4618(S) A monitored security event pattern has occurred.

4618(S): A monitored security event pattern has occurred.

Subcategory: Audit System Integrity

This event can be generated (invoked) only externally using the following command:

%windir%\system32\rundll32 %windir%\system32\authz.dll,AuthziGenerateAdminAlertAudit OrgEventId ComputerName UserSid UserName UserDomain UserLogonId EventCount Duration

Account must have SeAuditPrivilege (Generate security audits) to be able to generate this event.

• UserSid is resolved when viewing the event in event viewer.

• Only OrgEventID, ComputerName, and EventCount are required—others are optional. Fields not specified appear with “-“ in the event description field.

• If a field doesn’t match the expected data type, the event is not generated. That is, if EventCount = “XYZ”, then no event is generated.

• UserSid, UserName, and UserDomain are not related to each other (think SubjectUser fields, where they are)

• Parameters are space delimited, even if a parameter is enclosed in double-quotes.

• Here are the expected data types for the parameters:

Event XML:

- <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>4618</EventID> 
 <Version>0</Version> 
 <Level>0</Level> 
 <Task>12290</Task> 
 <Opcode>0</Opcode> 
 <Keywords>0x8020000000000000</Keywords> 
 <TimeCreated SystemTime="2015-11-11T21:42:33.264246700Z" /> 
 <EventRecordID>1198759</EventRecordID> 
 <Correlation /> 
 <Execution ProcessID="500" ThreadID="528" /> 
 <Channel>Security</Channel> 
 <Computer>DC01.contoso.local</Computer> 
 <Security /> 
 </System>
- <EventData>
 <Data Name="EventId">4624</Data> 
 <Data Name="ComputerName">DC01.contoso.local</Data> 
 <Data Name="TargetUserSid">S-1-5-21-3457937927-2839227994-823803824-1104</Data> 
 <Data Name="TargetUserName">dadmin</Data> 
 <Data Name="TargetUserDomain">CONTOSO</Data> 
 <Data Name="TargetLogonId">0x1</Data> 
 <Data Name="EventCount">10</Data> 
 <Data Name="Duration">“Hour"</Data> 
 </EventData>
</Event>

Required Server Roles: None.

Minimum OS Version: Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista.

Event Versions: 0.

Security Monitoring Recommendations

For 4618(S): A monitored security event pattern has occurred.

• This event can be invoked only manually/intentionally, it is up to you how to interpret this event depends on information you put inside of it.