Windows event log ยท Security5379 Credential Manager credentials were read
- Security
- 7 fields
Security.evtxMicrosoft-Windows-Security-Auditing
Fields EvtxECmd extracts
7 columns in the EvtxECmd CSV
- ExecutableInfo
%TargetName%- %TargetName% = /Event/EventData/Data[@Name="TargetName"]
- UserName
%SubjectUserName%- %SubjectUserName% = /Event/EventData/Data[@Name="SubjectUserName"]
- PayloadData1
SID: %SubjectUserSid%- %SubjectUserSid% = /Event/EventData/Data[@Name="SubjectUserSid"]
- PayloadData2
Domain: %SubjectDomainName%- %SubjectDomainName% = /Event/EventData/Data[@Name="SubjectDomainName"]
- PayloadData3
LogonID: %SubjectLogonId%- %SubjectLogonId% = /Event/EventData/Data[@Name="SubjectLogonId"]
- PayloadData4
CountOfCredentialsReturned: %CountOfCredentialsReturned%- %CountOfCredentialsReturned% = /Event/EventData/Data[@Name="CountOfCredentialsReturned"]
- PayloadData6
ActivityID: %ActivityID%- %ActivityID% = /Event/System/Correlation/@ActivityID
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>5379</EventID>
<Version>0</Version>
<Level>0</Level>
<Task>13824</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x8020000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ssZ"/>
<EventRecordID>772430</EventRecordID>
<Correlation ActivityID="{f762f5b4-bee5-4faa-a9a9-fdaa6ea76589}"/>
<Execution ProcessID="788" ThreadID="828"/>
<Channel>Security</Channel>
<Computer>COMPUTER NAME</Computer>
<Security/>
</System>
<EventData>
<Data Name="SubjectUserSid">SID</Data>
<Data Name="SubjectUserName">Username</Data>
<Data Name="SubjectDomainName">Domain</Data>
<Data Name="SubjectLogonId">0x3e7</Data>
<Data Name="TargetName">TARGET</Data>
<Data Name="Type">0</Data>
<Data Name="CountOfCredentialsReturned">0</Data>
<Data Name="ReadOperation">%%8100</Data>
<Data Name="ReturnCode">3221226021</Data>
<Data Name="ProcessCreationTime">YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ssZ</Data>
<Data Name="ClientProcessId">1448</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>References
3 links
- ultimatewindowssecurity.com/securitylog/encyclopedia/event.aspx?eventid=5379(opens in new tab)
- socinvestigation.com/windows-event-id-5379-to-detect-malicious-password-protected-file-unlock/(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_5379.map(opens in new tab) by Tony Knutson and contributors(opens in new tab), MIT License(opens in new tab)