Sigma rule: PAExec Service Installation

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-24e1095818bd, updated 2022-10-26T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title
PAExec Service Installation
Status
test
Level
medium
Author
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
Date
2022-10-26
File
rules/windows/builtin/system/service_control_manager/win_system_service_install_paexec.yml
Commit
ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects PAExec service installation

Log source

product
windows
service
system

Detection

selection_eid:
    Provider_Name: 'Service Control Manager'
    EventID: 7045
selection_image:
    - ServiceName|startswith: 'PAExec-'
    - ImagePath|startswith: 'C:\WINDOWS\PAExec-'
condition: all of selection_*

False positives (as the rule lists them)

  • Unknown

Tags

  • attack.execution
  • 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_paexec.yml

Sources and licences

  • SigmaHQ

    "PAExec Service Installation" 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_paexec.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: PAExec Service Installation",
entity page, dataset version ref-24e1095818bd, updated 2022-10-26T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/de7ce410-b3fb-4e8a-b38c-3b999e2c3420 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule de7ce410-b3fb-4e8a-b38c-3b999e2c3420, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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