title: Windows Remote Management Execution
description: Detect remote process executions through MMC, WMIC, and PsExec (by name or display name). 
author: keyboardcrunch
date: 10/10/2020
modified: 05/12/2020
mitre:
   tactic: Lateral Movement
   technique: T1021
   subtechnique: 006
operating_system: windows
query: (TgtProcCmdLine ContainsCIS "GetTypeFromProgID(" AND TgtProcCmdLine ContainsCIS
  "MMC20.application" AND TgtProcCmdLine ContainsCIS ".Document.ActiveView.ExecuteShellCommand(")
  OR (TgtProcName = "wmic.exe" AND TgtProcCmdLine ContainsCIS "/node:" AND TgtProcCmdLine
  ContainsCIS "process call create") OR ((SrcProcName ContainsCIS "psexec.exe" OR
  SrcProcDisplayName = "Execute processes remotely") AND DstIp Is Not Empty)
false_positives: 
   - Legitimate usage of PSExec
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