[metadata]
creation_date = "2020/02/18"
maturity = "production"
updated_date = "2020/11/03"

[rule]
author = ["Elastic"]
description = "A scheduled task can be used by an adversary to establish persistence, move laterally, and/or escalate privileges."
false_positives = ["Legitimate scheduled tasks may be created during installation of new software."]
from = "now-9m"
index = ["winlogbeat-*", "logs-endpoint.events.*"]
language = "kuery"
license = "Elastic License"
name = "Local Scheduled Task Commands"
risk_score = 21
rule_id = "afcce5ad-65de-4ed2-8516-5e093d3ac99a"
severity = "low"
tags = ["Elastic", "Host", "Windows", "Threat Detection", "Persistence"]
type = "query"

query = '''
event.category:process and event.type:(start or process_started) and
  process.name:schtasks.exe and
  process.args:(-change or -create or -run or -s or /S or /change or /create or /run)
'''


[[rule.threat]]
framework = "MITRE ATT&CK"
[[rule.threat.technique]]
id = "T1053"
name = "Scheduled Task/Job"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1053/"


[rule.threat.tactic]
id = "TA0003"
name = "Persistence"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0003/"

