HackTool Service Registration or Execution — Sigma Rule

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Author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems). Source status: test; severity: high. Source dates: 2022-03-21 / 2023-08-07.

{
  "product": "windows",
  "service": "system"
}

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Source SHA-256: ea0ed1540ec008ce9fb1bb09e197946b640d74877daa04bdca791f651a23594f

Detection logic

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title: HackTool Service Registration or Execution
id: d26ce60c-2151-403c-9a42-49420d87b5e4
status: test
description: Detects installation or execution of services
references:
    - Internal Research
author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
date: 2022-03-21
modified: 2023-08-07
tags:
    - attack.execution
    - attack.t1569.002
    - attack.s0029
logsource:
    product: windows
    service: system
detection:
    selection_eid:
        Provider_Name: 'Service Control Manager'
        EventID:
            - 7045
            - 7036
    selection_service_name:
        ServiceName|contains:
            - 'cachedump'
            - 'DumpSvc'
            - 'gsecdump'
            - 'pwdump'
            - 'UACBypassedService'
            - 'WCE SERVICE'
            - 'WCESERVICE'
            - 'winexesvc'
    selection_service_image:
        ImagePath|contains: 'bypass' # https://gist.github.com/tyranid/c24cfd1bd141d14d4925043ee7e03c82#file-scmuacbypass-cpp-L159
    condition: selection_eid and 1 of selection_service_*
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: high

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False positives

• Unknown

Source references

• Internal Research (source note; no public URL supplied)