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Agent skill

Hunting For Lateral Movement Via Wmi

by mukul975 in mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills

Detects WMI-based lateral movement (e.g. An agent skill from mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills.

Apache-2.0Auto-check passedSecurity

Install Hunting For Lateral Movement Via Wmi

skills CLI
$ npx skills add mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills --skill hunting-for-lateral-movement-via-wmi -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills hunting-for-lateral-movement-via-wmi --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/hunting-for-lateral-movement-via-wmi .claude/skills/hunting-for-lateral-movement-via-wmi && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
hunting-for-lateral-movement-via-wmi
GitHub stars
34k
Token cost
~659 tokens
SKILL.md length
238 words
Files
4 (incl. scripts, references)
Skills in repo
644
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Apache-2.0

At a glance

Detects WMI-based lateral movement (e.g. An agent skill from mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills.

  • Works in 4 steps: Parse Process Creation Events → Detect WmiPrvSE Child Processes → Analyze Command Line Patterns → …
  • Hunting for remote code execution via WMI
  • SKILL.md covers Overview, When to Use, Prerequisites and Steps, plus 1 more section
  • Runs Python scripts from its folder

What it does

Hunting For Lateral Movement Via Wmi is an agent skill from mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills. Detects WMI-based lateral movement (e.g. wmic process call create, Win32Process.Create()) by analyzing Windows Event ID 4688 and Sysmon Event ID 1 for WmiPrvSE.exe spawning suspicious child processes like cmd.exe or powershell.exe, plus WMI-Activity/Operational events 5857/5860/5861 for subscription-based persistence. Use when hunting for remote code execution via WMI or investigating lateral movement across Windows hosts.

Its SKILL.md is about 660 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 5 other files, including scripts and reference files (for example `references/api-reference.md` and `scripts/agent.py`).

It sits in Security, covering Red teaming and adversary simulation. It works with PowerShell and Windows. The repository describes itself as: 817 structured cybersecurity skills for AI agents · Mapped to 6 frameworks: MITRE ATT&CK, NIST CSF 2.0, MITRE ATLAS, D3FEND, NIST AI RMF & MITRE F3 (Fight Fraud) · agentskills.io…. The licence is Apache-2.0.

When your agent uses it

  • Hunting for remote code execution via WMI
  • Investigating lateral movement across Windows hosts

Example prompts

  • “Use the hunting-for-lateral-movement-via-wmi skill to detect WMI-based lateral movement (e.g. An agent skill from…”
  • “/hunting-for-lateral-movement-via-wmi”

Requirements

  • Python 3

Workflow steps

4 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Parse Process Creation Events
  2. Detect WmiPrvSE Child Processes
  3. Analyze Command Line Patterns
  4. Check WMI Event Subscriptions

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 54a7988. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Ships 1 file in scripts/ (Python), which the agent can run.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Hunting For Lateral Movement Via Wmi loads about 659 tokens when it runs, and up to ~1.3k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 116 tokens; SKILL.md has 238 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~116
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~659
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~1.3k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills at commit 54a7988, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© mukul975). 238 words, ~659 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/hunting-for-lateral-movement-via-wmi/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 3 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
hunting-for-lateral-movement-via-wmi
description
Detects WMI-based lateral movement (e.g. wmic process call create, Win32_Process.Create()) by analyzing Windows Event ID 4688 and Sysmon Event ID 1 for WmiPrvSE.exe spawning suspicious child processes like cmd.exe or powershell.exe, plus WMI-Activity/Operational events 5857/5860/5861 for subscription-based persistence. Use when hunting for remote code execution via WMI or investigating lateral movement across Windows hosts.
domain
cybersecurity
subdomain
threat-hunting
tags
threat-hunting, lateral-movement, wmi, sysmon, mitre-attack, process-creation
version
1.0
author
mahipal
license
Apache-2.0
nist_csf
DE.CM-01, DE.AE-02, DE.AE-07, ID.RA-05
mitre_attack
T1046, T1057, T1082, T1083, T1021

Hunting for Lateral Movement via WMI

Overview

Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) is commonly abused for lateral movement via wmic process call create or Win32_Process.Create() to execute commands on remote hosts. Detection focuses on identifying WmiPrvSE.exe spawning child processes (cmd.exe, powershell.exe) in Windows Security Event ID 4688 and Sysmon Event ID 1 logs, along with WMI-Activity/Operational events (5857, 5860, 5861) for event subscription persistence.

