Detectionhightest

Ping Hex IP

Detects a ping command that uses a hex encoded IP address

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Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)Created Fri Mar 23Updated Fri Oct 171a0d4aba-7668-4365-9ce4-6d79ab088dfdwindows

Log Source

WindowsProcess Creation

ProductWindows← raw: windows

CategoryProcess Creation← raw: process_creation

Events generated when a new process is spawned on the system. Covers command-line arguments, parent/child relationships, and process metadata.

Detection Logic

detection:
    selection:
        Image|endswith: '\ping.exe'
        CommandLine|re: '0x[a-fA-F0-9]{8}'
    condition: selection

False Positives

Unlikely, because no sane admin pings IP addresses in a hexadecimal form

References

MITRE ATT&CK

Tactics

Techniques

Rule Metadata

Rule ID

1a0d4aba-7668-4365-9ce4-6d79ab088dfd

Status

test

Level

high

Type

Detection

Created

Fri Mar 23

Modified

Fri Oct 17

Author

Path

rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_ping_hex_ip.yml

Raw Tags

attack.defense-evasionattack.t1140attack.t1027