detection.wiki

Microsoft-Windows-Security-Auditing › Event 5141

Event ID 5141 — A directory service object was deleted.

Provider
Microsoft-Windows-Security-Auditing
Channel
Security
Audit Policy
DS Access → Directory Service Changes
Collection Priority
Recommended (NSA, others)
Opcode
Info

Description

A directory service object was deleted.

Message #

A directory service object was deleted.
	
Subject:
	Security ID: %3
	Account Name: %4
	Account Domain: %5
	Logon ID: %6
	
Directory Service:
	Name: %7
	Type: %8
	
Object:
	DN: %9
	GUID: %10
	Class: %11
	
Operation:
	Tree Delete: %12
	Correlation ID: %1
	Application Correlation ID: %2

Fields #

NameDescription
OpCorrelationID GUID[Operation] Correlation ID
AppCorrelationID UnicodeString[Operation] Application Correlation ID
SubjectUserSid SID[Subject] Security ID
SubjectUserName UnicodeString[Subject] Account Name
SubjectDomainName UnicodeString[Subject] Account Domain
SubjectLogonId HexInt64[Subject] Logon ID
DSName UnicodeString[Directory Service] Name
DSType UnicodeString[Directory Service] Type
Known values
%%14676
Active Directory Domain Services
%%14677
Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
ObjectDN UnicodeString[Object] DN
ObjectGUID GUID[Object] GUID
ObjectClass UnicodeString[Object] Class
TreeDelete UnicodeString[Operation] Tree Delete

Example Event #

{
  "system": {
    "provider": "Microsoft-Windows-Security-Auditing",
    "guid": "54849625-5478-4994-A5BA-3E3B0328C30D",
    "event_source_name": "",
    "event_id": 5141,
    "version": 0,
    "level": 0,
    "task": 14081,
    "opcode": 0,
    "keywords": 9232379236109516800,
    "time_created": "2026-03-13T23:09:16.430494+00:00",
    "event_record_id": 16632112,
    "correlation": {},
    "execution": {
      "process_id": 936,
      "thread_id": 724
    },
    "channel": "Security",
    "computer": "LAB-DC01.ludus.domain",
    "security": {
      "user_id": ""
    }
  },
  "event_data": {
    "OpCorrelationID": "B2C1C1B5-B65D-4E48-B5C7-AD55815CDF5D",
    "AppCorrelationID": "-",
    "SubjectUserSid": "S-1-5-21-1006758700-2167138679-1475694448-1105",
    "SubjectUserName": "domainadmin",
    "SubjectDomainName": "ludus",
    "SubjectLogonId": "0xbefec",
    "DSName": "ludus.domain",
    "DSType": "%%14676",
    "ObjectDN": "CN=testaudit2,CN=Users,DC=ludus,DC=domain",
    "ObjectGUID": "E352E021-AD2D-40D3-B617-37AEF7687FFD",
    "ObjectClass": "user",
    "TreeDelete": "%%14679"
  },
  "message": ""
}

Detection Patterns #

References #