WMIC Suspicious Commands

 1title: WMIC Suspicious Commands
 2id: 21a5815b-5db5-4e13-99e4-052ae6bbcdc1
 3status: experimental
 4description: Detects adversaries leveraging WMI to gather domain information such
 5    as users, groups, AV product in use, or computers in the domain. Inspired by the
 6    2022 Red Canary Threat Detection report.
 7references:
 8    - https://redcanary.com/threat-detection-report/techniques/windows-management-instrumentation/
 9author: Micah Babinski
10date: 2022/11/03
11tags:
12    - attack.execution
13    - attack.t1047
14logsource:
15    category: process_creation
16    product: windows
17detection:
18    selection:
19        Image|endswith: '\wmic.exe'
20        CommandLine|contains:
21            - '\ldap'
22            - 'ntdomain'
23            - 'antivirusproduct'
24            - 'useraccount get'
25    condition: selection
26falsepositives:
27    - Unknown
28level: medium```

References

• Windows Management Instrumentation - Red Canary Threat Report

  

  Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) is a prevalent technique leveraged for lateral movement and discovery by adversaries.

  
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