Sigma rule: Potential Persistence Attempt Via Existing Service Tampering

Rule

Title

Potential Persistence Attempt Via Existing Service Tampering

Status

test

Level

medium

Author

Sreeman

Date

2020-09-29

Modified

2023-02-04

File

rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_sc_service_tamper_for_persistence.yml

Commit

ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects the modification of an existing service in order to execute an arbitrary payload when the service is started or killed as a potential method for persistence.

Log source

product

windows

category

process_creation

Detection

selection_sc:
    - CommandLine|contains|all:
          - 'sc '
          - 'config '
          - 'binpath='
    - CommandLine|contains|all:
          - 'sc '
          - 'failure'
          - 'command='
selection_reg_img:
    - CommandLine|contains|all:
          - 'reg '
          - 'add '
          - 'FailureCommand'
    - CommandLine|contains|all:
          - 'reg '
          - 'add '
          - 'ImagePath'
selection_reg_ext:
    CommandLine|contains:
        - '.sh'
        - '.exe'
        - '.dll'
        - '.bin$'
        - '.bat'
        - '.cmd'
        - '.js'
        - '.msh$'
        - '.reg$'
        - '.scr'
        - '.ps'
        - '.vb'
        - '.jar'
        - '.pl'
condition: selection_sc or all of selection_reg_*

False positives (as the rule lists them)

• Unknown

Tags

• attack.privilege-escalation
• attack.persistence
• attack.execution
• attack.stealth
• attack.t1543.003
• attack.t1574.011

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

• T1543.003
• T1574.011

References

• https://pentestlab.blog/2020/01/22/persistence-modify-existing-service/

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/process_creation/proc_creation_win_sc_service_tamper_for_persistence.yml