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Category: Account Logon

 

Subcategory: Credential Validation

ID        Message

4774        An account was mapped for logon.

4775        An account could not be mapped for logon.

4776        The domain controller attempted to validate the credentials for an account.

4777        The domain controller failed to validate the credentials for an account.

 

Subcategory: Kerberos Service Ticket Operations

ID        Message

4768        A Kerberos authentication ticket (TGT) was requested.

4769        A Kerberos service ticket was requested.

4770        A Kerberos service ticket was renewed.

4771        Kerberos pre-authentication failed.

4772        A Kerberos authentication ticket request failed.

 

 

Category: Account Management

 

Subcategory: Application Group Management

ID        Message

4783        A basic application group was created.

4784        A basic application group was changed.

4785        A member was added to a basic application group.

4786        A member was removed from a basic application group.

4787        A non-member was added to a basic application group.

4788        A non-member was removed from a basic application group.

4789        A basic application group was deleted.

4790        An LDAP query group was created.

 

Subcategory: Computer Account Management

ID        Message

4742        A computer account was changed.

4743        A computer account was deleted.

 

Subcategory: Distribution Group Management

ID        Message

4744        A security-disabled local group was created.

4745        A security-disabled local group was changed.

4746        A member was added to a security-disabled local group.

4747        A member was removed from a security-disabled local group.

4748        A security-disabled local group was deleted.

4749        A security-disabled global group was created.

4750        A security-disabled global group was changed.

4751        A member was added to a security-disabled global group.

4752        A member was removed from a security-disabled global group.

4753        A security-disabled global group was deleted.

4759        A security-disabled universal group was created.

4760        A security-disabled universal group was changed.

4761        A member was added to a security-disabled universal group.

4762        A member was removed from a security-disabled universal group.

 

Subcategory: Other Account Management Events

ID        Message

4782        The password hash an account was accessed.

4793        The Password Policy Checking API was called.

 

Subcategory: Security Group Management

ID        Message

4727        A security-enabled global group was created.

4728        A member was added to a security-enabled global group.

4729        A member was removed from a security-enabled global group.

4730        A security-enabled global group was deleted.

4731        A security-enabled local group was created.

4732        A member was added to a security-enabled local group.

4733        A member was removed from a security-enabled local group.

4734        A security-enabled local group was deleted.

4735        A security-enabled local group was changed.

4737        A security-enabled global group was changed.

4754        A security-enabled universal group was created.

4755        A security-enabled universal group was changed.

4756        A member was added to a security-enabled universal group.

4757        A member was removed from a security-enabled universal group.

4758        A security-enabled universal group was deleted.

4764        A group’s type was changed.

 

Subcategory: User Account Management

ID        Message

4720        A user account was created.

4722        A user account was enabled.

4723        An attempt was made to change an account's password.

4724        An attempt was made to reset an account's password.

4725        A user account was disabled.

4726        A user account was deleted.

4738        A user account was changed.

4740        A user account was locked out.

4765        SID History was added to an account.

4766        An attempt to add SID History to an account failed.

4767        A user account was unlocked.

4780        The ACL was set on accounts which are members of administrators groups.

4781        The name of an account was changed:

4794        An attempt was made to set the Directory Services Restore Mode.

5376        Credential Manager credentials were backed up.

5377        Credential Manager credentials were restored from a backup.

 

 

Category: Detailed Tracking

 

Subcategory: DPAPI Activity

ID        Message

4692        Backup of data protection master key was attempted.

4693        Recovery of data protection master key was attempted.

4694        Protection of auditable protected data was attempted.

4695        Unprotection of auditable protected data was attempted.

 

Subcategory: Process Creation

ID        Message

4688        A new process has been created.

4689        A process has exited.

4696        A primary token was assigned to process.

 

Subcategory: RPC Events

ID        Message

5712        A Remote Procedure Call (RPC) was attempted.

 

 

Category: DS Access

 

