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Important Windows Service Terminated Unexpectedly
Detects important or interesting Windows services that got terminated unexpectedly.
Known false positives
- Rare false positives could occur since service termination could happen due to multiple reasons
MITRE ATT&CK coverage
| Tactic | Techniques |
|---|---|
| Stealth | No specific technique |
Telemetry coverage
| Provider | Record / event type |
|---|---|
| Service-Control-Manager | Event ID 7034: The param1 service terminated unexpectedly |
Rule body
title: Important Windows Service Terminated Unexpectedly
id: 56abae0c-6212-4b97-adc0-0b559bb950c3
status: test
description: Detects important or interesting Windows services that got terminated unexpectedly.
references:
- https://www.randori.com/blog/vulnerability-analysis-queuejumper-cve-2023-21554/
author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
date: 2023-04-14
tags:
- attack.stealth
logsource:
product: windows
service: system
detection:
selection_eid:
Provider_Name: 'Service Control Manager'
EventID: 7034 # The X service terminated unexpectedly. It has done this Y time(s).
selection_name:
# Note that these names contained in "param1" are "Display Names" and are language specific. If you're using a non-english system these can and will be different
- param1|contains: 'Message Queuing'
# Use this If you collect the binary value provided from this event, which is the wide hex encoded value of the service name.
- Binary|contains:
- '4d0053004d005100' # MSMQ (Microsoft Message Queuing). Encoded in upper case just in case
- '6d0073006d007100' # msmq
condition: all of selection_*
falsepositives:
- Rare false positives could occur since service termination could happen due to multiple reasons
level: high
Stages and Predicates
Stage 0: condition
all of selection_*Stage 1: selection_eid
selection_eid:
Provider_Name: 'Service Control Manager'
EventID: 7034
Stage 2: selection_name
selection_name:
- param1|contains: 'Message Queuing'
- Binary|contains:
- '4d0053004d005100'
- '6d0073006d007100'
Indicators
These rows show field, operator, and value matches.
| Field | Kind | Values | Search |
|---|---|---|---|
Binary | match |
| field:"Binary" kind:match |
Provider_Name | eq |
| field:"Provider_Name" kind:eq value:"Service Control Manager" |
param1 | match |
| field:"param1" kind:match value:"Message Queuing" |