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Event ID 4904 — An attempt was made to register a security event source.

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

Description

An attempt was made to register a security event source.

Message #

An attempt was made to register a security event source.

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

Process:
	Process ID: %7
	Process Name: %8

Event Source:
	Source Name: %5
	Event Source ID: %6

Fields #

NameDescription
SubjectUserSid SID[Subject] Security ID.
SubjectUserName UnicodeString[Subject] Account Name.
SubjectDomainName UnicodeString[Subject] Account Domain.
SubjectLogonId HexInt64[Subject] Logon ID.
AuditSourceName UnicodeString[Event Source] Source Name.
EventSourceId HexInt64[Event Source] Event Source ID.
ProcessId Pointer[Process] Process ID.
ProcessName UnicodeString[Process] Process Name.

Example Event #

{
  "system": {
    "provider": "Microsoft-Windows-Security-Auditing",
    "guid": "54849625-5478-4994-A5BA-3E3B0328C30D",
    "event_source_name": "",
    "event_id": 4904,
    "version": 0,
    "level": 0,
    "task": 13568,
    "opcode": 0,
    "keywords": 9232379236109516800,
    "time_created": "2022-04-04T13:11:19.368595+00:00",
    "event_record_id": 25620,
    "correlation": {
      "ActivityID": "7377737E-4825-0000-C974-77732548D801"
    },
    "execution": {
      "process_id": 612,
      "thread_id": 664
    },
    "channel": "Security",
    "computer": "WIN-TKC15D7KHUR",
    "security": {
      "user_id": ""
    }
  },
  "event_data": {
    "SubjectUserSid": "S-1-5-18",
    "SubjectUserName": "WIN-TKC15D7KHUR$",
    "SubjectDomainName": "WORKGROUP",
    "SubjectLogonId": "0x3e7",
    "AuditSourceName": "IIS-METABASE",
    "EventSourceId": "0x21062",
    "ProcessId": "0x648",
    "ProcessName": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\inetsrv\\inetinfo.exe"
  },
  "message": ""
}

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