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Other System Events

whsmith — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 17:42:33 GMT

This is a hodge podge of events dominated by Windows Firewall system service activity which would seem to belong elsewhere. To configure this on Server 2008 and Vista you must use auditpol. Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 and later can use Group Policy.

Coverage on events generated by this category are currently in the Security Log Encyclopedia:

Event ID	Title
4615	Invalid use of LPC port.
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
5028	The Windows Firewall Service was unable to parse the new security policy.
5029	The Windows Firewall Service failed to initialize the driver.
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.

IPsec Driver

whsmith — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 17:41:21 GMT

This category tracks activity related to the operation of the IPSec system service. For events related to IPSec network traffic see the IPSec subcategories in the Logon/Logoff category. To configure this on Server 2008 and Vista you must use auditpol. Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 and later can use Group Policy.

Coverage on events generated by this category are currently in the Security Log Encyclopedia:

Event ID	Title
5478	IPsec Services has started successfully.
5479	IPsec Services has been shut down successfully
5480	IPsec Services failed to get the complete list of network interfaces on the computer.
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.
5485	IPsec Services failed to process some IPsec filters on a plug-and-play event for network interfaces.

System Integrity

whsmith — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 17:39:58 GMT

This category logs at least 3 events that could impact the over all integrity of the system. As will all subcategories you must use auditpol to enable or disable it.

Coverage on events generated by this category are currently in the Security Log Encyclopedia:

Event ID	Title
5038	Code integrity determined that the image hash of a file is not valid.
5056	A cryptographic self test was performed.
5061	Cryptographic operation.

Security System Extension

whsmith — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 17:38:48 GMT

The Windows security infrastructure supports extensibility and through various types of plug-ins and this category logs all activity with such plug-ins. To configure this on Server 2008 and Vista you must use auditpol. Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 and later can use Group Policy.

Coverage on events generated by this category are currently in the Security Log Encyclopedia:

Event ID	Title
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

Security State Change

whsmith — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 17:37:37 GMT

This category tracks keys system changes such as system clock changes and the startup and shutdown of the actual system. To configure this on Server 2008 and Vista you must use auditpol. Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 and later can use Group Policy.

Coverage on events generated by this category are currently in the Security Log Encyclopedia:

Event ID	Title
4608	Windows is starting up
4609	Windows is shutting down
4616	The system time was changed.

RPC Events

whsmith — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 17:36:11 GMT

This category logs events related to Remote Procedure Call security. To configure this on Server 2008 and Vista you must use auditpol. Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 and later can use Group Policy.

Coverage on events generated by this category are currently in the Security Log Encyclopedia:

Event ID	Title
4816	RPC detected an integrity violation while decrypting an incoming message.
5712	A Remote Procedure Call (RPC) was attempted.

DPAPI Activity

whsmith — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 17:34:54 GMT

This category reports activity concerning the Data Protection API. Per Microsoft: "The Data Protection API (DPAPI) helps to protect data in Windows 2000 and later operating systems. DPAPI is used to help protect private keys, stored credentials (in Windows XP and later), and other confidential information that the operating system or a program wants to keep confidential." To configure this on Server 2008 and Vista you must use auditpol. Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 and later can use Group Policy.

Coverage on events generated by this category are currently in the Security Log Encyclopedia:

Event ID	Title
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.

Process Termination

whsmith — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 17:33:19 GMT

This category is logged on all types of computers and allows you to track the completion of every program that executes on the local computer. To configure this on Server 2008 and Vista you must use auditpol. Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 and later can use Group Policy.

Coverage on events generated by this category are currently in the Security Log Encyclopedia:

Event ID	Title
4689	A process has exited

Process Creation

whsmith — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 17:32:08 GMT

This category is logged on all types of computers and allows you to track every program that starts on the local computer. To configure this on Server 2008 and Vista you must use auditpol. Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 and later can use Group Policy.

Coverage on events generated by this category are currently in the Security Log Encyclopedia:

Event ID	Title
4688	A new process has been created
4696	A primary token was assigned to process.

Other Privilege Use Events

whsmith — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 17:30:25 GMT

I have not observed any events logged by this category. If you have, help us out and post them in this event's discussion forum.

To configure this on Server 2008 and Vista you must use auditpol. Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 and later can use Group Policy.

Non Sensitive Privilege Use

whsmith — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 17:29:10 GMT

This category supposedly allows you to track the exercise of so-called non-sensitive privileges which are assigned in User Rights Assignment.

I have not observed any events logged by this category. If you have, help us out and post them in this event's discussion forum.

To configure this on Server 2008 and Vista you must use auditpol. Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 and later can use Group Policy.

Sensitive Privilege Use

whsmith — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 17:27:38 GMT

This category allows you to track the exercise of so-called sensitive privileges which are assigned in User Rights Assignment. But the value of these events is compromised by factors explained in the articles below. To configure this on Server 2008 and Vista you must use auditpol. Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 and later can use Group Policy.

Coverage on events generated by this category are currently in the Security Log Encyclopedia:

Event ID	Title
4673	A privileged service was called
4674	An operation was attempted on a privileged object

Other Policy Change Events

whsmith — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 17:25:52 GMT

So far I've only found one event in this category and it should clearly be in the Filtering Platform Policy Change subcategory instead. As with all subcategories you must use auditpol to enable to disable these events.

