Windows event log · Microsoft-Windows-Windows Defender/Operational1134 Microsoft Defender Attack Surface Reduction has audited an operation

  • Defender and policy
  • 7 fields
  • Microsoft-Windows-Windows Defender%4Operational.evtx
  • Microsoft-Windows-Windows Defender

Fields EvtxECmd extracts

7 columns in the EvtxECmd CSV

  • UserName%User%
    • %User% = /Event/EventData/Data[@Name="User Sid"]
  • ExecutableInfoProcess: %Process%
    • %Process% = /Event/EventData/Data[@Name="Process"]
  • PayloadData1Action: %ActionType% | Level: %Enforcement%
    • %ActionType% = /Event/EventData/Data[@Name="Action Type"]
    • %Enforcement% = /Event/EventData/Data[@Name="Enforcement Level"]
  • PayloadData2Source: %Source%
    • %Source% = /Event/EventData/Data[@Name="Source"]
  • PayloadData3Target: %Target%
    • %Target% = /Event/EventData/Data[@Name="Target"]
  • PayloadData4Policy Rule ID: %PolicyID%
    • %PolicyID% = /Event/EventData/Data[@Name="Policy Rule Id"]
  • PayloadData5Versions - Product: %ProdVer% | Engine: %EngVer%
    • %ProdVer% = /Event/EventData/Data[@Name="Product Version"]
    • %EngVer% = /Event/EventData/Data[@Name="Engine Version"]

Sample event

Event XML from the map file

<Event>
  <System>
    <Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-Windows Defender" Guid="11cd958a-c507-4ef3-b3f2-5fd9dfbd2c78"/>
    <EventID>1134</EventID>
    <Version>0</Version>
    <Level>4</Level>
    <Task>0</Task>
    <Opcode>0</Opcode>
    <Keywords>0x8000000000000000</Keywords>
    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2026-04-08 12:57:40.9852031"/>
    <EventRecordID>19725</EventRecordID>
    <Correlation/>
    <Execution ProcessID="8888" ThreadID="14320"/>
    <Channel>Microsoft-Windows-Windows Defender/Operational</Channel>
    <Computer>Desktop</Computer>
    <Security UserID="S-1-5-18"/>
  </System>
  <EventData>
    <Data Name="Product Name">Microsoft Defender Antivirus</Data>
    <Data Name="Product Version">4.18.26020.6</Data>
    <Data Name="Unused"></Data>
    <Data Name="Policy Version">639111495510120544-af2ac94f4525f95dba1c8aeb8ff55f58483c50f4</Data>
    <Data Name="Policy Rule Id">bdf1e9d2-a23f-4536-826f-90fc14da76b6:3b71777d-6417-4e1c-l33t-5ee91dded6b2</Data>
    <Data Name="Enforcement Level">Audit</Data>
    <Data Name="Audit Reason">0</Data>
    <Data Name="Event Timestamp">1601-01-01T00:01:00Z</Data>
    <Data Name="Action Type">CopyToRemovableMedia</Data>
    <Data Name="Process">explorer.exe</Data>
    <Data Name="Source">\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Users\JohnDoe\OneDrive\Documents\001111.xls</Data>
    <Data Name="Target">\Device\HarddiskVolume13\001111.xls</Data>
    <Data Name="Session Id">1</Data>
    <Data Name="User Sid">S-1-12-1-2879141281-1080656321-2721707915-3836312345</Data>
    <Data Name="Signature Version">1.447.230.0</Data>
    <Data Name="Engine Version">1.1.26020.3</Data>
  </EventData>
</Event>

References

3 links

Source: evtx/Maps/Microsoft-Windows-Windows-Defender-Operational_Microsoft-Windows-Windows-Defender_1134.map(opens in new tab) by Kevin Pagano and contributors(opens in new tab), MIT License(opens in new tab)