WMIC Remote Command Execution

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects the execution of WMIC to query information on a remote system

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "Process started" AND ((PROCESSNAME endswith "\WMIC.exe" OR ORIGINALFILENAME = "wmic.exe") AND COMMANDLINE contains "/node:") AND COMMANDLINE notcontains "/node:127.0.0.1 ,/node:localhost " select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.COMMANDLINE,Action1.FILE_NAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.USERNAME,Action1.PARENTPROCESSNAME

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Windows

Author

frack113, Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)