Suspicious Service Path Modification
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About the rule
Rule Type
Standard
Rule Description
Detects service path modification via the "sc" binary to a suspicious command or path
Severity
Trouble
Rule Requirement
Criteria
Action1: actionname = "Process started" AND PROCESSNAME endswith "\sc.exe" AND (COMMANDLINE contains "config" AND COMMANDLINE contains "binPath") AND COMMANDLINE contains "powershell,cmd ,mshta,wscript,cscript,rundll32,svchost,dllhost,cmd.exe /c,cmd.exe /k,cmd.exe /r,cmd /c,cmd /k,cmd /r,C:\Users\Public,\Downloads\,\Desktop\,\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\,C:\Windows\TEMP\,\AppData\Local\Temp" select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.COMMANDLINE,Action1.FILE_NAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.USERNAME,Action1.PARENTPROCESSNAME
Detection
Execution Mode
realtime
Log Sources
Windows
Author
Victor Sergeev, oscd.community, Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
