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Anydesk Remote Access Software Service Installation

Status
test
Severity
medium
Log source
product windows, service system
Author
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems), Swachchhanda Shrawan Poudel (Nextron Systems)
Source
github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma

Detects the installation of the anydesk software service. Which could be an indication of anydesk abuse if you the software isn't already used.

Known false positives

  • Legitimate usage of the anydesk tool

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

TacticTechniques
PersistenceNo specific technique

Telemetry coverage

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

Rule body

title: Anydesk Remote Access Software Service Installation
id: 530a6faa-ff3d-4022-b315-50828e77eef5
status: test
description: Detects the installation of the anydesk software service. Which could be an indication of anydesk abuse if you the software isn't already used.
references:
    - https://thedfirreport.com/2022/08/08/bumblebee-roasts-its-way-to-domain-admin/
    - https://thedfirreport.com/2025/02/24/confluence-exploit-leads-to-lockbit-ransomware/
author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems), Swachchhanda Shrawan Poudel (Nextron Systems)
date: 2022-08-11
modified: 2025-02-24
tags:
    - attack.persistence
logsource:
    product: windows
    service: system
detection:
    selection_provider:
        Provider_Name: 'Service Control Manager'
        EventID: 7045
    selection_service:
        - ServiceName|contains|all:
              - 'AnyDesk' # Covers both AnyDesk Service and AnyDesk MSI Service
              - 'Service'
        - ImagePath|contains: 'AnyDesk'
    condition: all of selection_*
falsepositives:
    - Legitimate usage of the anydesk tool
level: medium

Stages and Predicates

Stage 0: condition

all of selection_*

Stage 1: selection_provider

selection_provider:
    Provider_Name: 'Service Control Manager'
    EventID: 7045

Stage 2: selection_service

selection_service:
    - ServiceName|contains|all:
          - 'AnyDesk'
          - 'Service'
    - ImagePath|contains: 'AnyDesk'

Indicators

These rows show field, operator, and value matches.

FieldKindValuesSearch
ImagePathmatch
  • AnyDesk
field:"ImagePath" kind:match value:"AnyDesk"
Provider_Nameeq
  • Service Control Manager corpus 50 (sigma 50)
field:"Provider_Name" kind:eq value:"Service Control Manager"
ServiceNamematch
  • AnyDesk corpus 2 (sigma 2)
  • Service
field:"ServiceName" kind:match