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import logging.

config
import imaplib
import io
import json
import base64
import hashlib
import re
import email
import emoji
import urllib.parse
import traceback
import ioc_finder
import thehive4py.api, thehive4py.models, thehive4py.query

# Global variable used for logging


log = None

# Global variable needed to use the API


api_thehive = None

# Global variable used for the configuration


config = {}

# Global variable used for the whitelist


whitelist = {}

def connect_to_IMAP_server(wsl):
# Create the connection to the IMAP server using host and port
connection = imaplib.IMAP4_SSL(config['imapHost'], config['imapPort'])
# Log in using username and password
connection.login(config['imapUser'],config['imapPassword'])
log.info('Connected to email {0} server
{1}:{2}/{3}'.format(config['imapUser'], config['imapHost'], config['imapPort'],
config['imapFolder']))
wsl.emit_info('Connected to email {0} server
{1}:{2}/{3}'.format(config['imapUser'], config['imapHost'], config['imapPort'],
config['imapFolder']))
return connection

# Check if an observable is whitelisted with an exact match or with a regex match


def is_whitelisted(obs_type, obs_value):
found = False
if ((not found) and (obs_value in whitelist[obs_type+'Exact'])):
found = True
if ((not found) and (obs_type == 'domain')):
for regex in whitelist['regexDomainsInSubdomains']:
if re.search(regex, obs_value):
found = True
if ((not found) and (obs_type == 'url')):
for regex in whitelist['regexDomainsInURLs']:
if re.search(regex, obs_value):
found = True
if ((not found) and (obs_type == 'mail')):
for regex in whitelist['regexDomainsInEmails']:
if re.search(regex, obs_value):
found = True
if ((not found) and (obs_type not in ['hash', 'filetype'])):
for regex in whitelist[obs_type+'Regex']:
if re.search(regex, obs_value):
found = True
return found

# Use the ioc-finder module to extract observables from a string buffer and add to
the list only if they are not whitelisted
def search_observables(buffer, wsl):
observables = []
iocs = {}
iocs['email_addresses'] = ioc_finder.parse_email_addresses(buffer)
iocs['ipv4s'] = ioc_finder.parse_ipv4_addresses(buffer)
iocs['domains'] = ioc_finder.parse_domain_names(buffer)
# Option to parse URLs without a scheme (e.g. without https://)
iocs['urls'] = ioc_finder.parse_urls(buffer, parse_urls_without_scheme=False)
for mail in iocs['email_addresses']:
if is_whitelisted('mail', mail):
log.info("Skipped whitelisted observable mail: {0}".format(mail))
wsl.emit_info("Skipped whitelisted observable mail:
{0}".format(mail))
else:
log.info("Found observable mail: {0}".format(mail))
wsl.emit_info("Found observable mail: {0}".format(mail))
observables.append({'type': 'mail', 'value': mail})
for ip in iocs['ipv4s']:
if is_whitelisted('ip', ip):
log.info("Skipped whitelisted observable ip: {0}".format(ip))
wsl.emit_info("Skipped whitelisted observable ip:
{0}".format(ip))
else:
log.info("Found observable ip: {0}".format(ip))
wsl.emit_info("Found observable ip: {0}".format(ip))
observables.append({'type': 'ip', 'value': ip})
for domain in iocs['domains']:
if is_whitelisted('domain', domain):
log.info("Skipped whitelisted observable domain:
{0}".format(domain))
wsl.emit_info("Skipped whitelisted observable domain:
{0}".format(domain))
else:
log.info("Found observable domain: {0}".format(domain))
wsl.emit_info("Found observable domain: {0}".format(domain))
observables.append({'type': 'domain', 'value': domain})
for url in iocs['urls']:
if is_whitelisted('url', url):
log.info("Skipped whitelisted observable url: {0}".format(url))
wsl.emit_info("Skipped whitelisted observable url:
{0}".format(url))
else:
log.info("Found observable url: {0}".format(url))
wsl.emit_info("Found observable url: {0}".format(url))
observables.append({'type': 'url', 'value': url})
return observables

# Use the mail UID of the selected email to fetch only that email from the mailbox
def obtain_eml(connection, mail_uid, wsl):
# Read all the unseen emails from this folder
connection.select(config['imapFolder'])
typ, dat = connection.search(None, '(UNSEEN)')

