Service Security Descriptor Tampering Via Sc.EXE
Detection of sc.exe utility adding a new service with special permission which hides that service.
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 |
|---|---|
| blog.talosintelligence.com/2021/10/threat-hunting-in-large-datasets-by.html | 3 |
| itconnect.uw.edu/tools-services-support/it-systems-infrastructure/msinf/other-help/understanding-sddl-syntax/ | 5 |
| twitter.com/0gtweet/status/1628720819537936386 | 2 |
| twitter.com/Alh4zr3d/status/1580925761996828672 | 5 |
| www.sans.org/blog/red-team-tactics-hiding-windows-services/ | 7from 3 sources |
From the source
- At source
- Open at source
- Upstream identifier
- 98c5aeef-32d5-492f-b174-64a691896d25
- Tagged by the source as
- attack.executionattack.persistenceattack.privilege-escalationattack.stealth
Licence
- Published under
- Detection Rule License 1.1Read the licence
- Attribution
- Required
Authorship
- Published
- Sep 4, 2026
- Version
- 2