Volume Shadow Copy Deletion via WMIC

Elastic Stack Serverless Security

Identifies use of wmic.exe for shadow copy deletion on endpoints. This commonly occurs in tandem with ransomware or other destructive attacks.

Rule type: eql

Rule indices:

• winlogbeat-*
• logs-endpoint.events.*
• logs-windows.*

Severity: high

Risk score: 73

Runs every: 5m

Searches indices from: now-9m (https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/common-options.html#date-math[Date Math format], see also Additional look-back time)

Maximum alerts per execution: 100

References: None

Tags:

• Elastic
• Host
• Windows
• Threat Detection
• Impact

Version: 10

Rule authors:

• Elastic

Rule license: Elastic License v2

process where event.type in ("start", "process_started") and
  (process.name : "WMIC.exe" or process.pe.original_file_name == "wmic.exe") and
  process.args : "delete" and process.args : "shadowcopy"

Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM

• Tactic:

  • Name: Impact
  • ID: TA0040
  • Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0040/

• Technique:

  • Name: Inhibit System Recovery
  • ID: T1490
  • Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1490/