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Attachment: Filename Containing Unicode Right-to-Left Override Character

Labels

Malware/Ransomware
Evasion
Archive analysis
File analysis

Description

Recursively identifies attachments that attempt to conceal their true file extension by using right-to-left override characters

References

@vector_sec
Created Aug 17th, 2023 • Last updated Aug 21st, 2023
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type.inbound
and any(attachments,
        regex.icontains(.file_name, '\x{202E}', '\x{202D}')
        or (
          .file_extension in~ $file_extensions_common_archives
          and any(file.explode(.), regex.icontains(.file_name, '\x{202E}', '\x{202D}'))
        )
)
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