Sigma rule: Potential Product Reconnaissance Via Wmic.EXE

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-27ec6819dfc8, updated 2025-12-15T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title: Potential Product Reconnaissance Via Wmic.EXE
Status: test
Level: medium
Author: Nasreddine Bencherchali
Date: 2023-02-14
Modified: 2025-12-15
File: rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_wmic_recon_product.yml
Commit: ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects the execution of WMIC in order to get a list of firewall and antivirus products

Log source

product: windows
category: process_creation

Detection

selection_img:
    - Image|endswith: '\wmic.exe'
    - OriginalFileName: 'wmic.exe'
selection_cli:
    CommandLine|contains: 'Product'
filter_main_call_operations:
    # wmic /node:"#{node}" product where "name like '#{product}%%'" call uninstall
    CommandLine|contains:
        - ' uninstall'
        - ' install'
filter_main_csproduct:
    # wmic /node:"#{node}" csproduct get name, identifyingnumber, uuid
    # covered by 3e3ceccd-6c06-48b8-b5ff-ab1d25db8c1d
    CommandLine|contains: 'csproduct'
condition: all of selection_* and not 1 of filter_main_*

False positives (as the rule lists them)

Unknown

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

T1047

References

Read on 2026-11-03T00:58:21.399Z under licence sigma-drl-1.1@d5f4c36a from https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_wmic_recon_product.yml

Sources and licences

SigmaHQ
"Potential Product Reconnaissance Via Wmic.EXE" by Nasreddine Bencherchali (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_wmic_recon_product.yml.
Licensed under the Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/Detection-Rule-License
Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1

Cite this page

Dragons Eye Ransomware Tracker, "Sigma rule: Potential Product Reconnaissance Via Wmic.EXE",
entity page, dataset version ref-27ec6819dfc8, updated 2025-12-15T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/15434e33-5027-4914-88d5-3d4145ec25a9 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule 15434e33-5027-4914-88d5-3d4145ec25a9, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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