{'created': '2020-03-10T18:33:36.159Z',
 'created_by_ref': 'identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5',
 'description': 'Adversaries may abuse the Windows service control manager to '
                'execute malicious commands or payloads. The Windows service '
                'control manager (<code>services.exe</code>) 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 <code>sc.exe</code> and '
                '[Net](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0039).\n'
                '\n'
                '[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 '
                '<code>sc.exe</code> can accept remote servers as arguments '
                'and may be used to conduct remote execution.\n'
                '\n'
                '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.',
 'external_references': [{'external_id': 'T1569.002',
                          'source_name': 'mitre-attack',
                          'url': 'https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1569/002'},
                         {'description': 'Microsoft. (2018, May 31). Service '
                                         'Control Manager. Retrieved March 28, '
                                         '2020.',
                          'source_name': 'Microsoft Service Control Manager',
                          'url': 'https://docs.microsoft.com/windows/win32/services/service-control-manager'},
                         {'description': 'Russinovich, M. (2014, May 2). '
                                         'Windows Sysinternals PsExec v2.11. '
                                         'Retrieved May 13, 2015.',
                          'source_name': 'Russinovich Sysinternals',
                          'url': 'https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897553.aspx'}],
 'id': 'attack-pattern--f1951e8a-500e-4a26-8803-76d95c4554b4',
 'kill_chain_phases': [{'kill_chain_name': 'mitre-attack',
                        'phase_name': 'execution'}],
 'modified': '2025-10-24T17:49:35.506Z',
 'name': 'Service Execution',
 'object_marking_refs': ['marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168'],
 'revoked': False,
 'spec_version': '2.1',
 'type': 'attack-pattern',
 'x_mitre_attack_spec_version': '3.2.0',
 'x_mitre_deprecated': False,
 'x_mitre_detection': '',
 'x_mitre_domains': ['enterprise-attack'],
 'x_mitre_is_subtechnique': True,
 'x_mitre_modified_by_ref': 'identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5',
 'x_mitre_platforms': ['Windows'],
 'x_mitre_remote_support': False,
 'x_mitre_version': '1.3'}

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