title: Suspicious Non PowerShell WSMAN COM Provider
id: df9a0e0e-fedb-4d6c-8668-d765dfc92aa7
description: Detects suspicious use of the WSMAN provider without PowerShell.exe as the host application.
status: experimental
date: 2020/06/24
author: Roberto Rodriguez (Cyb3rWard0g), OTR (Open Threat Research)
tags:
    - attack.execution
    - attack.t1059.001
    - attack.lateral_movement
    - attack.t1021.003
references:
    - https://twitter.com/chadtilbury/status/1275851297770610688
    - https://bohops.com/2020/05/12/ws-management-com-another-approach-for-winrm-lateral-movement/
    - https://github.com/bohops/WSMan-WinRM
logsource:
    product: windows
    service: powershell
detection:
    selection:
        Message|contains: 'ProviderName=WSMan'
    filter:
        Message|contains: 'HostApplication=*powershell'
    condition: selection and not filter
falsepositives:
level: medium