Enumeration Command Spawned via WMIPrvSE

Identifies native Windows host and network enumeration commands spawned by the Windows Management Instrumentation Provider Service (WMIPrvSE).

Rule type: eql

Rule indices:

winlogbeat-*
logs-endpoint.events.*
logs-windows.*

Severity: low

Risk score: 21

Runs every: 5m

Searches indices from: now-9m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time)

Maximum alerts per execution: 100

References: None

Tags:

Elastic
Host
Windows
Threat Detection
Execution

Version: 2

Rule authors:

Elastic

Rule license: Elastic License v2

Rule query

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process where event.type in ("start", "process_started") and
  process.name:
  (
    "arp.exe",
    "dsquery.exe",
    "dsget.exe",
    "gpresult.exe",
    "hostname.exe",
    "ipconfig.exe",
    "nbtstat.exe",
    "net.exe",
    "net1.exe",
    "netsh.exe",
    "netstat.exe",
    "nltest.exe",
    "ping.exe",
    "qprocess.exe",
    "quser.exe",
    "qwinsta.exe",
    "reg.exe",
    "sc.exe",
    "systeminfo.exe",
    "tasklist.exe",
    "tracert.exe",
    "whoami.exe"
  ) and
  process.parent.name:"wmiprvse.exe"

Framework: MITRE ATT&CK^TM

Tactic:
- Name: Execution
- ID: TA0002
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0002/
Technique:
- Name: Windows Management Instrumentation
- ID: T1047
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1047/
Tactic:
- Name: Discovery
- ID: TA0007
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0007/
Technique:
- Name: Software Discovery
- ID: T1518
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1518/
Technique:
- Name: Account Discovery
- ID: T1087
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1087/
Technique:
- Name: Remote System Discovery
- ID: T1018
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1018/

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