Java: add taint steps for Protobuf framework

Author: yh-semmle

java/ql/src/semmle/code/java/dataflow/TaintTracking.qll

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ private import semmle.code.java.security.SecurityTests
 private import semmle.code.java.security.Validation
 private import semmle.code.java.frameworks.android.Intent
 private import semmle.code.java.frameworks.Guice
+private import semmle.code.java.frameworks.Protobuf
 private import semmle.code.java.Maps
 
 module TaintTracking {
@@ -474,6 +475,8 @@ module TaintTracking {
     m.hasName("get")
     or
     m = any(GuiceProvider gp).getAnOverridingGetMethod()
+    or
+    m = any(ProtobufMessageLite p).getAGetterMethod()
   }
 
   private class StringReplaceMethod extends Method {
@@ -578,6 +581,12 @@ module TaintTracking {
     method.getDeclaringType().hasQualifiedName("javax.xml.transform.sax", "SAXSource") and
     method.hasName("sourceToInputSource") and
     arg = 0
+    or
+    exists(ProtobufParser p | method = p.getAParseFromMethod()) and
+    arg = 0
+    or
+    exists(ProtobufMessageLite m | method = m.getAParseFromMethod()) and
+    arg = 0
   }
 
   /**

java/ql/src/semmle/code/java/frameworks/Protobuf.qll

@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+/**
+ * Provides classes and predicates for working with the Protobuf framework.
+ */
+
+import java
+
+/**
+ * The interface `com.google.protobuf.Parser`.
+ */
+class ProtobufParser extends Interface {
+  ProtobufParser() { this.hasQualifiedName("com.google.protobuf", "Parser") }
+
+  /**
+   * Gets a method named `parseFrom` (or similar) declared on a subtype of `com.google.protobuf.Parser`.
+   */
+  Method getAParseFromMethod() {
+    result.getDeclaringType().getASupertype*().getSourceDeclaration() = this and
+    result.getName().matches("parse%From")
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * The interface `com.google.protobuf.MessageLite`.
+ */
+class ProtobufMessageLite extends Interface {
+  ProtobufMessageLite() { this.hasQualifiedName("com.google.protobuf", "MessageLite") }
+
+  /**
+   * Gets a static method named `parseFrom` (or similar) declared on a subtype of the `MessageLite` interface.
+   */
+  Method getAParseFromMethod() {
+    result = getASubtype+().getAMethod() and
+    result.getName().matches("parse%From") and
+    result.isStatic()
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Gets a getter method declared on a subtype of the `MessageLite` interface.
+   */
+  Method getAGetterMethod() {
+    exists(RefType decl | decl = result.getDeclaringType() and decl = this.getASubtype+() |
+      exists(string name, string suffix |
+        suffix = "" or
+        suffix = "list" or
+        suffix = "map" or
+        suffix = "ordefault" or
+        suffix = "orthrow"
+      |
+        exists(Field f | f.getDeclaringType() = decl |
+          f.getName().toLowerCase().replaceAll("_", "") = name
+        ) and
+        result.getName().toLowerCase() = "get" + name + suffix
+      )
+    )
+  }
+}