Attachment: PDF generated with wkhtmltopdf tool and default title

Detects PDF attachments that were generated using the wkhtmltopdf conversion tool, which converts HTML/CSS to PDF. This tool is commonly used by attackers to create legitimate-looking PDF documents from web content for social engineering purposes.

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 1name: "Attachment: PDF generated with wkhtmltopdf tool and default title"
 2description: "Detects PDF attachments that were generated using the wkhtmltopdf conversion tool, which converts HTML/CSS to PDF. This tool is commonly used by attackers to create legitimate-looking PDF documents from web content for social engineering purposes."
 3type: "rule"
 4severity: "low"
 5source: |
 6  type.inbound
 7  and any(filter(attachments, .file_extension == "pdf"),
 8          strings.istarts_with(beta.parse_exif(.).producer, "Qt")
 9          and strings.icontains(beta.parse_exif(.).creator, "wkhtmltopdf")
10          and beta.parse_exif(.).title == "Document"
11  )  
12
13attack_types:
14  - "BEC/Fraud"
15  - "Callback Phishing"
16  - "Credential Phishing"
17  - "Malware/Ransomware"
18tags:
19 - "Attack surface reduction"
20tactics_and_techniques:
21  - "PDF"
22  - "Evasion"
23detection_methods:
24  - "File analysis"
25  - "Exif analysis"
26id: "64e6c8a8-b75b-5c43-acb8-765ce05dca36"

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