title: Winnti Pipemon Characteristics
id: 73d70463-75c9-4258-92c6-17500fe972f2
status: experimental
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/
tags:
    - attack.defense_evasion
    - attack.t1574.002
    - attack.t1073  # an old one
    - attack.g0044
author: Florian Roth
date: 2020/07/30
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    selection1:
        CommandLine|contains:
            - 'setup0.exe -p'
    selection2:
        CommandLine|endswith:    
            - 'setup.exe -x:0'
            - 'setup.exe -x:1'
            - 'setup.exe -x:2'
    condition: 1 of them
falsepositives:
    - Legitimate setups that use similar flags
level: critical