Subcategory: Detailed Directory Service Replication

ID        Message

4928        An Active Directory replica source naming context was established.

4929        An Active Directory replica source naming context was removed.

4930        An Active Directory replica source naming context was modified.

4931        An Active Directory replica destination naming context was modified.

4934        Attributes of an Active Directory object were replicated.

4935        Replication failure begins.

4936        Replication failure ends.

4937        A lingering object was removed from a replica.

 

Subcategory: Directory Service Access

ID        Message

4662        An operation was performed on an object.

 

Subcategory: Directory Service Changes

ID        Message

5136        A directory service object was modified.

5137        A directory service object was created.

5138        A directory service object was undeleted.

5139        A directory service object was moved.

 

Note: The following event in the Directory Service Changes subcategory is available only in Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and in Windows Server 2008.

ID        Message

5141        A directory service object was deleted.

 

Subcategory: Directory Service Replication

ID        Message

4932        Synchronization of a replica of an Active Directory naming context has begun.

4933        Synchronization of a replica of an Active Directory naming context has ended.

 

 

Category: Logon/Logoff

 

Subcategory: IPsec Extended Mode

ID        Message

4978        During Extended Mode negotiation, IPsec received an invalid negotiation packet. If this problem persists, it could indicate a network issue or an attempt to modify or replay this negotiation.

4979        IPsec Main Mode and Extended Mode security associations were established.

4980        IPsec Main Mode and Extended Mode security associations were established.

4981        IPsec Main Mode and Extended Mode security associations were established.

4982        IPsec Main Mode and Extended Mode security associations were established.

4983        An IPsec Extended Mode negotiation failed. The corresponding Main Mode security association has been deleted.

4984        An IPsec Extended Mode negotiation failed. The corresponding Main Mode security association has been deleted.

 

Subcategory: IPsec Main Mode

ID        Message

4646        IKE DoS-prevention mode started.

4650        An IPsec Main Mode security association was established. Extended Mode was not enabled. Certificate authentication was not used.

4651        An IPsec Main Mode security association was established. Extended Mode was not enabled. A certificate was used for authentication.

4652        An IPsec Main Mode negotiation failed.

4653        An IPsec Main Mode negotiation failed.

4655        An IPsec Main Mode security association ended.

4976        During Main Mode negotiation, IPsec received an invalid negotiation packet. If this problem persists, it could indicate a network issue or an attempt to modify or replay this negotiation.

5049        An IPsec Security Association was deleted.

5453        An IPsec negotiation with a remote computer failed because the IKE and AuthIP IPsec Keying Modules (IKEEXT) service is not started.

 

Subcategory: IPsec Quick Mode

ID        Message

4654        An IPsec Quick Mode negotiation failed.

4977        During Quick Mode negotiation, IPsec received an invalid negotiation packet. If this problem persists, it could indicate a network issue or an attempt to modify or replay this negotiation.

5451        An IPsec Quick Mode security association was established.

5452        An IPsec Quick Mode security association ended.

 

Subcategory: Logoff

ID        Message

4634        An account was logged off.

4647        User initiated logoff.

 

Subcategory: Logon

ID        Message

4624        An account was successfully logged on.

4625        An account failed to log on.

4648        A logon was attempted using explicit credentials.

4675        SIDs were filtered.

 

Note All the events in the Network Policy Server subcategory are available only in Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and in Windows Server 2008.

Subcategory: Network Policy Server

ID        Message

6272        Network Policy Server granted access to a user.

6273        Network Policy Server denied access to a user.

6274        Network Policy Server discarded the request for a user.

6275        Network Policy Server discarded the accounting request for a user.

6276        Network Policy Server quarantined a user.

6277        Network Policy Server granted access to a user but put it on probation because the host did not meet the defined health policy.

