Sigma rule: Remote DCOM/WMI Lateral Movement

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-4fd9d623df19, updated 2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title
Remote DCOM/WMI Lateral Movement
Status
test
Level
high
Author
Sagie Dulce, Dekel Paz
Date
2022-01-01
File
rules/application/rpc_firewall/rpc_firewall_remote_dcom_or_wmi.yml
Commit
ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects remote RPC calls that performs remote DCOM operations. These could be abused for lateral movement via DCOM or WMI.

Log source

product
rpc_firewall
category
application
definition
Requirements: install and apply the RPC Firewall to all processes with "audit:true action:block uuid:367abb81-9844-35f1-ad32-98f038001003

Detection

selection:
    EventLog: RPCFW
    EventID: 3
    InterfaceUuid:
        - 4d9f4ab8-7d1c-11cf-861e-0020af6e7c57
        - 99fcfec4-5260-101b-bbcb-00aa0021347a
        - 000001a0-0000-0000-c000-000000000046
        - 00000131-0000-0000-c000-000000000046
        - 00000143-0000-0000-c000-000000000046
        - 00000000-0000-0000-c000-000000000046
condition: selection

False positives (as the rule lists them)

  • Some administrative tasks on remote host

Tags

  • attack.lateral-movement
  • attack.execution
  • attack.t1021.003
  • attack.t1047

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

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/application/rpc_firewall/rpc_firewall_remote_dcom_or_wmi.yml

Sources and licences

  • SigmaHQ

    "Remote DCOM/WMI Lateral Movement" by Sagie Dulce, Dekel Paz (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/application/rpc_firewall/rpc_firewall_remote_dcom_or_wmi.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: Remote DCOM/WMI Lateral Movement",
entity page, dataset version ref-4fd9d623df19, updated 2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/68050b10-e477-4377-a99b-3721b422d6ef (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule 68050b10-e477-4377-a99b-3721b422d6ef, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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