WMIC Process Call Create
mediumWindowsSingle eventexperimentalsigma.wmic_process_call_create · v1.0.0
What it detects
Process creation via wmic process call create — LOLBIN execution
MITRE ATT&CK mapping
- T1047Windows Management Instrumentation· Execution
False positives and triage
Converted from Sigma; review before enabling.
The rule
Declarative YAML read by the detection engine — data, never executed. Confidence 60%. Source: rules/sigma/sigma.wmic_process_call_create.yaml, licensed under the Detection Rule License 1.1.
id: sigma.wmic_process_call_create
version: 1.0.0
status: experimental
severity: medium
confidence: 0.6
platforms:
- windows
mitre_techniques:
- T1047
description: Process creation via wmic process call create — LOLBIN execution (Sigma sample)
match:
event_category: process
process_path_contains_any:
- \wmic.exe
command_line_contains_any:
- process call create
false_positive_guidance: Converted from Sigma; review before enabling.
Adapted from the SigmaHQ rule “WMIC Process Call Create”, distributed under the Detection Rule License 1.1. SigmaHQ.
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