New Service Creation Using Sc.EXE

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects the creation of a new service using the "sc.exe" utility.

Severity

Attention

Rule Requirement

Criteria

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

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Windows

Author

Timur Zinniatullin, Daniil Yugoslavskiy, oscd.community