Sigma rule: SC.EXE Query Execution

Rule

Title

SC.EXE Query Execution

Status

test

Level

low

Author

frack113

Date

2021-12-06

Modified

2024-02-08

File

rules-threat-hunting/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_sc_query.yml

Commit

ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects execution of "sc.exe" to query information about registered services on the system

Log source

product

windows

category

process_creation

Detection

selection_img:
    Image|endswith: '\sc.exe'
    OriginalFileName: 'sc.exe'
selection_cli:
    CommandLine|contains: ' query'
filter_optional_keybase:
    CommandLine: 'sc query dokan1'
condition: all of selection_* and not 1 of filter_optional_*

False positives (as the rule lists them)

• Legitimate query of a service by an administrator to get more information such as the state or PID
• Keybase process "kbfsdokan.exe" query the dokan1 service with the following commandline "sc query dokan1"

Tags

• attack.discovery
• attack.t1007
• detection.threat-hunting

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

• T1007

References

• https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1007/T1007.md#atomic-test-1---system-service-discovery

Read on 2026-11-03T00:58:21.399Z under licence sigma-drl-1.1@d5f4c36a from https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules-threat-hunting/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_sc_query.yml