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HighSigmaHQ Bartlomiej Czyz +1

Metasploit Or Impacket Service Installation Via SMB PsExec

Detects usage of Metasploit SMB PsExec (exploit/windows/smb/psexec) and Impacket psexec.py by triggering on specific service installation

Detection logic

Detection requirements

Platform: ESXi Linux macOS Windows
The rule states no platform. This is derived from the 3 ATT&CK techniques it maps to.
Log source product: windows
Log source service: security

Known benign triggers

Possible, different agents with a 8 character binary and a 4, 8 or 16 character service name

References

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Reference	Class	Cited by
bczyz1.github.io/2021/01/30/psexec.html	Unclassified	2

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