Detection rules › Sigma
Service DACL Abuse To Hide Services Via Sc.EXE
Detects usage of the "sc.exe" utility adding a new service with special permission seen used by threat actors which makes the service hidden and unremovable.
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 |
Stages and Predicates
Stage 1: all of selection_img
or:
Image|endswith: '\sc.exe'
OriginalFileName: sc.exe
Stage 2: all of selection_cli
CommandLine|contains: DCLCWPDTSD
CommandLine|contains: sdset
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 |
|
Image | ends_with |
|
OriginalFileName | eq |
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