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Microsoft-Windows-Security-Auditing › Event 4880

Event ID 4880 — Certificate Services started.

Provider
Microsoft-Windows-Security-Auditing
Channel
Security
Audit Policy
Object Access → Certification Services
Collection Priority
Recommended (Microsoft-WEF, others)
Opcode
Info

Description

Certificate Services started.

Message #

Certificate Services started.
	
Certificate Database Hash: %1
Private Key Usage Count: %2
CA Certificate Hash: %3
CA Public Key Hash: %4

Fields #

NameDescription
CertificateDatabaseHash UnicodeStringCertificate Database Hash
PrivateKeyUsageCount UnicodeStringPrivate Key Usage Count
CACertificateHash UnicodeStringCA Certificate Hash
CAPublicKeyHash UnicodeStringCA Public Key Hash
Certificate_Database_Hash UnicodeString—
Private_Key_Usage_Count UnicodeString—
CA_Certificate_Hash UnicodeString—
CA_Public_Key_Hash UnicodeString—

Example Event #

{
  "system": {
    "provider": "Microsoft-Windows-Security-Auditing",
    "guid": "54849625-5478-4994-A5BA-3E3B0328C30D",
    "event_source_name": "",
    "event_id": 4880,
    "version": 0,
    "level": 0,
    "task": 12805,
    "opcode": 0,
    "keywords": 9232379236109516800,
    "time_created": "2026-03-13T23:06:16.234546+00:00",
    "event_record_id": 16617450,
    "correlation": {
      "ActivityID": "0D26E79C-B333-0001-07E8-260D33B3DC01"
    },
    "execution": {
      "process_id": 936,
      "thread_id": 11176
    },
    "channel": "Security",
    "computer": "LAB-DC01.ludus.domain",
    "security": {
      "user_id": ""
    }
  },
  "event_data": {
    "CertificateDatabaseHash": "39 e5 71 24 c8 5b 7c 70 eb b5 fe f2 ad a7 5a 6e 86 f3 07 b7 31 99 8a b1 58 99 bd e2 05 c3 cf d8",
    "PrivateKeyUsageCount": "0",
    "CACertificateHash": "8e ae 36 d1 31 a0 5b f0 26 c6 a5 88 f9 49 6a 8a 61 7a f2 47",
    "CAPublicKeyHash": "10 fd 42 f3 9a b3 ca e2 96 a8 46 58 af 42 91 9d 14 c5 0f 27"
  },
  "message": ""
}

References #