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title: "WMI Exploiter"
draft: false
description: "Exploits WMI"
tags: ["exploiter", "wmi", "brute force"]
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## WMI

[WMI (Windows Management Instrumentation)](
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/wmisdk/wmi-start-page) is a set
of tools and extensions in Windows for managing and querying system information,
configurations, and operations. Administrators use WMI to manage local and
remote environments by monitoring system health, automating administrative
functions, managing network resources, etc.

## Exploitation

Machines with WMI enabled may be accessible to attackers if
they come across the correct credentials.

Infection Monkey's WMI exploiter uses brute-force to attempt to
propagate to a victim via WMI.

![WMI Configuration](
/images/island/configuration-page/wmi-exploiter-configuration.png
"WMI Configuration")

### Credentials used

The WMI exploiter will use [user-configured credentials](
/usage/configuration/credentials) as well as credentials collected from other
victims for brute-forcing. All possible combinations of usernames, passwords,
LM hashes, and NT hashes are used, prioritizing pairs provided by the user in
the configuration.

## Mitigation

1. Change user passwords to complex passwords that are not shared with other
computers on the network.

## See also
- [WMI exploiter reference documentation](/reference/exploiters/wmi)
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