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Turla Service Install

Status
test
Severity
high
Log source
product windows, service system
Author
Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Source
github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma

This method detects a service install of malicious services mentioned in Carbon Paper - Turla report by ESET

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

TacticTechniques
Persistence
Privilege Escalation

Telemetry coverage

ProviderRecord / event type
Service-Control-ManagerEvent ID 7045: A service was installed in the system.

Rule body

title: Turla Service Install
id: 1df8b3da-b0ac-4d8a-b7c7-6cb7c24160e4
status: test
description: This method detects a service install of malicious services mentioned in Carbon Paper - Turla report by ESET
references:
    - https://www.welivesecurity.com/2017/03/30/carbon-paper-peering-turlas-second-stage-backdoor/
author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
date: 2017-03-31
modified: 2021-11-30
tags:
    - attack.privilege-escalation
    - attack.persistence
    - attack.g0010
    - attack.t1543.003
    - detection.emerging-threats
logsource:
    product: windows
    service: system
detection:
    selection:
        Provider_Name: 'Service Control Manager'
        EventID: 7045
        ServiceName:
            - 'srservice'
            - 'ipvpn'
            - 'hkmsvc'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: high

Stages and Predicates

Stage 0: condition

selection

Stage 1: selection

selection:
    Provider_Name: 'Service Control Manager'
    EventID: 7045
    ServiceName:
        - 'srservice'
        - 'ipvpn'
        - 'hkmsvc'

Indicators

These rows show field, operator, and value matches.

FieldKindValuesSearch
Provider_Nameeq
  • Service Control Manager corpus 50 (sigma 50)
field:"Provider_Name" kind:eq value:"Service Control Manager"
ServiceNameeq
  • hkmsvc
  • ipvpn
  • srservice
field:"ServiceName" kind:eq