Detection rules › Sigma

Application Removed Via Wmic.EXE

Severity
medium
Author
frack113
Source
upstream

Detects the removal or uninstallation of an application via "Wmic.EXE".

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

TacticTechniques
ExecutionT1047 Windows Management Instrumentation

Event coverage

ProviderEvent IDTitle
Sysmon1Process creation

Stages and Predicates

Stage 1: all of selection_img

or:
Image|endswith: '\WMIC.exe'
OriginalFileName: wmic.exe

Stage 2: all of selection_cli

CommandLine|contains: call
CommandLine|contains: uninstall

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
  • call corpus 7 (sigma 7)
  • uninstall corpus 2 (sigma 2)
Imageends_with
  • \WMIC.exe corpus 12 (sigma 12)
OriginalFileNameeq
  • wmic.exe corpus 33 (sigma 33)