Coverage on events generated by this category are currently in the Security Log Encyclopedia:

Event ID	Title
5447	A Windows Filtering Platform filter has been changed.

Filtering Platform Policy Change

whsmith — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 17:24:23 GMT

This chatty category documents the current configuration of the Windows Filtering Platform (related for lower level than the Windows Firewall) whenever it starts as well as any changes to it's configuration. To configure this on Server 2008 and Vista you must use auditpol. Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 and later can use Group Policy.

Coverage on events generated by this category are currently in the Security Log Encyclopedia:

Event ID	Title
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.

MPSSVC Rule-Level Policy Change

whsmith — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 17:22:38 GMT

This chatty category documents the current configuration of the Windows Firewall (aka MPSSVC) whenever it starts as well as any changes to it's configuration. To configure this on Server 2008 and Vista you must use auditpol. Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 and later can use Group Policy.

Coverage on events generated by this category are currently in the Security Log Encyclopedia:

Event ID	Title
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.
4954	Windows Firewall Group Policy settings has 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:

Authorization Policy Change

whsmith — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 17:21:14 GMT

I've only isolated a few events logged by this category. Let me know via a discussion post on this event if you know of more. To configure this on Server 2008 and Vista you must use auditpol. Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 and later can use Group Policy.

Coverage on events generated by this category are currently in the Security Log Encyclopedia:

Event ID	Title
4704	A user right was assigned.
4705	A user right was removed.
4714	Encrypted data recovery policy was changed.

Authentication Policy Change

whsmith — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 17:16:14 GMT

This category tracks any configuration changes that would impact how user accounts are authenticated although password and lockout policies are conspicuously missing. To configure this on Server 2008 and Vista you must use auditpol. Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 and later can use Group Policy.

Coverage on events generated by this category are currently in the Security Log Encyclopedia:

Event ID	Title
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.
4865	A trusted forest information entry was added.
4866	A trusted forest information entry was removed.
4867	A trusted forest information entry was modified.

Audit Policy Change

whsmith — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 17:11:41 GMT

This category tracks any policy changes that would affect what gets reported to the security log. To configure this on Server 2008 and Vista you must use auditpol. Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 and later can use Group Policy.

Coverage on events generated by this category are currently in the Security Log Encyclopedia:

Event ID	Title
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.
4912	Per User Audit Policy was changed.

Other Object Access Events

whsmith — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 17:09:08 GMT

This is a hodgepodge of miscellaneous Object Access events. The most valuable event in this category are the ones allowing you to monitor changes to Scheduled Tasks and file deletion. To configure this on Server 2008 and Vista you must use auditpol. Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 and later can use Group Policy.

Coverage on events generated by this category are currently in the Security Log Encyclopedia:

Event ID	Title
4656	A handle to an object was requested
4658	The handle to an object was closed
4659	A handle to an object was requested with intent to delete
4660	An object was deleted
4663	An attempt was made to access an object
4664	An attempt was made to create a hard link.
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.

Filtering Platform Connection

whsmith — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 17:07:33 GMT

As the name would indicate, this category logs events associated with network connections permitted or blocked by Windows Firewall and the lower level Windows Filtering Platform. What's it doing in the higher level Object Access category? Who knows. To configure this on Server 2008 and Vista you must use auditpol. Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 and later can use Group Policy.

Coverage on events generated by this category are currently in the Security Log Encyclopedia:

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

Filtering Platform Packet Drop

whsmith — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 17:04:56 GMT

As the name would indicate, the category logs events associated with packets blocked by Windows Firewall and the lower level Windows Filtering Platform. What's it doing in the higher level Object Access category? Who knows. To configure this on Server 2008 and Vista you must use auditpol. Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 and later can use Group Policy.

Coverage on events generated by this category are currently in the Security Log Encyclopedia:

Event ID	Title
5152	The Windows Filtering Platform blocked a packet.
5153	A more restrictive Windows Filtering Platform filter has blocked a packet.

File Share

whsmith — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 17:03:00 GMT

This category logs one and only one event. To configure this on Server 2008 and Vista you must use auditpol. Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 and later can use Group Policy.

Coverage on events generated by this category are currently in the Security Log Encyclopedia:

Event ID	Title
5140	A network share object was accessed.

Handle Manipulation

whsmith — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 17:00:44 GMT

Event ID	Title
4690	An attempt was made to duplicate a handle to an object

Application Generated

whsmith — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 16:57:30 GMT

This category apparently logs provides a way for applications to report audit events to the security log and is no doubt related to Authorization Manager. I've not researched this category and welcome any help from the community in documenting it. To configure this on Server 2008 and Vista you must use auditpol. Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 and later can use Group Policy.

This category is also used by the LOGbinder family of agents for reporting application audit events from SharePoint, SQL Server and more.

Coverage on events generated by this category are currently in the Security Log Encyclopedia:

Event ID	Title
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.
10-59	SharePoint Audit Events Generated by LOGbinder SP

Certification Services

whsmith — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 16:54:07 GMT

Certification Services is the built-in Certification Authority and related PKI functionality in Windows Server and this category provides exhaustive auditing of related activity. To configure this on Server 2008 and Vista you must use auditpol. Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 and later can use Group Policy.

Coverage on events generated by this category are currently in the Security Log Encyclopedia:

Event ID	Title
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.
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.
4899	A Certificate Services template was updated.
4900	Certificate Services template security was updated.