CmdID / Rules / Windows

System Information Discovery Via Wmic.EXE

A Sigma rule for process creation on Windows, from SigmaHQ’s threat hunting rules, by Joseliyo Sanchez, @Joseliyo_Jstnk.

low 1 ATT&CK technique 1 program it names

What it looks for

its detection, as SigmaHQ writes it

detection:
  filter_optional_vmtools:
    ParentCommandLine|contains: '\VMware\VMware Tools\serviceDiscovery\scripts\'
  selection_attributes:
    CommandLine|contains:
      - 'caption'
      - 'command'
      - 'driverversion'
      - 'maxcapacity'
      - 'name'
      - 'osarchitecture'
      - 'product'
      - 'size'
      - 'smbiosbiosversion'
      - 'version'
      - 'videomodedescription'
  selection_classes:
    CommandLine|contains:
      - 'baseboard'
      - 'bios'
      - 'cpu'
      - 'diskdrive'
      - 'logicaldisk'
      - 'memphysical'
      - 'os'
      - 'path'
      - 'startup'
      - 'win32_videocontroller'
  selection_get:
    CommandLine|contains: 'get'
  selection_wmic:
    - Description: 'WMI Commandline Utility'
    - OriginalFileName: 'wmic.exe'
    - Image|endswith: '\WMIC.exe'
  condition: all of selection_* and not 1 of filter_optional_*

The rule’s detection, its selections and fields in order of name. The whole rule, with its references and false positives, is on SigmaHQ, by Joseliyo Sanchez, @Joseliyo_Jstnk, under the Detection Rule License 1.1. CmdID evaluates it on a command line alone: a test on what a command line cannot show, such as the parent process or the user, is not met.

None of the everyday examples and documented commands on CmdID’s program pages trips it. To see whether a command line does, paste it into CmdID.

Programs and files it names

their pages here

wmic.exe

ATT&CK

the techniques it is tagged with

T1082System Information Discovery

System Information Discovery Via Wmic.EXE

What it looks for

Programs and files it names

ATT&CK

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