PsExec Service Execution

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects launch of the PSEXESVC service, which means that this system was the target of a psexec remote execution

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "Process started" AND PROCESSNAME = "C:\Windows\PSEXESVC.exe" OR ORIGINALFILENAME = "psexesvc.exe" select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.COMMANDLINE,Action1.FILE_NAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.USERNAME,Action1.PARENTPROCESSNAME

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Windows

Author

Thomas Patzke, Romaissa Adjailia, Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)