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Windows event log ยท Application216 NTDS database location change was detected

13Cubed - Detecting NTDS.DIT Theft - ESENT Event Logs

  • Application
  • 1 field
  • Application.evtx
  • ESENT

Fields EvtxECmd extracts

1 column in the EvtxECmd CSV

  • PayloadData1Database: %Database%
    • %Database% = /Event/EventData/Data

Sample event

Event XML from the map file

<Event>
  <System>
    <Provider Name="ESENT"/>
    <EventID Qualifiers="0">216</EventID>
    <Level>4</Level>
    <Task>3</Task>
    <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2022-11-10 03:00:50.7707674"/>
    <EventRecordID>812385</EventRecordID>
    <Channel>Application</Channel>
    <Computer>DC.VICTIM_SERVER.local</Computer>
    <Security/>
  </System>
  <EventData>
    <Data>lsass, 9248,R,98, C:\Windows\NTDS\ntds.dit, C:\ProgramData\ntds.dit</Data>
    <Binary></Binary>
  </EventData>
</Event>

References

1 link

Source: evtx/Maps/Application_ESENT_216.map(opens in new tab) by David Graham and contributors(opens in new tab), MIT License(opens in new tab)