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Enumeration Command Spawned via WMIPrvSE

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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.*

Severity: low

Risk score: 21

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

Version: 101 (version history)

Added (Elastic Stack release): 7.12.0

Last modified (Elastic Stack release): 8.5.0

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.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"

Threat mapping

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Framework: MITRE ATT&CK^TM

Tactic:
- Name: Execution
- ID: TA0002
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0002/
Technique:
- Name: Windows Management Instrumentation
- ID: T1047
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1047/
Tactic:
- Name: Discovery
- ID: TA0007
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0007/
Technique:
- Name: Remote System Discovery
- ID: T1018
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1018/

Rule version history

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Version 101 (8.5.0 release)

Updated query, changed from:

process where event.type in ("start", "process_started") 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"

Version 5 (8.4.0 release)

Formatting only

Version 3 (8.2.0 release)

Formatting only

Version 2 (7.16.0 release)

Formatting only

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