Application Terminated Via Wmic.EXE
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About the rule
Rule Type
Standard
Rule Description
Detects calls to the "terminate" function via wmic in order to kill an application
Severity
Trouble
Rule Requirement
Criteria
Action1: actionname = "Process started" AND (PROCESSNAME endswith "\WMIC.exe" OR ORIGINALFILENAME = "wmic.exe") AND (COMMANDLINE contains "call" AND COMMANDLINE contains "terminate") 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)
