Veritas
F032LOWBenign / FPvalidator: passed

WmiPrvSE elevated privilege context with SeImpersonate and SeDebug enabled (TA0004: Privilege Escalation, TA0005: Defense Evasion)

WmiPrvSE.exe

Analyst narrative

WmiPrvSE.exe processes hold enabled SeImpersonate, SeDebug, and SeLoadDriver privileges. This privilege combination is used in token theft and process injection attacks such as Mimikatz.

Claims asserted

pid-vol_privileges

Proof chain · 50 facts

Every confirmed claim links by foreign key to the typed fact that validated it, and to the forensic tool that produced that fact. This is one finding_trace() query.

handle facthandle:pid:2876:event:4
vol_handles
Raw tool output · d29b5493556e0bb75ec7196f40d33b3eafddb5b3
{"GrantedAccess": 2031619, "HandleValue": 4, "Name": null, "Offset": 154518758722992, "PID": 2876, "Process": "WmiPrvSE.exe", "Type": "Event", "TreeDepth": 0}
handle facthandle:pid:2876:waitcompletionpacket:8
vol_handles
Raw tool output · c8f2b9c7b11aea881539181738adb6964af154bc
{"GrantedAccess": 1, "HandleValue": 8, "Name": null, "Offset": 154518758694240, "PID": 2876, "Process": "WmiPrvSE.exe", "Type": "WaitCompletionPacket", "TreeDepth": 0}
handle facthandle:pid:2876:iocompletion:12
vol_handles
Raw tool output · 1bfe2c87ea1bd27e7b75c081488c5410e7dfac28
{"GrantedAccess": 2031619, "HandleValue": 12, "Name": null, "Offset": 154518758125440, "PID": 2876, "Process": "WmiPrvSE.exe", "Type": "IoCompletion", "TreeDepth": 0}
handle facthandle:pid:2876:tpworkerfactory:16
vol_handles
Raw tool output · 6be089fa2d3009a018cedc9ed53d6d2062b418b0
{"GrantedAccess": 983295, "HandleValue": 16, "Name": null, "Offset": 154518758266992, "PID": 2876, "Process": "WmiPrvSE.exe", "Type": "TpWorkerFactory", "TreeDepth": 0}
handle facthandle:pid:2876:irtimer:20
vol_handles
Raw tool output · a379e063e0f6bad1f82ff848a85fe6fe069efd30
{"GrantedAccess": 1048578, "HandleValue": 20, "Name": null, "Offset": 154518750006864, "PID": 2876, "Process": "WmiPrvSE.exe", "Type": "IRTimer", "TreeDepth": 0}
handle facthandle:pid:2876:waitcompletionpacket:24
vol_handles
Raw tool output · f9eccd9cae8c95ae5bdb1ff1f55adf6e922760dd
{"GrantedAccess": 1, "HandleValue": 24, "Name": null, "Offset": 154518758766112, "PID": 2876, "Process": "WmiPrvSE.exe", "Type": "WaitCompletionPacket", "TreeDepth": 0}
handle facthandle:pid:2876:irtimer:28
vol_handles
Raw tool output · 8f5150abb6ad040837ffec329a166bc57f19a52f
{"GrantedAccess": 1048578, "HandleValue": 28, "Name": null, "Offset": 154518758406400, "PID": 2876, "Process": "WmiPrvSE.exe", "Type": "IRTimer", "TreeDepth": 0}
handle facthandle:pid:2876:waitcompletionpacket:32
vol_handles
Raw tool output · ddec52d0d3a219a348cecdafc90d3ce0b94cb97e
{"GrantedAccess": 1, "HandleValue": 32, "Name": null, "Offset": 154518758798912, "PID": 2876, "Process": "WmiPrvSE.exe", "Type": "WaitCompletionPacket", "TreeDepth": 0}
handle facthandle:pid:2876:etwregistration:36
vol_handles
Raw tool output · bc62c9c1249fc81bd3ebb446ce88dd37fad887e8
