New Process Created Via Wmic.EXE

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects new process creation using WMIC via the "process call create" flag

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

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

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Windows

Author

Michael Haag, Florian Roth (Nextron Systems), juju4, oscd.community