Interesting Service Enumeration Via Sc.EXE
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About the rule
Rule Type
Standard
Rule Description
Detects the enumeration and query of interesting and in some cases sensitive services on the system via "sc.exe". Attackers often try to enumerate the services currently running on a system in order to find different attack vectors.
Severity
Attention
Rule Requirement
Criteria
Action1: actionname = "Process started" AND (PROCESSNAME endswith "\sc.exe" OR ORIGINALFILENAME = "sc.exe") AND COMMANDLINE contains "query" AND COMMANDLINE contains "termservice" select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.COMMANDLINE,Action1.FILE_NAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.USERNAME,Action1.PARENTPROCESSNAME
Detection
Execution Mode
realtime
Log Sources
Windows
Author
Swachchhanda Shrawan Poudel
