WMI Incoming Lateral Movement
editWMI Incoming Lateral Movement
editIdentifies processes executed via Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) on a remote host. This could be indicative of adversary lateral movement, but could be noisy if administrators use WMI to remotely manage hosts.
Rule type: eql
Rule indices:
- logs-endpoint.events.process-*
- logs-endpoint.events.network-*
- winlogbeat-*
- logs-windows.sysmon_operational-*
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: None
Tags:
- Domain: Endpoint
- OS: Windows
- Use Case: Threat Detection
- Tactic: Lateral Movement
- Data Source: Elastic Defend
- Data Source: Sysmon
Version: 210
Rule authors:
- Elastic
Rule license: Elastic License v2
Rule query
editsequence by host.id with maxspan = 2s /* Accepted Incoming RPC connection by Winmgmt service */ [network where host.os.type == "windows" and process.name : "svchost.exe" and network.direction : ("incoming", "ingress") and source.ip != "127.0.0.1" and source.ip != "::1" and source.port >= 49152 and destination.port >= 49152 ] /* Excluding Common FPs Nessus and SCCM */ [process where host.os.type == "windows" and event.type == "start" and process.parent.name : "WmiPrvSE.exe" and not (?process.Ext.token.integrity_level_name : "System" or ?winlog.event_data.IntegrityLevel : "System") and not user.id : ("S-1-5-18", "S-1-5-19", "S-1-5-20") and not process.executable : ("?:\\Program Files\\HPWBEM\\Tools\\hpsum_swdiscovery.exe", "?:\\Windows\\CCM\\Ccm32BitLauncher.exe", "?:\\Windows\\System32\\wbem\\mofcomp.exe", "?:\\Windows\\Microsoft.NET\\Framework*\\csc.exe", "?:\\Windows\\System32\\powercfg.exe") and not (process.executable : "?:\\Windows\\System32\\msiexec.exe" and process.args : "REBOOT=ReallySuppress") and not (process.executable : "?:\\Windows\\System32\\inetsrv\\appcmd.exe" and process.args : "uninstall") ]
Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM
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Tactic:
- Name: Lateral Movement
- ID: TA0008
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0008/
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Technique:
- Name: Remote Services
- ID: T1021
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1021/
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Tactic:
- Name: Execution
- ID: TA0002
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0002/
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Technique:
- Name: Windows Management Instrumentation
- ID: T1047
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1047/