Mastering Windows Network Forensics and Investigation Chapter 14: Other Audit Events
Chapter Topics: Logging of Modifications to Groups, Accounts, Policies Object Access Logs
Changes to Accounts (Win XP) Event ID 624 records account creation Event ID 642 records changes to existing accounts Event ID 626 shows accounts being activated
Changes to Accounts (Win Vista +) Event ID 4720records account creation Event ID 4738 records changes to existing accounts Event ID 4722 shows accounts being activated
Changes to Accounts (Win XP) New Account Name is account being modified Caller User Name is account causing action
Changes to Accounts (Win Vista +) New Account: Account Name is account being modified Subject: Security ID is account causing action
Changes to Accounts
Changes to Groups Changes to group membership are common ways to increase an attacker’s privilege level These events generate logs with the Event ID based on the type of group
Changes to Groups Vista + Event ID Win XP/2003 Event ID Action Indicated Member added to global security group Member removed from global security group Member added to local security group Member removed from local security group Member added to local distribution group Member removed from local distribution group 4751/ Member added to global distribution group Member removed from global distribution group Member added to universal security group Member removed from universal security group N/A665Member added to universal distribution group Member removed from universal distribution group
Changes to Groups (Win XP) The account that is impacted (added or removed from a group) is called the Member ID Group that is changed is called the Target Account Name The account that initiated the change is called the Caller User Name
Changes to Groups (Win Vista +) The account that is impacted (added or removed from a group) is called the Member: Security ID Group is the group that is changed The account that initiated the change is called the Account Name
Changes to Groups
Changes to Audit Policy Event ID 612 shows the end result of a change in audit policy
Changes to Audit Policy Event ID 4719 shows the end result of a change in audit policy
Object Access Objects include files, folders, printers, etc. Auditing must be configured for each object The object handle can be used to correlate related events in the event log
Object Access (Win XP) Event ID 560 records opening of handles Event ID 562 records closing of handles Event ID 567 shows which access permissions were actually used
Object Access (Win Vista+) Event ID 4656 records opening of handles Event ID 4658 records closing of handles Event ID 4657 shows which access permissions were actually used
Object Access