6278        Network Policy Server granted full access to a user because the host met the defined health policy.

6279        Network Policy Server locked the user account due to repeated failed authentication attempts.

6280        Network Policy Server unlocked the user account.

 

Subcategory: Other Logon/Logoff Events

ID        Message

4649        A replay attack was detected.

4778        A session was reconnected to a Window Station.

4779        A session was disconnected from a Window Station.

4800        The workstation was locked.

4801        The workstation was unlocked.

4802        The screen saver was invoked.

4803        The screen saver was dismissed.

5378        The requested credentials delegation was disallowed by policy.

5632        A request was made to authenticate to a wireless network.

5633        A request was made to authenticate to a wired network.

 

Subcategory: Special Logon

ID        Message

4964        Special groups have been assigned to a new logon.

 

 

Category: Object Access

 

Subcategory: Application Generated

ID        Message

4665        An attempt was made to create an application client context.

4666        An application attempted an operation:

4667        An application client context was deleted.

4668        An application was initialized.

 

Subcategory: Certification Services

ID        Message

4868        The certificate manager denied a pending certificate request.

4869        Certificate Services received a resubmitted certificate request.

4870        Certificate Services revoked a certificate.

4871        Certificate Services received a request to publish the certificate revocation list (CRL).

4872        Certificate Services published the certificate revocation list (CRL).

4873        A certificate request extension changed.

4874        One or more certificate request attributes changed.

4875        Certificate Services received a request to shut down.

4876        Certificate Services backup started.

4877        Certificate Services backup completed.

4878        Certificate Services restore started.

4879        Certificate Services restore completed.

4880        Certificate Services started.

4881        Certificate Services stopped.

4882        The security permissions for Certificate Services changed.

4883        Certificate Services retrieved an archived key.

4884        Certificate Services imported a certificate into its database.

4885        The audit filter for Certificate Services changed.

4886        Certificate Services received a certificate request.

4887        Certificate Services approved a certificate request and issued a certificate.

4888        Certificate Services denied a certificate request.

4889        Certificate Services set the status of a certificate request to pending.

4890        The certificate manager settings for Certificate Services changed.

4891        A configuration entry changed in Certificate Services.

4892        A property of Certificate Services changed.

4893        Certificate Services archived a key.

4894        Certificate Services imported and archived a key.

4895        Certificate Services published the CA certificate to Active Directory Domain Services.

4896        One or more rows have been deleted from the certificate database.

4897        Role separation enabled:

4898        Certificate Services loaded a template.

 

Subcategory: File Share

ID        Message

5140        A network share object was accessed.

 

Subcategory: File System

ID        Message

4664        An attempt was made to create a hard link.

4985        The state of a transaction has changed.

5051        A file was virtualized.

 

Subcategory: Filtering Platform Connection

ID        Message

5031        The Windows Firewall Service blocked an application from accepting incoming connections on the network.

5152        The Windows Filtering Platform blocked a packet.

5153        A more restrictive Windows Filtering Platform filter has blocked a packet.

5154        The Windows Filtering Platform has permitted an application or service to listen on a port for incoming connections.

5155        The Windows Filtering Platform has blocked an application or service from listening on a port for incoming connections.

5156        The Windows Filtering Platform has allowed a connection.

5157        The Windows Filtering Platform has blocked a connection.

5158        The Windows Filtering Platform has permitted a bind to a local port.

5159        The Windows Filtering Platform has blocked a bind to a local port.

 

Subcategory: Handle Manipulation

ID        Message

4656        A handle to an object was requested.

4658        The handle to an object was closed.

4690        An attempt was made to duplicate a handle to an object.

 

Subcategory: Other Object Access Events

ID        Message

4671        An application attempted to access a blocked ordinal through the TBS.

4691        Indirect access to an object was requested.

4698        A scheduled task was created.

4699        A scheduled task was deleted.

4700        A scheduled task was enabled.

4701        A scheduled task was disabled.

4702        A scheduled task was updated.

5888        An object in the COM+ Catalog was modified.

5889        An object was deleted from the COM+ Catalog.

5890        An object was added to the COM+ Catalog.

 

Subcategory: Registry

ID        Message

4657        A registry value was modified.

5039        A registry key was virtualized.

 

Subcategory: Subcategory

Note The following event may be generated by any resource manager when enabling its subcategory. For example, the following event may be generated by the Registry resource manager or the File System resource manager.