{"GrantedAccess": 2052, "HandleValue": 36, "Name": null, "Offset": 154518758567264, "PID": 2876, "Process": "WmiPrvSE.exe", "Type": "EtwRegistration", "TreeDepth": 0}
handle facthandle:pid:2876:etwregistration:40
vol_handles
Raw tool output · 70e1cc3fa0ee6fc6acf3212b978034c73108e9a5
{"GrantedAccess": 2052, "HandleValue": 40, "Name": null, "Offset": 154518758140960, "PID": 2876, "Process": "WmiPrvSE.exe", "Type": "EtwRegistration", "TreeDepth": 0}
handle facthandle:pid:2876:etwregistration:44
vol_handles
Raw tool output · cfb3354f52f3813a1fc1c043ac485f784760afdf
{"GrantedAccess": 2052, "HandleValue": 44, "Name": null, "Offset": 154518758141184, "PID": 2876, "Process": "WmiPrvSE.exe", "Type": "EtwRegistration", "TreeDepth": 0}
handle facthandle:pid:2876:directory:knowndlls
vol_handles
Raw tool output · 9c739467224979c5857411aef148f8df260089ab
{"GrantedAccess": 3, "HandleValue": 48, "Name": "KnownDlls", "Offset": 229276702421120, "PID": 2876, "Process": "WmiPrvSE.exe", "Type": "Directory", "TreeDepth": 0}
handle facthandle:pid:2876:event:52
vol_handles
Raw tool output · 49bd70a099058016b0c2795c8742448952448c80
{"GrantedAccess": 2031619, "HandleValue": 52, "Name": null, "Offset": 154518758631728, "PID": 2876, "Process": "WmiPrvSE.exe", "Type": "Event", "TreeDepth": 0}
handle facthandle:pid:2876:event:56
vol_handles
Raw tool output · 702416160359f6a4efe519e4d606db0b507b92ec
{"GrantedAccess": 2031619, "HandleValue": 56, "Name": null, "Offset": 154518758801376, "PID": 2876, "Process": "WmiPrvSE.exe", "Type": "Event", "TreeDepth": 0}
handle facthandle:pid:2876:file:\device\harddiskvolume2\windows\system32
vol_handles
Raw tool output · c263763d1f55f0cf3b8c2cf4853bf8049158f5f2
{"GrantedAccess": 1048608, "HandleValue": 60, "Name": "\\Device\\HarddiskVolume2\\Windows\\System32", "Offset": 154518758570480, "PID": 2876, "Process": "WmiPrvSE.exe", "Type": "File", "TreeDepth": 0}
handle facthandle:pid:2876:etwregistration:64
vol_handles
Raw tool output · eb266ecd502a79c21394cf51826d90febcce712d
{"GrantedAccess": 2052, "HandleValue": 64, "Name": null, "Offset": 154518758221568, "PID": 2876, "Process": "WmiPrvSE.exe", "Type": "EtwRegistration", "TreeDepth": 0}
handle facthandle:pid:2876:etwregistration:68
vol_handles
Raw tool output · 8e9e7a1e55ef0f72d66c13f290e82df995f98df0
{"GrantedAccess": 2052, "HandleValue": 68, "Name": null, "Offset": 154518758221792, "PID": 2876, "Process": "WmiPrvSE.exe", "Type": "EtwRegistration", "TreeDepth": 0}
handle facthandle:pid:2876:alpc port:72
vol_handles
Raw tool output · a9c76971d5dc93f31799c050383524ecb1765727
{"GrantedAccess": 2031617, "HandleValue": 72, "Name": null, "Offset": 154518758809712, "PID": 2876, "Process": "WmiPrvSE.exe", "Type": "ALPC Port", "TreeDepth": 0}
handle facthandle:pid:2876:iocompletion:76
vol_handles
Raw tool output · 74bab965cd765d70384ec6f92b62ec7100c25bf3
{"GrantedAccess": 2031619, "HandleValue": 76, "Name": null, "Offset": 154518714304448, "PID": 2876, "Process": "WmiPrvSE.exe", "Type": "IoCompletion", "TreeDepth": 0}
handle facthandle:pid:2876:tpworkerfactory:80
vol_handles
Raw tool output · 4b2dc743c5e6d4ba4207391b9019a3290f419cfe
