name: Windows Event Log Security 4886
id: c5abd97d-b468-451f-bd65-b4f97efa4ecc
version: 4
creation_date: '2024-05-22'
modification_date: '2026-05-13'
author: Patrick Bareiss, Splunk
description: Logs the deletion of a cryptographic key container, including details about the key container name and the user performing the action.
mitre_components:
    - Certificate Registration
    - User Account Metadata
    - Application Log Content
    - OS API Execution
source: XmlWinEventLog:Security
sourcetype: XmlWinEventLog
separator: EventCode
separator_value: '4886'
supported_TA:
    - name: Splunk Add-on for Microsoft Windows
      url: https://splunkbase.splunk.com/app/742
      version: 10.0.1
fields:
    - _time
    - ActivityID
    - Attributes
    - Channel
    - Computer
    - Error_Code
    - EventCode
    - EventData_Xml
    - EventID
    - EventRecordID
    - Guid
    - Keywords
    - Level
    - Name
    - Opcode
    - ProcessID
    - RecordNumber
    - RequestId
    - Requester
    - SystemTime
    - System_Props_Xml
    - Task
    - ThreadID
    - Version
    - action
    - app
    - date_hour
    - date_mday
    - date_minute
    - date_month
    - date_second
    - date_wday
    - date_year
    - date_zone
    - dest
    - dvc
    - dvc_nt_host
    - event_id
    - eventtype
    - host
    - id
    - index
    - linecount
    - name
    - product
    - punct
    - signature
    - signature_id
    - source
    - sourcetype
    - splunk_server
    - status
    - subject
    - ta_windows_action
    - tag
    - tag::action
    - tag::eventtype
    - timeendpos
    - timestartpos
    - vendor
    - vendor_product
output_fields:
    - dest
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>4886</EventID><Version>0</Version><Level>0</Level><Task>12805</Task><Opcode>0</Opcode><Keywords>0x8020000000000000</Keywords><TimeCreated SystemTime='2023-02-06T13:13:36.529622400Z'/><EventRecordID>15379925</EventRecordID><Correlation ActivityID='{E37FFFB9-381B-0002-BFFF-7FE31B38D901}'/><Execution ProcessID='652' ThreadID='368'/><Channel>Security</Channel><Computer>win-dc-mhaag-attack-range-84.attackrange.local</Computer><Security/></System><EventData><Data Name='RequestId'>7</Data><Data Name='Requester'>ATTACKRANGE\administrator</Data><Data Name='Attributes'>