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Suspicious Cmd Execution via WMI

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Suspicious Cmd Execution via WMI

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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-*
  • logs-windows.*
  • endgame-*

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
  • Execution
  • Elastic Endgame

Version: 102 (version history)

Added (Elastic Stack release): 7.11.0

Last modified (Elastic Stack release): 8.6.0

Rule authors: Elastic

Rule license: Elastic License v2

Investigation guide

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Rule query
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process where event.type == "start" and process.parent.name :
"WmiPrvSE.exe" and process.name : "cmd.exe" and process.args :
"\\\\127.0.0.1\\*" and process.args : ("2>&1", "1>")











Threat mapping
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Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM














Rule version history
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Version 102 (8.6.0 release)








    

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Version 101 (8.5.0 release)








    

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    process where event.type in ("start", "process_started") and
process.parent.name : "WmiPrvSE.exe" and process.name : "cmd.exe" and
process.args : "\\\\127.0.0.1\\*" and process.args : ("2>&1", "1>")
    

    

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Version 6 (8.4.0 release)








    

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Version 4 (8.2.0 release)








    

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Version 3 (7.12.0 release)








    

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    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>")
    

    

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Version 2 (7.11.2 release)








    

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