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A scheduled task was creatededit
Indicates the creation of a scheduled task using Windows event logs. Adversaries can use these to establish persistence, move laterally, and/or escalate privileges.
Rule type: eql
Rule indices:
- winlogbeat-*
- logs-system.*
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
References:
Tags:
- Elastic
- Host
- Windows
- Threat Detection
- Persistence
Version: 2 (version history)
Added (Elastic Stack release): 8.5.0
Last modified (Elastic Stack release): 8.6.0
Rule authors: Elastic
Rule license: Elastic License v2
Potential false positivesedit
Legitimate scheduled tasks may be created during installation of new software.
Rule queryedit
iam where event.action == "scheduled-task-created" and /* excluding
tasks created by the computer account */ not user.name : "*$" and
/* TaskContent is not parsed, exclude by full taskname noisy ones */
not winlog.event_data.TaskName : ("\\OneDrive Standalone
Update Task-S-1-5-21*", "\\OneDrive Standalone Update
Task-S-1-12-1-*", "\\Hewlett-Packard\\HP Web Products
Detection", "\\Hewlett-Packard\\HPDeviceCheck")
Threat mappingedit
Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM
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Tactic:
- Name: Persistence
- ID: TA0003
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0003/
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Technique:
- Name: Scheduled Task/Job
- ID: T1053
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1053/
Rule version historyedit
- Version 2 (8.6.0 release)
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Updated query, changed from:
iam where event.action == "scheduled-task-created" and /* excluding tasks created by the computer account */ not user.name : "*$" and /* TaskContent is not parsed, exclude by full taskname noisy ones */ not winlog.event_data.TaskName : ("\\OneDrive Standalone Update Task-S-1-5-21*", "\\Hewlett-Packard\\HP Web Products Detection", "\\Hewlett-Packard\\HPDeviceCheck")
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