legitimate administrator usage of wmic to create a shadow copy.

Techniques

T1003.003

Sample rules

Creation of Shadow Copy with wmic and powershell

source: splunk
technicques:
- T1003.003

Description

The following analytic detects the creation of shadow copies using “wmic” or “Powershell” commands. It leverages the Endpoint.Processes data model in Splunk to identify processes where the command includes “shadowcopy” and “create”. This activity is significant because it may indicate an attacker attempting to manipulate or access data in an unauthorized manner, potentially leading to data theft or manipulation. If confirmed malicious, this behavior could allow attackers to backup and exfiltrate sensitive data or hide their tracks by restoring files to a previous state after an attack.

Detection logic


| tstats `security_content_summariesonly` count min(_time) as firstTime max(_time) as lastTime from datamodel=Endpoint.Processes where `process_wmic` OR `process_powershell` Processes.process=*shadowcopy* Processes.process=*create* by Processes.user Processes.process_name Processes.original_file_name Processes.parent_process_name Processes.process Processes.dest 
| `drop_dm_object_name(Processes)` 
| `security_content_ctime(firstTime)`
| `security_content_ctime(lastTime)` 
| `creation_of_shadow_copy_with_wmic_and_powershell_filter`