Event ID 4696 — A primary token was assigned to process.
Description
A primary token was assigned to process.
Message #
Fields #
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
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 #
- Microsoft Learn https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/threat-protection/auditing/event-4696
- Microsoft Learn Audit Policy https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/threat-protection/auditing/audit-process-creation
- Ultimate Windows Security https://www.ultimatewindowssecurity.com/securitylog/encyclopedia/event.aspx?eventid=4696
- Example event sourced from https://github.com/NextronSystems/evtx-baseline