{"id":"526be59f-a573-4eea-b5f7-f0973207634d","title":"Process Creation Attempt via Wmic.EXE","description":"Detects the attempt to create a process via \"wmic\" with the \"process call create\" flag, which might\nindicate an attempt to execute a malicious process on the compromised host. Adversaries may use\nwmic to execute a process on the compromised host as part of their attack. This event is triggered on\non attempt and process creation can be either successful or unsuccessful.\n","author":"Michael Haag, Florian Roth (Nextron Systems), juju4, oscd.community","status":"test","level":"medium","date":"2019-01-16","modified":"2023-02-14","tags":["attack.execution","attack.t1047","car.2016-03-002"],"technique_ids":["T1047"],"logsource":{"category":"process_creation","product":"windows"},"falsepositives":["Unknown"],"references":["https://www.sans.org/blog/wmic-for-incident-response/","https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/84215139ee5127f8e3a117e063b604812bd71928/atomics/T1047/T1047.md#atomic-test-5---wmi-execute-local-process"],"source_path":"rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_wmic_process_creation.yml","source_sha256":"0f73159c2959355741f6170f489a4effc9a60579638c7e7d5e79bdaf124ae739","source_url":"https://github.com/anpa1200/sigma/blob/b249e9683190cffdcaf188ccbfb90bf4759844e1/rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_wmic_process_creation.yml","license":"Detection Rule License 1.1","license_url":"https://github.com/SigmaHQ/Detection-Rule-License/blob/main/LICENSE.Detection.Rules.md","yaml":"title: Process Creation Attempt via Wmic.EXE\nid: 526be59f-a573-4eea-b5f7-f0973207634d\nrelated:\n    - id: 3c89a1e8-0fba-449e-8f1b-8409d6267ec8 # For suspicious process creation\n      type: derived\nstatus: test\ndescription: |\n    Detects the attempt to create a process via \"wmic\" with the \"process call create\" flag, which might\n    indicate an attempt to execute a malicious process on the compromised host. Adversaries may use\n    wmic to execute a process on the compromised host as part of their attack. This event is triggered on\n    on attempt and process creation can be either successful or unsuccessful.\nreferences:\n    - https://www.sans.org/blog/wmic-for-incident-response/\n    - https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/84215139ee5127f8e3a117e063b604812bd71928/atomics/T1047/T1047.md#atomic-test-5---wmi-execute-local-process\nauthor: Michael Haag, Florian Roth (Nextron Systems), juju4, oscd.community\ndate: 2019-01-16\nmodified: 2023-02-14\ntags:\n    - attack.execution\n    - attack.t1047\n    - car.2016-03-002\nlogsource:\n    category: process_creation\n    product: windows\ndetection:\n    selection_img:\n        - Image|endswith: '\\wmic.exe'\n        - OriginalFileName: 'wmic.exe'\n    selection_cli:\n        CommandLine|contains|all:\n            - 'process'\n            - 'call'\n            - 'create'\n    condition: all of selection_*\nfalsepositives:\n    - Unknown\nlevel: medium\nsimulation:\n    - type: atomic red team\n      name: WMI Execute Local Process\n      technique: T1047\n      atomic_guid: b3bdfc91-b33e-4c6d-a5c8-d64bee0276b3\nregression_tests_path: regression_data/rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_wmic_process_creation/info.yml\n","validation":"yaml_parsed_not_backend_compiled_or_live_validated","techniques":[{"key":"enterprise/T1047","id":"T1047","name":"Windows Management Instrumentation","page":"techniques/enterprise/T1047/"}],"data_path":"data/detection-rules/526be59f-a573-4eea-b5f7-f0973207634d.json","kind":"sigma"}