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DECNET/decnet/ttp/impl/email_lifter.py
anti 7a89fbb357 feat(ttp): E.3.12 EmailLifter (R0041-R0048)
SMTP message-level technique tagger per Appendix A.6: open relay abuse
(rcpt_count + foreign From), mass phishing (rcpt_count + body simhash),
phishing-kit X-Mailer, IDN/punycode URL, sender masquerade composite
(From/Return-Path/DKIM/SPF), malicious attachment (macro/.lnk/.iso/.img/
hash match), BEC subject+body composite, encoded payload in body.

PII discipline (TTP_TAGGING.md §'Hard parts §6') is enforced at the
lifter layer via _filter_evidence(): emitted TTPTag.evidence is
restricted to the EmailEvidence-allowed allowlist (body_sha256,
matched_headers — names only, rcpt_domain_set — domains only,
attachment_sha256s, rcpt_count) plus PII-safe match discriminators
(matched_kit, matched_trigger, matched_url_host, etc). Raw addresses,
raw body bytes, full URLs, and decoded base64 previews NEVER appear in
evidence — defense-in-depth over the YAML evidence_fields hint.

Tests: tests/ttp/test_email_lifter.py per-rule positive + negative +
PII allowlist guard + state modulation. tests/ttp/rule_precision/
test_email_rules.py xfail flipped to real precision (R0041-R0048
H-band ≥95%). Corpus rows updated to acknowledge that R0045 (masquerade)
co-fires with R0041 / R0047 when the sender-masquerade signals are
present alongside open-relay or BEC patterns — overlap is by design,
not a precision bug.
2026-05-01 20:31:03 -04:00

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"""Email lifter — SMTP message-level technique tagger (E.3.12).
Reads pre-parsed SMTP message payload (headers as a name-only list,
body sha + body text already truncated/scrubbed by the upstream worker,
attachment hashes + names) and emits Initial-Access / Phishing /
Resource-Development techniques per Appendix A.6.
PII discipline (TTP_TAGGING.md §"Hard parts §6") is enforced at the
lifter layer: emitted ``TTPTag.evidence`` only carries fields that
conform to :class:`~decnet.web.db.models.ttp.EmailEvidence`
(``body_sha256``, ``matched_headers`` — names not values,
``rcpt_domain_set`` — domains not addresses, ``attachment_sha256s``,
``rcpt_count``) plus a small set of match-discriminator strings
(``matched_kit``, ``matched_trigger``, ``matched_url``). Raw From /
Return-Path / RCPT addresses, raw body bytes, and decoded payload
previews NEVER appear in evidence.
"""
from __future__ import annotations
import base64
import binascii
import hashlib
import re
from collections.abc import Callable
from typing import Any, Final
from decnet.ttp.base import TaggerEvent, TolerantTagger
from decnet.ttp.impl._emit import emit_tags
from decnet.ttp.impl._rule_index import RuleIndex
from decnet.ttp.impl._state import is_active
from decnet.ttp.impl.rule_engine import CompiledRule
from decnet.ttp.store.base import RuleStore
from decnet.web.db.models.ttp import TTPTag
Predicate = Callable[
[dict[str, Any], dict[str, Any]],
"dict[str, Any] | None",
]
# ── Helpers ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
def _domain(addr_or_domain: str | None) -> str | None:
if not isinstance(addr_or_domain, str):
return None
if not addr_or_domain:
return None
if "@" in addr_or_domain:
return addr_or_domain.split("@", 1)[1].lower().strip()
return addr_or_domain.lower().strip()
def _safe_evidence(payload: dict[str, Any]) -> dict[str, Any]:
"""Build the EmailEvidence-conformant base evidence dict.
Only PII-safe keys: body sha (already a hash), header NAMES (not
values), recipient DOMAINS (not addresses), attachment hashes,
rcpt count. Raw addresses, raw body, raw header values explicitly
excluded.
