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ProcessHacker Privilege Elevation
Detects a ProcessHacker tool that elevated privileges to a very high level
MITRE ATT&CK coverage
| Tactic | Techniques |
|---|---|
| Execution | T1569.002 System Services: Service Execution |
| Persistence | T1543.003 Create or Modify System Process: Windows Service |
| Privilege Escalation | T1543.003 Create or Modify System Process: Windows Service |
Event coverage
| Provider | Event |
|---|---|
| Service-Control-Manager | Event ID 7045 |
Rule body yaml
title: ProcessHacker Privilege Elevation
id: c4ff1eac-84ad-44dd-a6fb-d56a92fc43a9
status: test
description: Detects a ProcessHacker tool that elevated privileges to a very high level
references:
- https://twitter.com/1kwpeter/status/1397816101455765504
author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
date: 2021-05-27
modified: 2022-12-25
tags:
- attack.persistence
- attack.execution
- attack.privilege-escalation
- attack.t1543.003
- attack.t1569.002
logsource:
product: windows
service: system
detection:
selection:
Provider_Name: 'Service Control Manager'
EventID: 7045
ServiceName|startswith: 'ProcessHacker'
AccountName: 'LocalSystem'
condition: selection
falsepositives:
- Unlikely
level: high
Stages and Predicates
Stage 0: condition
selectionStage 1: selection
selection:
Provider_Name: 'Service Control Manager'
EventID: 7045
ServiceName|startswith: 'ProcessHacker'
AccountName: 'LocalSystem'
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 |
|---|---|---|
AccountName | eq |
|
Provider_Name | eq |
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ServiceName | starts_with |
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