Application Terminated Via Wmic.EXE
Detects calls to the "terminate" function via wmic in order to kill an application
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1title: Application Terminated Via Wmic.EXE
2id: 49d9671b-0a0a-4c09-8280-d215bfd30662
3related:
4 - id: 847d5ff3-8a31-4737-a970-aeae8fe21765 # Uninstall Security Products
5 type: derived
6status: test
7description: Detects calls to the "terminate" function via wmic in order to kill an application
8references:
9 - https://cyble.com/blog/lockfile-ransomware-using-proxyshell-attack-to-deploy-ransomware/
10 - https://www.bitdefender.com/files/News/CaseStudies/study/377/Bitdefender-Whitepaper-WMI-creat4871-en-EN-GenericUse.pdf
11author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
12date: 2023-09-11
13tags:
14 - attack.execution
15 - attack.t1047
16logsource:
17 category: process_creation
18 product: windows
19detection:
20 selection_img:
21 - Image|endswith: '\WMIC.exe'
22 - OriginalFileName: 'wmic.exe'
23 selection_cli:
24 CommandLine|contains|all:
25 - 'call'
26 - 'terminate'
27 condition: all of selection_*
28falsepositives:
29 - Unknown
30level: medium
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