Data Source: Windows Event Log Security 5137

Date: 2025-07-10

ID: 64ed7bb1-9c3c-4355-ac08-b506ec3b053e

Author: Patrick Bareiss, Splunk

Description

Logs the creation of a new Active Directory object, including details about the object name, type, and the user performing the action.

Details

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

Name ▲▼	Technique ▲▼	Type ▲▼
Windows AD Short Lived Server Object	Rogue Domain Controller	TTP
Windows Group Policy Object Created	Domain Accounts, Group Policy Modification	TTP
Windows Kerberos Coercion via DNS	DNS, Name Resolution Poisoning and SMB Relay, Forced Authentication	TTP
Windows Short Lived DNS Record	DNS, Name Resolution Poisoning and SMB Relay, Forced Authentication	TTP

Supported Apps

Splunk Add-on for Microsoft Windows (version 10.0.1)

Event Fields

+ Fields

  <span class="pill kill-chain">_time</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">AppCorrelationID</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">DSName</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">DSType</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">Error_Code</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">Guid</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">Keywords</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">Level</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">Logon_ID</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">Name</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">ObjectClass</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">ObjectDN</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">ObjectGUID</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">OpCorrelationID</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">Opcode</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">ProcessID</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">RecordNumber</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">SystemTime</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">System_Props_Xml</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">Task</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">ThreadID</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">Version</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">action</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">app</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">date_hour</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">date_mday</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">date_minute</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">date_month</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">date_second</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">date_wday</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">date_year</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">date_zone</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">dest</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">dvc</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">dvc_nt_host</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">event_id</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">eventtype</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">linecount</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">name</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">product</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">punct</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">session_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_user</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">status</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">subject</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">timeendpos</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">timestartpos</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">vendor</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">vendor_product</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>5137</EventID><Version>0</Version><Level>0</Level><Task>14081</Task><Opcode>0</Opcode><Keywords>0x8020000000000000</Keywords><TimeCreated SystemTime='2023-03-27T20:59:21.097880600Z'/><EventRecordID>170140</EventRecordID><Correlation/><Execution ProcessID='612' ThreadID='736'/><Channel>Security</Channel><Computer>ar-win-dc.attackrange.local</Computer><Security/></System><EventData><Data Name='OpCorrelationID'>{681cac8c-b5a4-48fd-be93-4339996bd94d}</Data><Data Name='AppCorrelationID'>-</Data><Data Name='SubjectUserSid'>ATTACKRANGE\Administrator</Data><Data Name='SubjectUserName'>Administrator</Data><Data Name='SubjectDomainName'>ATTACKRANGE</Data><Data Name='SubjectLogonId'>0x8561a</Data><Data Name='DSName'>attackrange.local</Data><Data Name='DSType'>%%14676</Data><Data Name='ObjectDN'>CN={2C4C7CD3-7AA5-4E84-89B5-CE9FC75611D4},CN=Policies,CN=System,DC=attackrange,DC=local</Data><Data Name='ObjectGUID'>{3e7ae4de-29a6-41c1-b27c-bf9548b0444c}</Data><Data Name='ObjectClass'>groupPolicyContainer</Data></EventData></Event>

Required Output Fields

dest

Source: GitHub | Version: 3