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Security Software Discovery using WMIC

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Identifies the use of Windows Management Instrumentation Command (WMIC) to discover certain System Security Settings such as AntiVirus or Host Firewall details.

Rule type: eql

Rule indices:

  • logs-endpoint.events.*
  • winlogbeat-*
  • logs-windows.*

Severity: medium

Risk score: 47

Runs every: 5m

Searches indices from: now-9m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time)

Maximum alerts per execution: 100

References: None

Tags:

  • Elastic
  • Host
  • Windows
  • Threat Detection
  • Discovery

Version: 4

Rule authors:

  • Elastic

Rule license: Elastic License v2

Rule query

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process where event.type in ("start", "process_started") and
   (process.name:"wmic.exe" or process.pe.original_file_name:"wmic.exe") and
    process.args:"/namespace:\\\\root\\SecurityCenter2" and process.args:"Get"

Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM

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