Windows Security Log Event ID 4737

Operating Systems Windows 2008 R2 and 7
Windows 2012 R2 and 8.1
Windows 2016 and 10
Windows Server 2019 and 2022
Category
 • Subcategory
Account Management
 • Security Group Management
Type Success
Corresponding events
in Windows 2003
and before
641  

4737: A security-enabled global group was changed

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The user in Subject: changed the Security Global group identified in Group:.

In Active Directory Users and Computers "Security Enabled" groups are simply referred to as Security groups. AD has 2 types of groups: Security and Distribution. Distribution (security disabled) groups are for distribution lists in Exchange and cannot be assigned permissions or rights. Security (security enabled) groups can be used for permissions, rights and as distribution lists.

Global means the group can be granted access in any trusting domain but may only have members from its own domain.

This event is only logged on domain controllers.

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Description Fields in 4737

Subject:

The user and logon session that performed the action. 

  • Security ID:  The SID of the account.
  • Account Name: The account logon name.
  • Account Domain: The domain or - in the case of local accounts - computer name.
  • Logon ID is a semi-unique (unique between reboots) number that identifies the logon session.  Logon ID allows you to correlate backwards to the logon event (4624) as well as with other events logged during the same logon session.

Group:

  • Security ID:  The SID of the affected group
  • Group Name: Name of affected group
  • Group Domain:  Domain of affected group

Attributes:

  • SAM Account Name: Pre-win2k name of affected group
  • SID History:  used when migrating legacy NT domains or merging domains

Additional Information:

  • Privileges:  always "-"

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Examples of 4737

A security-enabled global group was changed.

Subject:

   Security ID:  ACME\Administrator
   Account Name:  Administrator
   Account Domain:  ACME
   Logon ID:  0x27a79

Group:

   Security ID:  S-1-5-21-3108364787-189202583-342365621-1108
   Group Name:  Historical Figures
   Group Domain:  ACME

Changed Attributes:

   SAM Account Name: -
   SID History:  -

Additional Information:

   Privileges:  -

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