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Service Binary in Suspicious Folder
Target Profile
Splunk
Splunk SPL & tstats data model queries
Format Mode
Default
Plain SPL queries
Conversion Output
Service Binary in Suspicious Folder
Using Splunk · Default · sigma-cli 2.0.2
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BackendSplunkFormatDefaultVersion2.0.2
title: Service Binary in Suspicious Folder
id: a07f0359-4c90-4dc4-a681-8ffea40b4f47
related:
- id: c0abc838-36b0-47c9-b3b3-a90c39455382
type: obsolete
status: test
description: Detect the creation of a service with a service binary located in a suspicious directory
references:
- https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1562.001/T1562.001.md
author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems), frack113
date: 2022-05-02
modified: 2025-10-07
tags:
- attack.persistence
- attack.defense-evasion
- attack.t1112
logsource:
category: registry_set
product: windows
detection:
selection_service_start:
TargetObject|startswith: 'HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\'
TargetObject|endswith: '\Start'
Image|contains:
- '\Users\Public\'
- '\Perflogs\'
- '\ADMIN$\'
- '\Temp\'
Details:
- 'DWORD (0x00000000)' # boot
- 'DWORD (0x00000001)' # System
- 'DWORD (0x00000002)' # Automatic
# 3 - Manual , 4 - Disabled
selection_service_imagepath:
TargetObject|startswith: 'HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\'
TargetObject|endswith: '\ImagePath'
Details|contains:
- '\Users\Public\'
- '\Perflogs\'
- '\ADMIN$\'
- '\Temp\'
filter_optional_avast:
Image|contains|all: # Filter FP with Avast software
- '\Common Files\'
- '\Temp\'
filter_optional_mbamservice:
TargetObject|endswith: '\CurrentControlSet\Services\MBAMInstallerService\ImagePath'
Details|endswith: '\AppData\Local\Temp\MBAMInstallerService.exe"'
Image: 'C:\Windows\system32\services.exe'
condition: 1 of selection_* and not 1 of filter_optional_*
falsepositives:
- Unknown
level: high
CLI command
Copy the exact command to reproduce this translation locally.
sigma convert --without-pipeline -t splunk -f default rules/windows/registry/registry_set/registry_set_creation_service_susp_folder.yml