Sysmon Event ID 11

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11: FileCreate

This is an event from Sysmon.

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File create operations are logged when a file is created or overwritten. This event is useful for monitoring autostart locations, like the Startup folder, as well as temporary and download directories, which are common places malware drops during initial infection.

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Description Fields in 11

  • Log Name
  • Source
  • Date
  • Event ID
  • Task Category
  • Level
  • Keywords
  • User
  • Computer
  • Description
  • UtcTime
  • ProcessGuid
  • ProcessId
  • Image
  • TargetFilename
  • CreationUtcTime

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Examples of 11

File created:
UtcTime: 2017-05-13 19:44:55.313
ProcessGuid: {a23eae89-6237-5917-0000-0010300e6601}
ProcessId: 19200
Image: C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\mscorsvw.exe
TargetFilename: C:\Windows\assembly\NativeImages_v4.0.30319_64\Temp\4b00-0\AxImp.exe CreationUtcTime: 2017-05-13 19:44:55.313

 

Event XML:
 
 <Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">

    <System>
        <Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon" Guid="{5770385F-C22A-43E0-BF4C-06F5698FFBD9}" />
        <EventID>11</EventID>
        <Version>2</Version>
        <Level>4</Level>
        <Task>11</Task>
        <Opcode>0</Opcode>
        <Keywords>0x8000000000000000</Keywords>
        <TimeCreated SystemTime="2017-05-13T19:44:55.314125100Z" />
        <EventRecordID>734181</EventRecordID>
        <Correlation />
        <Execution ProcessID="2848" ThreadID="3520" />
        <Channel>Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon/Operational</Channel>
        <Computer>rfsH.lab.local</Computer>
        <Security UserID="S-1-5-18" />
    </System>
    <EventData>
        <Data Name="UtcTime">2017-05-13 19:44:55.313</Data>
        <Data Name="ProcessGuid">{A23EAE89-6237-5917-0000-0010300E6601}</Data>
        <Data Name="ProcessId">19200</Data>
        <Data Name="Image">C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\mscorsvw.exe</Data>
        <Data Name="TargetFilename">C:\Windows\assembly\NativeImages_v4.0.30319_64\Temp\4b00-0\AxImp.exe</Data>
        <Data Name="CreationUtcTime">2017-05-13 19:44:55.313</Data>
    </EventData>
</Event>

 

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