Scheduled Tasks

Scheduled Tasks

Theory

This mechanism is scheduled tasks and is documented as T1053.005 in the MITRE ATT&CK knowledge base. Scheduled tasks enable users and/or administrators to persistently execute applications on Windows systems. Scheduled tasks can be created using the Task Scheduler, programmatically or using the native Windows utility schtasks.exe from the command prompt.

Practical

Schedule Tasks: Schtasks

Windows native tool for managing scheduled tasks

#Help menu
schtasks /?

#List scheduled tasks
schtasks /query

#Create a new task
schtasks /CREATE /SC DAILY /TN "Persistent Notepad" /TR "C:\Windows\System32\notepad.exe" /RU SYSTEM

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References

• https://stmxcsr.com/persistence/scheduled-tasks.html

• https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/schtasks

• https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/taskschd/schtasks