Windows Security Log Event ID 4751

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
 • Distribution Group Management
Type Success
Corresponding events
in Windows 2003
and before
655  

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

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The user in Subject: added the user/group/computer in Member: to the Global Distribution group in Group:.

This event is only logged on domain controllers.
 
In Active Directory Users and Computers "Security Disabled" groups are referred to as Distribution 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.
 
A global group can only have members from its own domain.

Server 2016 adds the "Expiration time" field in version 2 of this event. 

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Description Fields in 4751

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.

Member:

  • Security ID:  The SID of the group's member
  • Account Name:  The distinguished name of the group's member

Group:

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

Additional Information:

  • Privileges:  always "-"
  • Expiration time: (2016 and later)

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Examples of 4751

2016 and later

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

Subject:

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

Member:

   Security ID:  ACME\gkhan
   Account Name:  cn=Ghenghis Khan,CN=Users,DC=acme,DC=local

Group:

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

Additional Information:

   Privileges:  -

   Expiration time:  -

2012r2

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

Subject:

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

Member:

   Security ID:  ACME\gkhan
   Account Name:  cn=Ghenghis Khan,CN=Users,DC=acme,DC=local

Group:

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

Additional Information:

   Privileges:  -

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