httpclient opens cmd.exe on the victim.2
tool
httpclient S0068
- Type
- malware
- Platform
- Windows
- Created
- 31 May 2017
- Last modified
- 25 April 2025
httpclient is malware used by Putter Panda. It is a simple tool that provides a limited range of functionality, suggesting it is likely used as a second-stage or supplementary/backup tool. [1]
3
TechniquesBottom 12%
2
TacticsBottom 12%
1
Threat groupunranked
0
CampaignsNone recorded
Enterprise ATT&CK only. Any Mobile or ICS rows on the same ATT&CK page are not carried.
MITRE reference S0068
httpclient uses HTTP for command and control.3
httpclient encrypts C2 content with XOR using a single byte, 0x12.4
Standing S0068
Reach is how much of ATT&CK this tool touches. Coverage is how well defended each thing it does is, as a median per technique rather than a total — a total would just restate the reach. Each figure is ranked against all 825 ATT&CK software entries only where that population actually spreads. Where most of the population shares one value, a percentile would rank the tie instead of the entity, so the raw value is shown and no rank is claimed.
Reach
Techniques3Bottom 12%
12th percentile · 88% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have more Enterprise techniques.
Tactics2Bottom 12%
12th percentile · 88% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have more tactics spanned.
Threat group161% tie · 22 values
61% of the population shares a single value across only 22 distinct values, so a percentile here would rank the tie, not the entity.
Campaigns085% tie · 8 values
85% of the population shares a single value across only 8 distinct values, so a percentile here would rank the tie, not the entity.
Coverage
Rules / technique57medTop 4%
96th percentile · 96% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have this many detection rules per technique or fewer.
Tests / technique3med
Detection coverage S0068
118 distinct rules cover the 3 techniques recorded for this tool. 88 Sigma · 30 Splunk.
2 covered by at least one rule1 with no coverage118 distinct rules in total
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