Sigma rule: WMIC Remote Command Execution

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-b3da856ff2b3, updated 2025-10-22T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title
WMIC Remote Command Execution
Status
test
Level
medium
Author
frack113, Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
Date
2023-02-14
Modified
2025-10-22
File
rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_wmic_remote_execution.yml
Commit
ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects the execution of WMIC to query information on a remote system

Log source

product
windows
category
process_creation

Detection

selection_img:
    - Image|endswith: '\WMIC.exe'
    - OriginalFileName: 'wmic.exe'
selection_cli:
    CommandLine|contains|windash: '/node:'
filter_main_localhost:
    CommandLine|contains:
        - 'localhost'
        - '127.0.0.1'
condition: all of selection_* and not 1 of filter_main_*

False positives (as the rule lists them)

  • Unknown

Tags

  • attack.execution
  • attack.t1047

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_wmic_remote_execution.yml

Sources and licences

  • SigmaHQ

    "WMIC Remote Command Execution" by frack113, Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems) (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_wmic_remote_execution.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: WMIC Remote Command Execution",
entity page, dataset version ref-b3da856ff2b3, updated 2025-10-22T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/7773b877-5abb-4a3e-b9c9-fd0369b59b00 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule 7773b877-5abb-4a3e-b9c9-fd0369b59b00, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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