[metadata]
creation_date = "2022/08/29"
integration = ["system", "windows"]
maturity = "production"
min_stack_comments = "New fields added: required_fields, related_integrations, setup"
min_stack_version = "8.3.0"
updated_date = "2023/06/22"

[rule]
author = ["Elastic"]
description = """
Indicates the creation of a scheduled task using Windows event logs. Adversaries can use these 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-system.*", "logs-windows.*"]
language = "eql"
license = "Elastic License v2"
name = "A scheduled task was created"
references = ["https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/threat-protection/auditing/event-4698"]
risk_score = 21
rule_id = "92a6faf5-78ec-4e25-bea1-73bacc9b59d9"
severity = "low"
tags = ["Domain: Endpoint", "OS: Windows", "Use Case: Threat Detection", "Tactic: Persistence"]
timestamp_override = "event.ingested"
type = "eql"

query = '''
iam where event.action == "scheduled-task-created" and

 /* excluding tasks created by the computer account */
 not user.name : "*$" and

 /* TaskContent is not parsed, exclude by full taskname noisy ones */
 not winlog.event_data.TaskName :
             ("\\OneDrive Standalone Update Task-S-1-5-21*",
              "\\OneDrive Standalone Update Task-S-1-12-1-*",
              "\\Hewlett-Packard\\HP Web Products Detection",
              "\\Hewlett-Packard\\HPDeviceCheck")
'''


[[rule.threat]]
framework = "MITRE ATT&CK"
[[rule.threat.technique]]
id = "T1053"
name = "Scheduled Task/Job"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1053/"
[[rule.threat.technique.subtechnique]]
id = "T1053.005"
name = "Scheduled Task"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1053/005/"



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