Microsoft-Windows-Security-Auditing › Event 4690

Event ID 4690 — An attempt was made to duplicate a handle to an object.

Provider
Microsoft-Windows-Security-Auditing
Channel
Security
Audit Policy
Object Access → Handle Manipulation
Collection Priority
Recommended (Yamato Security, others)
Opcode
Info

Description

An attempt was made to duplicate a handle to an object.

Message #

An attempt was made to duplicate a handle to an object.

Subject:
	Security ID: %1
	Account Name: %2
	Account Domain: %3
	Logon ID: %4

Source Handle Information:
	Source Handle ID: %5
	Source Process ID: %6

New Handle Information:
	Target Handle ID: %7
	Target Process ID: %8

Fields #

NameDescription
Security_ID[Subject] Security ID.
Account_Name[Subject] Account Name.
Account_Domain[Subject] Account Domain.
Logon_ID[Subject] Logon ID.
Source_Handle_ID[Source Handle Information] Source Handle ID.
Source_Process_ID[Source Handle Information] Source Process ID.
Target_Handle_ID[New Handle Information] Target Handle ID.
Target_Process_ID[New Handle Information] Target Process ID.

Example Event #

{
  "system": {
    "provider": "Microsoft-Windows-Security-Auditing",
    "guid": "54849625-5478-4994-A5BA-3E3B0328C30D",
    "event_source_name": "",
    "event_id": 4690,
    "version": 0,
    "level": 0,
    "task": 12807,
    "opcode": 0,
    "keywords": 9232379236109516800,
    "time_created": "2021-04-26T08:26:03.063863Z",
    "event_record_id": 463066,
    "correlation": {},
    "execution": {
      "process_id": 4,
      "thread_id": 6080
    },
    "channel": "Security",
    "computer": "srvdefender01.offsec.lan",
    "security": {
      "user_id": ""
    }
  },
  "event_data": {
    "SubjectUserSid": "S-1-5-18",
    "SubjectUserName": "SRVDEFENDER01$",
    "SubjectDomainName": "OFFSEC",
    "SubjectLogonId": "0x3e7",
    "SourceHandleId": "0x2a4",
    "SourceProcessId": "0xc8c",
    "TargetHandleId": "0x11ac",
    "TargetProcessId": "0x4"
  }
}

References #