Sigma rule: New PDQDeploy Service - Client Side

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-54adb8917de8, updated 2022-07-22T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title
New PDQDeploy Service - Client Side
Status
test
Level
medium
Author
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
Date
2022-07-22
File
rules/windows/builtin/system/service_control_manager/win_system_service_install_pdqdeploy_runner.yml
Commit
ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects PDQDeploy service installation on the target system.
When a package is deployed via PDQDeploy it installs a remote service on the target machine with the name "PDQDeployRunner-X" where "X" is an integer starting from 1

Log source

product
windows
service
system

Detection

selection_root:
    Provider_Name: 'Service Control Manager'
    EventID: 7045
selection_service:
    - ImagePath|contains: 'PDQDeployRunner-'
    - ServiceName|startswith: 'PDQDeployRunner-'
condition: all of selection_*

False positives (as the rule lists them)

  • Legitimate use of the tool

Tags

  • attack.persistence
  • attack.privilege-escalation
  • attack.t1543.003

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

References

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_pdqdeploy_runner.yml

Sources and licences

  • SigmaHQ

    "New PDQDeploy Service - Client Side" by Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems) (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/builtin/system/service_control_manager/win_system_service_install_pdqdeploy_runner.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: New PDQDeploy Service - Client Side",
entity page, dataset version ref-54adb8917de8, updated 2022-07-22T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/b98a10af-1e1e-44a7-bab2-4cc026917648 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule b98a10af-1e1e-44a7-bab2-4cc026917648, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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