Elastic Security Detection Rules

Service DACL Modification via sc.exe

Last updated 5 months ago on 2025-03-20
Created a year ago on 2024-07-16

About

Identifies DACL modifications to deny access to a service, making it unstoppable, or hide it from system and users.
Tags
Domain: EndpointOS: WindowsUse Case: Threat DetectionTactic: Defense EvasionData Source: Elastic EndgameData Source: Elastic DefendData Source: SysmonData Source: SentinelOneData Source: Microsoft Defender for EndpointData Source: CrowdstrikeLanguage: eql
Severity
medium
Risk Score
47
MITRE ATT&CK™

Defense Evasion (TA0005)(opens in a new tab or window)

↳ Hide Artifacts (T1564)(opens in a new tab or window)

Persistence (TA0003)(opens in a new tab or window)

↳ Create or Modify System Process (T1543)(opens in a new tab or window)

License
Elastic License v2(opens in a new tab or window)

Definition

Rule Type
Event Correlation Rule
Integration Pack
Prebuilt Security Detection Rules
Index Patterns
winlogbeat-*logs-endpoint.events.process-*logs-windows.sysmon_operational-*endgame-*logs-sentinel_one_cloud_funnel.*logs-m365_defender.event-*logs-crowdstrike.fdr*
Related Integrations

endpoint(opens in a new tab or window)

windows(opens in a new tab or window)

sentinel_one_cloud_funnel(opens in a new tab or window)

m365_defender(opens in a new tab or window)

crowdstrike(opens in a new tab or window)

Query
process where host.os.type == "windows" and event.type == "start" and
  (process.name : "sc.exe" or ?process.pe.original_file_name : "sc.exe") and
  process.args : "sdset" and process.args : "*D;*" and
  process.args : ("*;IU*", "*;SU*", "*;BA*", "*;SY*", "*;WD*")

Install detection rules in Elastic Security

Detect Service DACL Modification via sc.exe in the Elastic Security detection engine by installing this rule into your Elastic Stack.

To setup this rule, check out the installation guide for Prebuilt Security Detection Rules(opens in a new tab or window).