Computer System Reconnaissance Via Wmic.EXE
Detects execution of wmic utility with the "computersystem" flag in order to obtain information about the machine such as the domain, username, model, etc.
Detection logic
selection_img
- Image|endswith: \wmic.exe
- OriginalFileName: wmic.exeselection_cli
CommandLine|contains: computersystemCondition
all of selection_*Raw YAML
title: Computer System Reconnaissance Via Wmic.EXE
id: 9d7ca793-f6bd-471c-8d0f-11e68b2f0d2f
status: test
description: Detects execution of wmic utility with the "computersystem" flag in order to obtain information about the machine such as the domain, username, model, etc.
references:
- https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2022/09/07/profiling-dev-0270-phosphorus-ransomware-operations/
author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
date: 2022-09-08
modified: 2023-02-14
tags:
- attack.discovery
- attack.execution
- attack.t1047
logsource:
product: windows
category: process_creation
detection:
selection_img:
- Image|endswith: '\wmic.exe'
- OriginalFileName: 'wmic.exe'
selection_cli:
CommandLine|contains: 'computersystem'
condition: all of selection_*
falsepositives:
- Unknown
level: medium
regression_tests_path: regression_data/rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_wmic_recon_computersystem/info.ymlFalse positives
- Unknown