Detection rules › Sigma

New ActiveScriptEventConsumer Created Via Wmic.EXE

Severity
high
Author
Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Source
upstream

Detects WMIC executions in which an event consumer gets created. This could be used to establish persistence

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

TacticTechniques
PersistenceT1546.003 Event Triggered Execution: Windows Management Instrumentation Event Subscription
Privilege EscalationT1546.003 Event Triggered Execution: Windows Management Instrumentation Event Subscription

Event coverage

ProviderEvent IDTitle
Sysmon1Process creation
Security-Auditing4688A new process has been created.

Stages and Predicates

Stage 1: selection

CommandLine|contains: ' CREATE '
CommandLine|contains: ActiveScriptEventConsumer

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
CommandLinematch
  • CREATE
  • ActiveScriptEventConsumer