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Windows event log ยท System1074 A user initiated a system restart

  • System
  • 6 fields
  • System.evtx
  • User32

Fields EvtxECmd extracts

6 columns in the EvtxECmd CSV

  • UserName%user%
    • %user% = /Event/EventData/Data[@Name="param7"]
  • ExecutableInfo%ProcessName%
    • %ProcessName% = /Event/EventData/Data[@Name="param1"]
  • PayloadData1Hostname: %Hostname%
    • %Hostname% = /Event/EventData/Data[@Name="param2"]
  • PayloadData2Reason: %Reason%
    • %Reason% = /Event/EventData/Data[@Name="param3"]
  • PayloadData3Type: %Type%
    • %Type% = /Event/EventData/Data[@Name="param5"]
  • PayloadData4Code: %Code%
    • %Code% = /Event/EventData/Data[@Name="param4"]

Sample event

Event XML from the map file

<Event>
  <System>
    <Provider Name="User32" Guid="{b0aa8734-56f7-41cc-b2f4-de628e98b946}" EventSourceName="User32"/>
    <EventID Qualifiers="32768">1074</EventID>
    <Version>0</Version>
    <Level>4</Level>
    <Task>0</Task>
    <Opcode>0</Opcode>
    <Keywords>0x8080000090000000</Keywords>
    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2020-10-24 15:22:54.3699307"/>
    <EventRecordID>332</EventRecordID>
    <Correlation/>
    <Execution ProcessID="676" ThreadID="3576"/>
    <Channel>System</Channel>
    <Computer>HOSTNAME</Computer>
    <Security UserID="S-1-5-18"/>
  </System>
  <EventData>
    <Data Name="param1">C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe (ANDREW-PERSONAL)</Data>
    <Data Name="param2">HOSTNAME</Data>
    <Data Name="param3">Operating System: Upgrade (Planned)</Data>
    <Data Name="param4">0x80020003</Data>
    <Data Name="param5">restart</Data>
    <Data Name="param6"></Data>
    <Data Name="param7">NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM</Data>
  </EventData>
</Event>

References

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Source: evtx/Maps/System_User32_1074.map(opens in new tab) by Andrew Rathbun and contributors(opens in new tab), MIT License(opens in new tab)