"""
rcpt_domains_raw = payload.get("rcpt_domains") or []
rcpt_domains = [
d.lower() for d in rcpt_domains_raw if isinstance(d, str)
]
attachment_hashes = payload.get("attachment_sha256s") or []
if not isinstance(attachment_hashes, list):
attachment_hashes = []
body_sha = payload.get("body_sha256") or ""
if not isinstance(body_sha, str):
body_sha = ""
rcpt_count = payload.get("rcpt_count")
if not isinstance(rcpt_count, int):
rcpt_count = 0
return {
"body_sha256": body_sha,
"matched_headers": [],
"rcpt_domain_set": sorted(set(rcpt_domains)),
"attachment_sha256s": [
h for h in attachment_hashes if isinstance(h, str)
],
"rcpt_count": rcpt_count,
}
# ── Per-rule predicates ─────────────────────────────────────────────
def _p_open_relay(
spec: dict[str, Any], payload: dict[str, Any],
) -> dict[str, Any] | None:
threshold = int(spec.get("rcpt_threshold", 10))
rcpt_count = payload.get("rcpt_count")
if not isinstance(rcpt_count, int) or rcpt_count < threshold:
return None
if spec.get("require_foreign_from"):
from_domain = _domain(payload.get("from_domain") or payload.get("from"))
mail_from = _domain(
payload.get("mail_from_domain") or payload.get("mail_from"),
)
if not from_domain or not mail_from or from_domain == mail_from:
return None
return {"matched_headers": ["From", "Mail-From"]}
def _p_mass_phish(
spec: dict[str, Any], payload: dict[str, Any],
) -> dict[str, Any] | None:
threshold = int(spec.get("rcpt_threshold", 25))
rcpt_count = payload.get("rcpt_count")
if not isinstance(rcpt_count, int) or rcpt_count < threshold:
return None
# The "campaign" half: upstream must have observed body simhash
# recurring across recipients. Without that signal, high-RCPT alone
# is open-relay territory (R0041), not mass-phish. The simhash
# derivation lives in the SMTP worker (out of scope here).
if not isinstance(payload.get("body_simhash"), (str, int)):
return None
return {}
def _p_xmailer_kit(
spec: dict[str, Any], payload: dict[str, Any],
) -> dict[str, Any] | None:
x_mailer = payload.get("x_mailer")
if not isinstance(x_mailer, str) or not x_mailer:
return None
matched_kit = payload.get("matched_kit")
if isinstance(matched_kit, str) and matched_kit:
return {"matched_kit": matched_kit, "matched_headers": ["X-Mailer"]}
# Catalogue match flag — upstream marks it via xmailer_kit_match.
if payload.get("xmailer_kit_match") is True:
return {"matched_headers": ["X-Mailer"]}
return None
_PUNYCODE_PREFIX_DEFAULT: Final[str] = "xn--"
def _p_idn_url(
spec: dict[str, Any], payload: dict[str, Any],
) -> dict[str, Any] | None:
prefix = spec.get("punycode_prefix") or _PUNYCODE_PREFIX_DEFAULT
if not isinstance(prefix, str):
prefix = _PUNYCODE_PREFIX_DEFAULT
urls = payload.get("urls") or []
if not isinstance(urls, list):
return None
for url in urls:
if isinstance(url, str) and prefix in url:
