Potential WMI Lateral Movement WmiPrvSE Spawned PowerShell
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About the rule
Rule Type
Standard
Rule Description
Detects Powershell as a child of the WmiPrvSE process. Which could be a sign of lateral movement via WMI.
Severity
Trouble
Rule Requirement
Criteria
Action1: actionname = "Process started" AND PARENTPROCESSNAME endswith "\WmiPrvSE.exe" AND (PROCESSNAME endswith "\powershell.exe,\pwsh.exe" OR ORIGINALFILENAME = "PowerShell.EXE,pwsh.dll") select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.COMMANDLINE,Action1.FILE_NAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.USERNAME,Action1.PARENTPROCESSNAME
Detection
Execution Mode
realtime
Log Sources
Windows
Author
Markus Neis @Karneades
