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MITRE ATT&CK CoA - T1543.003 - Windows Service

This Playbook is part of the MITRE ATT&CK - Courses of Action Pack.#

Supported versions

Supported Cortex XSOAR versions: 6.5.0 and later.

This playbook Remediates the Windows Service technique using intelligence-driven Courses of Action (COA) defined by Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 team.

***Disclaimer: This playbook does not simulate an attack using the specified technique, but follows the steps to remediation as defined by Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 team’s Actionable Threat Objects and Mitigations (ATOMs). Techniques Handled:

  • T1543.003: Create or Modify System Process: Windows Service

Kill Chain phases:

  • Persistence
  • Privilege Escalation

MITRE ATT&CK Description: Adversaries may create or modify Windows services to repeatedly execute malicious payloads as part of persistence. When Windows boots up, it starts programs or applications called services that perform background system functions.[1] Windows service configuration information, including the file path to the service's executable or recovery programs/commands, is stored in the Windows Registry. Service configurations can be modified using utilities such as sc.exe and Reg.

Adversaries may install a new service or modify an existing service by using system utilities to interact with services, by directly modifying the Registry, or by using custom tools to interact with the Windows API. Adversaries may configure services to execute at startup in order to persist on a system.

Possible playbook uses:

  • The playbook can be used independently to handle and remediate the specific technique.
  • The playbook can be used as a part of the “Courses of Action - Defense Evasion” playbook to remediate techniques based on the kill chain phase.
  • The playbook can be used as a part of the “MITRE ATT&CK - Courses of Action” playbook, which can be triggered by different sources and accepts the technique MITRE ATT&CK ID as an input.

Dependencies#

This playbook uses the following sub-playbooks, integrations, and scripts.

Sub-playbooks#

This playbook does not use any sub-playbooks.

Integrations#

This playbook does not use any integrations.

Scripts#

  • Set
  • IsIntegrationAvailable
  • SetGridField

Commands#

This playbook does not use any commands.

Playbook Inputs#

There are no inputs for this playbook.

Playbook Outputs#

PathDescriptionType
Handled.TechniquesThe techniques handled in this playbookunknown

Playbook Image#

MITRE ATT&CK CoA - T1543.003 - Windows Service

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