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StoneDrill 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 the malicious Microsoft Network Realtime Inspection Service service described in StoneDrill report by Kaspersky

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

Event coverage

Rule body yaml

title: StoneDrill Service Install
id: 9e987c6c-4c1e-40d8-bd85-dd26fba8fdd6
status: test
description: This method detects a service install of the malicious Microsoft Network Realtime Inspection Service service described in StoneDrill report by Kaspersky
references:
    - https://securelist.com/blog/research/77725/from-shamoon-to-stonedrill/
author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
date: 2017-03-07
modified: 2021-11-30
tags:
    - attack.privilege-escalation
    - attack.persistence
    - attack.g0064
    - attack.t1543.003
    - detection.emerging-threats
logsource:
    product: windows
    service: system
detection:
    selection:
        Provider_Name: 'Service Control Manager'
        EventID: 7045
        ServiceName: NtsSrv
        ImagePath|endswith: ' LocalService'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Unlikely
level: high

Stages and Predicates

Stage 0: condition

selection

Stage 1: selection

selection:
    Provider_Name: 'Service Control Manager'
    EventID: 7045
    ServiceName: NtsSrv
    ImagePath|endswith: ' LocalService'

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.

FieldKindValues
ImagePathends_with
  • LocalService
Provider_Nameeq
  • Service Control Manager corpus 50 (sigma 50)
ServiceNameeq
  • NtsSrv