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sigma-rules/rules/windows/lateral_movement_service_control_spawned_script_int.toml
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Justin Ibarra 6bdfddac8e Expand timestamp override tests (#1907)
* Expand timestamp_override tests
* removed timestamp_override from eql sequence rules
* add config entry for eql rules with beats index and t_o
* add timestamp_override to missing fields
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[metadata]
creation_date = "2020/02/18"
maturity = "production"
updated_date = "2022/03/31"
[rule]
author = ["Elastic"]
description = """
Identifies Service Control (sc.exe) spawning from script interpreter processes to create, modify, or start services.
This could be indicative of adversary lateral movement but will be noisy if commonly done by admins.
"""
from = "now-9m"
index = ["logs-endpoint.events.*", "logs-system.*", "winlogbeat-*"]
language = "eql"
license = "Elastic License v2"
name = "Service Control Spawned via Script Interpreter"
note = """## Config
If enabling an EQL rule on a non-elastic-agent index (such as beats) for versions <8.2, events will not define `event.ingested` and default fallback for EQL rules was not added until 8.2, so you will need to add a custom pipeline to populate `event.ingested` to @timestamp for this rule to work.
"""
risk_score = 21
rule_id = "e8571d5f-bea1-46c2-9f56-998de2d3ed95"
severity = "low"
tags = ["Elastic", "Host", "Windows", "Threat Detection", "Lateral Movement"]
timestamp_override = "event.ingested"
type = "eql"
query = '''
/* This rule is not compatible with Sysmon due to user.id issues */
process where event.type == "start" and
(process.name : "sc.exe" or process.pe.original_file_name == "sc.exe") and
process.parent.name : ("cmd.exe", "wscript.exe", "rundll32.exe", "regsvr32.exe",
"wmic.exe", "mshta.exe","powershell.exe", "pwsh.exe") and
process.args:("config", "create", "start", "delete", "stop", "pause") and
/* exclude SYSTEM SID - look for service creations by non-SYSTEM user */
not user.id : "S-1-5-18"
'''
[[rule.threat]]
framework = "MITRE ATT&CK"
[[rule.threat.technique]]
id = "T1021"
name = "Remote Services"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1021/"
[rule.threat.tactic]
id = "TA0008"
name = "Lateral Movement"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0008/"