Analytics BIOC Low

Elevation to SYSTEM via services

Services were affected by a non SYSTEM integrity level process.

Module:
Platform Analytics
Data source:
XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH)
ATT&CK tactics: Execution (TA0002) Privilege Escalation (TA0004)
ATT&CK techniques: Create or Modify System Process: Windows Service (T1543.003) System Services: Service Execution (T1569.002)
Detector tags: Malicious Service Analytics
Attacker's goals:

Escalate privileges to system and execute commands.

Investigative actions:

Investigate the service being spawned on the host for malicious activities.

Test period:
N/A (single event)
Deduplication:
1 Day
2 variations:
  • Elevation to SYSTEM via service creation Low
  • Elevation to SYSTEM via service modification Low