# Carry only the punycode-bearing host portion as a match
# discriminator. NEVER carry the full URL (could contain
# credential-harvest path with PII).
host = _extract_host(url)
return {
"matched_url_host": host or "",
"matched_headers": ["body"],
}
return None
def _extract_host(url: str) -> str | None:
m = re.match(r"https?://([^/]+)", url)
if m:
return m.group(1).lower()
return None
def _p_sender_masquerade(
spec: dict[str, Any], payload: dict[str, Any],
) -> dict[str, Any] | None:
signals_raw = spec.get("signals", [])
if not isinstance(signals_raw, list):
return None
signals = {s for s in signals_raw if isinstance(s, str)}
matched: list[str] = []
if "from_returnpath_mismatch" in signals:
if (
_domain(payload.get("from_domain")) is not None
and _domain(payload.get("return_path_domain")) is not None
and _domain(payload.get("from_domain"))
!= _domain(payload.get("return_path_domain"))
):
matched.append("from_returnpath_mismatch")
if "from_mailfrom_mismatch" in signals:
if (
_domain(payload.get("from_domain")) is not None
and _domain(payload.get("mail_from_domain")) is not None
and _domain(payload.get("from_domain"))
!= _domain(payload.get("mail_from_domain"))
):
matched.append("from_mailfrom_mismatch")
if "dkim_fail" in signals and payload.get("dkim_signed") is False:
matched.append("dkim_fail")
if "spf_fail" in signals and payload.get("spf_pass") is False:
matched.append("spf_fail")
if not matched:
return None
headers: list[str] = []
if any("from_" in m for m in matched):
headers.extend(["From", "Return-Path"])
if "dkim_fail" in matched:
headers.append("DKIM-Signature")
if "spf_fail" in matched:
headers.append("Authentication-Results")
return {
"matched_signals": matched,
"matched_headers": sorted(set(headers)),
}
def _p_malicious_attachment(
spec: dict[str, Any], payload: dict[str, Any],
) -> dict[str, Any] | None:
triggers_raw = spec.get("triggers", [])
triggers = (
{t for t in triggers_raw if isinstance(t, str)}
if isinstance(triggers_raw, list)
else set()
)
if "office_macro" in triggers and payload.get("attachment_macros") is True:
return {"matched_trigger": "office_macro"}
if (
"protected_archive" in triggers
and payload.get("attachment_password_protected") is True
):
return {"matched_trigger": "protected_archive"}
if "html_smuggling" in triggers and payload.get("html_smuggling") is True:
return {"matched_trigger": "html_smuggling"}
if "mal_hash_match" in triggers and payload.get("mal_hash_match") is True:
return {"matched_trigger": "mal_hash_match"}
extensions = payload.get("attachment_extensions") or []
if isinstance(extensions, list):
ext_set = {
e.lower().lstrip(".") for e in extensions if isinstance(e, str)
}
for ext_trigger in ("lnk", "iso", "img"):
if ext_trigger in triggers and ext_trigger in ext_set:
return {"matched_trigger": ext_trigger}
return None
def _p_bec(
spec: dict[str, Any], payload: dict[str, Any],
) -> dict[str, Any] | None:
subject = payload.get("subject")
body_text = payload.get("body_text")
if not isinstance(subject, str) or not isinstance(body_text, str):
return None
subj_kws = spec.get("subject_keywords", [])
body_kws = spec.get("body_action_keywords", [])
if not isinstance(subj_kws, list) or not isinstance(body_kws, list):
return None
subj_l = subject.lower()
body_l = body_text.lower()
subj_hit = next(
(k for k in subj_kws if isinstance(k, str) and k.lower() in subj_l),
None,
)
body_hit = next(
(k for k in body_kws if isinstance(k, str) and k.lower() in body_l),
None,
)
if not subj_hit or not body_hit:
return None
return {
"matched_subject_kw": subj_hit,
"matched_body_kw": body_hit,
"matched_headers": ["Subject"],
}
_BASE64_RE = re.compile(r"[A-Za-z0-9+/]{32,}={0,2}")
def _p_encoded_payload(
spec: dict[str, Any], payload: dict[str, Any],
) -> dict[str, Any] | None:
min_bytes = int(spec.get("min_bytes", 4096))
body_text = payload.get("body_text")
if not isinstance(body_text, str) or not body_text:
return None
# Upstream may pre-compute the largest decoded base64 length.
body_b64_bytes = payload.get("body_base64_bytes")
if isinstance(body_b64_bytes, int) and body_b64_bytes >= min_bytes:
