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Medium Severity

Body HTML: Recipient SLD in HTML class

Description

Detects when there is a single recipient within $org_domains where the domain SLD is concealed within HTML class attributes. The message comes from either an unauthenticated trusted sender or an untrusted source.

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Created Sep 23rd, 2025 • Last updated Sep 23rd, 2025
Source
type.inbound
// not an org_domain which passed dmarc
and not (
  sender.email.domain.domain in $org_domains
  and coalesce(headers.auth_summary.dmarc.pass, false)
)

// a single recipient within the org_domains
and (
  length(recipients.to) == 1
  and all(recipients.to, .email.domain.domain in $org_domains)
)

// there are more than 30 class attributes containing the recipient's SLD
and length(filter(html.xpath(body.html, '//@class').nodes,
                  any(recipients.to,
                      // the class name is the same
                      ..raw =~ .email.domain.sld
                      // a specific observed pattern with a prefix of x_hz
                      or strings.istarts_with(..raw,
                                              strings.concat('x_hz',
                                                             .email.domain.sld
                                              )
                      )
                  )
           )
) > 30
// 80% or more the class attributes contain the recipient's SLD
and ratio(html.xpath(body.html, '//@class').nodes,
          any(recipients.to,
              // the class name is the same
              ..raw =~ .email.domain.sld
              // a specific observed pattern with a prefix of x_hz
              or strings.istarts_with(..raw,
                                      strings.concat('x_hz', .email.domain.sld)
              )
          )
) > 0.80

// not replies
and not (length(headers.references) > 0 or headers.in_reply_to is not null)
// negate highly trusted sender domains unless they fail DMARC authentication
and (
  (
    sender.email.domain.root_domain in $high_trust_sender_root_domains
    and not headers.auth_summary.dmarc.pass
  )
  or sender.email.domain.root_domain not in $high_trust_sender_root_domains
)
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