Sigma rule: Potential Windows Defender Tampering Via Wmic.EXE
A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-28c7c80d241a, updated 2023-02-14T00:00:00.000Z.
Rule
- Title
- Potential Windows Defender Tampering Via Wmic.EXE
- Status
- test
- Level
- high
- Author
- frack113
- Date
- 2022-12-11
- Modified
- 2023-02-14
- File
- rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_wmic_namespace_defender.yml
- Commit
- ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84
Detects potential tampering with Windows Defender settings such as adding exclusion using wmic
Log source
- product
- windows
- category
- process_creation
Detection
selection_img:
- OriginalFileName: 'wmic.exe'
- Image|endswith: '\WMIC.exe'
selection_cli:
CommandLine|contains: '/Namespace:\\\\root\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Defender'
condition: all of selection_*False positives (as the rule lists them)
- Unknown
Tags
- attack.execution
- attack.defense-impairment
- attack.t1047
- attack.t1685
MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names
References
- https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/5c1e6f1b4fafd01c8d1ece85f510160fc1275fbf/atomics/T1562.001/T1562.001.md
- https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/gootkit-malware-bypasses-windows-defender-by-setting-path-exclusions/
- https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/iobit-forums-hacked-to-spread-ransomware-to-its-members/
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_namespace_defender.yml
Sources and licences
SigmaHQ
"Potential Windows Defender Tampering Via Wmic.EXE" by frack113 (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_wmic_namespace_defender.yml.
Licensed under the Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/Detection-Rule-License
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Dragons Eye Ransomware Tracker, "Sigma rule: Potential Windows Defender Tampering Via Wmic.EXE",
entity page, dataset version ref-28c7c80d241a, updated 2023-02-14T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/51cbac1e-eee3-4a90-b1b7-358efb81fa0a (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule 51cbac1e-eee3-4a90-b1b7-358efb81fa0a, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.
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