WMIC Remote Command

Elastic Stack Serverless Security

Identifies the use of wmic.exe to run commands on remote hosts. While this can be used by administrators legitimately, attackers can abuse this built-in utility to achieve lateral movement.

Rule type: eql

Rule indices:

• logs-endpoint.events.process-*
• logs-windows.sysmon_operational-*
• endgame-*
• logs-system.security*
• winlogbeat-*

Severity: low

Risk score: 21

Runs every: 60m

Searches indices from: now-119m (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:

• Domain: Endpoint
• OS: Windows
• Use Case: Threat Detection
• Tactic: Lateral Movement
• Data Source: Elastic Defend
• Rule Type: BBR
• Data Source: Sysmon
• Data Source: Elastic Endgame
• Data Source: System

Version: 107

Rule authors:

• Elastic

Rule license: Elastic License v2

process where host.os.type == "windows" and event.type == "start" and
  process.name : "WMIC.exe" and
  process.args : "*node:*" and
  process.args : ("call", "set", "get") and
  not process.args : ("*/node:localhost*", "*/node:\"127.0.0.1\"*", "/node:127.0.0.1")

Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM

• Tactic:

  • Name: Lateral Movement
  • ID: TA0008
  • Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0008/

• Technique:

  • Name: Remote Services
  • ID: T1021
  • Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1021/

• Sub-technique:

  • Name: Windows Remote Management
  • ID: T1021.006
  • Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1021/006/

• Tactic:

  • Name: Execution
  • ID: TA0002
  • Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0002/

• Technique:

  • Name: Windows Management Instrumentation
  • ID: T1047
  • Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1047/