# The dat[0] variable contains the IDs of all the unread emails
# The IDs are obtained by using the split function and the length of the
array is the number of unread emails
# If the selected mail uid is present in the list, then process only that
email
if mail_uid.encode() in dat[0].split():
typ, dat = connection.fetch(mail_uid.encode(), '(RFC822)')
if typ != 'OK':
log.error(dat[-1])
wsl.emit_error(dat[-1])
message = dat[0][1]
# The fetch operation flags the message as seen by default
log.info("Message {0} flagged as read".format(mail_uid))
wsl.emit_info("Message {0} flagged as read".format(mail_uid))

# Obtain the From field of the external email that will be used to send
the verdict to the user
msg = email.message_from_bytes(message)
decode = email.header.decode_header(msg['From'])[0]
if decode[1] is not None:
external_from_field = decode[0].decode(decode[1])
else:
external_from_field = str(decode[0])
parsed_from_field = email.utils.parseaddr(external_from_field)
if len(parsed_from_field) > 1:
external_from_field = parsed_from_field[1]

# Variable used to detect the mimetype of the email parts


mimetype = None

# Variable that will contain the internal EML file


internal_msg = None

# Walk the multipart structure of the email (now only the EML part is
needed)
for part in msg.walk():
mimetype = part.get_content_type()
# If the content type of this part is the rfc822 message, then
stop because the EML attachment is the last part
# If there is any other part after the rfc822 part, then it may
be related to the internal email, so it must not be considered
# Both message/rfc822 and application/octet-stream types are
considered due to differences in how the attachment is handled by different mail
clients
if mimetype in ['application/octet-stream', 'message/rfc822']:
# Obtain the internal EML file in both cases
if mimetype == 'application/octet-stream':
eml_payload = part.get_payload(decode=1)
internal_msg = email.message_from_bytes(eml_payload)
elif mimetype == 'message/rfc822':
eml_payload = part.get_payload(decode=0)[0]
try:
internal_msg =
email.message_from_string(base64.b64decode(str(eml_payload)).decode())
except:
internal_msg = eml_payload

# If the EML attachment has been found, then break the for
break

return internal_msg, external_from_field

else:
# Handle multiple analysts that select the same email from more than
one tab
log.error("The email with UID {} has already been analyzed. Please
refresh the page and retry.".format(mail_uid))
wsl.emit_error("The email with UID {} has already been analyzed. Please
refresh the page and retry.".format(mail_uid))
return

# Parse the EML file and extract the observables


def parse_eml(internal_msg, wsl):

# Obtain the subject of the internal email


# This is not straightforward since the subject might be splitted in two or
more parts
decode_subj = email.header.decode_header(internal_msg['Subject'])
decoded_elements_subj = []
for decode_elem in decode_subj:
if decode_elem[1] is not None:
if str(decode_elem[1]) == 'unknown-8bit':
decoded_elements_subj.append(decode_elem[0].decode())
else:

decoded_elements_subj.append(decode_elem[0].decode(decode_elem[1]))
else:
if(isinstance(decode_elem[0], str)):
decoded_elements_subj.append(str(decode_elem[0]))
else:
decoded_elements_subj.append(decode_elem[0].decode())
subject_field = ''.join(decoded_elements_subj)

log.info("Analyzing attached message with subject: {}".format(subject_field))


wsl.emit_info("Analyzing attached message with subject:
{}".format(subject_field))

# List of attachments of the internal email


attachments = []

# List of attachment hashes


hashes_attachments = []

# List of observables found in the body of the internal email


observables_body = []

# Dictionary containing a list of observables found in each header field


observables_header = {}

# List of header fields to consider when searching for observables in the


header
header_fields_list = [
'To',
'From',
'Sender',
'Cc',
'Delivered-To',
'Return-Path',
'Reply-To',
'Bounces-to',
'Received',
'X-Received',
'X-OriginatorOrg',
'X-Sender-IP',
'X-Originating-IP',
'X-SenderIP',
'X-Originating-Email'
]

# Extract header fields


parser = email.parser.HeaderParser()
header_fields = parser.parsestr(internal_msg.as_string())

# Search the observables in the values of all the selected header fields
# Since a field may appear more than one time (e.g. Received:), the lists
need to be initialized and then extended
i = 0
while i < len(header_fields.keys()):
if header_fields.keys()[i] in header_fields_list:
if not observables_header.get(header_fields.keys()[i]):
observables_header[header_fields.keys()[i]] = []
observables_header[header_fields.keys()
[i]].extend(search_observables(header_fields.values()[i], wsl))
i+=1

