[metadata] creation_date = "2020/10/19" maturity = "production" updated_date = "2021/03/03" [rule] author = ["Elastic"] description = """ Identifies the use of Windows Management Instrumentation Command (WMIC) to discover certain System Security Settings such as AntiVirus or Host Firewall details. """ from = "now-9m" index = ["logs-endpoint.events.*", "winlogbeat-*", "logs-windows.*"] language = "eql" license = "Elastic License v2" name = "Security Software Discovery using WMIC" risk_score = 47 rule_id = "6ea55c81-e2ba-42f2-a134-bccf857ba922" severity = "medium" tags = ["Elastic", "Host", "Windows", "Threat Detection", "Discovery"] timestamp_override = "event.ingested" type = "eql" query = ''' process where event.type in ("start", "process_started") and (process.name:"wmic.exe" or process.pe.original_file_name:"wmic.exe") and process.args:"/namespace:\\\\root\\SecurityCenter2" and process.args:"Get" ''' [[rule.threat]] framework = "MITRE ATT&CK" [[rule.threat.technique]] id = "T1518" name = "Software Discovery" reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1518/" [rule.threat.tactic] id = "TA0007" name = "Discovery" reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0007/"