Windows event log ยท Security4696 A privileged service was called

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

Fields EvtxECmd extracts

4 columns in the EvtxECmd CSV

  • UserName%domain%\%user% (%sid%)
    • %domain% = /Event/EventData/Data[@Name="SubjectDomainName"]
    • %user% = /Event/EventData/Data[@Name="SubjectUserName"]
    • %sid% = /Event/EventData/Data[@Name="SubjectUserSid"]
  • ExecutableInfo%ProcessName% (PID: %ProcessId%)
    • %ProcessName% = /Event/EventData/Data[@Name="ProcessName"]
    • %ProcessId% = /Event/EventData/Data[@Name="ProcessId"]
  • PayloadData1Target: %domain%\%user% (%sid%)
    • %domain% = /Event/EventData/Data[@Name="TargetDomainName"]
    • %user% = /Event/EventData/Data[@Name="TargetUserName"]
    • %sid% = /Event/EventData/Data[@Name="TargetUserSid"]
  • PayloadData6%TargetProcessName% (PID: %TargetProcessId%)
    • %TargetProcessName% = /Event/EventData/Data[@Name="TargetProcessName"]
    • %TargetProcessId% = /Event/EventData/Data[@Name="TargetProcessId"]

Sample event

Event XML from the map file

<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
  <System>
    <Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-Security-Auditing" Guid="{54849625-5478-4994-a5ba-3e3b0328c30d}"/>
    <EventID>4696</EventID>
    <Version>0</Version>
    <Level>0</Level>
    <Task>13312</Task>
    <Opcode>0</Opcode>
    <Keywords>0x8020000000000000</Keywords>
    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2015-08-25T21:33:42.401Z"/>
    <EventRecordID>561</EventRecordID>
    <Correlation/>
    <Execution ProcessID="4" ThreadID="88"/>
    <Channel>Security</Channel>
    <Computer>Win2008.contoso.local</Computer>
    <Security/>
  </System>
  <EventData>
    <Data Name="SubjectUserSid">S-1-5-18</Data>
    <Data Name="SubjectUserName">WIN2008$</Data>
    <Data Name="SubjectDomainName">CONTOSO</Data>
    <Data Name="SubjectLogonId">0x3e7</Data>
    <Data Name="TargetUserSid">S-1-5-18</Data>
    <Data Name="TargetUserName">dadmin</Data>
    <Data Name="TargetDomainName">CONTOSO</Data>
    <Data Name="TargetLogonId">0x1c8c5</Data>
    <Data Name="TargetProcessId">0xf40</Data>
    <Data Name="TargetProcessName">C:\\Windows\\System32\\WerFault.exe</Data>
    <Data Name="ProcessId">0x698</Data>
    <Data Name="ProcessName">C:\\Windows\\System32\\svchost.exe</Data>
  </EventData>
</Event>

References

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Source: evtx/Maps/Security_Microsoft-Windows-Security-Auditing_4696.map(opens in new tab) by Andrew Rathbun and contributors(opens in new tab), MIT License(opens in new tab)