Data Source: Windows Event Log TaskScheduler 201

Created: 2025-02-21

Last Updated: 2026-10-14

ID: 4c09ae64-01cd-4b65-8221-20f803b0d86e

Author: Bhavin Patel, Splunk

Description

Data source object for Windows Event Log TaskScheduler 201

Details

Property	Value
Source	`XmlWinEventLog:Security`
Sourcetype	`XmlWinEventLog`
Separator	EventCode

Name ▲▼	Technique ▲▼	Type ▲▼
WinEvent Windows Task Scheduler Event Action Started	Scheduled Task	Hunting

Supported Apps

Splunk Add-on for Microsoft Windows (version 11.0.3)

Event Fields

+ Fields

  <span class="pill kill-chain">_time</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">ActionName</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">ActivityID</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">Channel</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">Computer</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">dvc</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">dvc_nt_host</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">EnginePID</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">event_id</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">EventCode</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">EventData_Xml</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">EventID</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">EventRecordID</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">eventtype</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">Guid</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">host</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">id</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">index</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">Keywords</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">Level</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">linecount</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">Name</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">Opcode</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">ProcessID</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">punct</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">RecordNumber</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">severity</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">severity_id</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">signature_id</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">source</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">sourcetype</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">splunk_server</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">System_Props_Xml</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">SystemTime</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">tag</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">tag::eventtype</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">Task</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">TaskCategory</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">TaskInstanceId</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">TaskName</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">ThreadID</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">timestamp</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">user_id</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">UserID</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">vendor_product</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">Version</span>
  
</div>

Example Log

1<Event xmlns='http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event'><System><Provider Name='Microsoft-Windows-TaskScheduler' Guid='{DE7B24EA-73C8-4A09-985D-5BDADCFA9017}'/><EventID>201</EventID><Version>1</Version><Level>4</Level><Task>201</Task><Opcode>1</Opcode><Keywords>0x8000000000000000</Keywords><TimeCreated SystemTime='2024-03-04T03:53:45.544123200Z'/><EventRecordID>4325</EventRecordID><Correlation ActivityID='{2EE32989-FAF3-4BA3-9FB9-DB0080598F68}'/><Execution ProcessID='989' ThreadID='4525'/><Channel>Microsoft-Windows-TaskScheduler/Operational</Channel><Computer>ar-win-dc.attackrange.local</Computer><Security UserID='S-1-5-18'/></System><EventData Name='ActionStart'><Data Name='TaskName'>\OneLinerTestTask3</Data><Data Name='ActionName'>notepad.exe</Data><Data Name='TaskInstanceId'>{2EE32989-FAF3-4BA3-9FB9-DB0080598F68}</Data><Data Name='EnginePID'>537</Data></EventData></Event>

Required Output Fields

dest

Source: GitHub | Version: 4