Sigma rule: Suspicious Service Installation

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-ad486352ba01, updated 2023-12-04T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title
Suspicious Service Installation
Status
test
Level
high
Author
pH-T (Nextron Systems), Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Date
2022-03-18
Modified
2023-12-04
File
rules/windows/builtin/system/service_control_manager/win_system_service_install_susp.yml
Commit
ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects suspicious service installation commands

Log source

product
windows
service
system

Detection

selection:
    Provider_Name: 'Service Control Manager'
    EventID: 7045
    ImagePath|contains:
        - ' -nop '
        - ' -sta '
        - ' -w hidden '
        - ':\Temp\'
        - '.downloadfile(' # PowerShell download command
        - '.downloadstring(' # PowerShell download command
        - '\ADMIN$\'
        - '\Perflogs\'
        - '&&'
condition: 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

Related rules

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_service_install_susp.yml

Sources and licences

  • SigmaHQ

    "Suspicious Service Installation" by pH-T (Nextron Systems), Florian Roth (Nextron Systems) (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/builtin/system/service_control_manager/win_system_service_install_susp.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: Suspicious Service Installation",
entity page, dataset version ref-ad486352ba01, updated 2023-12-04T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/1d61f71d-59d2-479e-9562-4ff5f4ead16b (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule 1d61f71d-59d2-479e-9562-4ff5f4ead16b, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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