rule:
meta:
name: schedule task via ITaskService
namespace: persistence/scheduled-tasks
authors:
- michael.hunhoff@mandiant.com
scopes:
static: function
dynamic: unsupported # requires offset, bytes features
att&ck:
- Persistence::Scheduled Task/Job::Scheduled Task [T1053.005]
references:
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/taskschd/taskservice
features:
- or:
- and:
- basic block:
- and:
- api: ole32.CoCreateInstance
- bytes: 9F 36 87 0F E5 A4 FC 4C BD 3E 73 E6 15 45 72 DD = CLSID_TaskScheduler
- bytes: C7 A4 AB 2F A9 4D 13 40 96 97 20 CC 3F D4 0F 85 = IID_ITaskService
- offset: 0x24 = ppv->NewTask
- and:
- or:
- string: /Microsoft\.Win32\.TaskScheduler\.TaskService/i
- string: /TaskScheduler\.TaskService/i
- string: /\bSchedule\.Service\b/i
- or:
- string: /\bRegisterTaskDefinition\b/i
- string: /\bNewTask\b/i
last edited: 2026-03-12 17:08:16