IMPORTANT: No additional bug fixes or documentation updates
will be released for this version. For the latest information, see the
current release documentation.
Creation or Modification of a new GPO Scheduled Task or Serviceedit
Detects the creation or modification of a new Group Policy based scheduled task or service. These methods are used for legitimate system administration, but can also be abused by an attacker with domain admin permissions to execute a malicious payload remotely on all or a subset of the domain joined machines.
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: 1
Added (Elastic Stack release): 7.10.0
Rule authors: Elastic
Rule license: Elastic License
Rule queryedit
event.category:file and not event.type:deletion and file.path:(C\:\\Wi ndows\\SYSVOL\\domain\\Policies\\*\\MACHINE\\Preferences\\ScheduledTas ks\\ScheduledTasks.xml or C\:\\Windows\\SYSVOL\\domain\\Policies\\*\\M ACHINE\\Preferences\\Preferences\\Services\\Services.xml) and not process.name:dfsrs.exe
Threat mappingedit
Framework: 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/
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Tactic:
- Name: Execution
- ID: TA0002
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0002/
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Technique:
- Name: Remote Services
- ID: T1021
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1021/