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# Rare scheduled task created
### Synopsis
| Field | Value |
| -------------------- | --------------------------------------------- |
| Activation Period | 14 Days |
| Training Period | 30 Days |
| Test Period | N/A (single event) |
| Deduplication Period | 1 Day |
| Required Data | XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) |
| Detector Tags | Impacket Analytics, Scheduled tasks Analytics |
| ATT\&CK Tactic | Persistence (TA0003) |
| ATT\&CK Technique | Scheduled Task/Job (T1053) |
| Severity | Informational |
### Description
A new rare scheduled task was created with a rare path and a rare command line.
### Attacker's Goals
Attackers may attempt to gain persistence on the endpoint using scheduled task.
### Investigative actions
* Review the action of the created scheduled task.
* Investigate the execution chain of the process creating the scheduled task.
### Variations
Rare scheduled task created by an injected actor
**Synopsis**
| Field | Value |
| ----------------- | -------------------------- |
| ATT\&CK Tactic | Persistence (TA0003) |
| ATT\&CK Technique | Scheduled Task/Job (T1053) |
| Severity | High |
**Description**
A new rare scheduled task was created by an injected actor with a rare path and a rare command line.
**Attacker's Goals**
Attackers may attempt to gain persistence on the endpoint using scheduled task.
**Investigative actions**
* Review the action of the created scheduled task.
* Investigate the execution chain of the process creating the scheduled task.
Uncommon remote scheduled task created
**Synopsis**
| Field | Value |
| ----------------- | --------------------------------------------------- |
| ATT\&CK Tactic | Persistence (TA0003), Lateral Movement (TA0008) |
| ATT\&CK Technique | Scheduled Task/Job (T1053), Remote Services (T1021) |
| Severity | Medium |
**Description**
A new uncommon remote scheduled task was created with a rare path and a rare command line.
**Attacker's Goals**
Attackers may attempt to gain persistence or perform lateral movement to new hosts to expand the foothold within a network.
**Investigative actions**
* Review the action of the created scheduled task.
* Correlate the RPC call from the source host and understand which software initiated it.
Rare masquerading scheduled task created
**Synopsis**
| Field | Value |
| ----------------- | --------------------------------------------------- |
| ATT\&CK Tactic | Persistence (TA0003), Lateral Movement (TA0008) |
| ATT\&CK Technique | Scheduled Task/Job (T1053), Remote Services (T1021) |
| Severity | Low |
**Description**
A new rare masquerading scheduled task was created with a rare masquerading path and a rare masquerading command line.
**Attacker's Goals**
Attackers may attempt to gain persistence or perform lateral movement to new hosts to expand the foothold within a network.
**Investigative actions**
* Review the action of the created scheduled task.
* Correlate the RPC call from the source host and understand which software initiated it.
Uncommon local scheduled task created
**Synopsis**
| Field | Value |
| ----------------- | -------------------------- |
| ATT\&CK Tactic | Persistence (TA0003) |
| ATT\&CK Technique | Scheduled Task/Job (T1053) |
| Severity | Low |
**Description**
A new uncommon local scheduled task was created with a rare path and a rare command line.
**Attacker's Goals**
Attackers may attempt to gain persistence on the endpoint using scheduled task.
**Investigative actions**
* Review the action of the created scheduled task.
* Investigate the execution chain of the process creating the scheduled task.
Highly rare scheduled task created
**Synopsis**
| Field | Value |
| ----------------- | -------------------------- |
| ATT\&CK Tactic | Persistence (TA0003) |
| ATT\&CK Technique | Scheduled Task/Job (T1053) |
| Severity | Low |
**Description**
A new highly rare scheduled task was created with a rare path and a rare command line.
**Attacker's Goals**
Attackers may attempt to gain persistence on the endpoint using scheduled task.
**Investigative actions**
* Review the action of the created scheduled task.
* Investigate the execution chain of the process creating the scheduled task.
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