Sigma rule: Potential Reconnaissance Activity Via GatherNetworkInfo.VBS

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-cc9752b5b93b, updated 2023-02-08T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title: Potential Reconnaissance Activity Via GatherNetworkInfo.VBS
Status: test
Level: medium
Author: blueteamer8699
Date: 2022-01-03
Modified: 2023-02-08
File: rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_lolbin_gather_network_info.yml
Commit: ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects execution of the built-in script located in "C:\Windows\System32\gatherNetworkInfo.vbs". Which can be used to gather information about the target machine

Log source

product: windows
category: process_creation

Detection

selection_img:
    - Image|endswith:
          - '\cscript.exe'
          - '\wscript.exe'
    - OriginalFileName:
          - 'cscript.exe'
          - 'wscript.exe'
selection_cli:
    CommandLine|contains: 'gatherNetworkInfo.vbs'
condition: all of selection_*

False positives (as the rule lists them)

Administrative activity

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

Related rules

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_lolbin_gather_network_info.yml

Sources and licences

SigmaHQ
"Potential Reconnaissance Activity Via GatherNetworkInfo.VBS" by blueteamer8699 (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_lolbin_gather_network_info.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 Reconnaissance Activity Via GatherNetworkInfo.VBS",
entity page, dataset version ref-cc9752b5b93b, updated 2023-02-08T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/575dce0c-8139-4e30-9295-1ee75969f7fe (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule 575dce0c-8139-4e30-9295-1ee75969f7fe, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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