EVID 4688, 4689 : Process Startup And Shutdown (Security)

Event Details

Event Type

Audit Process Creation

Event Description

  • 4688(S) : A new process has been created.

  • 4689(S) : A process has exited.

Event IDs

4688, 4689

Log Fields and Parsing

This section details the log fields available in this log message type, along with values parsed for both LogRhythm Default and LogRhythm Default v2.0 policies. A value of "N/A" (not applicable) means that there is no value parsed for a specified log field.

Log Field

LogRhythm Default

LogRhythm Default v2.0

Provider

N/A

N/A

EventID

<vmid>

<vmid>

Version

N/A

N/A

Level

<severity>

<severity>

Task

N/A

<vendorinfo>

Opcode

N/A

N/A

Keywords

<status>

<result>

TimeCreated

N/A

N/A

EventRecordID

N/A

N/A

Correlation

N/A

N/A

Execution

N/A

N/A

Channel

N/A

N/A

Computer

<dname>

<dname>

SubjectUserSid

N/A

N/A

SubjectUserName

N/A

<login>

SubjectDomainName

N/A

<domainorigin>

Account Name

<login>, <account>

N/A

Account Domain

<domainorigin>, <domain>, <domainimpacted>

N/A

LogonID

<session>

N/A

SubjectLogonId

N/A

<session>

NewProcessId

<processid>

<processid>

NewProcessName

<objectname>, <process>

<process>

TokenElevationType

<objecttype>

N/A

ProcessId/Creator processid

<parentprocessid>

<parentprocessid>

CommandLine

<command>

<command>

TargetUserSid

N/A

N/A

TargetUserName

N/A

<account>

TargetDomainName

N/A

<domainimpacted>

TargetLogonId

N/A

N/A

ParentProcessName

N/A

<parentprocessname>

Creator Process Name

<parentprocesspath>

N/A

EventData

<vendorinfo>

N/A

Log Processing Settings

This section details log processing changes made from the LogRhythm Default policy to LogRhythm Default v2.0. In some cases, base rules are broken down into sub-rules to appropriately parse log message types by their event types.

LogRhythm Default

Regex ID

Rule Name

Rule Type

Common Event

Classification

1000634

EVID 4688 & 4689 : Process Startup And Shutdown

Base Rule

Process/Service Started

Startup and Shutdown

EVID 4688 : New Process Created

Sub Rule

Process/Service Started

Startup and Shutdown

EVID 4689 : Process Exited

Sub Rule

Process/Service Stopped

Startup and Shutdown

LogRhythm Default v2.0

Regex ID

Rule Name

Rule Type

Common Event

Classification

1011112

V 2.0 : Process Creation/Termination Events

Base Rule

Process/Service Startup Or Shutdown Activity

Startup and Shutdown

V 2.0 : EVID 4688 : New Process Created

Sub Rule

Process/Service Started

Startup and Shutdown

V 2.0 : EVID 4689 : Process Terminated

Sub Rule

Process/Service Stopped

Startup and Shutdown