Detection rules › Elastic
Remote Scheduled Task Creation via RPC
Identifies scheduled task creation from a remote source. This could be indicative of adversary lateral movement.
MITRE ATT&CK coverage
| Tactic | Techniques |
|---|---|
| Execution | T1053 Scheduled Task/Job, T1053.005 Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task |
| Persistence | T1053 Scheduled Task/Job, T1053.005 Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task |
| Privilege Escalation | T1053 Scheduled Task/Job, T1053.005 Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task |
| Lateral Movement | T1021 Remote Services |
Event coverage
| Provider | Event ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Security-Auditing | 4698 | A scheduled task was created. |
Stages and Predicates
Stage 1: eql:iam
event.action:"scheduled-task-created" and winlog.event_data.ClientProcessId:0 and winlog.event_data.RpcCallClientLocality:0Indicators
Each row is a field, operator, and value that the rule matches. The corpus column counts how many other rules in the catalog look for the same combination: high numbers point to widely-used, community-vetted indicators. Blank or 1 shows that the indicator is specific to this rule.
| Field | Kind | Values |
|---|---|---|
event.action | eq |
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winlog.event_data.ClientProcessId | wildcard |
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winlog.event_data.RpcCallClientLocality | wildcard |
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Neighbors
Broader alternatives (more inclusive than this rule)
These rules match a superset of what this rule catches. They cover the same events plus more. Use them if you want wider coverage and can absorb more false positives.
- Suspicious Scheduled Task Creation (drops 3 filters this rule applies)