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T1569.002: T1569.002

View on MITRE ATT&CK The MITRE Corporation · Published 10/03/2020 19:33 · Modified 27/03/2026 01:12

Essential information

MITRE technique ID
T1569.002
Confidence
100/100
Revoked
No
Published
10/03/2020 19:33
Modified
27/03/2026 01:12
Author / Source
The MITRE Corporation

Aliases

Service Execution

Platforms

windows

Description

Adversaries may abuse the Windows service control manager to execute malicious commands or payloads. The Windows service control manager (`services.exe`) is an interface to manage and manipulate services.(Citation: Microsoft Service Control Manager) The service control manager is accessible to users via GUI components as well as system utilities such as `sc.exe` and [Net](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0039). [PsExec](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0029) can also be used to execute commands or payloads via a temporary Windows service created through the service control manager API.(Citation: Russinovich Sysinternals) Tools such as [PsExec](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0029) and `sc.exe` can accept remote servers as arguments and may be used to conduct remote execution. Adversaries may leverage these mechanisms to execute malicious content. This can be done by either executing a new or modified service. This technique is the execution used in conjunction with [Windows Service](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1543/003) during service persistence or privilege escalation.

Kill chain phases

Kill chainPhase
mitre-attack execution

Marking (TLP)

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External references

Related entities

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