{"GrantedAccess": 983295, "HandleValue": 80, "Name": null, "Offset": 154518758812208, "PID": 2876, "Process": "WmiPrvSE.exe", "Type": "TpWorkerFactory", "TreeDepth": 0}
handle facthandle:pid:2876:irtimer:84
vol_handles
Raw tool output · a36c6a3a723667268b52d7de7e5ea52500806407
{"GrantedAccess": 1048578, "HandleValue": 84, "Name": null, "Offset": 154518750242400, "PID": 2876, "Process": "WmiPrvSE.exe", "Type": "IRTimer", "TreeDepth": 0}
handle facthandle:pid:2876:waitcompletionpacket:88
vol_handles
Raw tool output · ef946201a23a25fee45722283ee1f579e9e4e5de
{"GrantedAccess": 1, "HandleValue": 88, "Name": null, "Offset": 154518758774160, "PID": 2876, "Process": "WmiPrvSE.exe", "Type": "WaitCompletionPacket", "TreeDepth": 0}
handle facthandle:pid:2876:irtimer:92
vol_handles
Raw tool output · 163555ddc8e9ca120c8c4da08197000c7f687017
{"GrantedAccess": 1048578, "HandleValue": 92, "Name": null, "Offset": 154518732897200, "PID": 2876, "Process": "WmiPrvSE.exe", "Type": "IRTimer", "TreeDepth": 0}
handle facthandle:pid:2876:waitcompletionpacket:96
vol_handles
Raw tool output · 1bf6b5b386d1aa40fb059364c1dd658c780db67b
{"GrantedAccess": 1, "HandleValue": 96, "Name": null, "Offset": 154518758812000, "PID": 2876, "Process": "WmiPrvSE.exe", "Type": "WaitCompletionPacket", "TreeDepth": 0}
handle facthandle:pid:2876:key:machine\system\controlset001\control\session manager
vol_handles
Raw tool output · f159df50ec1d9b1a3fca36257f5a18408a0d10cb
{"GrantedAccess": 1, "HandleValue": 100, "Name": "MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\CONTROLSET001\\CONTROL\\SESSION MANAGER", "Offset": 229276731836288, "PID": 2876, "Process": "WmiPrvSE.exe", "Type": "Key", "TreeDepth": 0}
handle facthandle:pid:2876:key:machine\system\controlset001\control\nls\sorting\versions
vol_handles
Raw tool output · ab19507216f24bd122e077e97cbd0d37c42aa985
{"GrantedAccess": 131097, "HandleValue": 104, "Name": "MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\CONTROLSET001\\CONTROL\\NLS\\SORTING\\VERSIONS", "Offset": 229276744481616, "PID": 2876, "Process": "WmiPrvSE.exe", "Type": "Key", "TreeDepth": 0}
handle facthandle:pid:2876:etwregistration:108
vol_handles
Raw tool output · 55bc8aabf453a4602dccd72bd1790ea46f3b0952
{"GrantedAccess": 2052, "HandleValue": 108, "Name": null, "Offset": 154518758176544, "PID": 2876, "Process": "WmiPrvSE.exe", "Type": "EtwRegistration", "TreeDepth": 0}
handle facthandle:pid:2876:key:machine
vol_handles
Raw tool output · cfd07f9c76599c395c68d37b2bfaa19455385e9e
{"GrantedAccess": 131097, "HandleValue": 112, "Name": "MACHINE", "Offset": 229276744154640, "PID": 2876, "Process": "WmiPrvSE.exe", "Type": "Key", "TreeDepth": 0}
handle facthandle:pid:2876:file:\device\cng
vol_handles
Raw tool output · ee60d8772f05f799cb74c9f02c0e4b5ce9f1608e
{"GrantedAccess": 1048577, "HandleValue": 116, "Name": "\\Device\\CNG", "Offset": 154518758716688, "PID": 2876, "Process": "WmiPrvSE.exe", "Type": "File", "TreeDepth": 0}
handle facthandle:pid:2876:key:machine\software\microsoft\ole
vol_handles
Raw tool output · a0cfd3b929ec14fcb4ed848c77e4c151ae683b2b
