name: GetWmiObject Ds Group with PowerShell
id: df275a44-4527-443b-b884-7600e066e3eb
version: 1
date: '2021-08-25'
author: Mauricio Velazco, Splunk
status: production
type: TTP
description: This analytic looks for the execution of `powershell.exe` with command-line
  arguments utilized to query for domain groups. The `Get-WmiObject` commandlet combined
  with the `-class ds_group` parameter can be used to return the full list of groups
  in a Windows domain. Red Teams and adversaries alike may leverage WMI in this case,
  using PowerShell, to enumerate domain groups for situational awareness and Active
  Directory Discovery.
data_source:
- Sysmon Event ID 1
search:
  selection1:
    Image|endswith: powershell.exe
  selection2:
    CommandLine: '*namespace root\\directory\\ldap*'
  selection3:
    CommandLine: '*Get-WmiObject*'
  selection4:
    CommandLine: '*class ds_group*'
  condition: (selection1) and selection2 and selection3 and selection4
how_to_implement: To successfully implement this search you need to be ingesting information
  on process that include the name of the process responsible for the changes from
  your endpoints into the `Endpoint` datamodel in the `Processes` node.
known_false_positives: Administrators or power users may use this command for troubleshooting.
references:
- https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1069/002/
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.management/get-wmiobject?view=powershell-5.1
tags:
  analytic_story:
  - Active Directory Discovery
  asset_type: Endpoint
  confidence: 50
  impact: 30
  message: Domain group discovery enumeration on $dest$ by $user$
  mitre_attack_id:
  - T1069
  - T1069.002
  observable:
  - name: dest
    type: Endpoint
    role:
    - Victim
  product:
  - Splunk Enterprise
  - Splunk Enterprise Security
  - Splunk Cloud
  risk_score: 15
  security_domain: endpoint
tests:
- name: True Positive Test
  attack_data:
  - data: https://media.githubusercontent.com/media/splunk/attack_data/master/datasets/attack_techniques/T1069.002/AD_discovery/windows-sysmon.log
    source: XmlWinEventLog:Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon/Operational
    sourcetype: xmlwineventlog