jnl
Int. J. Online Eng.
Jianqi Liu, Qinruo Wang, Xiaohu Chen, Wanghua Huang
2013 conf
CCNC
Qilin Fan, Xiaohu Chen, Hao Yin, Ran Liu
2011 conf
WICON
Xiaohu Chen, Jun Wang, Pei Gao, Shaoqian Li
2010 conf
WCNIS
Chunjiang Yao, Xiaohu Chen, Xuping Wang, Qingfei He
2006 conf
APCCAS
Qi Wang, Xiaohu Chen, Yanchao Ji
2005 B conf
WCNC
Kyriakos Karenos, Asheq Khan, Srikanth V. Krishnamurthy, Michalis Faloutsos, Xiaohu Chen
2003 B conf
ICNP
Xiaohu Chen, Michalis Faloutsos, Srikanth V. Krishnamurthy
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