Sigma rule: Successful Account Login Via WMI

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-0d81cd403224, updated 2024-01-17T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title: Successful Account Login Via WMI
Status: stable
Level: low
Author: Thomas Patzke
Date: 2019-12-04
Modified: 2024-01-17
File: rules/windows/builtin/security/account_management/win_security_susp_wmi_login.yml
Commit: ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects successful logon attempts performed with WMI

Log source

product: windows
service: security

Detection

selection:
    EventID: 4624
    ProcessName|endswith: '\WmiPrvSE.exe'
condition: selection

False positives (as the rule lists them)

Monitoring tools
Legitimate system administration

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

T1047

References

Internal Research

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/builtin/security/account_management/win_security_susp_wmi_login.yml

Sources and licences

SigmaHQ
"Successful Account Login Via WMI" by Thomas Patzke (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/builtin/security/account_management/win_security_susp_wmi_login.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: Successful Account Login Via WMI",
entity page, dataset version ref-0d81cd403224, updated 2024-01-17T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/5af54681-df95-4c26-854f-2565e13cfab0 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule 5af54681-df95-4c26-854f-2565e13cfab0, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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