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Suspicious WMIC Execution Via Office Process
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Suspicious WMIC Execution Via Office Process
Using Splunk · Default · sigma-cli 2.0.2
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BackendSplunkFormatDefaultVersion2.0.2
title: Suspicious WMIC Execution Via Office Process
id: e1693bc8-7168-4eab-8718-cdcaa68a1738
related:
- id: 438025f9-5856-4663-83f7-52f878a70a50
type: derived
- id: 518643ba-7d9c-4fa5-9f37-baed36059f6a
type: obsolete
- id: 9d1c72f5-43f0-4da5-9320-648cf2099dd0
type: obsolete
- id: c0e1c3d5-4381-4f18-8145-2583f06a1fe5
type: obsolete
- id: 04f5363a-6bca-42ff-be70-0d28bf629ead
type: obsolete
status: test
description: Office application called wmic to proxye execution through a LOLBIN process. This is often used to break suspicious parent-child chain (Office app spawns LOLBin).
references:
- https://thedfirreport.com/2021/03/29/sodinokibi-aka-revil-ransomware/
- https://github.com/vadim-hunter/Detection-Ideas-Rules/blob/02bcbfc2bfb8b4da601bb30de0344ae453aa1afe/Threat%20Intelligence/The%20DFIR%20Report/20210329_Sodinokibi_(aka_REvil)_Ransomware.yaml
author: Vadim Khrykov, Cyb3rEng
date: 2021-08-23
modified: 2023-02-14
tags:
- attack.t1204.002
- attack.t1047
- attack.t1218.010
- attack.execution
- attack.defense-evasion
logsource:
product: windows
category: process_creation
detection:
selection_parent:
ParentImage|endswith:
- '\WINWORD.EXE'
- '\EXCEL.EXE'
- '\POWERPNT.exe'
- '\MSPUB.exe'
- '\VISIO.exe'
- '\MSACCESS.EXE'
- '\EQNEDT32.EXE'
- '\ONENOTE.EXE'
- '\wordpad.exe'
- '\wordview.exe'
selection_wmic_img:
- Image|endswith: '\wbem\WMIC.exe'
- OriginalFileName: 'wmic.exe'
selection_wmic_cli:
CommandLine|contains|all:
- 'process'
- 'create'
- 'call'
CommandLine|contains:
# Add more suspicious LOLBINs as you see fit
- 'regsvr32'
- 'rundll32'
- 'msiexec'
- 'mshta'
- 'verclsid'
- 'wscript'
- 'cscript'
condition: all of selection_*
falsepositives:
- Unknown
level: high
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sigma convert --without-pipeline -t splunk -f default rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_wmic_susp_execution_via_office_process.yml