return {"encoded_byte_count": body_b64_bytes}
# Fallback: best-effort scan of the body text. Cap the work at the
# first match >= threshold to avoid quadratic behavior on a hostile
# body. Decoded bytes are NEVER returned — only the count.
for m in _BASE64_RE.finditer(body_text):
chunk = m.group(0)
try:
decoded = base64.b64decode(chunk, validate=True)
except (binascii.Error, ValueError):
continue
if len(decoded) >= min_bytes:
return {"encoded_byte_count": len(decoded)}
return None
_PREDICATES: Final[dict[str, Predicate]] = {
"lifter:email_open_relay": _p_open_relay,
"lifter:email_mass_phish": _p_mass_phish,
"lifter:email_xmailer_kit": _p_xmailer_kit,
"lifter:email_idn_url": _p_idn_url,
"lifter:email_sender_masquerade": _p_sender_masquerade,
"lifter:email_malicious_attachment": _p_malicious_attachment,
"lifter:email_bec": _p_bec,
"lifter:email_encoded_payload": _p_encoded_payload,
}
# Allowed keys in TTPTag.evidence for source_kind=email. Used both as
# the assembly contract here AND by tests/ttp/test_email_lifter.py to
# guard against a future predicate accidentally leaking PII.
_EMAIL_EVIDENCE_ALLOWED_KEYS: Final[frozenset[str]] = frozenset({
# EmailEvidence base
"body_sha256",
"matched_headers",
"rcpt_domain_set",
"attachment_sha256s",
"rcpt_count",
# PII-safe match discriminators
"matched_kit",
"matched_trigger",
"matched_url_host",
"matched_signals",
"matched_subject_kw",
"matched_body_kw",
"encoded_byte_count",
})
def _filter_evidence(evidence: dict[str, Any]) -> dict[str, Any]:
"""Drop any key not in the PII-safe allowlist.
Defense-in-depth: even if a predicate accidentally returns a raw
address or body field, this filter strips it before the tag is
constructed. Asserted by ``test_email_lifter.py``.
"""
return {
k: v for k, v in evidence.items()
if k in _EMAIL_EVIDENCE_ALLOWED_KEYS
}
class EmailLifter(TolerantTagger):
name = "email"
HANDLES = frozenset({"email"})
OWNED_PREFIX: Final[str] = "lifter:email_"
def __init__(self, store: RuleStore) -> None:
self._store = store
self._index = RuleIndex()
@classmethod
def _owns(cls, rule: CompiledRule) -> bool:
kind = rule.match_spec.get("kind", "")
return isinstance(kind, str) and kind.startswith(cls.OWNED_PREFIX)
async def watch_store(self) -> None:
await self._index.watch(self._store, predicate=self._owns)
async def _tag_impl(self, event: TaggerEvent) -> list[TTPTag]:
out: list[TTPTag] = []
base_evidence = _safe_evidence(event.payload)
for rule in self._index.values():
if event.source_kind not in rule.applies_to:
continue
if not is_active(rule.state):
continue
kind = rule.match_spec.get("kind", "")
handler = _PREDICATES.get(kind)
if handler is None:
continue
extra = handler(rule.match_spec, event.payload)
if extra is None:
continue
evidence = dict(base_evidence)
# Allow predicates to extend matched_headers without
# clobbering the base list.
extra_headers = extra.pop("matched_headers", None)
if isinstance(extra_headers, list):
merged = list(evidence.get("matched_headers", []))
merged.extend(h for h in extra_headers if isinstance(h, str))
evidence["matched_headers"] = sorted(set(merged))
evidence.update(extra)
evidence = _filter_evidence(evidence)
# Body sha is required by EmailEvidence; if upstream
# didn't supply one, derive from body_text (best-effort).
if not evidence.get("body_sha256"):
body_text = event.payload.get("body_text")
if isinstance(body_text, str) and body_text:
evidence["body_sha256"] = hashlib.sha256(
body_text.encode("utf-8", errors="replace"),
).hexdigest()
out.extend(emit_tags(rule, event, evidence))
return out
__all__ = ["EmailLifter"]