Suspicious Encoded Scripts in a WMI Consumer

calendar Oct 23, 2025 · attack.privilege-escalation attack.execution attack.t1047 attack.persistence attack.t1546.003  ·
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Detects suspicious encoded payloads in WMI Event Consumers

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 1title: Suspicious Encoded Scripts in a WMI Consumer
 2id: 83844185-1c5b-45bc-bcf3-b5bf3084ca5b
 3status: test
 4description: Detects suspicious encoded payloads in WMI Event Consumers
 5references:
 6    - https://github.com/RiccardoAncarani/LiquidSnake
 7author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
 8date: 2021-09-01
 9modified: 2022-10-09
10tags:
11    - attack.privilege-escalation
12    - attack.execution
13    - attack.t1047
14    - attack.persistence
15    - attack.t1546.003
16logsource:
17    product: windows
18    category: wmi_event
19detection:
20    selection_destination:
21        Destination|base64offset|contains:
22            - 'WriteProcessMemory'
23            - 'This program cannot be run in DOS mode'
24            - 'This program must be run under Win32'
25    condition: selection_destination
26fields:
27    - User
28    - Operation
29falsepositives:
30    - Unknown
31level: high

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