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Name: Mofcomp.exe
Description: Compiler that parses a file containing MOF statements and adds the classes and class instances defined in the file to the WMI repository. Threat actors can leverage this binary to install malicious MOF scripts
Author: Daniel Gott
Created: 2022-07-19
Commands:
- Command: mofcomp.exe {PATH_ABSOLUTE:.mof}
Description: Abuse of mofcomp.exe to parse a file which contains MOF statements in order create new classes as part of the WMI repository
Usecase: Threat actors can use mofcomp.exe to register a malicious MOF file as a new class in the WMI repository
Category: Execute
Privileges: User
MitreID: T1047
OperatingSystem: Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows 11, Windows Server 2008+
Tags:
- Execute: MOF
Full_Path:
- Path: C:\Windows\System32\wbem\mofcomp.exe
- Path: C:\Windows\SysWOW64\wbem\mofcomp.exe
Detection:
- IOC: strange parent processes spawning mofcomp.exe like cmd.exe or powershell.exe
- Sigma: https://github.com/The-DFIR-Report/Sigma-Rules/blob/75260568a7ffe61b2458ca05f6f25914efb44337/win_mofcomp_execution.yml
Resources:
- Link: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/wmisdk/mofcomp
- Link: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/wmisdk/managed-object-format--mof-
- Link: https://thedfirreport.com/2022/07/11/select-xmrig-from-sqlserver/
- Link: https://in.security/2019/04/03/an-intro-into-abusing-and-identifying-wmi-event-subscriptions-for-persistence/
- Link: https://medium.com/threatpunter/detecting-removing-wmi-persistence-60ccbb7dff96
Acknowledgement:
- Person: Daniel Gott
Handle: '@gott_cyber'
- Person: The DFIR Report
Handle: '@TheDFIRReport'
- Person: Nasreddine Bencherchali
Handle: '@nas_bench'