Data Source: Windows Event Log Security 4699

Created: 2024-05-22

Last Updated: 2026-10-14

ID: 4727dead-d063-4333-9ddd-59823a416aff

Author: Patrick Bareiss, Splunk

Description

Logs an event when a scheduled task is deleted from the system.

Details

Property	Value
Source	`XmlWinEventLog:Security`
Sourcetype	`XmlWinEventLog`
Separator	EventCode

Name ▲▼	Technique ▲▼	Type ▲▼
Short Lived Scheduled Task	Scheduled Task	Anomaly

Supported Apps

Splunk Add-on for Microsoft Windows (version 11.0.3)

Event Fields

+ Fields

  <span class="pill kill-chain">_time</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">action</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">app</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">Caller_Domain</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">Caller_User_Name</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">Channel</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">Computer</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">dest</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">dest_nt_domain</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">dvc</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">dvc_nt_host</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">Error_Code</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">event_id</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">event_time</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">EventCode</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">EventData_Xml</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">EventID</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">EventRecordID</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">eventtype</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">Guid</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">host</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">id</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">index</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">Keywords</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">Level</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">linecount</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">Logon_ID</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">Name</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">name</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">Opcode</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">product</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">punct</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">RecordNumber</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">session_id</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">severity</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">severity_id</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">signature</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">signature_id</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">source</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">sourcetype</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">splunk_server</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">src_nt_domain</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">src_subject_user_id</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">src_user</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">status</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">subject</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">SubjectDomainName</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">SubjectLogonId</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">SubjectUserName</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">SubjectUserSid</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">System_Props_Xml</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">SystemTime</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">ta_windows_action</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">tag</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">tag::action</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">tag::eventtype</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">Task</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">TaskCategory</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">TaskName</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">timestamp</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">vendor</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">vendor_product</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">Version</span>
  
</div>

Example Log

1<Event xmlns='http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event'><System><Provider Name='Microsoft-Windows-Security-Auditing' Guid='{54849625-5478-4994-A5BA-3E3B0328C30D}'/><EventID>4699</EventID><Version>0</Version><Level>0</Level><Task>12804</Task><Opcode>0</Opcode><Keywords>0x8020000000000000</Keywords><TimeCreated SystemTime='2021-11-12T17:16:44Z'/><EventRecordID>3702198</EventRecordID><Correlation/><Execution/><Channel>Security</Channel><Computer>win-host-987.attackrange.local</Computer><Security/></System><EventData><Data Name='SubjectUserSid'>ATTACKRANGE\Administrator</Data><Data Name='SubjectUserName'>Administrator</Data><Data Name='SubjectDomainName'>ATTACKRANGE</Data><Data Name='SubjectLogonId'>0xA6E4D16</Data><Data Name='TaskName'>\evilTask</Data><Data Name='TaskContent'></Data></EventData></Event>

Required Output Fields

dest

Source: GitHub | Version: 5