WMIC Remote Command Execution — Sigma Rule

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Author: frack113, Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems). Source status: test; severity: medium. Source dates: 2023-02-14 / 2025-10-22.

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

Pinned original Sigma rule · Detection Rule License 1.1

Source SHA-256: fd30b2f3b7dc006e3c16a1695c3b7b56ad9b87e504323e855100a8f5d0bfbfd2

Detection logic

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title: WMIC Remote Command Execution
id: 7773b877-5abb-4a3e-b9c9-fd0369b59b00
related:
    - id: e42af9df-d90b-4306-b7fb-05c863847ebd
      type: obsolete
    - id: 09af397b-c5eb-4811-b2bb-08b3de464ebf
      type: obsolete
status: test
description: Detects the execution of WMIC to query information on a remote system
references:
    - https://securelist.com/moonbounce-the-dark-side-of-uefi-firmware/105468/
    - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/wmic
author: frack113, Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
date: 2023-02-14
modified: 2025-10-22
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|windash: '/node:'
    filter_main_localhost:
        CommandLine|contains:
            - 'localhost'
            - '127.0.0.1'
    condition: all of selection_* and not 1 of filter_main_*
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: medium
simulation:
    - type: atomic-red-team
      name: WMI Execute Remote Process
      technique: T1047
      atomic_guid: 9c8ef159-c666-472f-9874-90c8d60d136b
regression_tests_path: regression_data/rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_wmic_remote_execution/info.yml

Original YAML and metadata in JSON

False positives

• Unknown

Source references

• https://securelist.com/moonbounce-the-dark-side-of-uefi-firmware/105468/
• https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/wmic