Remote WMI process execution

Cortex XDR Analytics Alert Reference by data source

Product

Cortex XDR

Last date published

2024-12-03

Activation Period	14 Days
Training Period	30 Days
Test Period	N/A (single event)
Deduplication Period	3 Days
Required Data	Requires: XDR Agent
Detection Modules
Detector Tags	Impacket Analytics
ATT&CK Tactic	Lateral Movement (TA0008)
ATT&CK Technique	Remote Services (T1021) Remote Services: Windows Remote Management (T1021.006)
Severity	Medium

A host that rarely initiates WMI to other remote hosts triggered a remote process execution by using WMI RPC.

Perform lateral movement to new hosts to expand the foothold within a network.

Investigate the processes being spawned on the host for malicious activities.
Correlate the RPC call from the source host and understand which process or software initiated it.

ATT&CK Tactic

ATT&CK Technique

Severity

High

A host that rarely initiates WMI to other remote hosts triggered a suspicious remote process execution by using WMI RPC.

Perform lateral movement to new hosts to expand the foothold within a network.

Investigate the processes being spawned on the host for malicious activities.
Correlate the RPC call from the source host and understand which process or software initiated it.