Task Scheduler DLL Loaded By Application Located In Potentially Suspicious Location
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About the rule
Rule Type
Standard
Rule Description
Detects the loading of the "taskschd.dll" module from a process that located in a potentially suspicious or uncommon directory. The loading of this DLL might indicate that the application have the capability to create a scheduled task via the "Schedule.Service" COM object. Investigation of the loading application and its behavior is required to determining if its malicious.
Severity
Attention
Rule Requirement
Criteria
Action1: actionname = "sa_imageloaded" AND (OBJECTNAME endswith "\taskschd.dll" OR ORIGINALFILENAME = "taskschd.dll") AND PROCESSNAME contains ":\Temp\,:\Users\Public\,:\Windows\Temp\,\AppData\Local\Temp\,\Desktop\,\Downloads" select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.PRODUCT_NAME,Action1.OBJECTNAME
Detection
Execution Mode
realtime
Log Sources
Windows
Author
Swachchhanda Shrawan Poudel