ID        Message

4659        A handle to an object was requested with intent to delete.

4660        An object was deleted.

4661        A handle to an object was requested.

4663        An attempt was made to access an object.

 

 

Category: Policy Change

 

Subcategory: Audit Policy Change

ID        Message

4715        The audit policy (SACL) on an object was changed.

4719        System audit policy was changed.

4902        The Per-user audit policy table was created.

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

4905        An attempt was made to unregister a security event source.

4906        The CrashOnAuditFail value has changed.

4907        Auditing settings on object were changed.

4908        Special Groups Logon table modified.

4912        Per User Audit Policy was changed.

 

Subcategory: Authentication Policy Change

ID        Message

4706        A new trust was created to a domain.

4707        A trust to a domain was removed.

4713        Kerberos policy was changed.

4716        Trusted domain information was modified.

4717        System security access was granted to an account.

4718        System security access was removed from an account.

4739        Domain Policy was changed.

4864        A namespace collision was detected.

4865        A trusted forest information entry was added.

4866        A trusted forest information entry was removed.

4867        A trusted forest information entry was modified.

 

Subcategory: Authorization Policy Change

ID        Message

4704        A user right was assigned.

4705        A user right was removed.

4714        Encrypted data recovery policy was changed.

 

Subcategory: Filtering Platform Policy Change

ID        Message

4709        IPsec Services was started.

4710        IPsec Services was disabled.

4711        May contain any one of the following:

•        PAStore Engine applied locally cached copy of Active Directory storage IPsec policy on the computer.

•        PAStore Engine applied Active Directory storage IPsec policy on the computer.

•        PAStore Engine applied local registry storage IPsec policy on the computer.

•        PAStore Engine failed to apply locally cached copy of Active Directory storage IPsec policy on the computer.

•        PAStore Engine failed to apply Active Directory storage IPsec policy on the computer.

•        PAStore Engine failed to apply local registry storage IPsec policy on the computer.

•        PAStore Engine failed to apply some rules of the active IPsec policy on the computer.

•        PAStore Engine failed to load directory storage IPsec policy on the computer.

•        PAStore Engine loaded directory storage IPsec policy on the computer.

•        PAStore Engine failed to load local storage IPsec policy on the computer.

•        PAStore Engine loaded local storage IPsec policy on the computer.

•        PAStore Engine polled for changes to the active IPsec policy and detected no changes.

4712        IPsec Services encountered a potentially serious failure.

5040        A change has been made to IPsec settings. An Authentication Set was added.

5041        A change has been made to IPsec settings. An Authentication Set was modified.

5042        A change has been made to IPsec settings. An Authentication Set was deleted.

5043        A change has been made to IPsec settings. A Connection Security Rule was added.

5044        A change has been made to IPsec settings. A Connection Security Rule was modified.

5045        A change has been made to IPsec settings. A Connection Security Rule was deleted.

5046        A change has been made to IPsec settings. A Crypto Set was added.

5047        A change has been made to IPsec settings. A Crypto Set was modified.

5048        A change has been made to IPsec settings. A Crypto Set was deleted.

5440        The following callout was present when the Windows Filtering Platform Base Filtering Engine started.

5441        The following filter was present when the Windows Filtering Platform Base Filtering Engine started.

5442        The following provider was present when the Windows Filtering Platform Base Filtering Engine started.

5443        The following provider context was present when the Windows Filtering Platform Base Filtering Engine started.

5444        The following sub-layer was present when the Windows Filtering Platform Base Filtering Engine started.

5446        A Windows Filtering Platform callout has been changed.

5448        A Windows Filtering Platform provider has been changed.

5449        A Windows Filtering Platform provider context has been changed.

5450        A Windows Filtering Platform sub-layer has been changed.

5456        PAStore Engine applied Active Directory storage IPsec policy on the computer.

5457        PAStore Engine failed to apply Active Directory storage IPsec policy on the computer.

5458        PAStore Engine applied locally cached copy of Active Directory storage IPsec policy on the computer.

5459        PAStore Engine failed to apply locally cached copy of Active Directory storage IPsec policy on the computer.

5460        PAStore Engine applied local registry storage IPsec policy on the computer.

5461        PAStore Engine failed to apply local registry storage IPsec policy on the computer.

5462        PAStore Engine failed to apply some rules of the active IPsec policy on the computer. Use the IP Security Monitor snap-in to diagnose the problem.

