Potential Product Reconnaissance Via Wmic.EXE — Sigma Rule

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Author: Nasreddine Bencherchali. Source status: test; severity: medium. Source dates: 2023-02-14 / 2025-12-15.

{
  "category": "process_creation",
  "product": "windows"
}

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Source SHA-256: b85a1c9d2babb9923bb287a943528297d9e04ef8c540b42e878aa51040ea852b

Detection logic

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title: Potential Product Reconnaissance Via Wmic.EXE
id: 15434e33-5027-4914-88d5-3d4145ec25a9
status: test
description: Detects the execution of WMIC in order to get a list of firewall and antivirus products
references:
    - https://thedfirreport.com/2023/03/06/2022-year-in-review/
    - https://www.yeahhub.com/list-installed-programs-version-path-windows/
    - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/253555/software-list-inventory-wmic-product
author: Nasreddine Bencherchali
date: 2023-02-14
modified: 2025-12-15
tags:
    - attack.execution
    - attack.t1047
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    selection_img:
        - Image|endswith: '\wmic.exe'
        - OriginalFileName: 'wmic.exe'
    selection_cli:
        CommandLine|contains: 'Product'
    filter_main_call_operations:
        # wmic /node:"#{node}" product where "name like '#{product}%%'" call uninstall
        CommandLine|contains:
            - ' uninstall'
            - ' install'
    filter_main_csproduct:
        # wmic /node:"#{node}" csproduct get name, identifyingnumber, uuid
        # covered by 3e3ceccd-6c06-48b8-b5ff-ab1d25db8c1d
        CommandLine|contains: 'csproduct'
    condition: all of selection_* and not 1 of filter_main_*
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: medium
regression_tests_path: regression_data/rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_wmic_recon_product/info.yml

Original YAML and metadata in JSON

False positives

• Unknown

Source references

• https://thedfirreport.com/2023/03/06/2022-year-in-review/
• https://www.yeahhub.com/list-installed-programs-version-path-windows/
• https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/253555/software-list-inventory-wmic-product