WMIC Suspicious Commands

 1title: WMIC Suspicious Commands
 2id: b772987f-ca62-4c24-ab78-a93ebb561d96
 3status: experimental
 4description: Detects spawning of unique and unsigned binaries or commands remotely
 5    using the well known process call create command. Inspired by the 2022 Red Canary
 6    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            - 'create'
22            - 'node:'
23            - 'process'
24            - 'call'
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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