WMI ActiveScriptEventConsumers Activity Via Scrcons.EXE DLL Load
Detects signs of the WMI script host process "scrcons.exe" loading scripting DLLs which could indicates WMI ActiveScriptEventConsumers EventConsumers activity.
Detection logic
Detection requirements
- Platform
- Windows
The rule states no platform. This is derived from the ATT&CK technique it maps to.
- Log source product
- windows
- Log source category
- image_load
Known benign triggers
- Dell computers on some versions register an event consumer that is known to cause false positives when brightness is changed by the corresponding keyboard button
- Legitimate event consumers
MITRE ATT&CK mappings
0 exclusive techniques.This is coverage no other published rule has; it is not this rule's total technique count.
References
| Reference | Cited by |
|---|---|
| threathunterplaybook.com/hunts/windows/200902-RemoteWMIActiveScriptEventConsumers/notebook.html | Only this detection cites it |
| twitter.com/HunterPlaybook/status/1301207718355759107 | Only this detection cites it |
| www.mdsec.co.uk/2020/09/i-like-to-move-it-windows-lateral-movement-part-1-wmi-event-subscription/ | Only this detection cites it |
From the source
- At source
- Open at source
- Upstream identifier
- b439f47d-ef52-4b29-9a2f-57d8a96cb6b8
- Tagged by the source as
- attack.lateral-movementattack.persistenceattack.privilege-escalation
Licence
- Published under
- Detection Rule License 1.1Read the licence
- Attribution
- Required
Authorship
- Published
- Aug 26, 2026
- Version
- 1