How do i retrieve the version of an executable file using Winexe and WMIC on a remote window's machine from a linux machine?

Question

I am currently trying to retrieve the file version of an executable file on a remote host windows machine. I am doing this on a linux machine. The command I've tried is the following:

winexe -U administrator%password //0.0.0.0 "wmic datafile where name=\'C:\\Windows\\System32\\vmms.exe\' get Version /value

The result i got back is the following:

Node - MACHINENAME
ERROR:
Description = Invalid query



None

Any help would be much appreciated. I feel like i am formatting the file path incorrectly, but i've tried almost every possible solution. The result I'm expecting to get back is:

Version
10.0.16299.15

Thank you!

Answer 1

You are missing one pair of double-quotes (").

The executed command should look like:

wmic datafile where "name='path'" get version /value

This is my attempt at getting these pesky quotes right:

winexe -U administrator%password //0.0.0.0 "wmic datafile where \"name=\'C:\\Windows\\System32\\vmms.exe\'\" get Version /value"