Suspicious WMI Event Subscription Created
editSuspicious WMI Event Subscription Created
editDetects the creation of a WMI Event Subscription. Attackers can abuse this mechanism for persistence or to elevate to SYSTEM privileges.
Rule type: eql
Rule indices:
- winlogbeat-*
- logs-windows.sysmon_operational-*
- logs-endpoint.events.api-*
Severity: medium
Risk score: 47
Runs every: 5m
Searches indices from: now-9m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time)
Maximum alerts per execution: 100
References:
Tags:
- Domain: Endpoint
- OS: Windows
- Use Case: Threat Detection
- Tactic: Persistence
- Data Source: Sysmon
- Data Source: Elastic Defend
Version: 306
Rule authors:
- Elastic
Rule license: Elastic License v2
Rule query
editany where
(
(event.dataset == "windows.sysmon_operational" and event.code == "21" and
winlog.event_data.Operation : "Created" and winlog.event_data.Consumer : ("*subscription:CommandLineEventConsumer*", "*subscription:ActiveScriptEventConsumer*")) or
(event.dataset == "endpoint.events.api" and event.provider == "Microsoft-Windows-WMI-Activity" and process.Ext.api.name == "IWbemServices::PutInstance" and
process.Ext.api.parameters.consumer_type in ("ActiveScriptEventConsumer", "CommandLineEventConsumer"))
)
Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM
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Tactic:
- Name: Persistence
- ID: TA0003
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0003/
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Technique:
- Name: Event Triggered Execution
- ID: T1546
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1546/
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Sub-technique:
- Name: Windows Management Instrumentation Event Subscription
- ID: T1546.003
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1546/003/