Start Windows Service Via Net.EXE

Title: Start Windows Service Via Net.EXE
Status: test
Description:Detects the usage of the "net.exe" command to start a service using the "start" flag
References:
  -https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1569.002/T1569.002.md
Author: Timur Zinniatullin, Daniil Yugoslavskiy, oscd.community
Date: 2019-10-21
modified:2023-03-05
Tags:

• -'attack.execution'
• -'attack.t1569.002'

Logsource:

• category: process_creation
• product: windows

Detection:
  selection_img:
    - Image|endswith:
      - '\net.exe'
      - '\net1.exe'
    - OriginalFileName:
      - 'net.exe'
      - 'net1.exe'
  selection_cli:
    CommandLine|contains: ' start '
  condition:all of selection_*
Falsepositives:
  -Legitimate administrator or user executes a service for legitimate reasons.
Level: low