V 2.0 : MS Windows Event Logging XML - Sysmon (Configuration Guide)

System Monitor (Sysmon) is a Windows system service and device driver that, once installed on a system, remains resident across system reboots to monitor and log system activity to the Windows event log. It provides detailed information about process creations, network connections, and changes to file creation time. By collecting the events it generates using Windows Event Collection or SIEM agents and subsequently analyzing them, you can identify malicious or anomalous activity and understand how intruders and malware operate on your network.

Device Details

Vendor	MS Windows
Device Type	MS Windows System Monitor
Supported Model Name/Number	Windows Server 2008, 2012, 2016+
Supported Software Version(s)	N/A
Collection Method	MS Windows Event Logging
Configurable Log Output?	N/A
Log Source Type	MS Windows Event Logging XML - Sysmon
Log Processing Policy	LogRhythm Default v2.0
Exceptions	N/A
Additional Information	Microsoft Sysmon documentation

Supported Log Messages

(List of LR Tags used to parse the log information for each message type)

Type	Product Version	Supported Schema Fields
V 2.0 : Catch All	N/A	<vmid>, <severity>, <vendorinfo>, <result>, <dname>
V 2.0 : EVID 2 : File Creation Timestamp Changed	N/A	<vmid>, <severity>, <vendorinfo>, <result>, <dname>, <policy>, <processid>, <process>, <object>
V 2.0 : EVID 3 : Network Connection Detected	N/A	<vmid>, <severity>, <vendorinfo>, <result>, <policy>, <processid>, <process>, <login>, <domainorigin>, <protname>, <sip>, <sname>, <sport>, <dip>, <dname>, <dport>
V 2.0 : EVID 4 : Sysmon Service State Changed	N/A	<vmid>, <severity>, <vendorinfo>, <result>, <dname>, <policy>, <action>, <tag1>
V 2.0 : EVID 8 : Remote Thread Created	N/A	<vmid>, <severity>, <vendorinfo>, <result>, <dname>, <policy>, <parentprocessid>, <parentprocessname>, <parentprocesspath>, <processid>, <process>, <domainorigin>, <login>, <domainimpacted>, <account>
V 2.0 : EVID 9 : Raw Access Read Event	N/A	<vmid>, <severity>, <vendorinfo>, <result>, <dname>, <policy>, <processid>, <process>, <object>
V 2.0 : EVID 10 : Process Access Event	N/A	<vmid>, <severity>, <vendorinfo>, <result>, <dname>, <policy>, <parentprocessid>, <parentprocessname>, <parentprocesspath>, <processid>, <process>, <object>, <domainorigin>, <login>, <domainimpacted>, <account>
V 2.0 : EVID 15 : File Stream Created	N/A	<vmid> , <severity>, <vendorinfo> , <result>, <dname>, <policy>, <processid>, <process>, <object>, <hash>
V 2.0 : EVID 16 : Sysmon Configuration Change	N/A	<vmid>, <severity>, <vendorinfo>, <result>, <dname>, <policy>, <command>, <object>, <hash>
V 2.0 : EVID 22 : DNS Query	N/A	<vmid>, <severity>, <vendorinfo>, <result>, <sname>, <policy>, <processid>, <subject>, <status>, <tag1>, <process>, <domainorigin>, <login>
V 2.0 : EVID 24 : Clipboard Change	N/A	<vmid>, <severity>, <vendorinfo>, <result>, <dname>, <policy>, <process>, <processid>, <session>, <hash>, <domainorigin>, <login>, <sname>
V 2.0 : EVID 25 : Process Tampering	N/A	<vmid>, <severity>, <vendorinfo>, <dname>, <policy>, <process>, <processid>, <action>
V 2.0 : File Creation/Deletion Events	N/A	<vmid>, <severity>, <vendorinfo>, <result>, <dname>, <policy>, <processid>, <domainorigin>, <login>, <process>, <object>, <hash>
V 2.0 : Object Loaded	N/A	<vmid>, <severity>, <vendorinfo>, <result>, <dname>, <policy>, <processid>, <process>, <object>, <hash>, <domainorigin>, <login>, <status>, <subject>
V 2.0 : Pipe Creation/Connection Events	N/A	<vmid>, <severity>, <vendorinfo>, <result>, <dname>, <policy>, <process>, <processid>
V 2.0 : Process Start/Stop Events	N/A	<vmid>, <tag1>, <severity>, <vendorinfo>, <result>, <dname>, <policy>, <processid>, <process>, <command>, <objectname>, <login>, <domainorigin>, <hash>, <parentprocessid>, <parentprocesspath>, <session>, <object>, <parentprocessname>
V 2.0 : Registry Modification Events	N/A	<vmid>, <severity>, <vendorinfo>, <result>, <dname>, <policy>, <action>, <tag1>, <processid>, <process>, <object>, <domainorigin>, <login>, <subject>
V 2.0 : WMI Events	N/A	<vmid>, <severity>, <vendorinfo>, <result>, <dname>, <policy>, <domainorigin>, <login>, <command>
V 2.0 EVID 26 : File Delete Detected	N/A	<vmid>, <severity>, <vendorinfo>, <result>, <dname>, <policy>, <processid>, <domainorigin>, <login>, <process>, <object>, <hash>
V 2.0 : EVID 27: File Block Executable	N/A	<vmid>, <severity>, <vendorinfo>, <result>, <dname>, <policy>, <processid>, <domainorigin>, <login>, <process>, <object>, <hash>
V 2.0 : EVID 28 : File Block Shredding	N/A	<vmid>, <severity>, <vendorinfo>, <result>, <dname>, <policy>, <processid>, <domainorigin>, <login>, <process>, <object>, <hash>
V 2.0 : EVID 29 : File Executable Detected	N/A	<vmid>, <severity>, <vendorinfo>, <result>, <dname>, <policy>, <processid>, <domainorigin>, <login>, <process>, <object>, <hash>

Revision History

KB Version	Log Type	Change Type	Details
KB 7.1.591.0	MS Windows Event Logging XML - Sysmon	Policy: LogRhythm Default v2.0	New optimized log processing policy for MS Windows Event Logging XML - Sysmon.