Remote Service Activity via SVCCTL Named Pipe — Sigma Rule

Rule metadata and linked tags

Author: Samir Bousseaden. Source status: test; severity: medium. Source dates: 2019-04-03 / 2024-08-01.

{
  "product": "windows",
  "service": "security",
  "definition": "The advanced audit policy setting \"Object Access > Audit Detailed File Share\" must be configured for Success/Failure"
}

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Source SHA-256: 02a1504e28119169ee7a1ce2806005012d74bbe32b017140a6c9ab7429e57a3f

Detection logic

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title: Remote Service Activity via SVCCTL Named Pipe
id: 586a8d6b-6bfe-4ad9-9d78-888cd2fe50c3
status: test
description: Detects remote service activity via remote access to the svcctl named pipe
references:
    - https://web.archive.org/web/20230329155141/https://blog.menasec.net/2019/03/threat-hunting-26-remote-windows.html
author: Samir Bousseaden
date: 2019-04-03
modified: 2024-08-01
tags:
    - attack.lateral-movement
    - attack.persistence
    - attack.t1021.002
logsource:
    product: windows
    service: security
    definition: 'The advanced audit policy setting "Object Access > Audit Detailed File Share" must be configured for Success/Failure'
detection:
    selection:
        EventID: 5145
        ShareName: '\\\\\*\\IPC$' # looking for the string \\*\IPC$
        RelativeTargetName: svcctl
        AccessList|contains: 'WriteData'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: medium

Original YAML and metadata in JSON

False positives

• Unknown

Source references

• https://web.archive.org/web/20230329155141/https://blog.menasec.net/2019/03/threat-hunting-26-remote-windows.html