WMIC Remote Command Execution

 1title: WMIC Remote Command Execution
 2id: 7773b877-5abb-4a3e-b9c9-fd0369b59b00
 3related:
 4    - id: e42af9df-d90b-4306-b7fb-05c863847ebd
 5      type: obsoletes
 6    - id: 09af397b-c5eb-4811-b2bb-08b3de464ebf
 7      type: obsoletes
 8status: test
 9description: Detects the execution of WMIC to query information on a remote system
10references:
11    - https://securelist.com/moonbounce-the-dark-side-of-uefi-firmware/105468/
12    - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/wmic
13author: frack113, Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
14date: 2023/02/14
15tags:
16    - attack.execution
17    - attack.t1047
18logsource:
19    category: process_creation
20    product: windows
21detection:
22    selection_img:
23        - Image|endswith: '\WMIC.exe'
24        - OriginalFileName: 'wmic.exe'
25    selection_cli:
26        CommandLine|contains: '/node:'
27    filter_localhost:
28        CommandLine|contains:
29            - '/node:127.0.0.1 '
30            - '/node:localhost '
31    condition: all of selection_* and not 1 of filter_*
32falsepositives:
33    - Unknown
34level: medium

References

• MoonBounce: the dark side of UEFI firmware

  

  At the end of 2021, we inspected UEFI firmware that was tampered with to embed a malicious code we dub MoonBounce. In this report we describe how the MoonBounce implant works and how it is connected to APT41.

  
  Read More

• wmic

  

  Reference article for wmic, which displays WMI information inside an interactive command shell.

  
  Read More

Related rules

• Application Removed Via Wmic.EXE
• Computer System Reconnaissance Via Wmic.EXE
• Hardware Model Reconnaissance Via Wmic.EXE
• Potential Product Class Reconnaissance Via Wmic.EXE
• Potential Product Reconnaissance Via Wmic.EXE