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Windows event log ยท Security6416 A new external device was recognized by the system

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

Fields EvtxECmd extracts

6 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"]
  • PayloadData1DeviceId: %DeviceId%
    • %DeviceId% = /Event/EventData/Data[@Name="DeviceId"]
  • PayloadData2DeviceName: %DeviceDescription%
    • %DeviceDescription% = /Event/EventData/Data[@Name="DeviceDescription"]
  • PayloadData3Class: %ClassName% (%ClassId%)
    • %ClassName% = /Event/EventData/Data[@Name="ClassName"]
    • %ClassId% = /Event/EventData/Data[@Name="ClassId"]
  • PayloadData4VendorIds: %VendorIds%
    • %VendorIds% = /Event/EventData/Data[@Name="VendorIds"]
  • PayloadData5LocationInformation: %LocationInformation%
    • %LocationInformation% = /Event/EventData/Data[@Name="LocationInformation"]

Sample event

Event XML from the map file

<Event>
  <System>
    <Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-Security-Auditing" Guid="54849625-5478-4994-a5ba-3e3b0328c30d"/>
    <EventID>6416</EventID>
    <Version>1</Version>
    <Level>0</Level>
    <Task>13316</Task>
    <Opcode>0</Opcode>
    <Keywords>0x8020000000000000</Keywords>
    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2021-01-14 13:41:45.4788422"/>
    <EventRecordID>201476</EventRecordID>
    <Correlation/>
    <Execution ProcessID="4" ThreadID="23336"/>
    <Channel>Security</Channel>
    <Computer>PC</Computer>
    <Security/>
  </System>
  <EventData>
    <Data Name="SubjectUserSid">S-1-5-18</Data>
    <Data Name="SubjectUserName">PC$</Data>
    <Data Name="SubjectDomainName">WORKGROUP</Data>
    <Data Name="SubjectLogonId">0x3E7</Data>
    <Data Name="DeviceId">USBSTOR\Disk&amp;amp;Ven_JetFlash&amp;amp;Prod_Transcend_64GB&amp;amp;Rev_1100\1234567890ABCDEF&amp;amp;0</Data>
    <Data Name="DeviceDescription">JetFlash Transcend 64GB USB Device</Data>
    <Data Name="ClassId">4d36e967-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318</Data>
    <Data Name="ClassName">DiskDrive</Data>
    <Data Name="VendorIds">, USBSTOR\DiskJetFlashTranscend_64GB__1100, USBSTOR\DiskJetFlashTranscend_64GB__, USBSTOR\DiskJetFlash, USBSTOR\JetFlashTranscend_64GB__1, JetFlashTranscend_64GB__1, USBSTOR\GenDisk, GenDisk,</Data>
    <Data Name="CompatibleIds">, USBSTOR\Disk, USBSTOR\RAW, GenDisk,</Data>
    <Data Name="LocationInformation">-</Data>
  </EventData>
</Event>

References

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Source: evtx/Maps/Security_Microsoft-Windows-Security-Auditing_6416.map(opens in new tab) by Gabriele Zambelli @gazambelli and contributors(opens in new tab), MIT License(opens in new tab)