Open redirect: Linkedin

Detects emails containing links using Linkedin '/slink?code=xxxxx' open redirect where the email has not come from Linkedin.com

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 1name: "Open redirect: Linkedin"
 2description: "Detects emails containing links using Linkedin '/slink?code=xxxxx' open redirect where the email has not come from Linkedin.com"
 3references:
 4  - "https://krebsonsecurity.com/2022/02/how-phishers-are-slinking-their-links-into-linkedin/"
 5type: "rule"
 6authors:
 7  - twitter: "xNymia"
 8severity: "medium"
 9source: |
10  type.inbound
11  and (
12    (
13      sender.email.domain.root_domain != "linkedin.com"
14      and (
15        (
16          any(body.links,
17              .href_url.domain.root_domain == 'linkedin.com'
18              and .href_url.path == '/slink'
19          )
20          and any(body.links, strings.ilike(.href_url.query_params, 'code=*'))
21        )
22        or any(body.links,
23               .href_url.domain.root_domain == 'linkedin.com'
24               and strings.icontains(.href_url.query_params, 'redirect_uri')
25        )
26      )
27    )
28    or any(attachments,
29           .file_type == "pdf"
30           and any(file.explode(.),
31                   (
32                     any(.scan.url.urls,
33                         .domain.root_domain == 'linkedin.com'
34                         and .path == '/slink'
35                     )
36                     and any(.scan.url.urls,
37                             strings.ilike(.query_params, 'code=*')
38                     )
39                   )
40                   or any(.scan.url.urls,
41                          .domain.root_domain == 'linkedin.com'
42                          and strings.icontains(.query_params, 'redirect_uri')
43                   )
44           )
45    )
46  )  
47tags:
48  - "Attack surface reduction"
49attack_types:
50  - "Credential Phishing"
51  - "Malware/Ransomware"
52tactics_and_techniques:
53  - "Open redirect"
54detection_methods:
55  - "Sender analysis"
56  - "URL analysis"
57id: "5ad2ffae-fca7-58ff-90bd-8efbd98c0a72"

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