Sigma rule: System Disk And Volume Reconnaissance Via Wmic.EXE

Rule

Title

System Disk And Volume Reconnaissance Via Wmic.EXE

Status

test

Level

medium

Author

Stephen Lincoln '@slincoln-aiq' (AttackIQ)

Date

2024-02-02

Modified

2025-10-20

File

rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_wmic_recon_volume.yml

Commit

ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

An adversary might use WMI to discover information about the system, such as the volume name, size,
free space, and other disk information. This can be done using the 'wmic' command-line utility and has been
observed being used by threat actors such as Volt Typhoon.

Log source

product

windows

category

process_creation

Detection

selection_img:
    - Image|endswith: '\WMIC.exe'
    - OriginalFileName: 'wmic.exe'
selection_cli:
    - CommandLine|contains:
          - ' volumename'
          - ' logicaldisk'
    - CommandLine|contains|all:
          - 'path'
          - 'win32_logicaldisk'
    - CommandLine|contains|all:
          - ' volume'
          - ' list '
condition: all of selection_*

False positives (as the rule lists them)

• Unknown

Tags

• attack.execution
• attack.discovery
• attack.t1047
• attack.t1082

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

• T1047
• T1082

Related rules

• d85ecdd7-b855-4e6e-af59-d9c78b5b861e (similar)

References

• https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa23-144a
• https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/wmic

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_volume.yml