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Local Scheduled Task Commandsedit
A scheduled task can be used by an adversary to establish persistence, move laterally, and/or escalate privileges.
Rule indices:
- winlogbeat-*
Severity: low
Risk score: 21
Runs every: 5 minutes
Searches indices from: now-6m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time)
Maximum signals per execution: 100
Tags:
- Elastic
- Windows
Rule version: 1
Added (Elastic Stack release): 7.6.0
Potential false positivesedit
Legitimate scheduled tasks may be created during installation of new software.
Rule queryedit
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")
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
- ID: T1053
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1053/