Service Started/Stopped Via Wmic.EXE

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects usage of wmic to start or stop a service

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "Process started" AND (ORIGINALFILENAME = "wmic.exe" OR PROCESSNAME endswith "\WMIC.exe") AND ((COMMANDLINE contains " service " AND COMMANDLINE contains " call ") AND COMMANDLINE contains "stopservice,startservice") select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.COMMANDLINE,Action1.FILE_NAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.USERNAME,Action1.PARENTPROCESSNAME

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Windows

Author

Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)