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MediumSigmaHQ Swachchhanda Shrawan Poudel +1

Suspicious Scheduled Task Creation via Masqueraded XML File

Detects the creation of a scheduled task using the "-XML" flag with a file without the '.xml' extension. This behavior could be indicative of potential defense evasion attempt during persistence

Detection logic

Detection requirements

Platform: Containers ESXi Linux macOS Windows
The rule states no platform. This is derived from the 2 ATT&CK techniques it maps to.
Log source product: windows
Log source category: process_creation

Known benign triggers

Unknown

References

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Reference	Class	Cited by
github.com/elastic/protections-artifacts/blob/084067123d3328a823b1c3fdde305b694275c794/behavior/rules/persistence_suspicious_scheduled_task_creation_via_masqueraded_xml_file.toml	Tool	Only this detection cites it
learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/taskschd/daily-trigger-example--xml-	Product documentation	Only this detection cites it

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