offensive security
Schtask
Code execution, privilege escalation, lateral movement and persitence.
Execution
Creating a new scheduled task that will launch shell.cmd every minute:
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schtasks /create /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "eviltask" /tr C:\tools\shell.cmd /ru "SYSTEM"
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Observations
Note that processes spawned as scheduled tasks have
taskeng.exe process as their parent:
Monitoring and inspecting commandline arguments and established network connections by processes can help uncover suspicious activity:
Also, look for events 4698 indicating new scheduled task creation:
Lateral Movement
Note that when using schtasks for lateral movement, the processes spawned do not have taskeng.exe as their parent, rather - svchost:
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schtasks /create /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "eviltask" /tr calc /ru "SYSTEM" /s dc-mantvydas /u user /p password
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References
Scheduled Task/Job, Technique T1053 - Enterprise | MITRE ATT&CK®
Schtasks.exe - Win32 apps
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