Suspicious Schtasks Schedule Type With High Privileges
Detects scheduled task creations or modification to be run with high privileges on a suspicious schedule type
Detection logic
Detection requirements
- Platform
- Windows
The rule states no platform. This is derived from the ATT&CK technique it maps to.
- Log source product
- windows
- Log source category
- process_creation
Known benign triggers
- Some installers were seen using this method of creation unfortunately. Filter them in your environment
MITRE ATT&CK mappings
0 exclusive techniques.This is coverage no other published rule has; it is not this rule's total technique count.
References
| Reference | Cited by |
|---|---|
| learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/schtasks-change | 2 |
| learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/schtasks-create | 4from 2 sources |
From the source
- At source
- Open at source
- Upstream identifier
- 7a02e22e-b885-4404-b38b-1ddc7e65258a
- Tagged by the source as
- attack.executionattack.persistenceattack.privilege-escalation
Licence
- Published under
- Detection Rule License 1.1Read the licence
- Attribution
- Required
Authorship
- Published
- Aug 26, 2026
- Version
- 1