Enumeration Command Spawned via WMIPrvSE

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Identifies native Windows host and network enumeration commands spawned by the Windows Management Instrumentation Provider Service (WMIPrvSE).

Rule type: eql

Rule indices:

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

Severity: low

Risk score: 21

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:

  • Domain: Endpoint
  • OS: Windows
  • Use Case: Threat Detection
  • Tactic: Execution
  • Data Source: Elastic Endgame
  • Data Source: Elastic Defend

Version: 107

Rule authors:

  • Elastic

Rule license: Elastic License v2

Investigation guide

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Rule query

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process where host.os.type == "windows" and event.type == "start" and
  process.name:
  (
    "arp.exe",
    "dsquery.exe",
    "dsget.exe",
    "gpresult.exe",
    "hostname.exe",
    "ipconfig.exe",
    "nbtstat.exe",
    "net.exe",
    "net1.exe",
    "netsh.exe",
    "netstat.exe",
    "nltest.exe",
    "ping.exe",
    "qprocess.exe",
    "quser.exe",
    "qwinsta.exe",
    "reg.exe",
    "sc.exe",
    "systeminfo.exe",
    "tasklist.exe",
    "tracert.exe",
    "whoami.exe"
  ) and
  process.parent.name:"wmiprvse.exe" and
  not (
    process.name : "sc.exe" and process.args : "RemoteRegistry" and process.args : "start=" and
    process.args : ("demand", "disabled")
  ) and
  not process.args : "tenable_mw_scan"

Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM