Sigma rule: Service Security Descriptor Tampering Via Sc.EXE
A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-52254cdacf75, updated 2023-02-28T00:00:00.000Z.
Rule
- Title
- Service Security Descriptor Tampering Via Sc.EXE
- Status
- test
- Level
- medium
- Author
- Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
- Date
- 2023-02-28
- File
- rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_sc_sdset_modification.yml
- Commit
- ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84
Detection of sc.exe utility adding a new service with special permission which hides that service.
Log source
- product
- windows
- category
- process_creation
Detection
selection_img:
- Image|endswith: '\sc.exe'
- OriginalFileName: 'sc.exe'
selection_cli:
CommandLine|contains: 'sdset'
condition: all of selection_*False positives (as the rule lists them)
- Unknown
Tags
- attack.persistence
- attack.privilege-escalation
- attack.execution
- attack.stealth
- attack.t1574.011
MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names
Related rules
References
- https://blog.talosintelligence.com/2021/10/threat-hunting-in-large-datasets-by.html
- https://www.sans.org/blog/red-team-tactics-hiding-windows-services/
- https://twitter.com/Alh4zr3d/status/1580925761996828672
- https://twitter.com/0gtweet/status/1628720819537936386
- https://itconnect.uw.edu/tools-services-support/it-systems-infrastructure/msinf/other-help/understanding-sddl-syntax/
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Sources and licences
SigmaHQ
"Service Security Descriptor Tampering Via Sc.EXE" by Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems) (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_sc_sdset_modification.yml.
Licensed under the Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/Detection-Rule-License
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Dragons Eye Ransomware Tracker, "Sigma rule: Service Security Descriptor Tampering Via Sc.EXE",
entity page, dataset version ref-52254cdacf75, updated 2023-02-28T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/98c5aeef-32d5-492f-b174-64a691896d25 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule 98c5aeef-32d5-492f-b174-64a691896d25, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.
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