Suspicious Remote Task Creation through ATSVC Named Pipe (via security)

title: Suspicious Remote Task Creation through ATSVC Named Pipe (via security)
id: d14db9ba-cbad-5dcb-a923-49b5f1b5bc4b
status: stable
description: This rule detects remote task creation via at.exe or API interacting with ATSVC namedpipe
references:
    - https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1053/002/
    - https://web.archive.org/web/20230409194125/https://blog.menasec.net/2019/03/threat-hunting-25-scheduled-tasks-for.html
author: Huntrule Team
date: 2026-03-04
tags:
    - attack.privilege-escalation
    - attack.execution
    - attack.lateral-movement
    - attack.persistence
    - car.2013-05-004
    - car.2015-04-001
    - attack.t1053.002
logsource:
    product: windows
    service: security
    definition: 'The advanced audit policy setting "Object Access > Audit Detailed File Share" must be configured for Success/Failure'
detection:
    selection:
        EventID: 5145
        ShareName: '\\\\\*\\IPC$'
        RelativeTargetName: atsvc
        AccessList|contains: 'WriteData'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: medium