Open Redirect: business.google.com website_shared URL Param
Detects messages containing an open redirect in business.google.com's website_shared/launch_bw.html endpoint with the 'f' parameter. This has been exploited in phishing campaigns to redirect users to malicious sites.
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1name: "Open Redirect: business.google.com website_shared URL Param"
2description: |
3 Detects messages containing an open redirect in business.google.com's
4 website_shared/launch_bw.html endpoint with the 'f' parameter. This has been
5 exploited in phishing campaigns to redirect users to malicious sites.
6type: "rule"
7severity: "medium"
8source: |
9 type.inbound
10 and any(body.links,
11 .href_url.domain.domain == "business.google.com"
12 and strings.icontains(.href_url.path, '/website_shared/launch_bw.html')
13 and strings.icontains(.href_url.query_params, 'f=')
14 // Make sure the redirect is not going back to google.com
15 and not regex.icontains(.href_url.query_params,
16 'f=(?:https?(?:%3a|:))?(?:%2f|\/){2}[^&]*google\.com(?:\&|\/|$|%2f)')
17 )
18 // Exclude legitimate Google domains as senders
19 and not regex.icontains(sender.email.domain.root_domain, '^google')
20
21 // negate highly trusted sender domains unless they fail DMARC authentication
22 and (
23 (
24 sender.email.domain.root_domain in $high_trust_sender_root_domains
25 and not headers.auth_summary.dmarc.pass
26 )
27 or sender.email.domain.root_domain not in $high_trust_sender_root_domains
28 )
29attack_types:
30 - "Credential Phishing"
31 - "Malware/Ransomware"
32tactics_and_techniques:
33 - "Open redirect"
34detection_methods:
35 - "Sender analysis"
36 - "URL analysis"
37id: "f146be73-7200-570e-a033-a28814c5a098"