Known false positives
- Unlikely, because no sane admin pings IP addresses in a hexadecimal form
MITRE ATT&CK coverage
| Tactic | Techniques |
|---|---|
| Stealth |
Telemetry coverage
| Provider | Record / event type |
|---|---|
| Sysmon | Event ID 1: Process creation |
| Security-Auditing | Event ID 4688: A new process has been created. |
Rule body
title: Ping Hex IP
id: 1a0d4aba-7668-4365-9ce4-6d79ab088dfd
status: test
description: Detects a ping command that uses a hex encoded IP address
references:
- https://github.com/vysecurity/Aggressor-VYSEC/blob/0d61c80387b9432dab64b8b8a9fb52d20cfef80e/ping.cna
- https://twitter.com/vysecurity/status/977198418354491392
author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
date: 2018-03-23
modified: 2025-10-17
tags:
- attack.stealth
- attack.t1140
- attack.t1027
logsource:
category: process_creation
product: windows
detection:
selection:
Image|endswith: '\ping.exe'
CommandLine|re: '0x[a-fA-F0-9]{8}'
condition: selection
falsepositives:
- Unlikely, because no sane admin pings IP addresses in a hexadecimal form
level: high
Stages and Predicates
Stage 0: condition
selectionStage 1: selection
selection:
Image|endswith: '\ping.exe'
CommandLine|re: '0x[a-fA-F0-9]{8}'
Indicators
These rows show field, operator, and value matches.
| Field | Kind | Values | Search |
|---|---|---|---|
CommandLine | regex_match |
| field:"CommandLine" kind:regex_match value:"0x[a-fA-F0-9]{8}" |
Image | ends_with |
| field:"Image" kind:ends_with value:"\ping.exe" |