Winevent Scheduled Task Created To Spawn Shell

Date: 2025-08-12 ID: 0b41d7cf-ba30-4267-9e21-f71f33e236bb Author: Generated by dataset_analyzer.py Environment: attack_range Directory: winevent_scheduled_task_created_to_spawn_shell

Description

Automatically categorized datasets in directory winevent_scheduled_task_created_to_spawn_shell

MITRE ATT&CK Techniques

ID	Technique	Tactic
T1053.005	Scheduled Task	Execution, Persistence, Privilege Escalation

Environment Details

Field	Value
Environment	attack_range
Directory	winevent_scheduled_task_created_to_spawn_shell
Test Date	2025-08-12

Datasets

The following datasets were collected during this attack simulation:

Windows-Xml

Path: /datasets/attack_techniques/T1053.005/winevent_scheduled_task_created_to_spawn_shell/windows-xml.log
Sourcetype: XmlWinEventLog
Source: XmlWinEventLog:Security

The following detections in our security content repository use this attack data for testing:

Detection Name	Type	Source	MITRE ATT&CK	Analytic Story
WinEvent Scheduled Task Created to Spawn Shell	`TTP`	Endpoint	T1053.005	CISA AA22-257A, China-Nexus Threat Activity, Compromised Windows Host, Medusa Ransomware, Ransomware, Ryuk Ransomware, Salt Typhoon, Scheduled Tasks, SystemBC, Windows Error Reporting Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability, Windows Persistence Techniques, Winter Vivern, 0bj3ctivity Stealer
Windows Scheduled Task with Suspicious Command	`TTP`	Endpoint	T1053.005	Scheduled Tasks, Ransomware, Quasar RAT, Ryuk Ransomware, Windows Persistence Techniques, Seashell Blizzard, APT37 Rustonotto and FadeStealer
WinEvent Scheduled Task Created Within Public Path	`TTP`	Endpoint	T1053.005	Data Destruction, Winter Vivern, Industroyer2, Compromised Windows Host, Quasar RAT, China-Nexus Threat Activity, XWorm, Ransomware, IcedID, CISA AA23-347A, Salt Typhoon, Ryuk Ransomware, Active Directory Lateral Movement, Malicious Inno Setup Loader, CISA AA22-257A, Medusa Ransomware, SystemBC, Scheduled Tasks, Prestige Ransomware, AsyncRAT, Windows Persistence Techniques, 0bj3ctivity Stealer, APT37 Rustonotto and FadeStealer

Usage Instructions

Replay with Splunk Attack Data

Replay attack data with replay.py from Splunk Attack Data.

1python replay.py --dataset /datasets/attack_techniques/T1053.005/winevent_scheduled_task_created_to_spawn_shell/windows-xml.log --index attack_data

Manual Import

Download the dataset files from the paths listed above
Configure your Splunk instance with the appropriate sourcetypes
Import the logs using the Splunk Add Data wizard

Find more detections and analytics for this attack technique in our security content repository.

Source: GitHub | Version: 1.0