CimSweep
CimSweep is a suite of CIM/WMI-based tools for incident response and hunting operations on Windows systems without the need to deploy an agent.
CimSweep is a suite of CIM/WMI-based tools for incident response and hunting operations on Windows systems without the need to deploy an agent.
Checked October 2026.
CimSweep is a suite of CIM/WMI-based tools that enable the ability to perform incident response and hunting operations remotely across all versions of Windows. CimSweep may also be used to engage in offensive reconnaissance without the need to drop any payload to disk.
Windows Management Instrumentation has been installed and its respective service running by default since Windows XP and Windows 2000 and is fully supported in the latest versions of Windows including Windows 10, Nano Server, and Server 2016. Background Agent-based defensive tools are extremely powerful but they also require deployment of the agent to each system.
While agent-based solutions absolutely have a place in our industry, they tend to be very expensive and can be easily detected/thwarted by determined attackers. CimSweep enables the acquisition of time-sensitive data at scale all without needing to deploy an agent.
It is called CimSweep based upon the fact that it utilizes the extremely powerful CIM cmdlets in PowerShell. CIM cmdlets support the WSMan protocol by default but it may also fall back to using DCOM on systems that either cannot support or do not have the Windows Remote Management
No core features are listed for this product yet, so check the vendor's documentation for the full feature list.
No integrations are listed for this product yet. Check the vendor's documentation, or ask the vendor which integrations and APIs it supports.
Common questions about CimSweep: features, pricing and alternatives.
CimSweep is a product in the Threat Hunting category. It covers Hunting and Windows.
CimSweep is free. Download and setup instructions are at https://github.com/mattifestation/CimSweep.
Alternatives to CimSweep listed on CybersecTools:
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CimSweep is available as on-premises software. It is listed for small businesses, mid-market companies and enterprises. It is free.
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