{"id":"https://openalex.org/W4287851285","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/spw54247.2022.9833875","title":"Research Report: Progress on Building a File Observatory for Secure Parser Development","display_name":"Research Report: Progress on Building a File Observatory for Secure Parser Development","publication_year":2022,"publication_date":"2022-05-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W4287851285","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/spw54247.2022.9833875"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/spw54247.2022.9833875","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/spw54247.2022.9833875","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"2022 IEEE Security and Privacy Workshops (SPW)","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5028020012","display_name":"Tim Allison","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I1334627681","display_name":"Jet Propulsion Laboratory","ror":"https://ror.org/027k65916","country_code":"US","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I122411786","https://openalex.org/I1334627681","https://openalex.org/I4210124779"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Tim Allison","raw_affiliation_strings":["California Institute of Technology,Jet Propulsion Laboratory,Pasadena,California","Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"California Institute of Technology,Jet Propulsion Laboratory,Pasadena,California","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I1334627681"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I1334627681"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5075299522","display_name":"Wayne Burke","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0008-9163-7627"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I1334627681","display_name":"Jet Propulsion Laboratory","ror":"https://ror.org/027k65916","country_code":"US","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I122411786","https://openalex.org/I1334627681","https://openalex.org/I4210124779"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Wayne Burke","raw_affiliation_strings":["California Institute of Technology,Jet Propulsion Laboratory,Pasadena,California","Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"California Institute of Technology,Jet Propulsion Laboratory,Pasadena,California","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I1334627681"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I1334627681"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5069444750","display_name":"Dustin Graf","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I1334627681","display_name":"Jet Propulsion Laboratory","ror":"https://ror.org/027k65916","country_code":"US","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I122411786","https://openalex.org/I1334627681","https://openalex.org/I4210124779"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Dustin Graf","raw_affiliation_strings":["California Institute of Technology,Jet Propulsion Laboratory,Pasadena,California","Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"California Institute of Technology,Jet Propulsion Laboratory,Pasadena,California","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I1334627681"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I1334627681"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5103260730","display_name":"Chris A. Mattmann","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I1334627681","display_name":"Jet Propulsion Laboratory","ror":"https://ror.org/027k65916","country_code":"US","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I122411786","https://openalex.org/I1334627681","https://openalex.org/I4210124779"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Chris Mattmann","raw_affiliation_strings":["California Institute of Technology,Jet Propulsion Laboratory,Pasadena,California","Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"California Institute of Technology,Jet Propulsion Laboratory,Pasadena,California","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I1334627681"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I1334627681"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5081006768","display_name":"Anastasija Mensikova","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I1334627681","display_name":"Jet Propulsion Laboratory","ror":"https://ror.org/027k65916","country_code":"US","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I122411786","https://openalex.org/I1334627681","https://openalex.org/I4210124779"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Anastasija Mensikova","raw_affiliation_strings":["California Institute of Technology,Jet Propulsion Laboratory,Pasadena,California","Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"California Institute of Technology,Jet Propulsion Laboratory,Pasadena,California","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I1334627681"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I1334627681"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5078988677","display_name":"Mike Milano","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I1334627681","display_name":"Jet Propulsion Laboratory","ror":"https://ror.org/027k65916","country_code":"US","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I122411786","https://openalex.org/I1334627681","https://openalex.org/I4210124779"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Mike Milano","raw_affiliation_strings":["California Institute of Technology,Jet Propulsion Laboratory,Pasadena,California","Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"California Institute of Technology,Jet Propulsion Laboratory,Pasadena,California","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I1334627681"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I1334627681"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5074008514","display_name":"Philip Southam","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I1334627681","display_name":"Jet Propulsion Laboratory","ror":"https://ror.org/027k65916","country_code":"US","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I122411786","https://openalex.org/I1334627681","https://openalex.org/I4210124779"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Philip Southam","raw_affiliation_strings":["California Institute of Technology,Jet Propulsion Laboratory,Pasadena,California","Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"California Institute of Technology,Jet Propulsion Laboratory,Pasadena,California","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I1334627681"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I1334627681"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5029916258","display_name":"Ryan Stonebraker","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8479-0975"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I1334627681","display_name":"Jet Propulsion Laboratory","ror":"https://ror.org/027k65916","country_code":"US","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I122411786","https://openalex.org/I1334627681","https://openalex.org/I4210124779"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Ryan Stonebraker","raw_affiliation_strings":["California Institute of Technology,Jet Propulsion Laboratory,Pasadena,California","Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"California Institute of Technology,Jet Propulsion Laboratory,Pasadena,California","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I1334627681"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I1334627681"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":8,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5028020012"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I1334627681"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.1486,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":1,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.38538682,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":89,"max":94},"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"168","last_page":"175"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11241","display_name":"Advanced Malware Detection