Suspicious WMIC Execution Via Office Process

Office application called wmic to proxye execution through a LOLBIN process. This is often used to break suspicious parent-child chain (Office app spawns LOLBin).

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Platform: Linux macOS Windows
The rule states no platform. This is derived from the 3 ATT&CK techniques it maps to.
Log source product: windows
Log source category: process_creation

Known benign triggers

Unknown

References

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Reference	Class	Cited by
github.com/vadim-hunter/Detection-Ideas-Rules/blob/02bcbfc2bfb8b4da601bb30de0344ae453aa1afe/Threat%20Intelligence/The%20DFIR%20Report/20210329_Sodinokibi_(aka_REvil)_Ransomware.yaml	Tool	4
thedfirreport.com/2021/03/29/sodinokibi-aka-revil-ransomware/	Threat report	10from 2 sources

Detection rules

Suspicious WMIC Execution Via Office Process

Detection logic

Detection requirements

Known benign triggers

MITRE ATT&CK mappings

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