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

Event Details

Event TypeAudit Process Creation
Event Description
  • 4688(S) : A new process has been created.
  • 4689(S) : A process has exited.
Event IDs4688, 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 FieldLogRhythm DefaultLogRhythm Default v2.0
ProviderN/AN/A
EventID<vmid><vmid>
VersionN/AN/A
Level<severity><severity>
TaskN/A<vendorinfo>
OpcodeN/AN/A
Keywords<status><result>
TimeCreatedN/AN/A
EventRecordIDN/AN/A
CorrelationN/AN/A
ExecutionN/AN/A
ChannelN/AN/A
Computer<dname><dname>
SubjectUserSidN/AN/A
SubjectUserNameN/A<login>
SubjectDomainNameN/A<domainorigin>
Account Name<login>, <account>N/A
Account Domain<domainorigin>, <domain>, <domainimpacted>N/A
LogonID<session>N/A
SubjectLogonIdN/A<session>
NewProcessId<processid><processid>
NewProcessName<objectname>, <process><process>
TokenElevationType<objecttype>N/A
ProcessId/Creator processid<parentprocessid><parentprocessid>
CommandLine<command><command>
TargetUserSidN/AN/A
TargetUserNameN/A<account>
TargetDomainNameN/A<domainimpacted>
TargetLogonIdN/AN/A
ParentProcessNameN/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 IDRule NameRule TypeCommon EventClassification
1000634EVID 4688 & 4689 : Process Startup And ShutdownBase RuleProcess/Service StartedStartup and Shutdown
EVID 4688 : New Process CreatedSub RuleProcess/Service StartedStartup and Shutdown
EVID 4689 : Process ExitedSub RuleProcess/Service StoppedStartup and Shutdown

LogRhythm Default v2.0

Regex IDRule NameRule TypeCommon EventClassification
1011112V 2.0 : Process Creation/Termination EventsBase RuleProcess/Service Startup Or Shutdown ActivityStartup and Shutdown
V 2.0 : EVID 4688 : New Process CreatedSub RuleProcess/Service StartedStartup and Shutdown
V 2.0 : EVID 4689 : Process TerminatedSub RuleProcess/Service StoppedStartup and Shutdown
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