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Windows event log ยท Security5158 The Windows Filtering Platform has permitted a bind to a local port

This event is logged every time a client or server application binds to a port. Binding is the first step in TCP/UDP communications.

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

Notes

  • This event is logged every time a client or server application binds to a port. Binding is the first step in TCP/UDP communications.
  • For server applications, subsequent to this event you will see 5154 or 5031 when the server attempts to begin listening on the port.

Fields EvtxECmd extracts

5 columns in the EvtxECmd CSV

  • ExecutableInfo%Application%
    • %Application% = /Event/EventData/Data[@Name="Application"]
  • PayloadData1Source: %SourceAddress%:%SourcePort%
    • %SourceAddress% = /Event/EventData/Data[@Name="SourceAddress"]
    • %SourcePort% = /Event/EventData/Data[@Name="SourcePort"]
  • PayloadData2Protocol: %Protocol%
    • %Protocol% = /Event/EventData/Data[@Name="Protocol"]
  • PayloadData3PID: %ProcessId%
    • %ProcessId% = /Event/EventData/Data[@Name="ProcessId"]
  • PayloadData4LayerName: %LayerName%
    • %LayerName% = /Event/EventData/Data[@Name="LayerName"]

Value lookups

Codes that EvtxECmd turns into text

Protocol

1
Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP)
3
Gateway-Gateway Protocol (GGP)
6
Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
8
Exterior Gateway Protocol (EGP)
12
PARC Universal Packet Protocol (PUP)
17
User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
20
Host Monitoring Protocol (HMP)
27
Reliable Datagram Protocol (RDP)
46
Reservation Protocol (RSVP) QoS
47
General Routing Encapsulation (PPTP data over GRE)
50
Encapsulation Security Payload (ESP) IPSec
51
Authentication Header (AH) IPSec
66
MIT Remote Virtual Disk (RVD)
88
Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP)
89
OSPF Open Shortest Path First

LayerName

%%14597
Transport
%%14601
ICMP Error
%%14608
Resource Assignment
%%14609
Listen
%%14610
Receive/Accept
%%14611
Connect

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>5158</EventID>
    <Version>0</Version>
    <Level>0</Level>
    <Task>12810</Task>
    <Opcode>0</Opcode>
    <Keywords>0x8020000000000000</Keywords>
    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2015-09-22T05:24:03.376171200Z"/>
    <EventRecordID>308122</EventRecordID>
    <Correlation/>
    <Execution ProcessID="4" ThreadID="3712"/>
    <Channel>Security</Channel>
    <Computer>DC01.contoso.local</Computer>
    <Security/>
  </System>
  <EventData>
    <Data Name="ProcessId">4556</Data>
    <Data Name="Application">\\device\\harddiskvolume2\\documents\\listener.exe</Data>
    <Data Name="SourceAddress">0.0.0.0</Data>
    <Data Name="SourcePort">3333</Data>
    <Data Name="Protocol">6</Data>
    <Data Name="FilterRTID">0</Data>
    <Data Name="LayerName">%%14608</Data>
    <Data Name="LayerRTID">36</Data>
  </EventData>
</Event>

References

3 links

Source: evtx/Maps/Security_Microsoft-Windows-Security-Auditing_5158.map(opens in new tab) by Jason Ballard and contributors(opens in new tab), MIT License(opens in new tab)