Xiaohua Lu

16 papers C 3Journal 10Unranked 3
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Xiaohua Lu, Liubov Tupikina, Mehwish Alam
2024 J jnl
CoRR
Xiaohua Lu, Leshanshui Yang
2024 J jnl
IEEE Access
Rongzhi Mao, Liangxu Xie, Xiaohua Lu, Jialu Pei, Xiaojun Xu, Shan Chang
2024 J jnl
Genom. Proteom. Bioinform.
Ping Xu, Zhiheng Yuan, Xiaohua Lu, Peng Zhou, Ding Qiu, Zhenghao Qiao, Zhongcheng Zhou, Li Guan, Yongkang Jia, Xuan He, Ling Sun, Youzhong Wan, Ming Wang, Yang Yu
2023 J jnl
Comput. Biol. Medicine
Onat Kadioglu, Faranak Bahramimehr, Mona Dawood, Nuha Mahmoud, Mohamed Elbadawi, Xiaohua Lu, Yagmur Bülbül, Jana Agnieszka Schulz, Lisa Krämer, Marie-Kathrin Urschel, Zoe Künzli, Leila Abdulrahman, Fadwa Aboumaachar, Lajien Kadalo, Le Van Nguyen, Sara Shaidaei, Nawal Thaher, Kathrin Walter, Karolin Christiane Besler, Andreas Spuller, Markus Munder, Henry Johannes Greten, Thomas Efferth
2023 J jnl
CoRR
Xiaohua Lu, Liangxu Xie, Lei Xu, Rongzhi Mao, Shan Chang, Xiaojun Xu
2023 J jnl
Technometrics
Xinchao Liu, Xiao Liu, Tulin Kaman, Xiaohua Lu, Guang Lin
2020 J jnl
IEICE Trans. Fundam. Electron. Commun. Comput. Sci.
Yang Ding, Xiaohua Lu
2012 C conf
ISM
Xiaohua Lu, Haopeng Li, Markus Flierl
2007 C conf
CSCWD
Jiaxing Li, Yinsheng Li, Xiaohua Lu
2006 J jnl
Comput. Ind.
Kaiyu Dai, Yinsheng Li, Jin Han, Xiaohua Lu, Shensheng Zhang
2006 C conf
CSCWD
Yinsheng Li, Ying Huang, Xiaohua Lu, Xingdong Shi, Weiming Shen, Hamada H. Ghenniwa
2006 J jnl
Inf. Syst. Frontiers
Yinsheng Li, Xiaohua Lu, Kuo-Ming Chao, Ying Huang, Muhammad Younas
2005 conf
ICPADS (1)
Yinsheng Li, Kuo-Ming Chao, Muhammad Younas, Ying Huang, Xiaohua Lu
2004 conf
ER (Workshops)
Yinsheng Li, Weiming Shen, Hamada H. Ghenniwa, Xiaohua Lu
2004 conf
ICEB
Xiaohua Lu, Yinsheng Li, Ying Huang
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