Windows Security Log Event ID 5379

Operating Systems Windows Server 2019 and 2022
Category
 • Subcategory
System
 • Other System Events
Type Success
Corresponding events
in Windows 2003
and before
 

5379: Credential Manager credentials were read

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This is event is new in Windows Server 2019.  This event occurs when a user performs a read operation on stored credentials in Credential Manager.

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Description Fields in 5379

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.
  • Read Operation: 

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Examples of 5379

 Subject:

Security ID: %1
Account Name: %2
Account Domain: %3
Logon ID: %4
Read Operation: %8
 
This event occurs when a user performs a read operation on stored credentials in Credential Manager.

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