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Remote Task Creation via ATSVC Named Pipe

Detects remote task creation via at.exe or API interacting with ATSVC namedpipe

MITRE ATT&CK

privilege-escalationexecutionlateral-movementpersistence

Detection Query

selection:
  EventID: 5145
  ShareName: \\\\\*\\IPC$
  RelativeTargetName: atsvc
  AccessList|contains: WriteData
condition: selection

Author

Samir Bousseaden

Created

2019-04-03

Data Sources

windowssecurity

Platforms

windows

References

https://web.archive.org/web/20230409194125/https://blog.menasec.net/2019/03/threat-hunting-25-scheduled-tasks-for.html

Tags

attack.privilege-escalationattack.executionattack.lateral-movementattack.persistencecar.2013-05-004car.2015-04-001attack.t1053.002

Raw Content

title: Remote Task Creation via ATSVC Named Pipe
id: f6de6525-4509-495a-8a82-1f8b0ed73a00
status: test
description: Detects remote task creation via at.exe or API interacting with ATSVC namedpipe
references:
    - https://web.archive.org/web/20230409194125/https://blog.menasec.net/2019/03/threat-hunting-25-scheduled-tasks-for.html
author: Samir Bousseaden
date: 2019-04-03
modified: 2024-08-01
tags:
    - attack.privilege-escalation
    - attack.execution
    - attack.lateral-movement
    - attack.persistence
    - car.2013-05-004
    - car.2015-04-001
    - attack.t1053.002
logsource:
    product: windows
    service: security
    definition: 'The advanced audit policy setting "Object Access > Audit Detailed File Share" must be configured for Success/Failure'
detection:
    selection:
        EventID: 5145
        ShareName: '\\\\\*\\IPC$' # looking for the string \\*\IPC$
        RelativeTargetName: atsvc
        AccessList|contains: 'WriteData'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: medium