Windows Service Created With Suspicious Service Path

Description

Automatically categorized datasets in directory windows_service_created_with_suspicious_service_path

MITRE ATT&CK Techniques

ID Technique Tactic
T1569.002 Service Execution Execution

Environment Details

Field Value
Environment attack_range
Directory windows_service_created_with_suspicious_service_path
Test Date 2025-08-12

Datasets

The following datasets were collected during this attack simulation:

Windows-Xml

  • Path: /datasets/attack_techniques/T1569.002/windows_service_created_with_suspicious_service_path/windows-xml.log
  • Sourcetype: XmlWinEventLog
  • Source: XmlWinEventLog:System

No specific detections currently use this attack data for testing. However, you can find related detections and analytics in our security content repository.

Usage Instructions

Replay with Splunk Attack Data

Replay attack data with replay.py from Splunk Attack Data.

1python replay.py --dataset /datasets/attack_techniques/T1569.002/windows_service_created_with_suspicious_service_path/windows-xml.log --index attack_data

Manual Import

  1. Download the dataset files from the paths listed above
  2. Configure your Splunk instance with the appropriate sourcetypes
  3. Import the logs using the Splunk Add Data wizard

Find more detections and analytics for this attack technique in our security content repository.


Source: GitHub | Version: 1.0