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Ping Hex IP — Sigma Rule
Sigma rule 1a0d4aba-7668-4365-9ce4-6d79ab088dfd. Ping Hex IP — Sigma Rule. Detects a ping command that uses a hex encoded IP address
Rule metadata and linked tags
Author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems). Source status: test; severity: high. Source dates: 2018-03-23 / 2025-10-17.
{
"category": "process_creation",
"product": "windows"
}Pinned original Sigma rule · Detection Rule License 1.1
Source SHA-256: 0837212b95716d60754f23caefa739a7e44c99e2bdaa4e2397ba00252d078267
Detection logic
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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
False positives
- Unlikely, because no sane admin pings IP addresses in a hexadecimal form
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