Persistence via TelemetryController Scheduled Task Hijackedit
Detects the successful hijack of Microsoft Compatibility Appraiser scheduled task to establish persistence with an integrity level of system.
Rule type: eql
Rule indices:
- winlogbeat-*
- logs-endpoint.events.*
- logs-windows.*
Severity: high
Risk score: 73
Runs every: 5 minutes
Searches indices from: now-9m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time
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Maximum alerts per execution: 100
References:
Tags:
- Elastic
- Host
- Windows
- Threat Detection
- Persistence
Version: 101 (version history)
Added (Elastic Stack release): 7.10.0
Last modified (Elastic Stack release): 8.5.0
Rule authors: Elastic
Rule license: Elastic License v2
Investigation guideedit
Rule queryedit
process where event.type == "start" and process.parent.name : "CompatTelRunner.exe" and process.args : "-cv*" and not process.name : ("conhost.exe", "DeviceCensus.exe", "CompatTelRunner.exe", "DismHost.exe", "rundll32.exe", "powershell.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/
Rule version historyedit
- Version 101 (8.5.0 release)
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Updated query, changed from:
process where event.type in ("start", "process_started") and process.parent.name : "CompatTelRunner.exe" and process.args : "-cv*" and not process.name : ("conhost.exe", "DeviceCensus.exe", "CompatTelRunner.exe", "DismHost.exe", "rundll32.exe", "powershell.exe")
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- Version 9 (8.4.0 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 7 (8.2.0 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 6 (7.16.0 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 5 (7.13.0 release)
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Updated query, changed from:
event.category:process and event.type:(start or process_started) and process.parent.name:(CompatTelRunner.exe or compattelrunner.exe) and process.args:-cv* and not process.name:(conhost.exe or DeviceCensus.exe or devicecensus.exe or CompatTelRunner.exe or compattelrunner.exe or DismHost.exe or dismhost.exe or rundll32.exe or powershell.exe)
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- Version 4 (7.12.0 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 3 (7.11.2 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 2 (7.11.0 release)
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Updated query, changed from:
event.category:process and event.type:(start or process_started) and process.parent.name:(CompatTelRunner.exe or compattelrunner.exe) and not process.name:(conhost.exe or DeviceCensus.exe or devicecensus.exe or CompatTelRunner.exe or compattelrunner.exe or DismHost.exe or dismhost.exe or rundll32.exe)
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