System Disk And Volume Reconnaissance Via Wmic.EXE
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About the rule
Rule Type
Standard
Rule Description
An adversary might use WMI to discover information about the system, such as the volume name, size, free space, and other disk information. This can be done using the `wmic` command-line utility and has been observed being used by threat actors such as Volt Typhoon.
Severity
Trouble
Rule Requirement
Criteria
Action1: actionname = "Process started" AND (PROCESSNAME endswith "\WMIC.exe" OR ORIGINALFILENAME = "wmic.exe") AND COMMANDLINE contains "volume,path win32_logicaldisk" select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.COMMANDLINE,Action1.FILE_NAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.USERNAME,Action1.PARENTPROCESSNAME
Detection
Execution Mode
realtime
Log Sources
Windows
Author
Stephen Lincoln `@slincoln-aiq`(AttackIQ)
