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Potential Privilege Escalation via Service Permissions Weakness
Detect modification of services configuration (ImagePath, FailureCommand and ServiceDLL) in registry by processes with Medium integrity level
MITRE ATT&CK coverage
Event coverage
| Provider | Event | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Sysmon | Event ID 1 | Process creation |
| Security-Auditing | Event ID 4688 | A new process has been created. |
Rule body yaml
title: Potential Privilege Escalation via Service Permissions Weakness
id: 0f9c21f1-6a73-4b0e-9809-cb562cb8d981
status: test
description: Detect modification of services configuration (ImagePath, FailureCommand and ServiceDLL) in registry by processes with Medium integrity level
references:
- https://speakerdeck.com/heirhabarov/hunting-for-privilege-escalation-in-windows-environment
- https://pentestlab.blog/2017/03/31/insecure-registry-permissions/
author: Teymur Kheirkhabarov
date: 2019-10-26
modified: 2024-12-01
tags:
- attack.persistence
- attack.privilege-escalation
- attack.execution
- attack.stealth
- attack.t1574.011
logsource:
product: windows
category: process_creation
detection:
selection:
IntegrityLevel:
- 'Medium'
- 'S-1-16-8192'
CommandLine|contains|all:
- 'ControlSet'
- 'services'
CommandLine|contains:
- '\ImagePath'
- '\FailureCommand'
- '\ServiceDll'
condition: selection
falsepositives:
- Unknown
level: high
Stages and Predicates
Stage 0: condition
selectionStage 1: selection
selection:
IntegrityLevel:
- 'Medium'
- 'S-1-16-8192'
CommandLine|contains|all:
- 'ControlSet'
- 'services'
CommandLine|contains:
- '\ImagePath'
- '\FailureCommand'
- '\ServiceDll'
Indicators
Each row is a field, operator, and value that the rule matches. The corpus column counts how many other rules in the catalog look for the same combination: high numbers point to widely-used, community-vetted indicators. Blank or 1 shows that the indicator is specific to this rule.
| Field | Kind | Values |
|---|---|---|
CommandLine | match |
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IntegrityLevel | eq |
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