Suspicious Service Creation With Batch File Command Line

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Applies to: Log360Log360 Cloud

About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects a new Windows service registry ImagePath invoking cmd.exe against a batch file.

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "Registry Event" AND OBJECTNAME contains "\System\CurrentControlSet,System\ControlSet" AND ( OBJECTNAME endswith "\ImagePath" OR OBJECTVALUENAME = "ImagePath" ) AND (( INFORMATION contains "cmd.exe /c" AND INFORMATION contains ".bat" ) OR ( CHANGES contains "cmd.exe /c" AND CHANGES contains ".bat" )) select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.OBJECTNAME,Action1.OBJECTVALUENAME,Action1.ACCESSES,Action1.USERNAME,Action1.DOMAIN,Action1.PREVVAL,Action1.CHANGES,Action1.INFORMATION

Detection

Execution Mode

continuous

Log Sources

Windows