[metadata] creation_date = "2020/10/19" maturity = "production" updated_date = "2021/03/08" [rule] author = ["Elastic"] description = """ Identifies suspicious command execution (cmd) via Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) on a remote host. This could be indicative of adversary lateral movement. """ from = "now-9m" index = ["logs-endpoint.events.*", "winlogbeat-*", "logs-windows.*"] language = "eql" license = "Elastic License v2" name = "Suspicious Cmd Execution via WMI" risk_score = 47 rule_id = "12f07955-1674-44f7-86b5-c35da0a6f41a" severity = "medium" tags = ["Elastic", "Host", "Windows", "Threat Detection", "Execution"] timestamp_override = "event.ingested" type = "eql" query = ''' process where event.type in ("start", "process_started") and process.parent.name : "WmiPrvSE.exe" and process.name : "cmd.exe" and process.args : "\\\\127.0.0.1\\*" and process.args : ("2>&1", "1>") ''' [[rule.threat]] framework = "MITRE ATT&CK" [[rule.threat.technique]] id = "T1047" name = "Windows Management Instrumentation" reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1047/" [rule.threat.tactic] id = "TA0002" name = "Execution" reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0002/"