Possible WMI Lateral Movement WmiPrvSE Spawned PowerShell (via process_creation)

title: Possible WMI Lateral Movement WmiPrvSE Spawned PowerShell (via process_creation)
id: 4b6a1765-45b2-5cfc-92ff-856dab1863ea
status: stable
description: This rule detects Powershell as a child of the WmiPrvSE process. Which could be a sign of lateral movement via WMI.
references:
    - https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1059/001/
    - https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1047/
    - https://any.run/report/68bc255f9b0db6a0d30a8f2dadfbee3256acfe12497bf93943bc1eab0735e45e/a2385d6f-34f7-403c-90d3-b1f9d2a90a5e
author: Huntrule Team
date: 2026-02-20
tags:
    - attack.execution
    - attack.t1047
    - attack.t1059.001
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    selection_parent:
        ParentImage|endswith: '\WmiPrvSE.exe'
    selection_img:
        - Image|endswith:
              - '\powershell.exe'
              - '\pwsh.exe'
        - OriginalFileName:
              - 'PowerShell.EXE'
              - 'pwsh.dll'
    condition: all of selection_*
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: medium