Scheduled Task Executed Uncommon LOLBIN
Detects the execution of Scheduled Tasks where the program being run is located in a suspicious location or where it is an unusual program to be run from a Scheduled Task
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1title: Scheduled Task Executed Uncommon LOLBIN
2id: f0767f15-0fb3-44b9-851e-e8d9a6d0005d
3status: test
4description: Detects the execution of Scheduled Tasks where the program being run is located in a suspicious location or where it is an unusual program to be run from a Scheduled Task
5references:
6 - Internal Research
7author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
8date: 2022-12-05
9modified: 2023-02-07
10tags:
11 - attack.persistence
12 - attack.t1053.005
13logsource:
14 product: windows
15 service: taskscheduler
16 definition: 'Requirements: The "Microsoft-Windows-TaskScheduler/Operational" is disabled by default and needs to be enabled in order for this detection to trigger'
17detection:
18 selection:
19 EventID: 129 # Created Task Process
20 Path|endswith:
21 - '\calc.exe'
22 - '\cscript.exe'
23 - '\mshta.exe'
24 - '\mspaint.exe'
25 - '\notepad.exe'
26 - '\regsvr32.exe'
27 # - '\rundll32.exe'
28 - '\wscript.exe'
29 # filter_system:
30 # Path|endswith: '\rundll32.exe'
31 # TaskName|startswith: '\Microsoft\Windows\'
32 # condition: selection and not 1 of filter_*
33 condition: selection
34falsepositives:
35 - False positives may occur with some of the selected binaries if you have tasks using them (which could be very common in your environment). Exclude all the specific trusted tasks before using this rule
36level: medium
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