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Successful Account Login Via WMI
Detects successful logon attempts performed with WMI
Known false positives
- Monitoring tools
- Legitimate system administration
MITRE ATT&CK coverage
| Tactic | Techniques |
|---|---|
| Execution |
Telemetry coverage
| Provider | Record / event type |
|---|---|
| Security-Auditing | Event ID 4624: An account was successfully logged on. |
Rule body
title: Successful Account Login Via WMI
id: 5af54681-df95-4c26-854f-2565e13cfab0
status: stable
description: Detects successful logon attempts performed with WMI
references:
- Internal Research
author: Thomas Patzke
date: 2019-12-04
modified: 2024-01-17
tags:
- attack.execution
- attack.t1047
logsource:
product: windows
service: security
detection:
selection:
EventID: 4624
ProcessName|endswith: '\WmiPrvSE.exe'
condition: selection
falsepositives:
- Monitoring tools
- Legitimate system administration
level: low
Stages and Predicates
Stage 0: condition
selectionStage 1: selection
selection:
EventID: 4624
ProcessName|endswith: '\WmiPrvSE.exe'
Indicators
These rows show field, operator, and value matches.
| Field | Kind | Values | Search |
|---|---|---|---|
ProcessName | ends_with |
| field:"process_name" kind:ends_with value:"\WmiPrvSE.exe" |