Sigma rule: Uncommon System Information Discovery Via Wmic.EXE
A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-2cef91ab7255, updated 2023-12-19T00:00:00.000Z.
Rule
- Title
- Uncommon System Information Discovery Via Wmic.EXE
- Status
- test
- Level
- medium
- Author
- TropChaud
- Date
- 2023-01-26
- Modified
- 2023-12-19
- File
- rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_wmic_recon_system_info_uncommon.yml
- Commit
- ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84
Detects the use of the WMI command-line (WMIC) utility to identify and display various system information,
including OS, CPU, GPU, and disk drive names; memory capacity; display resolution; and baseboard, BIOS,
and GPU driver products/versions.
Some of these commands were used by Aurora Stealer in late 2022/early 2023.
Log source
- product
- windows
- category
- process_creation
Detection
selection_wmic:
- Description: 'WMI Commandline Utility'
- OriginalFileName: 'wmic.exe'
- Image|endswith: '\WMIC.exe'
selection_commands:
CommandLine|contains:
- 'LOGICALDISK get Name,Size,FreeSpace'
- 'os get Caption,OSArchitecture,Version'
condition: all of selection_*False positives (as the rule lists them)
- Unknown
Tags
- attack.discovery
- attack.t1082
MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names
Related rules
References
- https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/a2ccd19c37d0278b4ffa8583add3cf52060a5418/atomics/T1082/T1082.md#atomic-test-25---system-information-discovery-with-wmic
- https://nwgat.ninja/getting-system-information-with-wmic-on-windows/
- https://blog.sekoia.io/aurora-a-rising-stealer-flying-under-the-radar
- https://blog.cyble.com/2023/01/18/aurora-a-stealer-using-shapeshifting-tactics/
- https://app.any.run/tasks/a6aa0057-82ec-451f-8f99-55650ca537da/
- https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/d6f6bc10ae0e634ed4301d584f61418cee18e5d58ad9af72f8aa552dc4aaeca3/behavior
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_recon_system_info_uncommon.yml
Sources and licences
SigmaHQ
"Uncommon System Information Discovery Via Wmic.EXE" by TropChaud (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_wmic_recon_system_info_uncommon.yml.
Licensed under the Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/Detection-Rule-License
Cite this page
Dragons Eye Ransomware Tracker, "Sigma rule: Uncommon System Information Discovery Via Wmic.EXE",
entity page, dataset version ref-2cef91ab7255, updated 2023-12-19T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/9d5a1274-922a-49d0-87f3-8c653483b909 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule 9d5a1274-922a-49d0-87f3-8c653483b909, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.
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