title: Winnti Pipemon Characteristics
id: 73d70463-75c9-4258-92c6-17500fe972f2
status: stable
description: Detects specific process characteristics of Winnti Pipemon malware reported by ESET
references:
- https://www.welivesecurity.com/2020/05/21/no-game-over-winnti-group/
author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems), oscd.community
date: 2020-07-30
modified: 2021-11-27
tags:
- attack.privilege-escalation
- attack.persistence
- attack.execution
- attack.stealth
- attack.t1574.001
- attack.g0044
- detection.emerging-threats
logsource:
category: process_creation
product: windows
detection:
selection_1:
CommandLine|contains: 'setup0.exe -p'
selection_2:
CommandLine|contains: 'setup.exe'
CommandLine|endswith:
- '-x:0'
- '-x:1'
- '-x:2'
condition: 1 of selection_*
falsepositives:
- Legitimate setups that use similar flags
level: critical