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WMI Persistence - Security
Detects suspicious WMI event filter and command line event consumer based on WMI and Security Logs.
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 |
|---|---|
| Security-Auditing | Event ID 4662: An operation was performed on an object. |
Rule body
title: WMI Persistence - Security
id: f033f3f3-fd24-4995-97d8-a3bb17550a88
related:
- id: 0b7889b4-5577-4521-a60a-3376ee7f9f7b
type: derived
status: test
description: Detects suspicious WMI event filter and command line event consumer based on WMI and Security Logs.
references:
- https://twitter.com/mattifestation/status/899646620148539397
- https://www.eideon.com/2018-03-02-THL03-WMIBackdoors/
author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems), Gleb Sukhodolskiy, Timur Zinniatullin oscd.community
date: 2017-08-22
modified: 2022-11-29
tags:
- attack.persistence
- attack.privilege-escalation
- attack.t1546.003
logsource:
product: windows
service: security
detection:
selection:
EventID: 4662
ObjectType: 'WMI Namespace'
ObjectName|contains: 'subscription'
condition: selection
falsepositives:
- Unknown (data set is too small; further testing needed)
level: medium
Stages and Predicates
Stage 0: condition
selectionStage 1: selection
selection:
EventID: 4662
ObjectType: 'WMI Namespace'
ObjectName|contains: 'subscription'
Indicators
These rows show field, operator, and value matches.
| Field | Kind | Values | Search |
|---|---|---|---|
ObjectName | match |
| field:"ObjectName" kind:match value:"subscription" |
ObjectType | eq |
| field:"ObjectType" kind:eq value:"WMI Namespace" |