name: Windows Active Directory Admon
id: 22bbf4e4-d313-43c1-98ee-808b8775519d
version: 3
creation_date: '2024-05-22'
modification_date: '2026-05-13'
author: Patrick Bareiss, Splunk
description: Logs administrative actions within Active Directory, including user and group modifications, permission changes, and policy updates.
mitre_components:
    - Active Directory Object Modification
    - Group Modification
    - User Account Modification
    - Configuration Modification
    - Application Log Content
source: ActiveDirectory
sourcetype: ActiveDirectory
supported_TA:
    - name: Splunk Add-on for Microsoft Windows
      url: https://splunkbase.splunk.com/app/742
      version: 10.0.1
fields:
    - _time
    - Guid
    - IMPHASH
    - MD5
    - Name
    - ProcessID
    - SHA256
    - SystemTime
    - ThreadID
    - UserID
    - admonEventType
    - cn
    - dSCorePropagationData
    - dcName
    - displayName
    - distinguishedName
    - eventtype
    - gPCMachineExtensionNames
    - guid_lookup
    - host
    - index
    - instanceType
    - linecount
    - name
    - objectCategory
    - objectClass
    - objectGUID
    - punct
    - source
    - sourcetype
    - splunk_server
    - timestamp
    - uSNChanged
    - uSNCreated
    - whenChanged
    - whenCreated
    - xmlns
example_log: <Event xmlns='http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event'><System><Provider Name='Microsoft-Windows-Security-Auditing' Guid='{54849625-5478-4994-A5BA-3E3B0328C30D}'/><EventID>4688</EventID><Version>2</Version><Level>0</Level><Task>13312</Task><Opcode>0</Opcode><Keywords>0x8020000000000000</Keywords><TimeCreated SystemTime='2023-03-28T19:31:14.812003000Z'/><EventRecordID>362027</EventRecordID><Correlation/><Execution ProcessID='4' ThreadID='160'/><Channel>Security</Channel><Computer>ar-win-2.attackrange.local</Computer><Security/></System><EventData><Data Name='SubjectUserSid'>NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM</Data><Data Name='SubjectUserName'>AR-WIN-2$</Data><Data Name='SubjectDomainName'>ATTACKRANGE</Data><Data Name='SubjectLogonId'>0x3e7</Data><Data Name='NewProcessId'>0xa44</Data><Data Name='NewProcessName'>C:\Program Files\SplunkUniversalForwarder\bin\splunk-MonitorNoHandle.exe</Data><Data Name='TokenElevationType'>%%1936</Data><Data Name='ProcessId'>0x7a0</Data><Data Name='CommandLine'>"C:\Program Files\SplunkUniversalForwarder\bin\splunk-MonitorNoHandle.exe"</Data><Data Name='TargetUserSid'>NULL SID</Data><Data Name='TargetUserName'>-</Data><Data Name='TargetDomainName'>-</Data><Data Name='TargetLogonId'>0x0</Data><Data Name='ParentProcessName'>C:\Program Files\SplunkUniversalForwarder\bin\splunkd.exe</Data><Data Name='MandatoryLabel'>Mandatory Label\System Mandatory Level</Data></EventData></Event>