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Adversaries may abuse Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) to execute malicious commands and payloads.
Passed 19 of 23 test cases with the skill, and 14 of 23 without it.
and 5 more in the full report
6 fixed13 passed either way3 still failing1 broke
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One of 6 test cases the skill fixed. Same model, same prompt, with and without the skill.
When adversaries acquire local administrator credentials on one endpoint, they frequently use WMI to pivot laterally to other hosts. What specific account management mitigation prevents this lateral movement vector?
| Checked | Without skill | With skill |
|---|---|---|
| Recommends preventing credential overlap across systems for privileged accounts. | Passed | Passed |
| Cites MITRE mitigation ID M1026. | Missed | Passed |
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Adversaries may abuse Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) to execute malicious commands and payloads. WMI is designed for programmers and is the infrastructure for management data and operations on Windows systems. WMI is an administration feature that provides a uniform environment to access Windows system components.
The WMI service enables both local and remote access, though the latter is facilitated by Remote Services such as Distributed Component Object Model and Windows Remote Management. Remote WMI over DCOM operates using port 135, whereas WMI over WinRM operates over port 5985 when using HTTP and 5986 for HTTPS.
An adversary can use WMI to interact with local and remote systems and use it as a means to execute various behaviors, such as gathering information for Discovery as well as Execution of commands and payloads. For example, wmic.exe can be abused by an adversary to delete shadow copies with the command wmic.exe Shadowcopy Delete (i.e., Inhibit System Recovery).
Note: wmic.exe is deprecated as of January of 2024, with the WMIC feature being “disabled by default” on Windows 11+. WMIC will be removed from subsequent Windows releases and replaced by PowerShell as the primary WMI interface. In addition to PowerShell and tools like wbemtool.exe, COM APIs can also be used to programmatically interact with WMI via C++, .NET, VBScript, etc.
Platforms: Windows
The following tests are from Atomic Red Team and provide actionable ways to test this technique:
An adversary might use WMI to list all local User Accounts. When the test completes , there should be local user accounts information displayed on the command line.
Supported Platforms: windows
wmic useraccount get /ALL /format:csv
test cases passed, vs 14 / 23 without
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