Sigma rule: Service Installation with Suspicious Folder Pattern

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-2bafe517c97a, updated 2022-03-24T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title
Service Installation with Suspicious Folder Pattern
Status
test
Level
high
Author
pH-T (Nextron Systems)
Date
2022-03-18
Modified
2022-03-24
File
rules/windows/builtin/system/service_control_manager/win_system_susp_service_installation_folder_pattern.yml
Commit
ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects service installation with suspicious folder patterns

Log source

product
windows
service
system

Detection

selection_eid:
    Provider_Name: 'Service Control Manager'
    EventID: 7045
selection_img_paths:
    - ImagePath|re: '^[Cc]:\\[Pp]rogram[Dd]ata\\.{1,9}\.exe'
    - ImagePath|re: '^[Cc]:\\.{1,9}\.exe'
condition: all of selection_*

False positives (as the rule lists them)

  • Unknown

Tags

  • attack.persistence
  • attack.privilege-escalation
  • car.2013-09-005
  • attack.t1543.003

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

References

  • Internal Research

Read on 2026-11-03T00:58:21.399Z under licence sigma-drl-1.1@d5f4c36a from https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/builtin/system/service_control_manager/win_system_susp_service_installation_folder_pattern.yml

Sources and licences

  • SigmaHQ

    "Service Installation with Suspicious Folder Pattern" by pH-T (Nextron Systems) (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/builtin/system/service_control_manager/win_system_susp_service_installation_folder_pattern.yml.
    Licensed under the Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/Detection-Rule-License

    Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1

Cite this page

Dragons Eye Ransomware Tracker, "Sigma rule: Service Installation with Suspicious Folder Pattern",
entity page, dataset version ref-2bafe517c97a, updated 2022-03-24T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/1b2ae822-6fe1-43ba-aa7c-d1a3b3d1d5f2 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule 1b2ae822-6fe1-43ba-aa7c-d1a3b3d1d5f2, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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