Potential Unquoted Service Path Reconnaissance Via Wmic.EXE
Detects known WMI recon method to look for unquoted service paths using wmic. Often used by pentester and attacker enumeration scripts
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1title: Potential Unquoted Service Path Reconnaissance Via Wmic.EXE
2id: 68bcd73b-37ef-49cb-95fc-edc809730be6
3related:
4 - id: 09658312-bc27-4a3b-91c5-e49ab9046d1b # PowerShell Variant
5 type: similar
6 - id: 76f55eaa-d27f-4213-9d45-7b0e4b60bbae
7 type: similar
8status: test
9description: Detects known WMI recon method to look for unquoted service paths using wmic. Often used by pentester and attacker enumeration scripts
10references:
11 - https://github.com/nccgroup/redsnarf/blob/35949b30106ae543dc6f2bc3f1be10c6d9a8d40e/redsnarf.py
12 - https://github.com/S3cur3Th1sSh1t/Creds/blob/eac23d67f7f90c7fc8e3130587d86158c22aa398/PowershellScripts/jaws-enum.ps1
13 - https://www.absolomb.com/2018-01-26-Windows-Privilege-Escalation-Guide/
14author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
15date: 2022-06-20
16modified: 2023-09-11
17tags:
18 - attack.execution
19 - attack.t1047
20logsource:
21 category: process_creation
22 product: windows
23detection:
24 selection_img:
25 - OriginalFileName: 'wmic.exe'
26 - Image|endswith: '\WMIC.exe'
27 selection_cli:
28 CommandLine|contains|all:
29 - ' service get '
30 - 'name,displayname,pathname,startmode'
31 condition: all of selection*
32falsepositives:
33 - Unknown
34level: medium
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