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A WMI subscriber was created

Synopsis

Field
Value

Activation Period

14 Days

Training Period

30 Days

Test Period

N/A (single event)

Deduplication Period

1 Day

Required Data

XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH)

Detector Tags

Impacket Analytics

ATT&CK Tactic

Persistence (TA0003), Privilege Escalation (TA0004)

ATT&CK Technique

Event Triggered Execution: Windows Management Instrumentation Event Subscription (T1546.003)

Severity

Informational

Description

A WMI subscriber was created.

Attacker's Goals

Command execution and persistence on the host.

Investigative actions

Check whether the executing process is benign and if this was a desired behavior as part of its normal execution flow.

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