System information discovery via psinfo.exe

Field

Value

Activation Period

14 Days

Training Period

30 Days

Test Period

N/A (single event)

Deduplication Period

6 Hours

Required Data

XDR Agent

ATT&CK Tactic

Discovery (TA0007)

ATT&CK Technique

System Information Discovery (T1082)

Severity

Low

Using psinfo.exe, the attacker can gather information about the network, and gain an in-depth understanding of which devices are relevant to attack.

Collect information about the host, network and user configuration for lateral movement and privilege escalation.

Check whether the executing process is benign and if this was a desired behavior as part of its normal execution flow.
Verify that this isn't sanctioned IT activity.
Look for other hosts executing similar commands.

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