Detectionmediumtest

Obfuscated IP Via CLI

Detects usage of an encoded/obfuscated version of an IP address (hex, octal, etc.) via command line

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Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems), X__Junior (Nextron Systems)Created Wed Aug 03Updated Mon Nov 0656d19cb4-6414-4769-9644-1ed35ffbb148windows

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_img:
        Image|endswith:
            - '\ping.exe'
            - '\arp.exe'
    selection_ip_1:
        CommandLine|contains:
            - ' 0x'
            - '//0x'
            - '.0x'
            - '.00x'
    selection_ip_2:
        CommandLine|contains|all:
            - 'http://%'
            - '%2e'
    selection_ip_3:
        # http://81.4.31754
        - CommandLine|re: 'https?://[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.0[0-9]{3,4}'
        # http://81.293898
        - CommandLine|re: 'https?://[0-9]{1,3}\.0[0-9]{3,7}'
        # http://1359248394
        - CommandLine|re: 'https?://0[0-9]{3,11}'
        # http://0121.04.0174.012
        - CommandLine|re: 'https?://(0[0-9]{1,11}\.){3}0[0-9]{1,11}'
        # http://012101076012
        - CommandLine|re: 'https?://0[0-9]{1,11}'
        # For octal format
        - CommandLine|re: ' [0-7]{7,13}'
    filter_main_valid_ip:
        CommandLine|re: 'https?://((25[0-5]|(2[0-4]|1\d|[1-9])?\d)(\.|\b)){4}'
    condition: selection_img and 1 of selection_ip_* and not 1 of filter_main_*