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Service Control Spawned via Script Interpreteredit
Identifies Service Control (sc.exe) spawning from script interpreter processes to create, modify, or start services. This could be indicative of adversary lateral movement but will be noisy if commonly done by admins.
Rule type: eql
Rule indices:
- logs-endpoint.events.*
- logs-system.*
- winlogbeat-*
Severity: low
Risk score: 21
Runs every: 5m
Searches indices from: now-9m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time)
Maximum alerts per execution: 100
References: None
Tags:
- Elastic
- Host
- Windows
- Threat Detection
- Lateral Movement
Version: 10
Rule authors:
- Elastic
Rule license: Elastic License v2
Rule queryedit
/* This rule is not compatible with Sysmon due to user.id issues */
process where event.type == "start" and
(process.name : "sc.exe" or process.pe.original_file_name == "sc.exe") and
process.parent.name : ("cmd.exe", "wscript.exe", "rundll32.exe", "regsvr32.exe",
"wmic.exe", "mshta.exe","powershell.exe", "pwsh.exe") and
process.args:("config", "create", "start", "delete", "stop", "pause") and
/* exclude SYSTEM SID - look for service creations by non-SYSTEM user */
not user.id : "S-1-5-18"
Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM
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Tactic:
- Name: Lateral Movement
- ID: TA0008
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0008/
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Technique:
- Name: Remote Services
- ID: T1021
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1021/