Detection rules › Sigma
Potential Privilege Escalation via Service Permissions Weakness
Detect modification of services configuration (ImagePath, FailureCommand and ServiceDLL) in registry by processes with Medium integrity level
MITRE ATT&CK coverage
| Tactic | Techniques |
|---|---|
| Persistence | T1574.011 Hijack Execution Flow: Services Registry Permissions Weakness |
| Privilege Escalation | T1574.011 Hijack Execution Flow: Services Registry Permissions Weakness |
| Defense Evasion | T1574.011 Hijack Execution Flow: Services Registry Permissions Weakness |
Event coverage
| Provider | Event ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Sysmon | 1 | Process creation |
| Security-Auditing | 4688 | A new process has been created. |
Stages and Predicates
Stage 1: selection
or:
CommandLine|contains: '\FailureCommand'
CommandLine|contains: '\ImagePath'
CommandLine|contains: '\ServiceDll'
IntegrityLevel: [Medium, S-1-16-8192]
CommandLine|contains: ControlSet
CommandLine|contains: services
Indicators
Each row is a field, operator, and value that the rule matches. The corpus column counts how many other rules in the catalog look for the same combination: high numbers point to widely-used, community-vetted indicators. Blank or 1 shows that the indicator is specific to this rule.
| Field | Kind | Values |
|---|---|---|
CommandLine | match |
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IntegrityLevel | eq |
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