5463        PAStore Engine polled for changes to the active IPsec policy and detected no changes.

5464        PAStore Engine polled for changes to the active IPsec policy, detected changes, and applied them to IPsec Services.

5465        PAStore Engine received a control for forced reloading of IPsec policy and processed the control successfully.

5466        PAStore Engine polled for changes to the Active Directory IPsec policy, determined that Active Directory cannot be reached, and will use the cached copy of the Active Directory IPsec policy instead. Any changes made to the Active Directory IPsec policy since the last poll could not be applied.

5467        PAStore Engine polled for changes to the Active Directory IPsec policy, determined that Active Directory can be reached, and found no changes to the policy. The cached copy of the Active Directory IPsec policy is no longer being used.

5468        PAStore Engine polled for changes to the Active Directory IPsec policy, determined that Active Directory can be reached, found changes to the policy, and applied those changes. The cached copy of the Active Directory IPsec policy is no longer being used.

5471        PAStore Engine loaded local storage IPsec policy on the computer.

5472        PAStore Engine failed to load local storage IPsec policy on the computer.

5473        PAStore Engine loaded directory storage IPsec policy on the computer.

5474        PAStore Engine failed to load directory storage IPsec policy on the computer.

5477        PAStore Engine failed to add quick mode filter.

 

Subcategory: MPSSVC Rule-Level Policy Change

ID        Message

4944        The following policy was active when the Windows Firewall started.

4945        A rule was listed when the Windows Firewall started.

4946        A change has been made to Windows Firewall exception list. A rule was added.

4947        A change has been made to Windows Firewall exception list. A rule was modified.

4948        A change has been made to Windows Firewall exception list. A rule was deleted.

4949        Windows Firewall settings were restored to the default values.

4950        A Windows Firewall setting has changed.

4951        A rule has been ignored because its major version number was not recognized by Windows Firewall.

4952        Parts of a rule have been ignored because its minor version number was not recognized by Windows Firewall. The other parts of the rule will be enforced.

4953        A rule has been ignored by Windows Firewall because it could not parse the rule.

4954        Windows Firewall Group Policy settings have changed. The new settings have been applied.

4956        Windows Firewall has changed the active profile.

4957        Windows Firewall did not apply the following rule:

4958        Windows Firewall did not apply the following rule because the rule referred to items not configured on this computer:

 

Subcategory: Other Policy Change Events

ID        Message

4909        The local policy settings for the TBS were changed.

4910        The group policy settings for the TBS were changed.

5063        A cryptographic provider operation was attempted.

5064        A cryptographic context operation was attempted.

5065        A cryptographic context modification was attempted.

5066        A cryptographic function operation was attempted.

5067        A cryptographic function modification was attempted.

5068        A cryptographic function provider operation was attempted.

5069        A cryptographic function property operation was attempted.

5070        A cryptographic function property modification was attempted.

5447        A Windows Filtering Platform filter has been changed.

6144        Security policy in the group policy objects has been applied successfully.

6145        One or more errors occurred while processing security policy in the group policy objects.

 

Subcategory: Subcategory

Note The following event may be generated by any resource manager when enabling its subcategory. For example, the following event may be generated by the Registry resource manager or the File System resource manager.

ID        Message

4670        Permissions on an object were changed.

 

 

Category: Privilege Use

 

Subcategory: Sensitive Privilege Use / Non Sensitive Privilege Use

ID        Message

4672        Special privileges assigned to new logon.

4673        A privileged service was called.

4674        An operation was attempted on a privileged object.

 

 

Category: System

 

Subcategory: IPsec Driver

ID        Message

4960        IPsec dropped an inbound packet that failed an integrity check. If this problem persists, it could indicate a network issue or that packets are being modified in transit to this computer. Verify that the packets sent from the remote computer are the same as those received by this computer. This error might also indicate interoperability problems with other IPsec implementations.

