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WMI Persistence - Script Event Consumer File Write

Detects file writes of WMI script event consumer

MITRE ATT&CK

privilege-escalationpersistence

Detection Query

selection:
  Image: C:\WINDOWS\system32\wbem\scrcons.exe
condition: selection

Author

Thomas Patzke

Created

2018-03-07

Data Sources

windowsFile Events

Platforms

windows

References

https://www.eideon.com/2018-03-02-THL03-WMIBackdoors/

Tags

attack.privilege-escalationattack.t1546.003attack.persistence

Raw Content

title: WMI Persistence - Script Event Consumer File Write
id: 33f41cdd-35ac-4ba8-814b-c6a4244a1ad4
status: test
description: Detects file writes of WMI script event consumer
references:
    - https://www.eideon.com/2018-03-02-THL03-WMIBackdoors/
author: Thomas Patzke
date: 2018-03-07
modified: 2021-11-27
tags:
    - attack.privilege-escalation
    - attack.t1546.003
    - attack.persistence
logsource:
    product: windows
    category: file_event
detection:
    selection:
        Image: 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\wbem\scrcons.exe'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Dell Power Manager (C:\Program Files\Dell\PowerManager\DpmPowerPlanSetup.exe)
level: high