Remote Task Creation via ATSVC Named Pipe

calendar Oct 23, 2025 · attack.privilege-escalation attack.execution attack.lateral-movement attack.persistence car.2013-05-004 car.2015-04-001 attack.t1053.002  ·
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Detects remote task creation via at.exe or API interacting with ATSVC namedpipe

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 1title: Remote Task Creation via ATSVC Named Pipe
 2id: f6de6525-4509-495a-8a82-1f8b0ed73a00
 3status: test
 4description: Detects remote task creation via at.exe or API interacting with ATSVC namedpipe
 5references:
 6    - https://web.archive.org/web/20230409194125/https://blog.menasec.net/2019/03/threat-hunting-25-scheduled-tasks-for.html
 7author: Samir Bousseaden
 8date: 2019-04-03
 9modified: 2024-08-01
10tags:
11    - attack.privilege-escalation
12    - attack.execution
13    - attack.lateral-movement
14    - attack.persistence
15    - car.2013-05-004
16    - car.2015-04-001
17    - attack.t1053.002
18logsource:
19    product: windows
20    service: security
21    definition: 'The advanced audit policy setting "Object Access > Audit Detailed File Share" must be configured for Success/Failure'
22detection:
23    selection:
24        EventID: 5145
25        ShareName: '\\\\\*\\IPC$' # looking for the string \\*\IPC$
26        RelativeTargetName: atsvc
27        AccessList|contains: 'WriteData'
28    condition: selection
29falsepositives:
30    - Unknown
31level: medium

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