Sigma rule: Sliver C2 Default Service Installation

Rule

Title

Sliver C2 Default Service Installation

Status

test

Level

high

Author

Florian Roth (Nextron Systems), Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)

Date

2022-08-25

File

rules/windows/builtin/system/service_control_manager/win_system_service_install_sliver.yml

Commit

ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects known malicious service installation that appear in cases in which a Sliver implants execute the PsExec commands

Log source

product

windows

service

system

Detection

selection_eid:
    Provider_Name: 'Service Control Manager'
    EventID: 7045
selection_service_1:
    ImagePath|re: '^[a-zA-Z]:\\windows\\temp\\[a-zA-Z0-9]{10}\.exe'
selection_service_2:
    ServiceName:
        - 'Sliver'
        - 'Sliver implant'
condition: selection_eid and 1 of selection_service_*

False positives (as the rule lists them)

• Unknown

Tags

• attack.persistence
• attack.execution
• attack.privilege-escalation
• attack.t1543.003
• attack.t1569.002

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

• T1543.003
• T1569.002

References

• https://github.com/BishopFox/sliver/blob/79f2d48fcdfc2bee4713b78d431ea4b27f733f30/client/command/commands.go#L1231
• https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2022/08/24/looking-for-the-sliver-lining-hunting-for-emerging-command-and-control-frameworks/

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_sliver.yml