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Enumeration Command Spawned via WMIPrvSE
editEnumeration Command Spawned via WMIPrvSE
editIdentifies 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: 5 minutes
Searches indices from: now-9m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time)
Maximum alerts per execution: 100
Tags:
- Elastic
- Host
- Windows
- Threat Detection
- Execution
Version: 5 (version history)
Added (Elastic Stack release): 7.12.0
Last modified (Elastic Stack release): 8.4.0
Rule authors: Elastic
Rule license: Elastic License v2
Investigation guide
editRule query
editprocess 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"
Threat mapping
editFramework: MITRE ATT&CKTM
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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/
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Tactic:
- Name: Discovery
- ID: TA0007
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0007/
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Technique:
- Name: Remote System Discovery
- ID: T1018
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1018/
Rule version history
edit- Version 5 (8.4.0 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 3 (8.2.0 release)
-
- Formatting only
- Version 2 (7.16.0 release)
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- Formatting only