Uncommon System Information Discovery Via Wmic.EXE

 Original Source: [Sigma source]
Title: Uncommon System Information Discovery Via Wmic.EXE
Status: test
Description:Detects the use of the WMI command-line (WMIC) utility to identify and display various system information, including OS, CPU, GPU, and disk drive names; memory capacity; display resolution; and baseboard, BIOS, and GPU driver products/versions. Some of these commands were used by Aurora Stealer in late 2022/early 2023.
References:
  -https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/a2ccd19c37d0278b4ffa8583add3cf52060a5418/atomics/T1082/T1082.md#atomic-test-25---system-information-discovery-with-wmic
  -https://nwgat.ninja/getting-system-information-with-wmic-on-windows/
  -https://blog.sekoia.io/aurora-a-rising-stealer-flying-under-the-radar
  -https://blog.cyble.com/2023/01/18/aurora-a-stealer-using-shapeshifting-tactics/
  -https://app.any.run/tasks/a6aa0057-82ec-451f-8f99-55650ca537da/
  -https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/d6f6bc10ae0e634ed4301d584f61418cee18e5d58ad9af72f8aa552dc4aaeca3/behavior
Author: TropChaud
Date: 2023-01-26
modified:2023-12-19
Tags:
  • -'attack.discovery'
  • -'attack.t1082'
Logsource:
  • category: process_creation
  • product: windows
Detection:
  selection_wmic:
Description:'WMI Commandline Utility' OriginalFileName:'wmic.exe' Image|endswith:'\WMIC.exe'   selection_commands:
    CommandLine|contains:
      -'LOGICALDISK get Name,Size,FreeSpace'
      -'os get Caption,OSArchitecture,Version'

  condition:all of selection_*
Falsepositives:
  -Unknown
Level: medium