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T1569 System Services

Adversaries may abuse system services or daemons to execute commands or programs. Adversaries can execute malicious content by interacting with or creating services either locally or remotely. Many services are set to run at boot, which can aid in achieving persistence (Create or Modify System Process), but adversaries can also abuse services for one-time or temporary execution.

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CRI Profile Mappings

Capability ID Capability Description Mapping Type ATT&CK ID ATT&CK Name Notes
PR.IR-01.05 Remote access protection Mitigates T1569 System Services
Comments
This diagnostic statement implements security controls and restrictions for remote user access to systems. Remote user access control involves managing and securing how users remotely access systems, such as through encrypted connections and account use policies, which help prevent adversary access.
References
    PR.AA-05.02 Privileged system access Mitigates T1569 System Services
    Comments
    This diagnostic statement protects against System Services through the use of privileged account management and the use of multi-factor authentication.
    References
      DE.CM-06.02 Third-party access monitoring Mitigates T1569 System Services
      Comments
      This diagnostic statement protects against System Services through the use of privileged account management. Employing auditing, privilege access management, and just in time access protects against adversaries trying to obtain illicit access to critical systems.
      References
        PR.AA-01.01 Identity and credential management Mitigates T1569 System Services
        Comments
        This diagnostic statement protects against System Services through the use of hardened access control policies, secure defaults, password complexity requirements, multifactor authentication requirements, and removal of terminated accounts.
        References

          NIST 800-53 Mappings

          Capability ID Capability Description Mapping Type ATT&CK ID ATT&CK Name Notes
          CA-07 Continuous Monitoring mitigates T1569 System Services
          CM-06 Configuration Settings mitigates T1569 System Services
          CM-05 Access Restrictions for Change mitigates T1569 System Services
          CM-11 User-installed Software mitigates T1569 System Services
          SI-03 Malicious Code Protection mitigates T1569 System Services
          SI-07 Software, Firmware, and Information Integrity mitigates T1569 System Services
          CM-02 Baseline Configuration mitigates T1569 System Services
          IA-02 Identification and Authentication (Organizational Users) mitigates T1569 System Services
          CM-07 Least Functionality mitigates T1569 System Services
          SI-04 System Monitoring mitigates T1569 System Services
          AC-02 Account Management mitigates T1569 System Services
          AC-03 Access Enforcement mitigates T1569 System Services
          AC-05 Separation of Duties mitigates T1569 System Services
          AC-06 Least Privilege mitigates T1569 System Services

          VERIS Mappings

          Capability ID Capability Description Mapping Type ATT&CK ID ATT&CK Name Notes
          action.hacking.variety.OS commanding OS commanding. Child of 'Exploit vuln'. related-to T1569 System Services
          action.hacking.vector.Command shell Remote shell related-to T1569 System Services
          action.hacking.variety.Abuse of functionality Abuse of functionality. related-to T1569 System Services

          GCP Mappings

          Capability ID Capability Description Mapping Type ATT&CK ID ATT&CK Name Notes
          google_secops Google Security Operations technique_scores T1569 System Services
          Comments
          Google Security Ops is able to trigger alerts based off command-line arguments and suspicious system process that could indicate abuse of system services. This technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor. https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/threat_hunting/process_creation/suspicious_calculator_usage.yaral https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/threat_hunting/windows/abusing_attrib_exe_to_change_file_attributes.yaral
          References
          1. ['https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations'
          2. 'https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview'
          3. 'https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules']

          ATT&CK Subtechniques

          Technique ID Technique Name Number of Mappings
          T1569.001 Launchctl 9
          T1569.002 Service Execution 19