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Active Rule
New Service Creation Using Sc.EXE
Target Profile
Splunk
Splunk SPL & tstats data model queries
Format Mode
Default
Plain SPL queries
Conversion Output
New Service Creation Using Sc.EXE
Using Splunk · Default · sigma-cli 2.0.2
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BackendSplunkFormatDefaultVersion2.0.2
title: New Service Creation Using Sc.EXE
id: 85ff530b-261d-48c6-a441-facaa2e81e48
related:
- id: c02e96b7-c63a-4c47-bd83-4a9f74afcfb2 # Using PowerShell
type: similar
status: test
description: Detects the creation of a new service using the "sc.exe" utility.
references:
- https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1543.003/T1543.003.md
author: Timur Zinniatullin, Daniil Yugoslavskiy, oscd.community
date: 2023-02-20
modified: 2025-09-01
tags:
- attack.persistence
- attack.privilege-escalation
- attack.t1543.003
logsource:
category: process_creation
product: windows
detection:
selection:
Image|endswith: '\sc.exe'
CommandLine|contains|all:
- 'create'
- 'binPath'
filter_optional_dropbox:
ParentImage|startswith:
- 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\'
- 'C:\Program Files\Dropbox\Client\'
ParentImage|endswith: '\Dropbox.exe'
condition: selection and not 1 of filter_optional_*
falsepositives:
- Legitimate administrator or user creates a service for legitimate reasons.
- Software installation
level: low
CLI command
Copy the exact command to reproduce this translation locally.
sigma convert --without-pipeline -t splunk -f default rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_sc_create_service.yml