Sigma rule: ProcessHacker Privilege Elevation

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-42d225d68a63, updated 2022-12-25T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title
ProcessHacker Privilege Elevation
Status
test
Level
high
Author
Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Date
2021-05-27
Modified
2022-12-25
File
rules/windows/builtin/system/service_control_manager/win_system_service_install_pua_proceshacker.yml
Commit
ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects a ProcessHacker tool that elevated privileges to a very high level

Log source

product
windows
service
system

Detection

selection:
    Provider_Name: 'Service Control Manager'
    EventID: 7045
    ServiceName|startswith: 'ProcessHacker'
    AccountName: 'LocalSystem'
condition: selection

False positives (as the rule lists them)

  • Unlikely

Tags

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

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_pua_proceshacker.yml

Sources and licences

  • SigmaHQ

    "ProcessHacker Privilege Elevation" by Florian Roth (Nextron Systems) (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/builtin/system/service_control_manager/win_system_service_install_pua_proceshacker.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: ProcessHacker Privilege Elevation",
entity page, dataset version ref-42d225d68a63, updated 2022-12-25T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/c4ff1eac-84ad-44dd-a6fb-d56a92fc43a9 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule c4ff1eac-84ad-44dd-a6fb-d56a92fc43a9, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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