user

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user

Event fields used to define/normalize metadata about users in a network environment.

Attributes

Name

Type

Description

Sample Value

user_aadid

string

The User Azure AD ID of the identity associated with a cloud network session. It applies to source and destination entities.

5e8b0f4d-2cd4-4e17-9467-b0f6a5c0c4d0

user_cred_type

string

types of credentials which were presented for delegation

%%8098

user_domain

string

The domain or computer name associated to the user in a session. In active directory, this would be the name of the domain the user belongs to.

CONTOSO

user_identity

string

User Principal Name (UPN) or another type of account identifier for which 802.1x authentication request was made.

host/XXXXXXXX.redmond.corp.microsoft.com

user_linked_logon_id

integer

A hexadecimal value of the paired logon session.

0x0

user_logon_authentication_lan_package_name

string

The name of the LAN Manager sub-package (NTLM-family protocol name) that was used during logon. Possible values are: NTLM V1, NTLM V2, LM. Only populated if Authentication Package = NTLM.

-

user_logon_authentication_package_name

string

The name of the authentication package which was used for the logon authentication process. Default packages loaded on LSA startup are located in “HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa\OSConfig” registry key. Other packages can be loaded at runtime. When a new package is loaded a “4610: An authentication package has been loaded by the Local Security Authority” (typically for NTLM) or “4622: A security package has been loaded by the Local Security Authority” (typically for Kerberos) event is logged to indicate that a new package has been loaded along with the package name.

Negotiate

user_logon_device_claims

string

list of device claims for new logon session

-

user_logon_elevated_token

string

a “Yes” or “No” flag. If “Yes” then the session this event represents is elevated and has administrator privileges.

%%1842

user_logon_guid

string

a GUID that can help you correlate this event with another event that can contain the same Logon GUID, “4769(S, F): A Kerberos service ticket was requested event on a domain controller. It also can be used for correlation between a 4624 event and several other events (on the same computer) that can contain the same Logon GUID, “4648(S): A logon was attempted using explicit credentials” and “4964(S): Special groups have been assigned to a new logon.”

{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}

user_logon_id

integer

hexadecimal value that can help you correlate this event with recent events that might contain the same Logon ID

0x8dcdc

user_logon_impersonation_level

string

Impersonation level

%%1833

user_logon_key_length

integer

the length of NTLM Session Security key. Typically it has 128 bit or 56 bit length. This parameter is always 0 if “Authentication Package” = “Kerberos”, because it is not applicable for Kerberos protocol. This field will also have “0” value if Kerberos was negotiated using Negotiate authentication package.

0

user_logon_process_name

string

The name of the trusted logon process that was used for the logon. See event “4611: A trusted logon process has been registered with the Local Security Authority” description for more information.

User32

user_logon_restricted_admin_mode

string

Only populated for RemoteInteractive logon type sessions. This is a Yes/No flag indicating if the credentials provided were passed using Restricted Admin mode. Restricted Admin mode was added in Win8.1/2012R2 but this flag was added to the event in Win10. If not a RemoteInteractive logon, then this will be “-” string.

-

user_logon_transmitted_services

string

the list of transmitted services. Transmitted services are populated if the logon was a result of a S4U (Service For User) logon process. S4U is a Microsoft extension to the Kerberos Protocol to allow an application service to obtain a Kerberos service ticket on behalf of a user - most commonly done by a front-end website to access an internal resource on behalf of a user.

-

user_logon_type

integer

the type of logon which was performed

2

user_logon_user_claims

string

list of user claims for new logon session. This field contains user claims if user account was logged in and device claims if computer account was logged in

ad://ext/cn:88d2b96fdb2b4c49 <%%1818> : "dadmin" ad://ext/Department:88d16a8edaa8c66b <%%1818> : "IT"

user_logon_user_linked_id

integer

A hexadecimal value of the paired logon session. If there is no other logon session associated with this logon session, then the value is “0x0”.

0x0

user_logon_virtual_account

string

a “Yes” or “No” flag, which indicates if the account is a virtual account (e.g., “Managed Service Account”), which was introduced in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 to provide the ability to identify the account that a given Service uses, instead of just using “NetworkService”.

%%1843

user_name

string

Name of the user associated with the main event (i.e. Network session). There could be a sense of direction depending how it is used together with other entities (i.e. src_user_name or dst_user_name)

wardog

user_network_account_domain

string

Domain for the user that will be used for outbound (network) connections.

-

user_network_account_name

string

User name used for outbound (network) connections

-

user_password

string

User password if seen in the request. Commonly seen in network logs and authentication proxy/logs.

bobspassword

user_reporter_domain

string

domain name of the user that reported the main event

WORKGROUP

user_reporter_id

integer

unique identifier of the user that reported the main event

0x3e7

user_reporter_name

string

the name of the account that reported information about the main event

WIN-GG82ULGC9GO$

user_reporter_sid

string

SID of account that reported information about the main event

S-1-5-18

user_security_package

string

the name of Security Package used during an authentication event.

CREDSSP

user_session_id

integer

ID of the session the user belongs to.

1

user_sid

string

Security identifier of the user. Typically, the identity used to authenticate a server.

S-1-5-21-1377283216-344919071-3415362939-500

user_sid_list

string

the list of special group SIDs, which New Logon\Security ID is a member of.

{S-1-5-21-3457937927-2839227994-823803824-512}

user_upn

string

In Active Directory, the User Principal Name (UPN) attribute is a user identifier for logging in, separate from a Windows domain login.

dadmin@contoso