{"GrantedAccess": 131097, "HandleValue": 124, "Name": "MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\MICROSOFT\\OLE", "Offset": 229276744773136, "PID": 2876, "Process": "WmiPrvSE.exe", "Type": "Key", "TreeDepth": 0}
handle facthandle:pid:2876:event:128
vol_handles
Raw tool output · cf28ce584e4a6d7dd847ea525e8b97696bc4e6db
{"GrantedAccess": 2031619, "HandleValue": 128, "Name": null, "Offset": 154518758201344, "PID": 2876, "Process": "WmiPrvSE.exe", "Type": "Event", "TreeDepth": 0}
handle facthandle:pid:2876:etwregistration:132
vol_handles
Raw tool output · 7077239fb197266a0edfdbdf25d7df22f4825592
{"GrantedAccess": 2052, "HandleValue": 132, "Name": null, "Offset": 154518750597008, "PID": 2876, "Process": "WmiPrvSE.exe", "Type": "EtwRegistration", "TreeDepth": 0}
handle facthandle:pid:2876:etwregistration:136
vol_handles
Raw tool output · 1166f7213d977aa0a7a11fae2c5d7bea6cdefdd1
{"GrantedAccess": 2052, "HandleValue": 136, "Name": null, "Offset": 154518758224960, "PID": 2876, "Process": "WmiPrvSE.exe", "Type": "EtwRegistration", "TreeDepth": 0}
handle facthandle:pid:2876:etwregistration:140
vol_handles
Raw tool output · 824d35aae2dc62fa95539ea7fae130049baab63d
{"GrantedAccess": 2052, "HandleValue": 140, "Name": null, "Offset": 154518758858160, "PID": 2876, "Process": "WmiPrvSE.exe", "Type": "EtwRegistration", "TreeDepth": 0}
handle facthandle:pid:2876:event:144
vol_handles
Raw tool output · 797425162da831cf78ac6e6935ff84474d3b2fb4
{"GrantedAccess": 2031619, "HandleValue": 144, "Name": null, "Offset": 154518758597408, "PID": 2876, "Process": "WmiPrvSE.exe", "Type": "Event", "TreeDepth": 0}
handle facthandle:pid:2876:event:148
vol_handles
Raw tool output · 652d120337c05bc9cc8397a7808c26e48ea3ba93
{"GrantedAccess": 2031619, "HandleValue": 148, "Name": null, "Offset": 154518758201216, "PID": 2876, "Process": "WmiPrvSE.exe", "Type": "Event", "TreeDepth": 0}
handle facthandle:pid:2876:event:152
vol_handles
Raw tool output · 2944b1158ca44b890dfb908983d5ffee39c3805a
{"GrantedAccess": 2031619, "HandleValue": 152, "Name": null, "Offset": 154518758597536, "PID": 2876, "Process": "WmiPrvSE.exe", "Type": "Event", "TreeDepth": 0}
handle facthandle:pid:2876:event:156
vol_handles
Raw tool output · f71fd164e8f3b88d57e4b474b58accf2d6b5bd7a
{"GrantedAccess": 2031619, "HandleValue": 156, "Name": null, "Offset": 154518758856224, "PID": 2876, "Process": "WmiPrvSE.exe", "Type": "Event", "TreeDepth": 0}
handle facthandle:pid:2876:event:160
vol_handles
Raw tool output · e520d82b0410e538d7e81ad2e72b5533a99806fe
{"GrantedAccess": 2031619, "HandleValue": 160, "Name": null, "Offset": 154518758856096, "PID": 2876, "Process": "WmiPrvSE.exe", "Type": "Event", "TreeDepth": 0}
handle facthandle:pid:2876:event:164
vol_handles
Raw tool output · 00a33b97a0fa30cc7e50ebc040e579a1c90933ee
{"GrantedAccess": 2031619, "HandleValue": 164, "Name": null, "Offset": 154518758200768, "PID": 2876, "Process": "WmiPrvSE.exe", "Type": "Event", "TreeDepth": 0}
handle facthandle:pid:2876:etwregistration:168
vol_handles
Raw tool output · 0f2621195c756559b86a59d0dc7866daffa4e1bf
