Remote WMI process execution

Synopsis

Field	Value
Activation Period	14 Days
Training Period	30 Days
Test Period	N/A (single event)
Deduplication Period	3 Days
Required Data	XDR Agent
Detector Tags	Impacket Analytics
ATT&CK Tactic	Lateral Movement (TA0008)
ATT&CK Technique	Remote Services (T1021), Remote Services: Windows Remote Management (T1021.006)
Severity	Medium

Description

A host that rarely initiates WMI to other remote hosts triggered a remote process execution by using WMI RPC.

Attacker's Goals

Perform lateral movement to new hosts to expand the foothold within a network.

Investigative actions

• Investigate the processes being spawned on the host for malicious activities.
• Correlate the RPC call from the source host and understand which process or software initiated it.

Variations

Suspicious remote WMI process execution

Synopsis

Field	Value
ATT&CK Tactic	Lateral Movement (TA0008)
ATT&CK Technique	Remote Services (T1021), Remote Services: Windows Remote Management (T1021.006)
Severity	High

Description

A host that rarely initiates WMI to other remote hosts triggered a suspicious remote process execution by using WMI RPC.

Attacker's Goals

Perform lateral movement to new hosts to expand the foothold within a network.

Investigative actions

• Investigate the processes being spawned on the host for malicious activities.
• Correlate the RPC call from the source host and understand which process or software initiated it.