Sigma rule: Interesting Service Enumeration Via Sc.EXE

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-0fe22c32e6a1, updated 2024-02-12T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title
Interesting Service Enumeration Via Sc.EXE
Status
test
Level
low
Author
Swachchhanda Shrawan Poudel
Date
2024-02-12
File
rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_sc_query_interesting_services.yml
Commit
ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects the enumeration and query of interesting and in some cases sensitive services on the system via "sc.exe".
Attackers often try to enumerate the services currently running on a system in order to find different attack vectors.

Log source

product
windows
category
process_creation

Detection

selection_img:
    - Image|endswith: '\sc.exe'
    - OriginalFileName: 'sc.exe'
selection_cli:
    CommandLine|contains: 'query'
selection_cmd:
    # Note: add more interesting services
    CommandLine|contains: 'termservice'
condition: all of selection_*

False positives (as the rule lists them)

  • Unknown

Tags

  • attack.t1003
  • attack.credential-access

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/process_creation/proc_creation_win_sc_query_interesting_services.yml

Sources and licences

  • SigmaHQ

    "Interesting Service Enumeration Via Sc.EXE" by Swachchhanda Shrawan Poudel (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_sc_query_interesting_services.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: Interesting Service Enumeration Via Sc.EXE",
entity page, dataset version ref-0fe22c32e6a1, updated 2024-02-12T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/e83e8899-c9b2-483b-b355-5decc942b959 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule e83e8899-c9b2-483b-b355-5decc942b959, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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