{"GrantedAccess": 2052, "HandleValue": 168, "Name": null, "Offset": 154518758793328, "PID": 2876, "Process": "WmiPrvSE.exe", "Type": "EtwRegistration", "TreeDepth": 0}
handle facthandle:pid:2876:directory:basenamedobjects
vol_handles
Raw tool output · e23784c4b0338bebfb04e3faa201fe55a2d976a3
{"GrantedAccess": 15, "HandleValue": 172, "Name": "BaseNamedObjects", "Offset": 229276810769120, "PID": 2876, "Process": "WmiPrvSE.exe", "Type": "Directory", "TreeDepth": 0}
handle facthandle:pid:2876:etwregistration:176
vol_handles
Raw tool output · 10194e7ff243bc9379828065a029898709678474
{"GrantedAccess": 2052, "HandleValue": 176, "Name": null, "Offset": 154518758794064, "PID": 2876, "Process": "WmiPrvSE.exe", "Type": "EtwRegistration", "TreeDepth": 0}
handle facthandle:pid:2876:etwregistration:180
vol_handles
Raw tool output · a58d958ed561934220f5b376234fa0f32b731b71
{"GrantedAccess": 2052, "HandleValue": 180, "Name": null, "Offset": 154518758793840, "PID": 2876, "Process": "WmiPrvSE.exe", "Type": "EtwRegistration", "TreeDepth": 0}
handle facthandle:pid:2876:etwregistration:184
vol_handles
Raw tool output · 911e5498c9836c1ee158a3fdc94f9c1d1e61f772
{"GrantedAccess": 2052, "HandleValue": 184, "Name": null, "Offset": 154518758793616, "PID": 2876, "Process": "WmiPrvSE.exe", "Type": "EtwRegistration", "TreeDepth": 0}
handle facthandle:pid:2876:etwregistration:188
vol_handles
Raw tool output · 9c49beb02a18f78ce5db98c96db5bec3f46e043a
{"GrantedAccess": 2052, "HandleValue": 188, "Name": null, "Offset": 154518758772848, "PID": 2876, "Process": "WmiPrvSE.exe", "Type": "EtwRegistration", "TreeDepth": 0}
handle facthandle:pid:2876:etwregistration:192
vol_handles
Raw tool output · 7cd781d9bc300d7d2eb92f6c7499b76cb792f5bd
{"GrantedAccess": 2052, "HandleValue": 192, "Name": null, "Offset": 154518758773712, "PID": 2876, "Process": "WmiPrvSE.exe", "Type": "EtwRegistration", "TreeDepth": 0}
process factpid:2876
vol_psscan
Raw tool output · fda7556e5f7ae9df2b483f98858223a4a0cd9f2b
{"CreateTime": "2018-08-30T13:52:26+00:00", "ExitTime": null, "File output": "Disabled", "Handles": null, "ImageFileName": "WmiPrvSE.exe", "Offset(V)": 154518718150016, "PID": 2876, "PPID": 868, "SessionId": 0, "Threads": 10, "Wow64": false, "TreeDepth": 0}
process relationship factpid:2876->pid:868
vol_psscanvol_pstree
Raw tool output · 9ec674d7663c65e93582baec418c4287f4e41e8c
{"CreateTime": "2018-08-30T13:52:26+00:00", "ExitTime": null, "File output": "Disabled", "Handles": null, "ImageFileName": "WmiPrvSE.exe", "Offset(V)": 154518718150016, "PID": 2876, "PPID": 868, "SessionId": 0, "Threads": 10, "Wow64": false, "TreeDepth": 0}
process relationship factpid:8712->pid:2876
vol_psscanvol_pstree
Raw tool output · 143b97d30a8c0f2c84da4a1e5b800e110fb471e1
{"CreateTime": "2018-08-30T16:43:36+00:00", "ExitTime": null, "File output": "Disabled", "Handles": null, "ImageFileName": "powershell.exe", "Offset(V)": 154518771437696, "PID": 8712, "PPID": 2876, "SessionId": 0, "Threads": 11, "Wow64": false, "TreeDepth": 0}

Source tools

vol_privileges