WMI Event Subscription

calendar Oct 23, 2025 · attack.privilege-escalation attack.persistence attack.t1546.003  ·
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Detects creation of WMI event subscription persistence method

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 1title: WMI Event Subscription
 2id: 0f06a3a5-6a09-413f-8743-e6cf35561297
 3status: test
 4description: Detects creation of WMI event subscription persistence method
 5references:
 6    - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/sysmon#event-id-19-wmievent-wmieventfilter-activity-detected
 7    - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/sysmon#event-id-20-wmievent-wmieventconsumer-activity-detected
 8    - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/sysmon#event-id-21-wmievent-wmieventconsumertofilter-activity-detected
 9author: Tom Ueltschi (@c_APT_ure)
10date: 2019-01-12
11modified: 2021-11-27
12tags:
13    - attack.privilege-escalation
14    - attack.persistence
15    - attack.t1546.003
16logsource:
17    product: windows
18    category: wmi_event
19detection:
20    selection:
21        EventID:
22            - 19
23            - 20
24            - 21
25    condition: selection
26falsepositives:
27    - Exclude legitimate (vetted) use of WMI event subscription in your network
28level: medium

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