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Event ID 4797 — An attempt was made to query the existence of a blank password for an account.

Provider
Microsoft-Windows-Security-Auditing
Channel
Security
Audit Policy
Account Management → User Account Management
Collection Priority
Recommended (Yamato Security, others)
Opcode
Info

Description

An attempt was made to query the existence of a blank password for an account.

Message #

An attempt was made to query the existence of a blank password for an account.

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

Additional Information:
	Caller Workstation: %5
	Target Account Name: %6
	Target Account Domain: %7

Fields #

NameDescription
SubjectUserSid SID[Subject] Security ID.
SubjectUserName UnicodeString[Subject] Account Name.
SubjectDomainName UnicodeString[Subject] Account Domain.
SubjectLogonId HexInt64[Subject] Logon ID.
Workstation UnicodeString[Additional Information] Caller Workstation.
TargetUserName UnicodeString[Additional Information] Target Account Name.
TargetDomainName UnicodeString[Additional Information] Target Account Domain.

Example Event #

{
  "system": {
    "provider": "Microsoft-Windows-Security-Auditing",
    "guid": "54849625-5478-4994-A5BA-3E3B0328C30D",
    "event_source_name": "",
    "event_id": 4797,
    "version": 0,
    "level": 0,
    "task": 13824,
    "opcode": 0,
    "keywords": 9232379236109516800,
    "time_created": "2023-11-06T00:43:39.992357+00:00",
    "event_record_id": 184918,
    "correlation": {
      "ActivityID": "E4DB489E-1037-0001-0C49-DBE43710DA01"
    },
    "execution": {
      "process_id": 808,
      "thread_id": 1928
    },
    "channel": "Security",
    "computer": "WinDev2310Eval",
    "security": {
      "user_id": ""
    }
  },
  "event_data": {
    "SubjectUserSid": "S-1-5-21-1992711665-1655669231-58201500-1000",
    "SubjectUserName": "User",
    "SubjectDomainName": "WINDEV2310EVAL",
    "SubjectLogonId": "0x27844",
    "Workstation": "WINDEV2310EVAL",
    "TargetUserName": "WDAGUtilityAccount",
    "TargetDomainName": "WINDEV2310EVAL"
  },
  "message": ""
}

References #