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Carbon Black security alert for executing wmic.exe

Question & Answer


Question

Is the wmic.exe call to process collectorSrvWatchDog.bat a security concern on hosts with the IBM Storage Insights Data Collector installed?
Alert Details
Carbon Black Alert Name: Process wmic.exe was detected by the report "Execution - WMIC Process Create Execution Detected" in watchlist "Carbon Black Advanced Threats"
Process Details
Process Name: wmic.exe
Command: ["wmic process call create \"C:\\...\\DataCollector_windows\\bin\\collectorSrvWatchDog.bat\" "]

Answer

No. The collectorSrvWatchDog.bat, invoked via wmic.exe, is a normal part of the IBM Storage Insights Data Collector. Tune the security application to understand that this activity is legitimate and expected.

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Document Information

Modified date:
08 February 2022

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ibm16397784