Analytics BIOC Informational

Service execution via sc.exe

Sc.exe has the ability to start services on local and remote hosts. An attacker may abuse it to execute malicious services on a host.

Module:
Platform Analytics
Data source:
XDR Agent
ATT&CK tactics: Execution (TA0002)
ATT&CK techniques: System Services: Service Execution (T1569.002)
Detector tags: Malicious Service Analytics
Attacker's goals:

Execute commands and run code on local or remote hosts.

Investigative actions:

Check whether the service that was created via sc.exe is benign and if this was a desired behavior as part of its normal execution flow.

Test period:
N/A (single event)
Deduplication:
1 Day