Detectionlowtest

Stop Windows Service Via Sc.EXE

Detects the stopping of a Windows service via the "sc.exe" utility

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Jakob Weinzettl, oscd.community, Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)Created Sun Mar 05Updated Thu Jan 1881bcb81b-5b1f-474b-b373-52c871aaa7b1windows

Log Source

WindowsProcess Creation

ProductWindows← raw: windows

CategoryProcess Creation← raw: process_creation

Events generated when a new process is spawned on the system. Covers command-line arguments, parent/child relationships, and process metadata.

Detection Logic

detection:
    selection_img:
        - OriginalFileName: 'sc.exe'
        - Image|endswith: '\sc.exe'
    selection_cli:
        CommandLine|contains: ' stop '
    condition: all of selection_*

False Positives

There are many legitimate reasons to stop a service. This rule isn't looking for any suspicious behavior in particular. Filter legitimate activity accordingly

References

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learn.microsoft.com

Testing & Validation

Regression Tests

by SigmaHQ Team

Positive Detection Test1 matchevtx

Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon

EVTX JSON

MITRE ATT&CK

Tactics

TA0040 · Impact