Service Installed By Unusual Client - System

testhigh
log source: windows · systemauthor Tim Rauch (Nextron Systems), Elastic (idea)date 2022-09-15
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description

What this is, in brief.

Detects a service installed by a client which has PID 0 or whose parent has PID 0

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tags

attack.persistenceattack.privilege-escalationattack.t1543
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rule source (YAML)

title: Service Installed By Unusual Client - System
id: 71c276aa-49cd-43d2-b920-2dcd3e6962d5
related:
    - id: c4e92a97-a9ff-4392-9d2d-7a4c642768ca
      type: similar
status: test
description: Detects a service installed by a client which has PID 0 or whose parent has PID 0
references:
    - https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/security/current/windows-service-installed-via-an-unusual-client.html
author: Tim Rauch (Nextron Systems), Elastic (idea)
date: 2022-09-15
modified: 2023-01-04
tags:
    - attack.persistence
    - attack.privilege-escalation
    - attack.t1543
logsource:
    product: windows
    service: system
detection:
    selection:
        Provider_Name: 'Service Control Manager'
        EventID: 7045
        ProcessId: 0
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: high
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detects techniques (1)

ATT&CK techniques this enables or maps to.

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references

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.