Service Security Descriptor Tampering Via Sc.EXE

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detection of sc.exe utility adding a new service with special permission which hides that service.

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "Process started" AND (PROCESSNAME endswith "\sc.exe" OR ORIGINALFILENAME = "sc.exe") AND COMMANDLINE contains "sdset" select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.COMMANDLINE,Action1.FILE_NAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.USERNAME,Action1.PARENTPROCESSNAME

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Windows

Author

Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)