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Non-RFC compliant calendar files from unsolicited sender

Description

Detects calendar (.ics) files that do not follow RFC standards by lacking required UID identifiers while containing specific calendar components (VTODO, VJOURNAL, VFREEBUSY, or VEVENT). Forged ICS calendar invites can be spoofed to seemingly originate from any sender.

Sublime Security
Created Nov 20th, 2024 • Last updated Oct 1st, 2025
Source
type.inbound
and any(attachments,
        (
          .file_extension in $file_extensions_common_archives
          or .file_extension == "ics"
          or .content_type == "text/calendar"
        )
        and any(file.explode(.),
                (.file_extension == "ics" or .flavors.mime == "text/calendar")
                and any(.scan.ics.calendars,
                        any(.components,
                            .uid is null
                            and .type in (
                              'VEVENT',
                              'VJOURNAL',
                              'VFREEBUSY',
                              'VTODO'
                            )
                        )
                )
        )
)
and not profile.by_sender_email().any_messages_benign
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