Rspamd mime types module

This module is intended to do some mime types sanity checks. That includes the following:

1. Checks whether mime type is from the good list (e.g. multipart/alternative or text/html)
2. Checks if a mime type is from the bad list (e.g. multipart/form-data)
3. Checks if an attachment filename extension is different from the intended mime type
4. Checks for archives content (rar and zip are supported) and find certain bad files inside
5. Checks for some other bad patterns commonly used by spammers, e.g. extensions hiding (e.g. .pdf.exe)

Configuration

mime_types module reads mime types map specified in file option. This map contains binding

type/subtype score

When score is more than 0 then it is considered as bad if it is less than 0 it is considered as good (with the corresponding multiplier). When mime type is not listed then MIME_UNKNOWN symbol is inserted.

extension_map option allows to specify map from a known extension to a specific mime type:

extension_map = {
  html = "text/html";
  txt = "text/plain";
  pdf = "application/pdf";
}

When an attachment extension matches left part but the content type does not match the right part then symbol MIME_BAD_ATTACHMENT is inserted.

Archives support

Since 1.3, this module supports archives processing (rar and zip formats) and can check files inside archives. There are additional options added for more precise archives checks, for example, a special symbol for nested archives. Here is the default configuration of mime_types with comments:

extension_map = {
  html = 'text/html',
  txt = 'text/plain',
  pdf = 'application/pdf'
};

# Extensions that are treated as 'bad'
# Number is score multiply factor
bad_extensions = {
  scr = 4,
  lnk = 4,
  exe = 1,
  jar = 2,
  com = 2,
  bat = 2,
  ace = 4,
  arj = 4,
  cab = 3,
};

# Extensions that are particularly penalized for archives
bad_archive_extensions = {
  pptx = 0.1,
  docx = 0.1,
  xlsx = 0.1,
  pdf = 0.1,
  jar = 3,
  js = 0.5,
  vbs = 4,
};

# Used to detect another archive in archive
archive_extensions = {
  zip = 1,
  arj = 1,
  rar = 1,
  ace = 1,
  7z = 1,
  cab = 1,
};

User settings usage

From version 1.9.1, it is possible to tune this module via Users settings. To use that, one can apply the following settings:

test {
  from = "user@example.com";

  apply {
    plugins {
      mime_types = {
        bad_extensions = {
          exe = 100500,
        },
        bad_archive_extensions = {
          js = 100500,
        },
      }
    }
  }
}

Filename whitelist

It’s possible to add a regex whitelist map of filenames you want to bypass the mime_type scanning:

# local.d/mime_types.conf

  filename_whitelist = "$LOCAL_CONFDIR/maps.d/mime_types.wl";

The map file should look like this:

/^hello_world\.exe$/