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New PDQDeploy Service - Client Side

Detects PDQDeploy service installation on the target system. When a package is deployed via PDQDeploy it installs a remote service on the target machine with the name "PDQDeployRunner-X" where "X" is an integer starting from 1

MITRE ATT&CK

T1543.003

persistenceprivilege-escalation

Detection Query

selection_root:
  Provider_Name: Service Control Manager
  EventID: 7045
selection_service:
  - ImagePath|contains: PDQDeployRunner-
  - ServiceName|startswith: PDQDeployRunner-
condition: all of selection_*

Author

Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)

Created

2022-07-22

Data Sources

windowssystem

Platforms

windows

References

https://documentation.pdq.com/PDQDeploy/13.0.3.0/index.html?windows-services.htm

Tags

attack.persistenceattack.privilege-escalationattack.t1543.003

Raw Content

title: New PDQDeploy Service - Client Side
id: b98a10af-1e1e-44a7-bab2-4cc026917648
status: test
description: |
    Detects PDQDeploy service installation on the target system.
    When a package is deployed via PDQDeploy it installs a remote service on the target machine with the name "PDQDeployRunner-X" where "X" is an integer starting from 1
references:
    - https://documentation.pdq.com/PDQDeploy/13.0.3.0/index.html?windows-services.htm
author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
date: 2022-07-22
tags:
    - attack.persistence
    - attack.privilege-escalation
    - attack.t1543.003
logsource:
    product: windows
    service: system
detection:
    selection_root:
        Provider_Name: 'Service Control Manager'
        EventID: 7045
    selection_service:
        - ImagePath|contains: 'PDQDeployRunner-'
        - ServiceName|startswith: 'PDQDeployRunner-'
    condition: all of selection_*
falsepositives:
    - Legitimate use of the tool
level: medium