# Walk the multipart structure of the internal email


for part in internal_msg.walk():
mimetype = part.get_content_type()
content_disposition = part.get_content_disposition()
if content_disposition != "attachment":
# Extract the observables from the body (from both text/plain and
text/html parts) using the search_observables function
if mimetype == "text/plain":
try:
body = part.get_payload(decode=True).decode()
except UnicodeDecodeError:
body = part.get_payload(decode=True).decode('ISO-
8859-1')
observables_body.extend(search_observables(body, wsl))
elif mimetype == "text/html":
try:
html = part.get_payload(decode=True).decode()
except UnicodeDecodeError:
html = part.get_payload(decode=True).decode('ISO-
8859-1')
# Handle URL encoding
html_urldecoded =
urllib.parse.unquote(html.replace("&amp;", "&"))
observables_body.extend(search_observables(html_urldecoded,
wsl))
# Extract attachments
else:
filename = part.get_filename()
if filename and mimetype:
# Add the attachment if it is not whitelisted (in terms of
filename or filetype)
if is_whitelisted('filename', filename) or
is_whitelisted('filetype', mimetype):
log.info("Skipped whitelisted observable file:
{0}".format(filename))
wsl.emit_info("Skipped whitelisted observable file:
{0}".format(filename))
else:
inmem_file = io.BytesIO(part.get_payload(decode=1))
attachments.append((inmem_file, filename))
log.info("Found observable file:
{0}".format(filename))
wsl.emit_info("Found observable file:
{0}".format(filename))
# Calculate the hash of the just found attachment
sha256 = hashlib.sha256()
sha256.update(part.get_payload(decode=1))
hash_attachment = {}
hash_attachment['hashValue'] = sha256.hexdigest()
hash_attachment['hashedAttachment'] = filename
if is_whitelisted('hash',
hash_attachment['hashValue']):
log.info("Skipped whitelisted observable hash:
{0}".format(hash_attachment['hashValue']))
wsl.emit_info("Skipped whitelisted observable
hash: {0}".format(hash_attachment['hashValue']))
else:
hashes_attachments.append(hash_attachment)
log.info("Found observable hash {0} calculated
from file: {1}".format(hash_attachment['hashValue'], filename))
wsl.emit_info("Found observable hash {0}
calculated from file: {1}".format(hash_attachment['hashValue'], filename))

# Create a tuple containing the eml file and the name it should have as an
observable
filename = subject_field + ".eml"
inmem_file = io.BytesIO()
gen = email.generator.BytesGenerator(inmem_file)
gen.flatten(internal_msg)
eml_file_tuple = (inmem_file, filename)

# Workaround to prevent HTML tags to appear inside the URLs (splits on < or
>)
for observable_body in observables_body:
if observable_body['type'] == "url":
observable_body['value'] = observable_body['value'].replace(">",
"<").split("<")[0]

return subject_field, observables_header, observables_body, attachments,


hashes_attachments, eml_file_tuple

# Create the case on TheHive and add the observables to it


def create_case(subject_field, observables_header, observables_body, attachments,
hashes_attachments, eml_file_tuple, wsl):
# Create the case template first if it does not exist
if(len(api_thehive.find_case_templates(query = thehive4py.query.Eq("name",
'ThePhish')).json())) == 0:
task_notification = thehive4py.models.CaseTask(title = 'ThePhish
notification')
task_analysis = thehive4py.models.CaseTask(title = 'ThePhish analysis')
task_result = thehive4py.models.CaseTask(title = 'ThePhish result')
case_template = thehive4py.models.CaseTemplate(name =
'ThePhish',

titlePrefix = '[ThePhish] ',

tasks = [task_notification, task_analysis, task_result])


response = api_thehive.create_case_template(case_template)
if response.status_code == 201:
log.info('Template ThePhish created successfully')
wsl.emit_info('Template ThePhish created successfully')
else:
log.error('Cannot create template: {0}
({1})'.format(response.status_code, response.text))
wsl.emit_error('Cannot create template: {0}
({1})'.format(response.status_code, response.text))
return

# Create the case on TheHive


# The emojis are removed to prevent problems when exporting the case to MISP
case = thehive4py.models.Case(title =
emoji.replace_emoji(subject_field),
tlp = int(config['caseTLP']),
pap = int(config['casePAP']),
flag = False,
tags = config['caseTags'],
description = 'Case created automatically by ThePhish',
template = 'ThePhish')
response = api_thehive.create_case(case)
if response.status_code == 201:
new_case = response
new_id = new_case.json()['id']
new_case_id = new_case.json()['caseId']
log.info('Created case {}'.format(new_case_id))
wsl.emit_info('Created case {}'.format(new_case_id))

