Sigma rule: Ping Hex IP

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-5a10c31a496e, updated 2025-10-17T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title
Ping Hex IP
Status
test
Level
high
Author
Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Date
2018-03-23
Modified
2025-10-17
File
rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_ping_hex_ip.yml
Commit
ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects a ping command that uses a hex encoded IP address

Log source

product
windows
category
process_creation

Detection

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

False positives (as the rule lists them)

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

Tags

  • attack.stealth
  • attack.t1140
  • attack.t1027

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

References

Read on 2026-11-03T00:58:21.399Z under licence sigma-drl-1.1@d5f4c36a from https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_ping_hex_ip.yml

Sources and licences

  • SigmaHQ

    "Ping Hex IP" by Florian Roth (Nextron Systems) (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_ping_hex_ip.yml.
    Licensed under the Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/Detection-Rule-License

    Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1

Cite this page

Dragons Eye Ransomware Tracker, "Sigma rule: Ping Hex IP",
entity page, dataset version ref-5a10c31a496e, updated 2025-10-17T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/1a0d4aba-7668-4365-9ce4-6d79ab088dfd (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule 1a0d4aba-7668-4365-9ce4-6d79ab088dfd, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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