Windows event log · Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy/Operational4017 Making LDAP calls to connect and bind to Active Directory

  • Windows operational
  • 2 fields
  • Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy%4Operational.evtx
  • Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy

Fields EvtxECmd extracts

2 columns in the EvtxECmd CSV

  • PayloadData1Domain: %Parameter%
    • %Parameter% = /Event/EventData/Data[@Name="Parameter"]
  • PayloadData2Description: %OperationDescription%
    • %OperationDescription% = /Event/EventData/Data[@Name="OperationDescription"]

Sample event

Event XML from the map file

<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
  <System>
    <Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy" Guid="{aea1b4fa-97d1-45f2-a64c-4d69fffd92c9}"/>
    <EventID>4017</EventID>
    <Version>0</Version>
    <Level>4</Level>
    <Task>0</Task>
    <Opcode>0</Opcode>
    <Keywords>0x4000000000000000</Keywords>
    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2022-05-24T00:34:22.9179272Z"/>
    <EventRecordID>513752</EventRecordID>
    <Correlation ActivityID="{6d8cc6ce-e631-493b-a5d0-2905e6dad63c}"/>
    <Execution ProcessID="7780" ThreadID="14132"/>
    <Channel>Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy/Operational</Channel>
    <Computer>COMPUTER NAME</Computer>
    <Security UserID="S-1-5-18"/>
  </System>
  <EventData>
    <Data Name="OperationDescription">%%4119</Data>
    <Data Name="Parameter">DOMAIN</Data>
  </EventData>
</Event>

References

2 links

Source: evtx/Maps/Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy-Operational_Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy_4017.map(opens in new tab) by Tony Knutson and contributors(opens in new tab), MIT License(opens in new tab)