title: DN_0003_1_windows_sysmon_process_creation
description: >
  Windows process creation log, including command line
loggingpolicy:
  - LP_0003_windows_sysmon_process_creation
references:
  - https://www.ultimatewindowssecurity.com/securitylog/encyclopedia/event.aspx?eventid=90001
category: OS Logs
platform: Windows
type: Applications and Services Logs
channel: Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon/Operational
provider: Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon
fields:
  - EventID
  - Hostname # redundant
  - Computer
  - UtcTime
  - Username # redundant
  - User
  - ProcessGuid
  - ProcessId
  - ProcessName
  - CommandLine
  - LogonGuid
  - LogonId
  - TerminalSessionid
  - IntegrityLevel
  - Hashes
  - Imphash
  - Sha256hash
  - Sha1hash
  - Md5hash
  - Image
  - ParentImage
  - ParentProcessGuid
  - ParentProcessId
  - ParentProcessName
  - ParentCommandLine
  - OriginalFileName
  - FileVersion
  - Description
  - Product
  - Company
  - CurrentDirectory
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>1</EventID> 
      <Version>5</Version> 
      <Level>4</Level> 
      <Task>1</Task> 
      <Opcode>0</Opcode> 
      <Keywords>0x8000000000000000</Keywords> 
      <TimeCreated SystemTime="2019-07-09T03:44:58.290314900Z" /> 
      <EventRecordID>4219</EventRecordID> 
      <Correlation /> 
      <Execution ProcessID="1976" ThreadID="3196" /> 
      <Channel>Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon/Operational</Channel> 
      <Computer>atc-win-10</Computer> 
      <Security UserID="S-1-5-18" /> 
      </System>
    - <EventData>
      <Data Name="RuleName" /> 
      <Data Name="UtcTime">2019-07-09 03:44:58.036</Data> 
      <Data Name="ProcessGuid">{717CFEC0-0DBA-5D24-0000-001087BC0800}</Data> 
      <Data Name="ProcessId">5500</Data> 
      <Data Name="Image">C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe</Data> 
      <Data Name="FileVersion">10.0.14393.0 (rs1_release.160715-1616)</Data> 
      <Data Name="Description">Console Window Host</Data> 
      <Data Name="Product">Microsoft® Windows® Operating System</Data> 
      <Data Name="Company">Microsoft Corporation</Data> 
      <Data Name="OriginalFileName">CONHOST.EXE</Data> 
      <Data Name="CommandLine">\??\C:\Windows\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1</Data> 
      <Data Name="CurrentDirectory">C:\Windows</Data> 
      <Data Name="User">atc-win-10\yugoslavskiy</Data> 
      <Data Name="LogonGuid">{717CFEC0-0DA0-5D24-0000-0020D0F50300}</Data> 
      <Data Name="LogonId">0x3f5d0</Data> 
      <Data Name="TerminalSessionId">1</Data> 
      <Data Name="IntegrityLevel">Medium</Data> 
      <Data Name="Hashes">MD5=D752C96401E2540A443C599154FC6FA9,SHA256=046F7A1B4DE67562547ED9A180A72F481FC41E803DE49A96D7D7C731964D53A0</Data> 
      <Data Name="ParentProcessGuid">{717CFEC0-0DB9-5D24-0000-0010C9BB0800}</Data> 
      <Data Name="ParentProcessId">4412</Data> 
      <Data Name="ParentImage">C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe</Data> 
      <Data Name="ParentCommandLine">"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /q /c rmdir /s /q "C:\Users\yugoslavskiy\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneDrive\19.086.0502.0006"</Data> 
    </EventData>
  </Event>