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New BITS Job Created Via Bitsadmin

Status
test
Severity
low
Log source
product windows, service bits-client
Author
frack113
Source
github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma

Detects the creation of a new bits job by Bitsadmin

Known false positives

  • Many legitimate applications or scripts could leverage "bitsadmin". This event is best correlated with EID 16403 via the JobID field

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

TacticTechniques
Execution
Persistence
Stealth

Telemetry coverage

ProviderRecord / event type
Bits-ClientEvent ID 3: The BITS service created a new job: jobTitle, with owner jobId.

Rule body

title: New BITS Job Created Via Bitsadmin
id: 1ff315dc-2a3a-4b71-8dde-873818d25d39
status: test
description: Detects the creation of a new bits job by Bitsadmin
references:
    - https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1197/T1197.md
author: frack113
date: 2022-03-01
modified: 2023-03-27
tags:
    - attack.persistence
    - attack.execution
    - attack.stealth
    - attack.t1197
logsource:
    product: windows
    service: bits-client
detection:
    selection:
        EventID: 3
        processPath|endswith: '\bitsadmin.exe'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Many legitimate applications or scripts could leverage "bitsadmin". This event is best correlated with EID 16403 via the JobID field
level: low

Stages and Predicates

Stage 0: condition

selection

Stage 1: selection

selection:
    EventID: 3
    processPath|endswith: '\bitsadmin.exe'

Indicators

These rows show field, operator, and value matches.

FieldKindValuesSearch
processPathends_with
  • \bitsadmin.exe
field:"processPath" kind:ends_with value:"\bitsadmin.exe"