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Corelight - SMTP Email containing NON Ascii Characters within the Subject

Description

'Detects where an emails contain non ascii characters within the Subject.'
Rule type
Scheduled
Version
2.2.0
Declared status
Available
Query frequency
1h
Query period
1h
Trigger
gt 0

Declared MITRE coverage

Declared sources

Metadata from the source file. No dependencies inferred from KQL.

Connectors

Data types

KQL query

Original query, unchanged.

corelight_smtp
| where subject hasprefix @'\=?utf-16'
| mv-expand to_recipient = todynamic(to_) to typeof(string)
| summarize recipients = dcount(to_recipient)
| extend k = 1
| join (corelight_smtp
        | where subject hasprefix @'\=?utf-16'
        | mv-expand to_recipient = todynamic(to_) to typeof(string)
        | summarize by to_recipient
        | extend k = 1) on k
| where recipients > 1

Declared entities

MailMessage

Related content

Links established from declared identifiers and solution manifests.

Source provenance

GitHub

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Source identifier
50c61708-9824-46f3-87cf-22490796fae2
Additional source files 2Solutions/Corelight/Analytic Rules/CorelightSMTPEmailSubjectNonAsciiCharacters.yamlsource ↗Solutions/Corelight/Data/Solution_Corelight.jsonsolution-membership ↗
GSTEP / CATALOG TRACKING

Added to catalog : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC
Last change observed : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC

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