# Add observables found in the mail header


for header_field in observables_header:
for observable_header in observables_header[header_field]:
observable = thehive4py.models.CaseObservable(
dataType = observable_header['type'],
data = observable_header['value'],
ioc = False,
tags = ['email', 'email_header',
'email_header_{}'.format(header_field)],
message = 'Found in the {} field of the email
header'.format(header_field)
)
response = api_thehive.create_case_observable(new_id,
observable)
if response.status_code == 201:
log.info('Added observable {0}: {1} to case
{2}'.format(observable_header['type'], observable_header['value'], new_case_id))
wsl.emit_info('Added observable {0}: {1} to case
{2}'.format(observable_header['type'], observable_header['value'], new_case_id))
else:
log.debug('Cannot add observable {0}: {1} - {2}
({3})'.format(observable_header['type'], observable_header['value'],
response.status_code, response.text))

# Add observables found in the mail body


for observable_body in observables_body:
observable = thehive4py.models.CaseObservable(
dataType = observable_body['type'],
data = observable_body['value'],
ioc = False,
tags = ['email', 'email_body'],
message = 'Found in the email body'
)
response = api_thehive.create_case_observable(new_id, observable)
if response.status_code == 201:
log.info('Added observable {0}: {1} to case
{2}'.format(observable_body['type'], observable_body['value'], new_case_id))
wsl.emit_info('Added observable {0}: {1} to case
{2}'.format(observable_body['type'], observable_body['value'], new_case_id))
else:
log.debug('Cannot add observable {0}: {1} - {2}
({3})'.format(observable_body['type'], observable_body['value'],
response.status_code, response.text))

# Add attachments
for attachment in attachments:
observable = thehive4py.models.CaseObservable(
dataType='file',
data = attachment,
ioc = False,
tags = ['email', 'email_attachment'],
message = 'Found as email attachment'
)
response = api_thehive.create_case_observable(new_id, observable)
if response.status_code == 201:
log.info('Added observable file {0} to case
{1}'.format(attachment[1], new_case_id))
wsl.emit_info('Added observable file {0} to case
{1}'.format(attachment[1], new_case_id))
else:
log.debug('Cannot add observable: file {0} - {1}
({2})'.format(attachment[1], response.status_code, response.text))

# Add hashes of the attachments


for hash_attachment in hashes_attachments:
observable = thehive4py.models.CaseObservable(
dataType = 'hash',
data = hash_attachment['hashValue'],
ioc = False,
tags = ['email', 'email_attachment_hash'],
message = 'Hash of attachment
"{}"'.format(hash_attachment['hashedAttachment'])
)
response = api_thehive.create_case_observable(new_id, observable)
if response.status_code == 201:
log.info('Added observable hash: {0} to case
{1}'.format(hash_attachment['hashValue'], new_case_id))
wsl.emit_info('Added observable hash: {0} to case
{1}'.format(hash_attachment['hashValue'], new_case_id))
else:
log.debug('Cannot add observable hash: {0} - {1}
({2})'.format(hash_attachment['hashValue'], response.status_code, response.text))

# Add eml file (using the tuple)


if eml_file_tuple:
observable = thehive4py.models.CaseObservable(
dataType='file',
data = eml_file_tuple,
ioc = False,
tags = ['email', 'email_sample'],
message = 'Attached email in eml format'
)
response = api_thehive.create_case_observable(new_id, observable)
if response.status_code == 201:
log.info('Added observable file {0} to case
{1}'.format(eml_file_tuple[1], new_case_id))
wsl.emit_info('Added observable file {0} to case
{1}'.format(eml_file_tuple[1], new_case_id))
else:
log.debug('Cannot add observable: file {0} - {1}
({2})'.format(eml_file_tuple[1], response.status_code, response.text))

else:
log.error('Cannot create case: {0} ({1})'.format(response.status_code,
response.text))
wsl.emit_error('Cannot create case: {0}
({1})'.format(response.status_code, response.text))
return

# Return the id of the just created case on which to run the analysis
return new_case

# Main function called from outside


# The wsl is not a global variable to support multiple tabs
def main(wsl, mail_uid):

global config
global whitelist
global log
global api_thehive

# Logging configuration
try:
with open('logging_conf.json') as log_conf:
log_conf_dict = json.load(log_conf)
logging.config.dictConfig(log_conf_dict)
except Exception as e:
print("[ERROR]_[list_emails]: Error while trying to open the file
'logging_conf.json'. It cannot be read or it is not valid:
{}".format(traceback.format_exc()))
return
log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
try:
with open('configuration.json') as conf_file:
conf_dict = json.load(conf_file)

