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WMI Persistence - Command Line Event Consumer
Detects WMI command line event consumers
Known false positives
- Unknown (data set is too small; further testing needed)
MITRE ATT&CK coverage
| Tactic | Techniques |
|---|---|
| Persistence | |
| Privilege Escalation |
Telemetry coverage
| Provider | Record / event type |
|---|---|
| Sysmon | Event ID 7: Image loaded |
Rule body
title: WMI Persistence - Command Line Event Consumer
id: 05936ce2-ee05-4dae-9d03-9a391cf2d2c6
status: test
description: Detects WMI command line event consumers
references:
- https://www.eideon.com/2018-03-02-THL03-WMIBackdoors/
author: Thomas Patzke
date: 2018-03-07
modified: 2021-11-27
tags:
- attack.privilege-escalation
- attack.t1546.003
- attack.persistence
logsource:
category: image_load
product: windows
detection:
selection:
Image: 'C:\Windows\System32\wbem\WmiPrvSE.exe'
ImageLoaded|endswith: '\wbemcons.dll'
condition: selection
falsepositives:
- Unknown (data set is too small; further testing needed)
level: high
Stages and Predicates
Stage 0: condition
selectionStage 1: selection
selection:
Image: 'C:\Windows\System32\wbem\WmiPrvSE.exe'
ImageLoaded|endswith: '\wbemcons.dll'
Indicators
These rows show field, operator, and value matches.
| Field | Kind | Values | Search |
|---|---|---|---|
Image | eq |
| field:"Image" kind:eq value:"C:\Windows\System32\wbem\WmiPrvSE.exe" |
ImageLoaded | ends_with |
| field:"ImageLoaded" kind:ends_with value:"\wbemcons.dll" |