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Local Scheduled Task Commands
editLocal Scheduled Task Commands
editA scheduled task can be used by an adversary to establish persistence, move laterally, and/or escalate privileges.
Rule type: query
Rule indices:
- winlogbeat-*
- logs-endpoint.events.*
Severity: low
Risk score: 21
Runs every: 5 minutes
Searches indices from: now-9m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time)
Maximum alerts per execution: 100
Tags:
- Elastic
- Host
- Windows
- Threat Detection
- Persistence
Version: 6 (version history)
Added (Elastic Stack release): 7.6.0
Last modified (Elastic Stack release): 7.11.2
Rule authors: Elastic
Rule license: Elastic License
Potential false positives
editLegitimate scheduled tasks may be created during installation of new software.
Rule query
editevent.category:process and event.type:(start or process_started) and process.name:schtasks.exe and process.args:(-change or -create or -run or -s or /S or /change or /create or /run)
Threat mapping
editFramework: MITRE ATT&CKTM
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Tactic:
- Name: Persistence
- ID: TA0003
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0003/
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Technique:
- Name: Scheduled Task/Job
- ID: T1053
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1053/
Rule version history
edit- Version 6 (7.11.2 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 5 (7.10.0 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 4 (7.9.1 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 3 (7.9.0 release)
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Updated query, changed from:
event.action:"Process Create (rule: ProcessCreate)" and process.name:schtasks.exe and process.args:(-change or -create or -run or -s or /S or /change or /create or /run)
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- Version 2 (7.7.0 release)
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Updated query, changed from:
event.action:"Process Create (rule: ProcessCreate)" and process.name:schtasks.exe and process.args:("/create" or "-create" or "/S" or "-s" or "/run" or "-run" or "/change" or "-change")
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