Sigma rule: System Information Discovery Via Wmic.EXE

Rule

Title

System Information Discovery Via Wmic.EXE

Status

test

Level

low

Author

Joseliyo Sanchez, @Joseliyo_Jstnk

Date

2023-12-19

Modified

2024-01-15

File

rules-threat-hunting/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_wmic_recon_system_info.yml

Commit

ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects the use of the WMI command-line (WMIC) utility to identify and display various system information,
including OS, CPU, GPU, disk drive names, memory capacity, display resolution, baseboard, BIOS,
and GPU driver products/versions.

Log source

product

windows

category

process_creation

Detection

selection_wmic:
    - Description: 'WMI Commandline Utility'
    - OriginalFileName: 'wmic.exe'
    - Image|endswith: '\WMIC.exe'
selection_get:
    CommandLine|contains: 'get'
selection_classes:
    CommandLine|contains:
        - 'baseboard'
        - 'bios'
        - 'cpu'
        - 'diskdrive'
        - 'logicaldisk'
        - 'memphysical'
        - 'os'
        - 'path'
        - 'startup'
        - 'win32_videocontroller'
selection_attributes:
    CommandLine|contains:
        - 'caption'
        - 'command'
        - 'driverversion'
        - 'maxcapacity'
        - 'name'
        - 'osarchitecture'
        - 'product'
        - 'size'
        - 'smbiosbiosversion'
        - 'version'
        - 'videomodedescription'
filter_optional_vmtools:
    ParentCommandLine|contains: '\VMware\VMware Tools\serviceDiscovery\scripts\'
condition: all of selection_* and not 1 of filter_optional_*

False positives (as the rule lists them)

• VMWare Tools serviceDiscovery scripts

Tags

• attack.discovery
• attack.t1082
• detection.threat-hunting

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

• T1082

Related rules

• 9d5a1274-922a-49d0-87f3-8c653483b909 (derived)

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-threat-hunting/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_wmic_recon_system_info.yml