Possible Enumeration of a System Time (via process_creation)

title: Possible Enumeration of a System Time (via process_creation)
id: 28277ef0-2be1-5fb9-b821-d156472c5cc9
status: stable
description: This rule detects use of various commands to query a systems time. This method may be used before running a scheduled task or to discover the time zone of a target system.
references:
    - https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1124/
    - https://eqllib.readthedocs.io/en/latest/analytics/fcdb99c2-ac3c-4bde-b664-4b336329bed2.html
    - https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1124/T1124.md
author: Huntrule Team
date: 2026-01-03
tags:
    - attack.discovery
    - attack.t1124
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    selection_time:
        Image|endswith:
            - '\net.exe'
            - '\net1.exe'
        CommandLine|contains: 'time'
    selection_w32tm:
        Image|endswith: '\w32tm.exe'
        CommandLine|contains: 'tz'
    condition: 1 of selection_*
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: low