Suspicious Remote Service Behavior through SVCCTL Named Pipe (via security)

title: Suspicious Remote Service Behavior through SVCCTL Named Pipe (via security)
id: 4ec9f433-6489-5ad0-abdf-98e927fc80d8
status: stable
description: This rule detects remote service behavior via remote access to the svcctl named pipe
references:
    - https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1021/002/
    - https://web.archive.org/web/20230329155141/https://blog.menasec.net/2019/03/threat-hunting-26-remote-windows.html
author: Huntrule Team
date: 2026-06-04
tags:
    - attack.lateral-movement
    - attack.persistence
    - attack.t1021.002
logsource:
    product: windows
    service: security
    definition: 'The advanced audit policy setting "Object Access > Audit Detailed File Share" must be configured for Success/Failure'
detection:
    selection:
        EventID: 5145
        ShareName: '\\\\\*\\IPC$'
        RelativeTargetName: svcctl
        AccessList|contains: 'WriteData'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: medium