Start Windows Service Via Net.EXE

 1title: Start Windows Service Via Net.EXE
 2id: 2a072a96-a086-49fa-bcb5-15cc5a619093
 3status: test
 4description: Detects the usage of the "net.exe" command to start a service using the "start" flag
 5references:
 6    - https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1569.002/T1569.002.md
 7author: Timur Zinniatullin, Daniil Yugoslavskiy, oscd.community
 8date: 2019-10-21
 9modified: 2023-03-05
10tags:
11    - attack.execution
12    - attack.t1569.002
13logsource:
14    category: process_creation
15    product: windows
16detection:
17    selection_img:
18        - Image|endswith:
19              - '\net.exe'
20              - '\net1.exe'
21        - OriginalFileName:
22              - 'net.exe'
23              - 'net1.exe'
24    selection_cli:
25        CommandLine|contains: ' start '     # space character after the 'start' keyword indicates that a service name follows, in contrast to `net start` discovery expression
26    condition: all of selection_*
27falsepositives:
28    - Legitimate administrator or user executes a service for legitimate reasons.
29level: low