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Suspicious Cmd Execution via WMIedit
Identifies suspicious command execution (cmd) via Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) on a remote host. This could be indicative of adversary lateral movement.
Rule type: eql
Rule indices:
- logs-endpoint.events.*
- winlogbeat-*
Severity: medium
Risk score: 47
Runs every: 5 minutes
Searches indices from: now-9m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time
)
Maximum alerts per execution: 100
Tags:
- Elastic
- Host
- Windows
- Threat Detection
- Lateral Movement
Version: 2 (version history)
Added (Elastic Stack release): 7.11.0
Last modified (Elastic Stack release): 7.11.2
Rule authors: Elastic
Rule license: Elastic License
Rule queryedit
process where event.type in ("start", "process_started") and process.parent.name == "WmiPrvSE.exe" and process.name == "cmd.exe" and wildcard(process.args, "\\\\127.0.0.1\\*") and process.args in ("2>&1", "1>")
Threat mappingedit
Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM
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Tactic:
- Name: Execution
- ID: TA0002
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0002/
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Technique:
- Name: Windows Management Instrumentation
- ID: T1047
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1047/
Rule version historyedit
- Version 2 (7.11.2 release)
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- Formatting only