Sigma rule: WMI Persistence - Security

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-aed526b76b7b, updated 2022-11-29T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title
WMI Persistence - Security
Status
test
Level
medium
Author
Florian Roth (Nextron Systems), Gleb Sukhodolskiy, Timur Zinniatullin oscd.community
Date
2017-08-22
Modified
2022-11-29
File
rules/windows/builtin/security/win_security_wmi_persistence.yml
Commit
ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects suspicious WMI event filter and command line event consumer based on WMI and Security Logs.

Log source

product
windows
service
security

Detection

selection:
    EventID: 4662
    ObjectType: 'WMI Namespace'
    ObjectName|contains: 'subscription'
condition: selection

False positives (as the rule lists them)

  • Unknown (data set is too small; further testing needed)

Tags

  • attack.persistence
  • attack.privilege-escalation
  • attack.t1546.003

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/builtin/security/win_security_wmi_persistence.yml

Sources and licences

  • SigmaHQ

    "WMI Persistence - Security" by Florian Roth (Nextron Systems), Gleb Sukhodolskiy, Timur Zinniatullin oscd.community (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/builtin/security/win_security_wmi_persistence.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 Persistence - Security",
entity page, dataset version ref-aed526b76b7b, updated 2022-11-29T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/f033f3f3-fd24-4995-97d8-a3bb17550a88 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule f033f3f3-fd24-4995-97d8-a3bb17550a88, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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