Password Set to Never Expire via WMI

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Applies to: Log360Log360 Cloud

About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects the use of wmic.exe to modify user account settings and explicitly disable password expiration.

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "Process started" AND (( PROCESSNAME endswith "\wmic.exe" OR ORIGINALFILENAME = "wmic.exe" ) AND ( COMMANDLINE contains "useraccount" AND COMMANDLINE contains "set" AND COMMANDLINE contains "passwordexpires" AND COMMANDLINE contains "false" )) select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.COMMANDLINE,Action1.FILE_NAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.USERNAME,Action1.PARENTPROCESSNAME,Action1.DOMAIN,Action1.ORIGINALFILENAME,Action1.PARENTPROCESSID,Action1.PROCESSID,Action1.PRODUCT_NAME,Action1.SECURITYID

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Windows

Author

@Daniel Koifman (KoifSec)