Suspicious Scheduled Task Write to System32 Tasks
Detects the creation of tasks from processes executed from suspicious locations
Detection logic
selection
TargetFilename|contains: \Windows\System32\Tasks
Image|contains:
- \AppData\
- C:\PerfLogs
- \Windows\System32\config\systemprofileCondition
selectionRaw YAML
title: Suspicious Scheduled Task Write to System32 Tasks
id: 80e1f67a-4596-4351-98f5-a9c3efabac95
status: test
description: Detects the creation of tasks from processes executed from suspicious locations
references:
- Internal Research
author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
date: 2021-11-16
modified: 2022-01-12
tags:
- attack.privilege-escalation
- attack.persistence
- attack.execution
- attack.t1053
logsource:
product: windows
category: file_event
detection:
selection:
TargetFilename|contains: '\Windows\System32\Tasks'
Image|contains:
- '\AppData\'
- 'C:\PerfLogs'
- '\Windows\System32\config\systemprofile'
condition: selection
falsepositives:
- Unknown
level: highFalse positives
- Unknown
References
Internal Research