Office Products Spawning WMI (RedCanary Threat Detection Report)

 1title: Office Products Spawning WMI (RedCanary Threat Detection Report)
 2id: 6335a2c2-5339-443a-b00c-ebffc9ffc321
 3status: experimental
 4description: Detects MS Office applications spawning WMI processes. Part of the RedCanary 2023 Threat Detection Report.
 5references:
 6    - https://redcanary.com/threat-detection-report/techniques/windows-management-instrumentation/
 7author: RedCanary, Sigma formatting by Micah Babinski
 8date: 2023/05/10
 9tags:
10    - attack.execution
11    - attack.t1047
12logsource:
13    category: process_creation
14    product: windows
15detection:
16    selection:
17        ParentImage|endswith:
18            - '\winword.exe'
19            - '\excel.exe'
20        Image|endswith:
21            - '\wmic.exe'
22            - '\wmiprvse.exe'
23    condition: selection
24falsepositives:
25    - Unknown
26level: low```

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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