name: Sysmon EventID 15
id: 95785e02-93b4-47e2-81f1-be326295348e
version: 4
creation_date: '2024-05-22'
modification_date: '2026-05-13'
author: Patrick Bareiss, Splunk
description: Logs the creation of a new file stream, including details about the file stream's hash, path, and associated process metadata.
mitre_components:
    - File Creation
    - File Metadata
    - Process Metadata
    - Application Log Content
    - OS API Execution
source: XmlWinEventLog:Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon/Operational
sourcetype: XmlWinEventLog
separator: EventID
separator_value: '15'
configuration: https://github.com/SwiftOnSecurity/sysmon-config
supported_TA:
    - name: Splunk Add-on for Sysmon
      url: https://splunkbase.splunk.com/app/5709
      version: 5.0.0
fields:
    - _time
    - Channel
    - Computer
    - Contents
    - CreationUtcTime
    - EventChannel
    - EventCode
    - EventData_Xml
    - EventDescription
    - EventID
    - EventRecordID
    - Guid
    - Hash
    - IMPHASH
    - Image
    - Keywords
    - Level
    - MD5
    - Name
    - Opcode
    - ProcessGuid
    - ProcessID
    - ProcessId
    - RecordID
    - RecordNumber
    - RuleName
    - SHA256
    - SecurityID
    - SystemTime
    - System_Props_Xml
    - TargetFilename
    - Task
    - ThreadID
    - TimeCreated
    - UserID
    - UtcTime
    - Version
    - action
    - date_hour
    - date_mday
    - date_minute
    - date_month
    - date_second
    - date_wday
    - date_year
    - date_zone
    - dest
    - dvc_nt_host
    - event_id
    - eventtype
    - file_create_time
    - file_hash
    - file_name
    - file_path
    - host
    - id
    - index
    - linecount
    - os
    - process_exec
    - process_guid
    - process_id
    - process_name
    - process_path
    - punct
    - signature
    - signature_id
    - source
    - sourcetype
    - splunk_server
    - tag
    - tag::eventtype
    - timeendpos
    - timestartpos
    - user_id
    - vendor_product
output_fields:
    - dest
    - dvc
    - file_hash
    - file_name
    - file_path
    - process_exec
    - process_guid
    - process_id
    - process_name
    - process_path
    - signature
    - signature_id
    - user_id
    - vendor_product
example_log: <Event xmlns='http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event'><System><Provider Name='Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon' Guid='{5770385F-C22A-43E0-BF4C-06F5698FFBD9}'/><EventID>15</EventID><Version>2</Version><Level>4</Level><Task>15</Task><Opcode>0</Opcode><Keywords>0x8000000000000000</Keywords><TimeCreated SystemTime='2021-04-28T20:11:34.709744300Z'/><EventRecordID>667860</EventRecordID><Correlation/><Execution ProcessID='1952' ThreadID='2428'/><Channel>Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon/Operational</Channel><Computer>project-mumbai-host</Computer><Security UserID='S-1-5-18'/></System><EventData><Data Name='RuleName'>-</Data><Data Name='UtcTime'>2021-04-28 20:11:34.709</Data><Data Name='ProcessGuid'>{ED2ECF8A-C154-6089-F967-00000000BB01}</Data><Data Name='ProcessId'>7000</Data><Data Name='Image'>C:\Users\DefaultAccount\AppData\Roaming\Telegram Desktop\Telegram.exe</Data><Data Name='TargetFilename'>C:\Users\DefaultAccount\Downloads\Telegram Desktop\Good(NLA).txt:Zone.Identifier</Data><Data Name='CreationUtcTime'>2021-04-28 20:11:33.238</Data><Data Name='Hash'>MD5=C785C55D5FA3443A11B8417209C4B524,SHA256=D07777E0DC36EBECCE3FA9644F0F44DC4A0B7EDE0CBC1F5D33E8D6CB07AF5B5C,IMPHASH=00000000000000000000000000000000</Data><Data Name='Contents'>[ZoneTransfer]  ZoneId=3  </Data></EventData></Event>