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Delete Volume Shadow Copies Via WMI With PowerShell

Severity
high
Author
frack113
Source
upstream

Shadow Copies deletion using operating systems utilities via PowerShell

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

TacticTechniques
ImpactT1490 Inhibit System Recovery

Event coverage

ProviderEvent IDTitle
PowerShell400

Stages and Predicates

Stage 1: selection

or:
Data|contains: 'Delete()'
Data|contains: Remove-WmiObject
Data|contains: Get-WmiObject
Data|contains: Win32_ShadowCopy

Indicators

Each row is a field, operator, and value that the rule matches. The corpus column counts how many other rules in the catalog look for the same combination: high numbers point to widely-used, community-vetted indicators. Blank or 1 shows that the indicator is specific to this rule.

FieldKindValues
Datamatch
  • Delete()
  • Get-WmiObject
  • Remove-WmiObject
  • Win32_ShadowCopy