STEADYPULSE can parse web requests made to a targeted server to determine the next stage of execution.2
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STEADYPULSE S1112
- Type
- malware
- Platform
- Network Devices
- Created
- 9 February 2024
- Last modified
- 15 April 2025
STEADYPULSE is a web shell that infects targeted Pulse Secure VPN servers through modification of a legitimate Perl script that was used as early as 2020 including in activity against US Defense Industrial Base (DIB) entities.[1]
5
TechniquesBottom 23%
3
TacticsBottom 21%
0
Threat groupsNone recorded
0
CampaignsNone recorded
Enterprise ATT&CK only. Any Mobile or ICS rows on the same ATT&CK page are not carried.
MITRE reference S1112
STEADYPULSE can add lines to a Perl script on a targeted server to import additional Perl modules.3
STEADYPULSE can transmit URL encoded data over C2.4
STEADYPULSE can URL decode key/value pairs sent over C2.5
STEADYPULSE is a web shell that can enable the execution of arbitrary commands on compromised web servers.6
Standing S1112
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
Techniques5Bottom 23%
23rd percentile · 77% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have more Enterprise techniques.
Tactics3Bottom 21%
21st percentile · 79% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have more tactics spanned.
Threat groups061% 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 / technique54medTop 6%
94th percentile · 94% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have this many detection rules per technique or fewer.
Tests / technique3med
Detection coverage S1112
261 distinct rules cover the 5 techniques recorded for this tool. The 264 technique-to-rule mappings resolve to 261 distinct rules, because one rule can cover several techniques. 186 Sigma · 75 Splunk.
5 covered by at least one rule261 distinct rules in total
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