New ActiveScriptEventConsumer Created Via Wmic.EXE

calendar Oct 23, 2025 · attack.privilege-escalation attack.persistence attack.t1546.003  ·
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Detects WMIC executions in which an event consumer gets created. This could be used to establish persistence

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 1title: New ActiveScriptEventConsumer Created Via Wmic.EXE
 2id: ebef4391-1a81-4761-a40a-1db446c0e625
 3status: test
 4description: Detects WMIC executions in which an event consumer gets created. This could be used to establish persistence
 5references:
 6    - https://twitter.com/johnlatwc/status/1408062131321270282?s=12
 7    - https://www.fireeye.com/content/dam/fireeye-www/global/en/current-threats/pdfs/wp-windows-management-instrumentation.pdf
 8author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
 9date: 2021-06-25
10modified: 2023-02-14
11tags:
12    - attack.privilege-escalation
13    - attack.persistence
14    - attack.t1546.003
15logsource:
16    category: process_creation
17    product: windows
18detection:
19    selection:
20        CommandLine|contains|all:
21            - 'ActiveScriptEventConsumer'
22            - ' CREATE '
23    condition: selection
24fields:
25    - CommandLine
26    - ParentCommandLine
27falsepositives:
28    - Legitimate software creating script event consumers
29level: high

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