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[system.security] Parse Operation Type in Windows Security Event 5136 #15308

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System [system]

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system.security

Integration Version

v2.6.0

Agent Version

8.18.4

OS Version and Architecture

Windows Security Events

User Goal

Windows Security events 5136 "A directory service object was modified." has additional information in the messages field that should be parsed. Specifically, towards the end of the messages field there is an Operation: section that contains a Type: value. This type field shows what operation was done and is needed for alerting and tuning. This Operation: value should be it's own field and/or mapped to the event.reason field.

Existing Features

There is no field that shows the Operation: Type: besides the messages field. This creates an issue when having analysts quickly find what operation was done and also in tuning any rules that look for this eventID.

What did you see?

When you expand the messages field for 5136 you see something like the following at the end of the field values:


Operation:
Type: Value Deleted

Anything else?

There does not appear to be this value in any other location that we can tell besides the messages field.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-10/security/threat-protection/auditing/event-5136

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