Sigma rule: WMI Remote Command Execution

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-fb3d2eea1509, updated 2023-02-14T00:00:00.000Z.

SigmaHQ marks this rule as deprecated.

Rule

Title
WMI Remote Command Execution
Status
deprecated
Level
medium
Author
frack113
Date
2022/03/13
Modified
2023/02/14
File
deprecated/windows/proc_creation_win_wmic_remote_command.yml
Commit
ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

An adversary might use WMI to execute commands 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|all:
        - '/node:'
        - 'process'
        - 'call'
        - 'create'
condition: all of selection*

False positives (as the rule lists them)

  • Unknown

Tags

  • attack.execution
  • 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/deprecated/windows/proc_creation_win_wmic_remote_command.yml

Sources and licences

  • SigmaHQ

    "WMI Remote Command Execution" by frack113 (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/deprecated/windows/proc_creation_win_wmic_remote_command.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: WMI Remote Command Execution",
entity page, dataset version ref-fb3d2eea1509, updated 2023-02-14T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/e42af9df-d90b-4306-b7fb-05c863847ebd (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule e42af9df-d90b-4306-b7fb-05c863847ebd, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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