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# CPE guesser
CPE guesser is a command-line or web service to guess the CPE name based on one or more keyword(s). Then the result can
be used against [cve-search](https://github.com/cve-search/cve-search) to do actual searches by CPE names.
## Requirements
- Redis
- Python
## Usage
To use CPE guesser, you have to initialise the Redis database with `import.py`.
Then you can use the software with `lookup.py` to find the most probable CPE matching the keywords provided.
Or by calling the Web server (After running `server.py`), example: `curl -s -X POST http://localhost:8000/search -d "{\"query\": [\"tomcat\"]}" | jq .`
### Installation
- `git clone https://github.com/cve-search/cpe-guesser.git`
- `cd cpe-guesser/bin`
- Download the CPE dictionary & populate the database with `python3 ./import.py`.
- Take a cup of black or green tea ().
- `python3 cpe-guesser/bin/server.py` to run the local HTTP server.
If you don't want to install it locally, there is a public online version. Check below.
### Docker
#### Single image with existing Redis
```bash
docker build . -t cpe-guesser:l.0
# Edit settings.yaml content and/or path
docker run cpe-guesser:l.0 -v $(pwd)/config/settings.yaml:/app/config/settings.yaml
# Please wait for full import
```
#### Docker-compose
```bash
cd docker
# Edit docker/settings.yaml as you want
docker-compose up --build -d
# Please wait for full import
```
#### Specific usage
If you do not want to use the Web server, `lookup.py` can still be used. Example: `docker exec -it cpe-guesser python3 /app/bin/lookup.py tomcat`
## Public online version
[cpe-guesser.cve-search.org](https://cpe-guesser.cve-search.org) is public online version of CPE guesser which can be used via
a simple API. The endpoint is `/search` and the JSON is composed of a query list with the list of keyword(s) to search for.
~~~~
curl -s -X POST https://cpe-guesser.cve-search.org/search -d "{\"query\": [\"outlook\", \"connector\"]}" | jq .
[
[
18117,
"cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook_connector"
],
[
60947,
"cpe:2.3:a:oracle:oracle_communications_unified_communications_suite_connector_for_microsoft_outlook"
],
[
68306,
"cpe:2.3:a:oracle:corporate_time_outlook_connector"
]
]
~~~~
### Command line - `lookup.py`
~~~~
usage: lookup.py [-h] WORD [WORD ...]
Find potential CPE names from a list of keyword(s) and return a JSON of the results
positional arguments:
WORD One or more keyword(s) to lookup
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
~~~~
~~~~
python3 lookup.py microsoft sql server | jq .
[
[
51325,
"cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:sql_server_2017_reporting_services"
],
[
51326,
"cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:sql_server_2019_reporting_services"
],
[
57898,
"cpe:2.3:a:quest:intrust_knowledge_pack_for_microsoft_sql_server"
],
[
60386,
"cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:sql_server"
],
[
60961,
"cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:sql_server_desktop_engine"
],
[
64810,
"cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:sql_server_reporting_services"
],
[
75858,
"cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:sql_server_management_studio"
],
[
77570,
"cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:sql_server"
],
[
78206,
"cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_manager_for_databases_data_protection_for_microsoft_sql_server"
]
]
~~~~
## How does this work?
A CPE entry is composed of a human readable name with some references and the structured CPE name.
~~~
<cpe-item name="cpe:/a:10web:form_maker:1.7.17::~~~wordpress~~">
<title xml:lang="en-US">10web Form Maker 1.7.17 for WordPress</title>
<references>
<reference href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/form-maker/#developers">Change Log</reference>
</references>
<cpe-23:cpe23-item name="cpe:2.3:a:10web:form_maker:1.7.17:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*"/>
</cpe-item>
~~~
The CPE name is structured with a vendor name, a product name and some additional information.
CPE name can be easily changed due to vendor name or product name changes, some vendor/product are
sharing common names or name is composed of multiple words.
### Data
Split vendor name and product name (such as `_`) into single word(s) and then canonize the word. Building an inverse index using
the cpe vendor:product format as value and the canonized word as key. Then cpe guesser creates a ranked set with the most common
cpe (vendor:product) per version to give a probability of the CPE appearance.
### Redis structure
- `w:<word>` set
- `s:<word>` sorted set with a score depending of the number of appearance
# License
Software is open source and released under a 2-Clause BSD License
Copyright (C) 2021 Alexandre Dulaunoy
Copyright (C) 2021 Esa Jokinen