Application Removed Via Wmic.EXE — Sigma Rule

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Author: frack113. Source status: test; severity: medium. Source dates: 2022-01-28 / 2024-07-02.

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

Pinned original Sigma rule · Detection Rule License 1.1

Source SHA-256: 964c54149056e75c74a32daff1c73ec65917698147f84db4aa933b909f7805e2

Detection logic

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title: Application Removed Via Wmic.EXE
id: b53317a0-8acf-4fd1-8de8-a5401e776b96
related:
    - id: 847d5ff3-8a31-4737-a970-aeae8fe21765 # Uninstall Security Products
      type: derived
status: test
description: Detects the removal or uninstallation of an application via "Wmic.EXE".
references:
    - https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1047/T1047.md#atomic-test-10---application-uninstall-using-wmic
author: frack113
date: 2022-01-28
modified: 2024-07-02
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|all:
            - 'call'
            - 'uninstall'
    condition: all of selection_*
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: medium
simulation:
    - type: atomic-red-team
      name: Application uninstall using WMIC
      technique: T1047
      atomic_guid: c510d25b-1667-467d-8331-a56d3e9bc4ff
regression_tests_path: regression_data/rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_wmic_uninstall_application/info.yml

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False positives

• Unknown

Source references

• https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1047/T1047.md#atomic-test-10---application-uninstall-using-wmic