Windows event log ยท Security4778 RDP reconnecting
- Security
- 4 fields
Security.evtxMicrosoft-Windows-Security-Auditing
Fields EvtxECmd extracts
4 columns in the EvtxECmd CSV
- UserName
%domain%\%user%- %domain% = /Event/EventData/Data[@Name="AccountDomain"]
- %user% = /Event/EventData/Data[@Name="AccountName"]
- RemoteHost
%ClientName% (%ClientAddress%)- %ClientAddress% = /Event/EventData/Data[@Name="ClientAddress"]
- %ClientName% = /Event/EventData/Data[@Name="ClientName"]
- PayloadData1
%SessionName%- %SessionName% = /Event/EventData/Data[@Name="SessionName"]
- PayloadData3
LogonId: %LogonID%- %LogonID% = /Event/EventData/Data[@Name="LogonID"]
Sample event
Event XML from the map file
<Event>
<System>
<Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-Security-Auditing" Guid="54849625-5478-4994-a5ba-3e3b0328c30d"/>
<EventID>4778</EventID>
<Version>0</Version>
<Level>0</Level>
<Task>12551</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x8020000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2018-07-17 19:03:44.9851573"/>
<EventRecordID>25332</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="AccountName">tdungan</Data>
<Data Name="AccountDomain">shieldbase</Data>
<Data Name="LogonID">0x2A8EACE</Data>
<Data Name="SessionName">RDP-Tcp#5</Data>
<Data Name="ClientName">DUNGANATOR</Data>
<Data Name="ClientAddress">192.168.30.10</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>References
4 links
- ponderthebits.com/2018/02/windows-rdp-related-event-logs-identification-tracking-and-investigation/(opens in new tab)
- ultimatewindowssecurity.com/securitylog/encyclopedia/event.aspx?eventid=4778(opens in new tab)
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/threat-protection/auditing/event-4778(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_4778.map(opens in new tab) by Eric Zimmerman and contributors(opens in new tab), MIT License(opens in new tab)