Schtasks Creation Or Modification With SYSTEM Privileges
Detects the creation or update of a scheduled task to run with "NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM" privileges
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
- Unknown
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 | 2 |
| www.elastic.co/security-labs/exploring-the-qbot-attack-pattern | Only this detection cites it |
From the source
- At source
- Open at source
- Upstream identifier
- 89ca78fd-b37c-4310-b3d3-81a023f83936
- 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