IMPORTANT: No additional bug fixes or documentation updates
will be released for this version. For the latest information, see the
current release documentation.
Local Service Commands
editLocal Service Commands
editIdentifies use of sc.exe
to create, modify, or start services on remote hosts.
This could be indicative of adversary lateral movement but will be noisy if
commonly done by admins.
Rule type: query
Rule indices:
- winlogbeat-*
- logs-endpoint.events.*
Severity: low
Risk score: 21
Runs every: 5 minutes
Searches indices from: now-9m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time
)
Maximum alerts per execution: 100
Tags:
- Elastic
- Host
- Windows
- Threat Detection
- Execution
Version: 5 (version history)
Added (Elastic Stack release): 7.6.0
Last modified (Elastic Stack release): 7.10.0
Rule authors: Elastic
Rule license: Elastic License
Rule query
editevent.category:process and event.type:(start or process_started) and process.name:sc.exe and process.args:(config or create or failure or start)
Threat mapping
editFramework: MITRE ATT&CKTM
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Tactic:
- Name: Execution
- ID: TA0002
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0002/
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Technique:
- Name: Remote Services
- ID: T1021
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1021/
Rule version history
edit- Version 5 (7.10.0 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 4 (7.9.1 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 3 (7.9.0 release)
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Updated query, changed from:
event.action:"Process Create (rule: ProcessCreate)" and process.name:sc.exe and process.args:(config or create or failure or start)
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- Version 2 (7.7.0 release)
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Updated query, changed from:
event.action:"Process Create (rule: ProcessCreate)" and process.name:sc.exe and process.args:("create" or "config" or "failure" or "start")
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