4961        IPsec dropped an inbound packet that failed a replay check. If this problem persists, it could indicate a replay attack against this computer.

4962        IPsec dropped an inbound packet that failed a replay check. The inbound packet had too low a sequence number to ensure it was not a replay.

4963        IPsec dropped an inbound clear text packet that should have been secured. This is usually due to the remote computer changing its IPsec policy without informing this computer. This could also be a spoofing attack attempt.

4965        IPsec received a packet from a remote computer with an incorrect Security Parameter Index (SPI). This is usually caused by malfunctioning hardware that is corrupting packets. If these errors persist, verify that the packets sent from the remote computer are the same as those received by this computer. This error may also indicate interoperability problems with other IPsec implementations. In that case, if connectivity is not impeded, then these events can be ignored.

5478        IPsec Services has started successfully.

5479        IPsec Services has been shut down successfully. The shutdown of IPsec Services can put the computer at greater risk of network attack or expose the computer to potential security risks.

5480        IPsec Services failed to get the complete list of network interfaces on the computer. This poses a potential security risk because some of the network interfaces may not get the protection provided by the applied IPsec filters. Use the IP Security Monitor snap-in to diagnose the problem.

5483        IPsec Services failed to initialize RPC server. IPsec Services could not be started.

5484        IPsec Services has experienced a critical failure and has been shut down. The shutdown of IPsec Services can put the computer at greater risk of network attack or expose the computer to potential security risks.

5485        IPsec Services failed to process some IPsec filters on a plug-and-play event for network interfaces. This poses a potential security risk because some of the network interfaces may not get the protection provided by the applied IPsec filters. Use the IP Security Monitor snap-in to diagnose the problem.

 

Subcategory: Other System Events

ID        Message

5024        The Windows Firewall Service has started successfully.

5025        The Windows Firewall Service has been stopped.

5027        The Windows Firewall Service was unable to retrieve the security policy from the local storage. The service will continue enforcing the current policy.

5028        The Windows Firewall Service was unable to parse the new security policy. The service will continue with currently enforced policy.

5029        The Windows Firewall Service failed to initialize the driver. The service will continue to enforce the current policy.

5030        The Windows Firewall Service failed to start.

5032        Windows Firewall was unable to notify the user that it blocked an application from accepting incoming connections on the network.

5033        The Windows Firewall Driver has started successfully.

5034        The Windows Firewall Driver has been stopped.

5035        The Windows Firewall Driver failed to start.

5037        The Windows Firewall Driver detected critical runtime error. Terminating.

5058        Key file operation.

5059        Key migration operation.

 

Subcategory: Security State Change

ID        Message

4608        Windows is starting up.

4609        Windows is shutting down.

4616        The system time was changed.

4621        Administrator recovered system from CrashOnAuditFail. Users who are not administrators will now be allowed to log on. Some auditable activity might not have been recorded.

 

Subcategory: Security System Extension

ID        Message

4610        An authentication package has been loaded by the Local Security Authority.

4611        A trusted logon process has been registered with the Local Security Authority.

4614        A notification package has been loaded by the Security Account Manager.

4622        A security package has been loaded by the Local Security Authority.

4697        A service was installed in the system.

 

Subcategory: System Integrity

ID        Message

4612        Internal resources allocated for the queuing of audit messages have been exhausted, leading to the loss of some audits.

4615        Invalid use of LPC port.

4618        A monitored security event pattern has occurred.

4816        RPC detected an integrity violation while decrypting an incoming message.

5038        Code integrity determined that the image hash of a file is not valid. The file could be corrupt due to unauthorized modification or the invalid hash could indicate a potential disk device error.

5056        A cryptographic self test was performed.

5057        A cryptographic primitive operation failed.

5060        Verification operation failed.

5061        Cryptographic operation.

5062        A kernel-mode cryptographic self test was performed.