name: Sysmon EventID 17
id: 08924246-c8e8-4c95-a9fc-633c43cc82df
version: 4
creation_date: '2024-05-22'
modification_date: '2026-05-13'
author: Patrick Bareiss, Splunk
description: Sysmon EventID 17 logs details about the detection of a named pipe.
mitre_components:
    - Named Pipe Metadata
source: XmlWinEventLog:Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon/Operational
sourcetype: XmlWinEventLog
separator: EventID
separator_value: '17'
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
    - EventChannel
    - EventCode
    - EventData_Xml
    - EventDescription
    - EventID
    - EventRecordID
    - EventType
    - Guid
    - Image
    - Keywords
    - Level
    - Name
    - Opcode
    - PipeName
    - ProcessGuid
    - ProcessID
    - ProcessId
    - RecordID
    - RecordNumber
    - RuleName
    - SecurityID
    - SystemTime
    - System_Props_Xml
    - 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
    - host
    - id
    - index
    - linecount
    - os
    - pipe_name
    - process_exec
    - process_guid
    - process_id
    - process_name
    - process_path
    - punct
    - severity_id
    - signature
    - signature_id
    - source
    - sourcetype
    - splunk_server
    - tag
    - tag::eventtype
    - timeendpos
    - timestartpos
    - user_id
    - vendor_product
output_fields:
    - dest
    - dvc
    - pipe_name
    - 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>17</EventID><Version>1</Version><Level>4</Level><Task>17</Task><Opcode>0</Opcode><Keywords>0x8000000000000000</Keywords><TimeCreated SystemTime='2021-04-19T21:00:18.288457000Z'/><EventRecordID>162168</EventRecordID><Correlation/><Execution ProcessID='2816' ThreadID='2452'/><Channel>Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon/Operational</Channel><Computer>win-dc-982.attackrange.local</Computer><Security UserID='S-1-5-18'/></System><EventData><Data Name='RuleName'>-</Data><Data Name='EventType'>CreatePipe</Data><Data Name='UtcTime'>2021-04-19 21:00:18.288</Data><Data Name='ProcessGuid'>{761B69BB-EF62-607D-B211-00000000BA01}</Data><Data Name='ProcessId'>6960</Data><Data Name='PipeName'>\MSSE-1516-server</Data><Data Name='Image'>C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\beacon.exe</Data></EventData></Event>