Potential File Extension Spoofing Using Right-to-Left Override
Detects suspicious filenames that contain a right-to-left override character and a potentially spoofed file extensions.
Detection logic
Detection requirements
- Platform
- LinuxmacOSWindows
The rule states no platform. This is derived from the ATT&CK technique it maps to.
- Log source product
- windows
- Log source category
- file_event
Known benign triggers
- Filenames that contains scriptures such as arabic or hebrew might make use of this character
MITRE ATT&CK mappings
0 exclusive techniques.This is coverage no other published rule has; it is not this rule's total technique count.
References
| Reference | Cited by |
|---|---|
| redcanary.com/blog/right-to-left-override/ | 2 |
| tria.ge/241015-l98snsyeje/behavioral2 | 7 |
| www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2014/01/the-rtlo-method | 2 |
| www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode5.2.0/ch02.pdf | 2 |
From the source
- At source
- Open at source
- Upstream identifier
- 979baf41-ca44-4540-9d0c-4fcef3b5a3a4
- Tagged by the source as
- attack.executionattack.stealth
Licence
- Published under
- Detection Rule License 1.1Read the licence
- Attribution
- Required
Authorship
- Written by
- Published
- Aug 26, 2026
- Version
- 1