Scheduled Task Creation via Microsoft Office Application

Identifies the creation of a scheduled task via a Microsoft Office application to establish persistence.

id:8e98bf09-e662-4908-b68e-5c96ad5c6860
categories:detect
confidence:medium
os:windows
created:8/16/2019
updated:8/16/2019

MITRE ATT&CK™ Mapping

tactics:Persistence
techniques:T1053 Scheduled Task

Query

image_load where
  process_name in ("excel.exe", "winword.exe", "powerpnt.exe", "outlook.exe") and
  image_name == "taskschd.dll"

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