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hunting-for-persistence-via-wmi-subscriptions
Hunts for adversary persistence via WMI event subscriptions (MITRE T1546.003) by monitoring the creation of WMI event filters, consumers, and filter-to-consumer bindings that trigger malicious code execution on system events. Use when investigating fileless, trigger-based persistence on Windows hosts or auditing WMI repository contents for malicious event subscriptions.
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# Hunting for Persistence via WMI Subscriptions
## When to Use
- When proactively searching for fileless persistence mechanisms in Windows environments
- After threat intelligence reports indicate WMI-based persistence by APT groups (APT29, APT32, FIN8)
- When investigating systems where malware persists across reboots despite cleanup attempts
- During incident response when standard persistence locations (Run keys, scheduled tasks) are clean
- When WmiPrvSe.exe is observed spawning unexpected child processes
## Prerequisites
- Sysmon Event ID 19, 20, 21 (WMI Event Filter/Consumer/Binding) enabled
- Windows Event ID 5861 (WMI activity logging) from Microsoft-Windows-WMI-Activity