Sigma rule: Hardware Model Reconnaissance Via Wmic.EXE
A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-377f6d5761cf, updated 2023-02-14T00:00:00.000Z.
Rule
- Title
- Hardware Model Reconnaissance Via Wmic.EXE
- Status
- test
- Level
- medium
- Author
- Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
- Date
- 2023-02-14
- File
- rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_wmic_recon_csproduct.yml
- Commit
- ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84
Detects the execution of WMIC with the "csproduct" which is used to obtain information such as hardware models and vendor information
Log source
- product
- windows
- category
- process_creation
Detection
selection_img:
- Image|endswith: '\wmic.exe'
- OriginalFileName: 'wmic.exe'
selection_cli:
CommandLine|contains: 'csproduct'
condition: all of selection_*False positives (as the rule lists them)
- Unknown
Tags
- attack.execution
- attack.t1047
- car.2016-03-002
MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names
References
- https://jonconwayuk.wordpress.com/2014/01/31/wmic-csproduct-using-wmi-to-identify-make-and-model-of-hardware/
- https://www.uptycs.com/blog/kuraystealer-a-bandit-using-discord-webhooks
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_csproduct.yml
Sources and licences
SigmaHQ
"Hardware Model Reconnaissance Via Wmic.EXE" by Florian Roth (Nextron Systems) (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_wmic_recon_csproduct.yml.
Licensed under the Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/Detection-Rule-License
Cite this page
Dragons Eye Ransomware Tracker, "Sigma rule: Hardware Model Reconnaissance Via Wmic.EXE",
entity page, dataset version ref-377f6d5761cf, updated 2023-02-14T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/3e3ceccd-6c06-48b8-b5ff-ab1d25db8c1d (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule 3e3ceccd-6c06-48b8-b5ff-ab1d25db8c1d, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.
Pages change. The dataset version identifies the data, but no archive of old versions is kept, so this citation cannot be replayed later.