SigmaHQ/rules/windows/process_creation/win_service_execution.yml

title: Service Execution
id: 2a072a96-a086-49fa-bcb5-15cc5a619093
status: experimental
description: Detects manual service execution (start) via system utilities.
author: Timur Zinniatullin, Daniil Yugoslavskiy, oscd.community
date: 2019/10/21
modified: 2019/11/04
references:
    - https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/master/atomics/T1569.002/T1569.002.md
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    selection:
        Image|endswith:
            - '\net.exe'
            - '\net1.exe'
        CommandLine|contains: ' start ' # space character after the 'start' keyword indicates that a service name follows, in contrast to `net start` discovery expression 
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Legitimate administrator or user executes a service for legitimate reasons.
level: low
tags:
    - attack.execution
    - attack.t1035 # an old one
    - attack.t1569.002