Techniques","score":0.9997000098228455,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1711","display_name":"Signal Processing"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11241","display_name":"Advanced Malware Detection Techniques","score":0.9997000098228455,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1711","display_name":"Signal Processing"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12034","display_name":"Digital and Cyber Forensics","score":0.9995999932289124,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10260","display_name":"Software Engineering Research","score":0.9907000064849854,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.8592755794525146},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/parsing","display_name":"Parsing","score":0.671658992767334},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/verifiable-secret-sharing","display_name":"Verifiable secret sharing","score":0.588938295841217},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/code-refactoring","display_name":"Code refactoring","score":0.5209696888923645},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/focus","display_name":"Focus (optics)","score":0.49136820435523987},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/key","display_name":"Key (lock)","score":0.4591822326183319},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/process","display_name":"Process (computing)","score":0.4436712861061096},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software","display_name":"Software","score":0.42053964734077454},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/programming-language","display_name":"Programming language","score":0.3759400248527527},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/database","display_name":"Database","score":0.364444375038147},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software-engineering","display_name":"Software engineering","score":0.3518502414226532},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/operating-system","display_name":"Operating system","score":0.25956475734710693},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/set","display_name":"Set (abstract data type)","score":0.12208861112594604}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.8592755794525146},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C186644900","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q194152","display_name":"Parsing","level":2,"score":0.671658992767334},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C85847156","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q59015987","display_name":"Verifiable secret sharing","level":3,"score":0.588938295841217},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C152752567","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q116877","display_name":"Code refactoring","level":3,"score":0.5209696888923645},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C192209626","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q190909","display_name":"Focus (optics)","level":2,"score":0.49136820435523987},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C26517878","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q228039","display_name":"Key (lock)","level":2,"score":0.4591822326183319},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C98045186","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q205663","display_name":"Process (computing)","level":2,"score":0.4436712861061096},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777904410","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7397","display_name":"Software","level":2,"score":0.42053964734077454},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199360897","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9143","display_name":"Programming language","level":1,"score":0.3759400248527527},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C77088390","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8513","display_name":"Database","level":1,"score":0.364444375038147},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C115903868","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q80993","display_name":"Software engineering","level":1,"score":0.3518502414226532},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111919701","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9135","display_name":"Operating system","level":1,"score":0.25956475734710693},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C177264268","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1514741","display_name":"Set (abstract data type)","level":2,"score":0.12208861112594604},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C121332964","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q413","display_name":"Physics","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C120665830","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14620","display_name":"Optics","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/spw54247.2022.9833875","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/spw54247.2022.9833875","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"2022 IEEE Security and Privacy Workshops (SPW)","raw_type":"proceedings-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"display_name":"Industry, innovation and infrastructure","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/9","score":0.5199999809265137}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":9,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W26117450","https://openalex.org/W2076342816","https://openalex.org/W2107997840","https://openalex.org/W2250741443","https://openalex.org/W3113497636","https://openalex.org/W3114167700","https://openalex.org/W3178680414","https://openalex.org/W6601073741","https://openalex.org/W6691127737"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W4313549863","https://openalex.org/W4231266416","https://openalex.org/W2395465245","https://openalex.org/W2072205733","https://openalex.org/W3176957927","https://openalex.org/W4296534969","https://openalex.org/W4312761314","https://openalex.org/W3194667890","https://openalex.org/W2476494490","https://openalex.org/W2096877983"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Parsing":[0],"untrusted":[1],"data":[2,11],"is":[3,63,133],"notoriously":[4],"challenging.":[5],"Failure":[6],"to":[7,17,29,35,71,81,114],"handle":[8],"maliciously":[9],"crafted":[10],"correctly":[12],"can":[13],"(and":[14],"does)":[15],"lead":[16],"a":[18,64,77,111,120],"wide":[19],"range":[20],"of":[21,55,110,123,130],"vulnerabilities.":[22],"The":[23,127],"Language-theoretic":[24],"security":[25],"(LangSec)":[26],"philosophy":[27],"seeks":[28],"obviate":[30],"the":[31,50,56,73,103,108,131,154,163],"need":[32],"for":[33,76,86],"developers":[34,70],"apply":[36],"ad":[37],"hoc":[38],"solutions":[39],"by,":[40],"instead,":[41],"offering":[42],"formally":[43],"correct":[44],"and":[45,80,88,116,140,161],"verifiable":[46],"input":[47],"handling":[48],"throughout":[49],"software":[51],"development":[52,109],"lifecycle.":[53],"One":[54],"key":[57],"components":[58],"in":[59,145],"developing":[60],"secure":[61],"parsers":[62],"broad":[65],"coverage":[66],"corpus":[67],"that":[68],"enables":[69],"understand":[72],"problem":[74],"space":[75],"given":[78],"format":[79],"use,":[82],"potentially,":[83],"as":[84],"seeds":[85],"fuzzing":[87],"other":[89],"automated":[90],"testing.":[91],"In":[92,147],"this":[93,148],"paper,":[94,149],"we":[95,150],"offer":[96],"an":[97],"update":[98],"on":[99,107,119,134,152],"work":[100],"reported":[101],"at":[102,125],"LangSec":[104],"2021":[105],"conference":[106],"file":[112,141],"observatory":[113,132],"gather":[115],"enable":[117],"analysis":[118],"diverse":[121],"collection":[122],"files":[124,139],"scale.":[126],"initial":[128],"focus":[129],"Portable":[135],"Document":[136],"Format":[137],"(PDF)":[138],"formats":[142],"typically":[143],"embedded":[144],"PDFs.":[146],"report":[151],"refactoring":[153],"ingest":[155],"process,":[156],"applying":[157],"new":[158],"analytic":[159],"methods,":[160],"improving":[162],"User":[164],"Interface.":[165]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2025-11-06T03:46:38.306776","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}