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#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Scheduled Task Persistence Detection - Analyzes Windows task creation events for suspicious persistence indicators."""
import json, csv, argparse, datetime, re
from collections import defaultdict
from pathlib import Path
SUSPICIOUS_TASK_PATTERNS = {
"commands": [
r"powershell", r"cmd\.exe", r"wscript", r"cscript", r"mshta",
r"certutil", r"bitsadmin", r"rundll32", r"regsvr32",
],
"arguments": [
r"-enc", r"-encodedcommand", r"iex", r"downloadstring",
r"http[s]?://", r"bypass", r"hidden", r"base64",
],
"paths": [
r"\\temp\\", r"\\appdata\\", r"\\programdata\\",
r"\\public\\", r"\\downloads\\",
],
}
def parse_logs(path):
p = Path(path)
if p.suffix == ".json":
with open(p, encoding="utf-8") as f:
data = json.load(f)
return data if isinstance(data, list) else data.get("events", [])
elif p.suffix == ".csv":
with open(p, encoding="utf-8-sig") as f:
return [dict(r) for r in csv.DictReader(f)]
return []
def analyze_task(event):
eid = event.get("EventCode", event.get("EventID", event.get("event_id", "")))
if str(eid) not in ("4698", "106"):
return None
task_name = event.get("Task_Name", event.get("TaskName", ""))
task_content = event.get("Task_Content", event.get("TaskContent", event.get("command_line", "")))
host = event.get("Computer", event.get("hostname", "unknown"))
user = event.get("User", event.get("AccountName", "unknown"))
ts = event.get("_time", event.get("timestamp", event.get("UtcTime", "")))
risk = 20
indicators = []
for cat, patterns in SUSPICIOUS_TASK_PATTERNS.items():
for pattern in patterns:
if re.search(pattern, task_content, re.IGNORECASE):
risk += 15
indicators.append(f"Suspicious {cat}: {pattern}")
if not indicators:
return None
risk = min(risk, 100)
return {
"technique": "T1053.005",
"task_name": task_name,
"task_content": task_content[:500],
"hostname": host, "user": user, "timestamp": ts,
"risk_score": risk,
"risk_level": "CRITICAL" if risk >= 70 else "HIGH" if risk >= 50 else "MEDIUM" if risk >= 30 else "LOW",
"indicators": indicators,
}
def run_hunt(input_path, output_dir):
print(f"[*] Scheduled Task Hunt - {datetime.datetime.now().isoformat()}")
events = parse_logs(input_path)
findings = [f for f in (analyze_task(e) for e in events) if f]
Path(output_dir).mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
with open(Path(output_dir) / "schtask_findings.json", "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
json.dump({"hunt_id": f"TH-SCHTASK-{datetime.date.today()}", "findings": findings}, f, indent=2)
print(f"[+] {len(findings)} findings written to {output_dir}")
def main():
p = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Scheduled Task Persistence Detection")
sp = p.add_subparsers(dest="cmd")
h = sp.add_parser("hunt")
h.add_argument("--input", "-i", required=True)
h.add_argument("--output", "-o", default="./schtask_output")
sp.add_parser("queries")
args = p.parse_args()
if args.cmd == "hunt": run_hunt(args.input, args.output)
elif args.cmd == "queries":
print("=== Splunk ===")
print('''index=wineventlog (EventCode=4698 OR EventCode=106)
| where match(Task_Content, "(?i)(powershell|cmd|wscript|mshta|http|encoded)")
| table _time Computer User Task_Name Task_Content''')
else: p.print_help()
if __name__ == "__main__": main()