HackTool - Potential Impacket Lateral Movement Activity
Detects wmiexec/dcomexec/atexec/smbexec from Impacket framework
Detection logic
Detection requirements
- Platform
- Windows
The rule states no platform. This is derived from the 2 ATT&CK techniques it maps to.
- Log source product
- windows
- Log source category
- process_creation
Known benign triggers
- Unknown
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 |
|---|---|
| github.com/SecureAuthCorp/impacket/blob/8b1a99f7c715702eafe3f24851817bb64721b156/examples/atexec.py | Only this detection cites it |
| github.com/SecureAuthCorp/impacket/blob/8b1a99f7c715702eafe3f24851817bb64721b156/examples/dcomexec.py | Only this detection cites it |
| github.com/SecureAuthCorp/impacket/blob/8b1a99f7c715702eafe3f24851817bb64721b156/examples/smbexec.py | Only this detection cites it |
| github.com/SecureAuthCorp/impacket/blob/8b1a99f7c715702eafe3f24851817bb64721b156/examples/wmiexec.py | Only this detection cites it |
| www.elastic.co/guide/en/security/current/suspicious-cmd-execution-via-wmi.html | Only this detection cites it |
From the source
- At source
- Open at source
- Upstream identifier
- 10c14723-61c7-4c75-92ca-9af245723ad2
- Tagged by the source as
- attack.executionattack.lateral-movement
Licence
- Published under
- Detection Rule License 1.1Read the licence
- Attribution
- Required
Authorship
- Published
- Aug 26, 2026
- Version
- 1