PsExec Service Execution
highWindowsSingle eventexperimentalsigma.psexec_service_exec · v1.0.0
What it detects
Remote execution as SYSTEM via PsExec service install
MITRE ATT&CK mapping
- T1569.002System Services: Service Execution· Execution
False positives and triage
Converted from Sigma; review before enabling.
The rule
Declarative YAML read by the detection engine — data, never executed. Confidence 70%. Source: rules/sigma/sigma.psexec_service_exec.yaml, licensed under the Detection Rule License 1.1.
id: sigma.psexec_service_exec
version: 1.0.0
status: experimental
severity: high
confidence: 0.7
platforms:
- windows
mitre_techniques:
- T1569.002
description: Remote execution as SYSTEM via PsExec service install — Sigma sample
match:
event_category: process
command_line_contains_any:
- -accepteula -s
- accepteula -s -d
- \PSEXESVC
false_positive_guidance: Converted from Sigma; review before enabling.
Adapted from the SigmaHQ rule “PsExec Service Execution”, distributed under the Detection Rule License 1.1. SigmaHQ.
Run this rule on your own logs — offline
KIROSEC runs this rule and the rest of the library over Windows, Linux, macOS and cloud audit logs on the analyst's own machine. Every alert links to the events that raised it, and nothing leaves the device.