Windows event log ยท Security4624 Successful logon
- Security
- 8 fields
Security.evtxMicrosoft-Windows-Security-Auditing
Fields EvtxECmd extracts
8 columns in the EvtxECmd CSV
- UserName
%domain%\%user%- %domain% = /Event/EventData/Data[@Name="SubjectDomainName"]
- %user% = /Event/EventData/Data[@Name="SubjectUserName"]
- RemoteHost
%workstation% (%ipAddress%)- %ipAddress% = /Event/EventData/Data[@Name="IpAddress"]
- %workstation% = /Event/EventData/Data[@Name="WorkstationName"]
- PayloadData1
Target: %TargetDomainName%\%TargetUserName%- %TargetDomainName% = /Event/EventData/Data[@Name="TargetDomainName"]
- %TargetUserName% = /Event/EventData/Data[@Name="TargetUserName"]
- PayloadData2
LogonType %LogonType%- %LogonType% = /Event/EventData/Data[@Name="LogonType"]
- PayloadData3
LogonId: %TargetLogonId%- %TargetLogonId% = /Event/EventData/Data[@Name="TargetLogonId"]
- PayloadData4
AuthenticationPackageName: %AuthenticationPackageName%- %AuthenticationPackageName% = /Event/EventData/Data[@Name="AuthenticationPackageName"]
- PayloadData5
LogonProcessName: %LogonProcessName%- %LogonProcessName% = /Event/EventData/Data[@Name="LogonProcessName"]
- ExecutableInfo
%ProcessName%- %ProcessName% = /Event/EventData/Data[@Name="ProcessName"]
Sample event
Event XML from the map file
<Event>
<System>
<Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-Security-Auditing" Guid="54849625-5478-4994-a5ba-3e3b0328c30d"/>
<EventID>4624</EventID>
<Version>2</Version>
<Level>0</Level>
<Task>12544</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x8020000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2018-09-06 20:26:07.9341912"/>
<EventRecordID>57241</EventRecordID>
<Correlation/>
<Execution ProcessID="776" ThreadID="780"/>
<Channel>Security</Channel>
<Computer>base-rd-01.shieldbase.lan</Computer>
<Security/>
</System>
<EventData>
<Data Name="SubjectUserSid">S-1-0-0</Data>
<Data Name="SubjectUserName">-</Data>
<Data Name="SubjectDomainName">-</Data>
<Data Name="SubjectLogonId">0x0</Data>
<Data Name="TargetUserSid">S-1-5-18</Data>
<Data Name="TargetUserName">SYSTEM</Data>
<Data Name="TargetDomainName">NT AUTHORITY</Data>
<Data Name="TargetLogonId">0x3E7</Data>
<Data Name="LogonType">0</Data>
<Data Name="LogonProcessName">-</Data>
<Data Name="AuthenticationPackageName">-</Data>
<Data Name="WorkstationName">-</Data>
<Data Name="LogonGuid">00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000</Data>
<Data Name="TransmittedServices">-</Data>
<Data Name="LmPackageName">-</Data>
<Data Name="KeyLength">0</Data>
<Data Name="ProcessId">0x4</Data>
<Data Name="ProcessName"></Data>
<Data Name="IpAddress">-</Data>
<Data Name="IpPort">-</Data>
<Data Name="ImpersonationLevel">-</Data>
<Data Name="RestrictedAdminMode">-</Data>
<Data Name="TargetOutboundUserName">-</Data>
<Data Name="TargetOutboundDomainName">-</Data>
<Data Name="VirtualAccount">%%1843</Data>
<Data Name="TargetLinkedLogonId">0x0</Data>
<Data Name="ElevatedToken">%%1842</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>References
8 links
- ponderthebits.com/2018/02/windows-rdp-related-event-logs-identification-tracking-and-investigation/(opens in new tab)
- 13cubed.com/downloads/rdp_flowchart.pdf(opens in new tab)
- dfironthemountain.wordpress.com/2019/02/15/rdp-event-log-dfir/(opens in new tab)
- woshub.com/rdp-connection-logs-forensics-windows/(opens in new tab)
- countuponsecurity.com/2015/11/25/digital-forensics-supertimeline-event-logs-part-ii/(opens in new tab)
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/threat-protection/auditing/event-4624(opens in new tab)
- frsecure.com/blog/rdp-connection-event-logs/(opens in new tab)
- github.com/nasbench/EVTX-ETW-Resources/blob/main/ETWProvidersCSVs/Internal/Microsoft-Windows-Security-Auditing.csv(opens in new tab)
Source: evtx/Maps/Security_Microsoft-Windows-Security-Auditing_4624.map(opens in new tab) by Eric Zimmerman and contributors(opens in new tab), MIT License(opens in new tab)