Service StartupType Change Via Sc.EXE — Sigma Rule

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Author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems). Source status: test; severity: medium. Source dates: 2022-08-01 / 2023-03-04.

{
  "category": "process_creation",
  "product": "windows"
}

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Source SHA-256: 2ae29bb23d4a7c0b68b259f44914ff4ba00a17976c80f531ee48fd565d72a7f3

Detection logic

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title: Service StartupType Change Via Sc.EXE
id: 85c312b7-f44d-4a51-a024-d671c40b49fc
status: test
description: Detect the use of "sc.exe" to change the startup type of a service to "disabled" or "demand"
references:
    - https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/38283b775552da8981452941ea74191aa0d203edd3f61fb2dee7b0aea3514955
author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
date: 2022-08-01
modified: 2023-03-04
tags:
    - attack.execution
    - attack.defense-impairment
    - attack.t1685
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    selection_img:
        - Image|endswith: '\sc.exe'
        - OriginalFileName: 'sc.exe'
    selection_cli:
        CommandLine|contains|all:
            - ' config '
            - 'start'
        CommandLine|contains:
            - 'disabled'
            - 'demand'
    condition: all of selection_*
falsepositives:
    - False positives may occur with troubleshooting scripts
level: medium

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False positives

• False positives may occur with troubleshooting scripts

Source references

• https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/38283b775552da8981452941ea74191aa0d203edd3f61fb2dee7b0aea3514955