Microsoft-Windows-Security-Auditing › Event 4696

Event ID 4696 — A primary token was assigned to process.

Provider
Microsoft-Windows-Security-Auditing
Channel
Security
Audit Policy
Detailed Tracking → Process Creation
Collection Priority
Recommended (Yamato Security, others)
Opcode
Info

Description

A primary token was assigned to process.

Message #

A primary token was assigned to process.

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

Process Information:
	Process ID: %11
	Process Name: %12

Target Process:
	Target Process ID: %9
	Target Process Name: %10

New Token Information:
	Security ID: %5
	Account Name: %6
	Account Domain: %7
	Logon ID: %8

Fields #

NameDescription
SubjectUserSid SID[Subject] Security ID.
SubjectUserName UnicodeString[Subject] Account Name.
SubjectDomainName UnicodeString[Subject] Account Domain.
SubjectLogonId HexInt64[Subject] Logon ID.
TargetUserSid SID[New Token Information] Security ID.
TargetUserName UnicodeString[New Token Information] Account Name.
TargetDomainName UnicodeString[New Token Information] Account Domain.
TargetLogonId HexInt64[New Token Information] Logon ID.
TargetProcessId Pointer[Target Process] Target Process ID.
TargetProcessName UnicodeString[Target Process] Target Process Name.
ProcessId Pointer[Process Information] Process ID.
ProcessName UnicodeString[Process Information] Process Name.

Example Event #

{
  "system": {
    "provider": "Microsoft-Windows-Security-Auditing",
    "guid": "54849625-5478-4994-A5BA-3E3B0328C30D",
    "event_source_name": "",
    "event_id": 4696,
    "version": 0,
    "level": 0,
    "task": 13312,
    "opcode": 0,
    "keywords": 9232379236109516800,
    "time_created": "2023-11-06T06:25:19.637636+00:00",
    "event_record_id": 2742,
    "correlation": {},
    "execution": {
      "process_id": 4,
      "thread_id": 96
    },
    "channel": "Security",
    "computer": "WinDev2310Eval",
    "security": {
      "user_id": ""
    }
  },
  "event_data": {
    "SubjectUserSid": "S-1-5-18",
    "SubjectUserName": "-",
    "SubjectDomainName": "-",
    "SubjectLogonId": "0x3e7",
    "TargetUserSid": "S-1-0-0",
    "TargetUserName": "-",
    "TargetDomainName": "-",
    "TargetLogonId": "0x3e7",
    "TargetProcessId": "0x64",
    "TargetProcessName": "Registry",
    "ProcessId": "0x4",
    "ProcessName": ""
  },
  "message": ""
}

References #