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sublimemediumRule
Attachment: PDF with embedded Javascript
PDF contains embedded Javascript.
Detection Query
type.inbound
and any(attachments,
.file_extension == "pdf"
and any(file.explode(.),
(
(any(.scan.strings.strings, strings.icontains(., '/JavaScript')))
and (any(.scan.strings.strings, strings.icontains(., '/JS (')))
)
)
)
and (
(
profile.by_sender().prevalence in ("new", "outlier")
and not profile.by_sender().solicited
)
or (
profile.by_sender().any_messages_malicious_or_spam
and not profile.by_sender().any_false_positives
)
)
// negate highly trusted sender domains unless they fail DMARC authentication
and (
(
sender.email.domain.root_domain in $high_trust_sender_root_domains
and (
any(distinct(headers.hops, .authentication_results.dmarc is not null),
strings.ilike(.authentication_results.dmarc, "*fail")
)
)
)
or sender.email.domain.root_domain not in $high_trust_sender_root_domains
)
Data Sources
Email MessagesEmail HeadersEmail Attachments
Platforms
email
Tags
Attack surface reduction
Raw Content
name: "Attachment: PDF with embedded Javascript"
description: |
PDF contains embedded Javascript.
references:
- "https://delivr.to/payloads?id=f1a0c398-995c-4ea3-9404-0b7b27792e8d"
type: "rule"
severity: "medium"
source: |
type.inbound
and any(attachments,
.file_extension == "pdf"
and any(file.explode(.),
(
(any(.scan.strings.strings, strings.icontains(., '/JavaScript')))
and (any(.scan.strings.strings, strings.icontains(., '/JS (')))
)
)
)
and (
(
profile.by_sender().prevalence in ("new", "outlier")
and not profile.by_sender().solicited
)
or (
profile.by_sender().any_messages_malicious_or_spam
and not profile.by_sender().any_false_positives
)
)
// negate highly trusted sender domains unless they fail DMARC authentication
and (
(
sender.email.domain.root_domain in $high_trust_sender_root_domains
and (
any(distinct(headers.hops, .authentication_results.dmarc is not null),
strings.ilike(.authentication_results.dmarc, "*fail")
)
)
)
or sender.email.domain.root_domain not in $high_trust_sender_root_domains
)
tags:
- "Attack surface reduction"
attack_types:
- "Malware/Ransomware"
tactics_and_techniques:
- "Evasion"
- "Scripting"
detection_methods:
- "File analysis"
id: "d4cde94f-d9e5-527a-9192-da09f3d21275"