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SCM Database Handle Failure

Detects non-system users failing to get a handle of the SCM database.

MITRE ATT&CK

discovery

Detection Query

selection:
  EventID: 4656
  ObjectType: SC_MANAGER OBJECT
  ObjectName: ServicesActive
  AccessMask: "0xf003f"
filter:
  SubjectLogonId: "0x3e4"
condition: selection and not filter

Author

Roberto Rodriguez @Cyb3rWard0g

Created

2019-08-12

Data Sources

windowssecurity

Platforms

windows

References

https://threathunterplaybook.com/hunts/windows/190826-RemoteSCMHandle/notebook.html

Tags

attack.discoveryattack.t1010

Raw Content

title: SCM Database Handle Failure
id: 13addce7-47b2-4ca0-a98f-1de964d1d669
status: test
description: Detects non-system users failing to get a handle of the SCM database.
references:
    - https://threathunterplaybook.com/hunts/windows/190826-RemoteSCMHandle/notebook.html
author: Roberto Rodriguez @Cyb3rWard0g
date: 2019-08-12
modified: 2022-07-11
tags:
    - attack.discovery
    - attack.t1010
logsource:
    product: windows
    service: security
detection:
    selection:
        EventID: 4656
        ObjectType: 'SC_MANAGER OBJECT'
        ObjectName: 'ServicesActive'
        AccessMask: '0xf003f'  # is used in the reference; otherwise too many FPs
        # Keywords: 'Audit Failure' <-> in the ref 'Keywords':-9214364837600034816
    filter:
        SubjectLogonId: '0x3e4'
    condition: selection and not filter
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
# triggering on many hosts in some environments
level: medium