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Windows event log ยท Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon/Operational29 FileExecutableDetected (An executable file was created)

  • Sysmon
  • 6 fields
  • Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon%4Operational.evtx
  • Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon

Fields EvtxECmd extracts

6 columns in the EvtxECmd CSV

  • ExecutableInfo%Image%
    • %Image% = /Event/EventData/Data[@Name="Image"]
  • PayloadData1ProcessID: %ProcessID%, ProcessGUID: %ProcessGUID%
    • %ProcessGUID% = /Event/EventData/Data[@Name="ProcessGuid"]
    • %ProcessID% = /Event/EventData/Data[@Name="ProcessId"]
  • PayloadData2RuleName: %RuleName%
    • %RuleName% = /Event/EventData/Data[@Name="RuleName"]
  • PayloadData3%Hashes%
    • %Hashes% = /Event/EventData/Data[@Name="Hashes"]
  • PayloadData4TargetFilename: %TargetFilename%
    • %TargetFilename% = /Event/EventData/Data[@Name="TargetFilename"]
  • UserName%User%
    • %User% = /Event/EventData/Data[@Name="User"]

Sample event

Event XML from the map file

<Event>
  <System>
    <Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon" Guid="5770385f-c22a-43e0-bf4c-06f5698ffbd9"/>
    <EventID>29</EventID>
    <Version>5</Version>
    <Level>4</Level>
    <Task>29</Task>
    <Opcode>0</Opcode>
    <Keywords>0x8000000000000000</Keywords>
    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2024-06-09 20:06:54.8816479"/>
    <EventRecordID>207</EventRecordID>
    <Correlation/>
    <Execution ProcessID="3480" ThreadID="5516"/>
    <Channel>Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon/Operational</Channel>
    <Computer>COMP-RENAME</Computer>
    <Security UserID="S-1-5-18"/>
  </System>
  <EventData>
    <Data Name="RuleName">-</Data>
    <Data Name="UtcTime">2024-06-09 20:06:54.873</Data>
    <Data Name="ProcessGuid">cb130dc6-0280-6666-9900-000000000c00</Data>
    <Data Name="ProcessId">6152</Data>
    <Data Name="User">COMP-RENAME\User</Data>
    <Data Name="Image">C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Tools\vmtoolsd.exe</Data>
    <Data Name="TargetFilename">C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Temp\vmware-User\VMwareDnD\13ca370c\7z2406-arm64.exe</Data>
    <Data Name="Hashes">SHA1=95C4B6D4F484A5F176015C5145E450BBCDB99638,MD5=78453556058A0421D6F4C77C353C3559,SHA256=43AC4903AC5BA7219C665637E71917C6A2C2F8E515344E1EE04C263B8F5C934D,IMPHASH=C3ED9FDA23EC13D6EF6214BC963B0FB3</Data>
  </EventData>
</Event>

References

2 links

Source: evtx/Maps/Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon-Operational_Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon_29.map(opens in new tab) by Gabriele Zambelli @gazambelli, Reece394 and contributors(opens in new tab), MIT License(opens in new tab)