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Suspicious WmiPrvSE Child Process

Detects suspicious and uncommon child processes of WmiPrvSE

MITRE ATT&CK

executiondefense-evasion

Detection Query

selection_parent:
  ParentImage|endswith: \wbem\WmiPrvSE.exe
selection_children_1:
  Image|endswith:
    - \certutil.exe
    - \cscript.exe
    - \mshta.exe
    - \msiexec.exe
    - \regsvr32.exe
    - \rundll32.exe
    - \verclsid.exe
    - \wscript.exe
selection_children_2:
  Image|endswith: \cmd.exe
  CommandLine|contains:
    - cscript
    - mshta
    - powershell
    - pwsh
    - regsvr32
    - rundll32
    - wscript
filter_main_werfault:
  Image|endswith: \WerFault.exe
filter_main_wmiprvse:
  Image|endswith: \WmiPrvSE.exe
filter_main_msiexec:
  Image|endswith: \msiexec.exe
  CommandLine|contains: "/i "
condition: selection_parent and 1 of selection_children_* and not 1 of filter_main_*

Author

Vadim Khrykov (ThreatIntel), Cyb3rEng, Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)

Created

2021-08-23

Data Sources

windowsProcess Creation Events

Platforms

windows

References

Tags

attack.executionattack.defense-evasionattack.t1047attack.t1204.002attack.t1218.010

Raw Content

title: Suspicious WmiPrvSE Child Process
id: 8a582fe2-0882-4b89-a82a-da6b2dc32937
related:
    - id: 692f0bec-83ba-4d04-af7e-e884a96059b6
      type: similar
    - id: d21374ff-f574-44a7-9998-4a8c8bf33d7d
      type: similar
    - id: 18cf6cf0-39b0-4c22-9593-e244bdc9a2d4
      type: obsolete
status: test
description: Detects suspicious and uncommon child processes of WmiPrvSE
references:
    - https://thedfirreport.com/2021/03/29/sodinokibi-aka-revil-ransomware/
    - https://github.com/vadim-hunter/Detection-Ideas-Rules/blob/02bcbfc2bfb8b4da601bb30de0344ae453aa1afe/Threat%20Intelligence/The%20DFIR%20Report/20210329_Sodinokibi_(aka_REvil)_Ransomware.yaml
    - https://blog.osarmor.com/319/onenote-attachment-delivers-asyncrat-malware/
    - https://twitter.com/ForensicITGuy/status/1334734244120309760
author: Vadim Khrykov (ThreatIntel), Cyb3rEng, Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
date: 2021-08-23
modified: 2023-11-10
tags:
    - attack.execution
    - attack.defense-evasion
    - attack.t1047
    - attack.t1204.002
    - attack.t1218.010
logsource:
    product: windows
    category: process_creation
detection:
    selection_parent:
        ParentImage|endswith: '\wbem\WmiPrvSE.exe'
    selection_children_1:
        # TODO: Add more LOLBINs or suspicious processes that make sens in your environment
        Image|endswith:
            - '\certutil.exe'
            - '\cscript.exe'
            - '\mshta.exe'
            - '\msiexec.exe'
            - '\regsvr32.exe'
            - '\rundll32.exe'
            - '\verclsid.exe'
            - '\wscript.exe'
    selection_children_2:
        # This is in a separate selection due to the nature of FP generated with CMD
        Image|endswith: '\cmd.exe'
        CommandLine|contains:
            - 'cscript'
            - 'mshta'
            - 'powershell'
            - 'pwsh'
            - 'regsvr32'
            - 'rundll32'
            - 'wscript'
    filter_main_werfault:
        Image|endswith: '\WerFault.exe'
    filter_main_wmiprvse:
        Image|endswith: '\WmiPrvSE.exe' # In some legitimate case WmiPrvSE was seen spawning itself
    filter_main_msiexec:
        Image|endswith: '\msiexec.exe'
        CommandLine|contains: '/i '
    condition: selection_parent and 1 of selection_children_* and not 1 of filter_main_*
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: high