When to Use

  • When investigating security incidents that require hunting for lateral movement via wmi
  • When building detection rules or threat hunting queries for this domain
  • When SOC analysts need structured procedures for this analysis type
  • When validating security monitoring coverage for related attack techniques

Prerequisites

  • Windows Security Event Logs with Process Creation auditing enabled (Event 4688 with command line)
  • Sysmon installed with Event ID 1 (Process Creation) configured
  • Python 3.9+ with python-evtx, lxml libraries
  • Understanding of WMI architecture and WmiPrvSE.exe behavior

Steps

Step 1: Parse Process Creation Events

Extract Event ID 4688 and Sysmon Event 1 entries from EVTX files.

Step 2: Detect WmiPrvSE Child Processes

Flag processes where ParentImage/ParentProcessName is WmiPrvSE.exe, indicating remote WMI execution.

Step 3: Analyze Command Line Patterns

Identify suspicious command lines matching WMI lateral movement patterns (cmd.exe /q /c, output redirection to admin$ share).

Step 4: Check WMI Event Subscriptions

Parse WMI-Activity/Operational log for event consumer creation indicating persistence.

Expected Output

JSON report with WMI-spawned processes, suspicious command lines, WMI event subscription alerts, and timeline of lateral movement activity.

© mukul975, Apache-2.0. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 3 other files (scripts, references) in skills/hunting-for-lateral-movement-via-wmi of mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills.

  • SKILL.md
  • LICENSE
  • references/api-reference.md
  • scripts/agent.py

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 54a7988

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Questions about Hunting For Lateral Movement Via Wmi

What does Hunting For Lateral Movement Via Wmi do?

Detects WMI-based lateral movement (e.g. An agent skill from mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills. Hunting For Lateral Movement Via Wmi is an agent skill from mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills.g.

When should I use Hunting For Lateral Movement Via Wmi?

Hunting For Lateral Movement Via Wmi fits situations like: hunting for remote code execution via WMI; investigating lateral movement across Windows hosts.

How do I install Hunting For Lateral Movement Via Wmi in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills --skill hunting-for-lateral-movement-via-wmi -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/hunting-for-lateral-movement-via-wmi in mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills) into .claude/skills/hunting-for-lateral-movement-via-wmi in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Hunting For Lateral Movement Via Wmi in Codex?

Run `npx skills add mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills --skill hunting-for-lateral-movement-via-wmi -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/hunting-for-lateral-movement-via-wmi in mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills) into .agents/skills/hunting-for-lateral-movement-via-wmi in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Hunting For Lateral Movement Via Wmi in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills --skill hunting-for-lateral-movement-via-wmi -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/hunting-for-lateral-movement-via-wmi, .gemini/skills/hunting-for-lateral-movement-via-wmi, .github/skills/hunting-for-lateral-movement-via-wmi and .opencode/skills/hunting-for-lateral-movement-via-wmi in your project.

What does Hunting For Lateral Movement Via Wmi need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Hunting For Lateral Movement Via Wmi needs Python for the scripts in its folder. Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does Hunting For Lateral Movement Via Wmi access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Hunting For Lateral Movement Via Wmi safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. The check reads SKILL.md only: the scripts in the folder are not scanned, so read them before running anything.

What licence does Hunting For Lateral Movement Via Wmi use?

Hunting For Lateral Movement Via Wmi is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Hunting For Lateral Movement Via Wmi use?

About 659 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.6k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 646 tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Hunting For Lateral Movement Via Wmi?

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Who maintains Hunting For Lateral Movement Via Wmi?

mukul975 (a GitHub user) maintains it in mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills, which has 34,116 GitHub stars. The repository holds 644 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on August 31, 2026.

Source: mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.