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Windows event log ยท Security4648 A logon was attempted using explicit credentials

  • Security
  • 7 fields
  • Security.evtx
  • Microsoft-Windows-Security-Auditing

Fields EvtxECmd extracts

7 columns in the EvtxECmd CSV

  • UserName%domain%\%user%
    • %domain% = /Event/EventData/Data[@Name="SubjectDomainName"]
    • %user% = /Event/EventData/Data[@Name="SubjectUserName"]
  • PayloadData1Target: %TargetDomainName%\%TargetUserName%
    • %TargetDomainName% = /Event/EventData/Data[@Name="TargetDomainName"]
    • %TargetUserName% = /Event/EventData/Data[@Name="TargetUserName"]
  • PayloadData2TargetServerName: %TargetServerName%
    • %TargetServerName% = /Event/EventData/Data[@Name="TargetServerName"]
  • RemoteHost%ipAddress%:%port%
    • %ipAddress% = /Event/EventData/Data[@Name="IpAddress"]
    • %port% = /Event/EventData/Data[@Name="IpPort"]
  • ExecutableInfo%ProcessName%
    • %ProcessName% = /Event/EventData/Data[@Name="ProcessName"]
  • PayloadData3PID: %ProcessId%
    • %ProcessId% = /Event/EventData/Data[@Name="ProcessId"]
  • PayloadData4TargetInfo: %TargetInfo%
    • %TargetInfo% = /Event/EventData/Data[@Name="TargetInfo"]

Sample event

Event XML from the map file

<Event>
  <System>
    <Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-Security-Auditing" Guid="54849625-5478-4994-a5ba-3e3b0328c30d"/>
    <EventID>4648</EventID>
    <Version>0</Version>
    <Level>0</Level>
    <Task>12544</Task>
    <Opcode>0</Opcode>
    <Keywords>0x8020000000000000</Keywords>
    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2018-07-11 05:42:11.2819203"/>
    <EventRecordID>24411</EventRecordID>
    <Correlation ActivityID="3fd16c43-fc41-0001-ad6c-d13f41fcd301"/>
    <Execution ProcessID="744" ThreadID="2756"/>
    <Channel>Security</Channel>
    <Computer>base-rd-01.shieldbase.lan</Computer>
    <Security/>
  </System>
  <EventData>
    <Data Name="SubjectUserSid">S-1-5-20</Data>
    <Data Name="SubjectUserName">BASE-RD-01$</Data>
    <Data Name="SubjectDomainName">shieldbase</Data>
    <Data Name="SubjectLogonId">0x3E4</Data>
    <Data Name="LogonGuid">00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000</Data>
    <Data Name="TargetUserName">tdungan</Data>
    <Data Name="TargetDomainName">shieldbase</Data>
    <Data Name="TargetLogonGuid">00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000</Data>
    <Data Name="TargetServerName">localhost</Data>
    <Data Name="TargetInfo">localhost</Data>
    <Data Name="ProcessId">0x1D0</Data>
    <Data Name="ProcessName">C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe</Data>
    <Data Name="IpAddress">-</Data>
    <Data Name="IpPort">-</Data>
  </EventData>
</Event>

References

5 links

Source: evtx/Maps/Security_Microsoft-Windows-Security-Auditing_4648.map(opens in new tab) by Eric Zimmerman and contributors(opens in new tab), MIT License(opens in new tab)