Potential Unquoted Service Path Reconnaissance Via Wmic.EXE
Detects known WMI recon method to look for unquoted service paths using wmic. Often used by pentester and attacker enumeration scripts
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
- 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/S3cur3Th1sSh1t/Creds/blob/eac23d67f7f90c7fc8e3130587d86158c22aa398/PowershellScripts/jaws-enum.ps1 | 2 |
| github.com/nccgroup/redsnarf/blob/35949b30106ae543dc6f2bc3f1be10c6d9a8d40e/redsnarf.py | 2 |
| www.absolomb.com/2018-01-26-Windows-Privilege-Escalation-Guide/ | 8 |
From the source
- At source
- Open at source
- Upstream identifier
- 68bcd73b-37ef-49cb-95fc-edc809730be6
- Tagged by the source as
- attack.execution
Licence
- Published under
- Detection Rule License 1.1Read the licence
- Attribution
- Required
Authorship
- Published
- Aug 26, 2026
- Version
- 1