Service Started/Stopped Via Wmic.EXE

 1title: Service Started/Stopped Via Wmic.EXE
 2id: 0b7163dc-7eee-4960-af17-c0cd517f92da
 3status: test
 4description: Detects usage of wmic to start or stop a service
 5references:
 6    - https://sushant747.gitbooks.io/total-oscp-guide/content/privilege_escalation_windows.html
 7author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
 8date: 2022-06-20
 9modified: 2023-02-14
10tags:
11    - attack.execution
12    - attack.t1047
13logsource:
14    category: process_creation
15    product: windows
16detection:
17    selection_img:
18        - OriginalFileName: 'wmic.exe'
19        - Image|endswith: '\WMIC.exe'
20    selection_cli:
21        CommandLine|contains|all:
22            - ' service '
23            - ' call '
24        CommandLine|contains:
25            - 'stopservice'
26            - 'startservice'
27    condition: all of selection_*
28falsepositives:
29    - Unknown
30level: medium

References

• Privilege Escalation - Windows · Total OSCP Guide

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