Volume Shadow Copy Deletion via WMIC

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Volume Shadow Copy Deletion via WMIC

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Identifies use of wmic.exe for shadow copy deletion on endpoints. This commonly occurs in tandem with ransomware or other destructive attacks.

Rule type: query

Rule indices:

  • winlogbeat-*

Severity: high

Risk score: 73

Runs every: 5 minutes

Searches indices from: now-6m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time)

Maximum signals per execution: 100

Tags:

  • Elastic
  • Windows

Version: 2 (version history)

Added (Elastic Stack release): 7.6.0

Last modified (Elastic Stack release): 7.7.0

Rule query

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event.action:"Process Create (rule: ProcessCreate)" and
process.name:WMIC.exe and process.args:(delete and shadowcopy)

Threat mapping

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Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM

Rule version history

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Version 2 (7.7.0 release)

Updated query, changed from:

event.action:"Process Create (rule: ProcessCreate)" and
process.name:"WMIC.exe" and process.args:("shadowcopy" and "delete")