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Event ID 255 — Error report: UtcTime: UtcTime ID: ID Description: Description.

Provider
Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon
Channel
Operational
Level
Error
Collection Priority
Recommended (JSCU-NL)
Task
Error report
Opcode
Info

Description

This event is generated when an **error occurred within Sysmon**. They can happen if the system is under heavy load and certain tasks could not be performed or a bug exists in the Sysmon service.

Message #

Error report:
UtcTime: %1
ID: %2
Description: %3

Fields #

NameDescription
UtcTime UnicodeString → string—
ID UnicodeString → string—
Description UnicodeString → string—

Example Event #

{
  "system": {
    "provider": "Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon",
    "guid": "5770385F-C22A-43E0-BF4C-06F5698FFBD9",
    "event_source_name": "",
    "event_id": 255,
    "version": 3,
    "level": 2,
    "task": 255,
    "opcode": 0,
    "keywords": 9223372036854775808,
    "time_created": "2023-11-06T00:55:58.314139+00:00",
    "event_record_id": 1050594,
    "correlation": {},
    "execution": {
      "process_id": 7064,
      "thread_id": 9788
    },
    "channel": "Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon/Operational",
    "computer": "WinDev2310Eval",
    "security": {
      "user_id": "S-1-5-18"
    }
  },
  "event_data": {
    "UtcTime": "2023-11-06 00:55:58.306",
    "ID": "IMAGE_LOAD",
    "Description": "Failed to find process image name"
  },
  "message": ""
}

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