Sigma rule: Remote Server Service Abuse for Lateral Movement
A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-72acac6c80ea, updated 2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z.
Rule
- Title
- Remote Server Service Abuse for Lateral Movement
- Status
- test
- Level
- high
- Author
- Sagie Dulce, Dekel Paz
- Date
- 2022-01-01
- File
- rules/application/rpc_firewall/rpc_firewall_remote_service_lateral_movement.yml
- Commit
- ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84
Detects remote RPC calls to possibly abuse remote encryption service via MS-EFSR
Log source
- product
- rpc_firewall
- category
- application
- definition
- Requirements: install and apply the RPC Firewall to all processes with "audit:true action:block uuid:367abb81-9844-35f1-ad32-98f038001003
Detection
selection:
EventLog: RPCFW
EventID: 3
InterfaceUuid: 367abb81-9844-35f1-ad32-98f038001003
condition: selectionFalse positives (as the rule lists them)
- Administrative tasks on remote services
Tags
- attack.lateral-movement
- attack.execution
- attack.t1569.002
MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names
References
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/openspecs/windows_protocols/ms-srvs/accf23b0-0f57-441c-9185-43041f1b0ee9
- https://github.com/jsecurity101/MSRPC-to-ATTACK/blob/ddd4608fe8684fcf2fcf9b48c5f0b3c28097f8a3/documents/MS-SCMR.md
- https://github.com/zeronetworks/rpcfirewall
- https://zeronetworks.com/blog/stopping-lateral-movement-via-the-rpc-firewall/
Read on 2026-11-03T00:58:21.399Z under licence sigma-drl-1.1@d5f4c36a from https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/application/rpc_firewall/rpc_firewall_remote_service_lateral_movement.yml
Sources and licences
SigmaHQ
"Remote Server Service Abuse for Lateral Movement" by Sagie Dulce, Dekel Paz (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/application/rpc_firewall/rpc_firewall_remote_service_lateral_movement.yml.
Licensed under the Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/Detection-Rule-License
Cite this page
Dragons Eye Ransomware Tracker, "Sigma rule: Remote Server Service Abuse for Lateral Movement",
entity page, dataset version ref-72acac6c80ea, updated 2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/10018e73-06ec-46ec-8107-9172f1e04ff2 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule 10018e73-06ec-46ec-8107-9172f1e04ff2, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.
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