Possible Privilege Escalation via Weak Service Permissions
Detection of sc.exe utility spawning by user with Medium integrity level to change service ImagePath or FailureCommand
Detection logic
Detection requirements
- Platform
- Windows
The rule states no platform. This is derived from the ATT&CK technique it maps to.
- Log source product
- windows
- Log source category
- process_creation
Known benign triggers
- Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK mappings
0 exclusive techniques.This is coverage no other published rule has; it is not this rule's total technique count.
References
| Reference | Cited by |
|---|---|
| pentestlab.blog/2017/03/30/weak-service-permissions/ | Only this detection cites it |
| speakerdeck.com/heirhabarov/hunting-for-privilege-escalation-in-windows-environment | 7 |
From the source
- At source
- Open at source
- Upstream identifier
- d937b75f-a665-4480-88a5-2f20e9f9b22a
- Tagged by the source as
- attack.executionattack.persistenceattack.privilege-escalationattack.stealth
Licence
- Published under
- Detection Rule License 1.1Read the licence
- Attribution
- Required
Authorship
- Written by
- Published
- Aug 26, 2026
- Version
- 1