title: DN_0012_8_windows_sysmon_CreateRemoteThread
description: >
  The CreateRemoteThread event detects when a process creates a thread in 
  another process
loggingpolicy: 
  - None
references:
  - https://www.ultimatewindowssecurity.com/securitylog/encyclopedia/event.aspx?eventid=90008
  - https://github.com/Cyb3rWard0g/OSSEM/blob/master/data_dictionaries/windows/sysmon/event-8.md
category: OS Logs
platform: Windows
type: Applications and Services Logs
channel: Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon/Operational
provider: Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon
fields:
  - EventID
  - Computer
  - Hostname # redundant
  - UtcTime
  - SourceProcessGuid
  - SourceProcessId
  - SourceImage
  - TargetProcessGuid
  - TargetProcessId
  - TargetImage
  - NewThreadId
  - StartAddress
  - StartModule
  - StartFunction
sample: |
  - <Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
    - <System>
      <Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon" Guid="{5770385F-C22A-43E0-BF4C-06F5698FFBD9}" />
      <EventID>8</EventID>
      <Version>2</Version>
      <Level>4</Level>
      <Task>8</Task>
      <Opcode>0</Opcode>
      <Keywords>0x8000000000000000</Keywords>
      <TimeCreated SystemTime="2017-05-13T22:53:43.214864300Z" />
      <EventRecordID>739823</EventRecordID>
      <Correlation />
      <Execution ProcessID="2848" ThreadID="3520" />
      <Channel>Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon/Operational</Channel>
      <Computer>atc-win-10.atc.local</Computer>
      <Security UserID="S-1-5-18" />
    </System>
    - <EventData>
      <Data Name="UtcTime">2017-05-13 22:53:43.214</Data>
      <Data Name="SourceProcessGuid">{A23EAE89-8E6D-5917-0000-0010DFAF5004}</Data>
      <Data Name="SourceProcessId">8804</Data>
      <Data Name="SourceImage">C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\Common7\IDE\Remote Debugger\x64\msvsmon.exe</Data>
      <Data Name="TargetProcessGuid">{A23EAE89-8E5A-5917-0000-00100E3E4D04}</Data>
      <Data Name="TargetProcessId">2024</Data>
      <Data Name="TargetImage">C:\repos\Supercharger\Mtg.Supercharger.ControllerService\bin\x64\Debug\Mtg.Supercharger.ControllerService.exe</Data>
      <Data Name="NewThreadId">20532</Data>
      <Data Name="StartAddress">0x00007FFB09321970</Data>
      <Data Name="StartModule">C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll</Data>
      <Data Name="StartFunction">DbgUiRemoteBreakin</Data>
    </EventData>
  </Event>