Ping Hex IP

Detects a ping command that uses a hex encoded IP address

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 1title: Ping Hex IP
 2id: 1a0d4aba-7668-4365-9ce4-6d79ab088dfd
 3status: test
 4description: Detects a ping command that uses a hex encoded IP address
 5references:
 6    - https://github.com/vysecurity/Aggressor-VYSEC/blob/0d61c80387b9432dab64b8b8a9fb52d20cfef80e/ping.cna
 7    - https://twitter.com/vysecurity/status/977198418354491392
 8author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
 9date: 2018-03-23
10modified: 2022-01-07
11tags:
12    - attack.defense-evasion
13    - attack.t1140
14    - attack.t1027
15logsource:
16    category: process_creation
17    product: windows
18detection:
19    selection:
20        Image|endswith: '\ping.exe'
21        CommandLine|contains: '0x'
22    condition: selection
23fields:
24    - ParentCommandLine
25falsepositives:
26    - Unlikely, because no sane admin pings IP addresses in a hexadecimal form
27level: high

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