Sigma rule: SCM Database Privileged Operation

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-d844b7e715fd, updated 2022-09-18T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title: SCM Database Privileged Operation
Status: test
Level: medium
Author: Roberto Rodriguez @Cyb3rWard0g, Tim Shelton
Date: 2019-08-15
Modified: 2022-09-18
File: rules/windows/builtin/security/win_security_scm_database_privileged_operation.yml
Commit: ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects non-system users performing privileged operation os the SCM database

Log source

product: windows
service: security

Detection

selection:
    EventID: 4674
    ObjectType: 'SC_MANAGER OBJECT'
    ObjectName: 'servicesactive'
    PrivilegeList: 'SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege'
filter:
    SubjectLogonId: '0x3e4'
    ProcessName|endswith: ':\Windows\System32\services.exe'
condition: selection and not filter

False positives (as the rule lists them)

Unknown

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

T1548

References

https://threathunterplaybook.com/hunts/windows/190826-RemoteSCMHandle/notebook.html

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/security/win_security_scm_database_privileged_operation.yml

Sources and licences

SigmaHQ
"SCM Database Privileged Operation" by Roberto Rodriguez @Cyb3rWard0g, Tim Shelton (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/builtin/security/win_security_scm_database_privileged_operation.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: SCM Database Privileged Operation",
entity page, dataset version ref-d844b7e715fd, updated 2022-09-18T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/dae8171c-5ec6-4396-b210-8466585b53e9 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule dae8171c-5ec6-4396-b210-8466585b53e9, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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