# IMAP configuration
config['imapHost'] = conf_dict['imap']['host']
config['imapPort'] = int(conf_dict['imap']['port'])
config['imapUser'] = conf_dict['imap']['user']
config['imapPassword'] = conf_dict['imap']['password']
config['imapFolder'] = conf_dict['imap']['folder']

# TheHive configuration
config['thehiveURL'] = conf_dict['thehive']['url']
config['thehiveApiKey'] = conf_dict['thehive']['apikey']

# New case configuration


config['caseTLP'] = conf_dict['case']['tlp']
config['casePAP'] = conf_dict['case']['pap']
config['caseTags'] = conf_dict['case']['tags']

except Exception as e:
log.error("Error while trying to open the file 'configuration.json':
{}".format(traceback.format_exc()))
wsl.emit_error("Error while trying to open the file
'configuration.json'")
return

# Read the whitelist file, which is composed by various parts:


# - The exact matching part
# - The regex matching part
# - Three lists of domains that are used to whitelist subdomains, URLs and
email addresses that contain them
try:
with open('whitelist.json') as whitelist_file:
whitelist_dict = json.load(whitelist_file)
whitelist['mailExact'] = whitelist_dict['exactMatching']['mail']
whitelist['mailRegex'] = whitelist_dict['regexMatching']['mail']
whitelist['ipExact'] = whitelist_dict['exactMatching']['ip']
whitelist['ipRegex'] = whitelist_dict['regexMatching']['ip']
whitelist['domainExact'] = whitelist_dict['exactMatching']
['domain']
whitelist['domainRegex'] = whitelist_dict['regexMatching']
['domain']
whitelist['urlExact'] = whitelist_dict['exactMatching']['url']
whitelist['urlRegex'] = whitelist_dict['regexMatching']['url']
whitelist['filenameExact'] = whitelist_dict['exactMatching']
['filename']
whitelist['filenameRegex'] = whitelist_dict['regexMatching']
['filename']
whitelist['filetypeExact'] = whitelist_dict['exactMatching']
['filetype']
whitelist['hashExact'] = whitelist_dict['exactMatching']['hash']

# The domains in the last three lists are used to create three
lists of regular expressions that serve to whitelist subdomains, URLs and email
addresses based on those domains
whitelist['regexDomainsInSubdomains'] = [r'^(.+\.|)
{0}$'.format(domain.replace(r'.', r'\.')) for domain in
whitelist_dict['domainsInSubdomains']]
whitelist['regexDomainsInURLs'] = [r'^(http|https):\/\/([^\/]
+\.|){0}(\/.*|\?.*|\#.*|)$'.format(domain.replace(r'.', r'\.')) for domain in
whitelist_dict['domainsInURLs']]
whitelist['regexDomainsInEmails'] = [r'^.+@(.+\.|)
{0}$'.format(domain.replace(r'.', r'\.')) for domain in
whitelist_dict['domainsInEmails']]

except Exception as e:
log.error("Error while trying to open the file 'whitelist.json':
{}".format(traceback.format_exc()))
wsl.emit_error("Error while trying to open the file 'whitelist.json'")
return

# Object needed to use TheHive4py


api_thehive = thehive4py.api.TheHiveApi(config['thehiveURL'],
config['thehiveApiKey'])

# Connect to IMAP server


try:
connection = connect_to_IMAP_server(wsl)
except Exception as e:
log.error("Error while trying to connect to IMAP server:
{}".format(traceback.format_exc()))
wsl.emit_error("Error while trying to connect to IMAP server")
return

# Call the obtain_eml function


try:
internal_msg, external_from_field = obtain_eml(connection, mail_uid,
wsl)
except Exception as e:
log.error("Error while trying to obtain the internal eml file:
{}".format(traceback.format_exc()))
wsl.emit_error("Error while trying to obtain the internal eml file")
return

# Call the parse_eml function


try:
subject_field, observables_header, observables_body, attachments,
hashes_attachments, eml_file_tuple = parse_eml(internal_msg, wsl)
except Exception as e:
log.error("Error while trying to parse the internal eml file:
{}".format(traceback.format_exc()))
wsl.emit_error("Error while trying to parse the internal eml file")
return

# Call the create_case function


try:
new_case = create_case(subject_field, observables_header,
observables_body, attachments, hashes_attachments, eml_file_tuple, wsl)
except Exception as e:
log.error("Error while trying to create the case:
{}".format(traceback.format_exc()))
wsl.emit_error("Error while trying to create the case")
return

return new_case, external_from_field

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