Event ID 4722 — A user account was enabled.
Description
A user account was enabled.
Message #
Fields #
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
TargetUserName UnicodeString | [Target Account] Account Name. |
TargetDomainName UnicodeString | [Target Account] Account Domain. |
TargetSid SID | [Target Account] Security ID. |
SubjectUserSid SID | [Subject] Security ID. |
SubjectUserName UnicodeString | [Subject] Account Name. |
SubjectDomainName UnicodeString | [Subject] Account Domain. |
SubjectLogonId HexInt64 | [Subject] Logon ID. |
Example Event #
{
"system": {
"provider": "Microsoft-Windows-Security-Auditing",
"guid": "54849625-5478-4994-A5BA-3E3B0328C30D",
"event_source_name": "",
"event_id": 4722,
"version": 0,
"level": 0,
"task": 13824,
"opcode": 0,
"keywords": 9232379236109516800,
"time_created": "2023-11-06T06:25:34.966226+00:00",
"event_record_id": 2780,
"correlation": {
"ActivityID": "F590C418-1079-0001-5BC5-90F57910DA01"
},
"execution": {
"process_id": 808,
"thread_id": 896
},
"channel": "Security",
"computer": "WinDev2310Eval",
"security": {
"user_id": ""
}
},
"event_data": {
"TargetUserName": "User",
"TargetDomainName": "WINDEV2310EVAL",
"TargetSid": "S-1-5-21-1992711665-1655669231-58201500-1000",
"SubjectUserSid": "S-1-5-18",
"SubjectUserName": "WINDEV2310EVAL$",
"SubjectDomainName": "WORKGROUP",
"SubjectLogonId": "0x3e7"
},
"message": ""
}
Detection Patterns #
User Account
Security-Auditing Event ID 4720: A user account was created.ANDEvent ID 4722: A user account was enabled.ANDEvent ID 4723: An attempt was made to change an account's password.ANDEvent ID 4724: An attempt was made to reset an account's password.ANDEvent ID 4725: A user account was disabled.ANDEvent ID 4726: A user account was deleted.ANDEvent ID 4728: A member was added to a security-enabled global group.ANDEvent ID 4732: A member was added to a security-enabled local group.ANDEvent ID 4733: A member was removed from a security-enabled local group.ANDEvent ID 4738: A user account was changed.ANDEvent ID 4743: A computer account was deleted.ANDEvent ID 4780: The ACL was set on accounts which are members of administrators groups.
6 rules
References #
- Microsoft Learn https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/threat-protection/auditing/event-4722
- Microsoft Learn Audit Policy https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/threat-protection/auditing/audit-user-account-management
- Ultimate Windows Security https://www.ultimatewindowssecurity.com/securitylog/encyclopedia/event.aspx?eventid=4722
- Example event sourced from https://github.com/NextronSystems/evtx-baseline