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Security/4720: A user account was created

This event, logged to the Security channel, indicates a new user account was created on the endpoint.

Note

In windows XP, the corresponding Event ID is 624.

Behavioral Indications

  • Behavioral - Persistence (TA0003)

Analysis Value

  • Account - Creation Time
  • Account - Logon ID
  • Account - Security Identifier (SID)

Operating System Availability

  • Windows 11
  • Windows 10
  • Windows 8
  • Windows 7
  • Windows Vista

Artifact Location(s)

  • %SystemRoot%\System32\Winevt\Logs\Security.evtx

Artifact Interpretation

The following fields may be interpreted from this artifact:

Field Name Interpretation
Subject / Security ID SID of account that created the new account
Subject / Account Name Account name of account that created the new account
Subject / Logon ID Logon ID of session for account that created the new account
New Account / Security ID SID of the new account
New Account / Account Name Name of the new account

Note

The SID may be translated by event viewer. To view the raw SID, look at the event's XML data, which has the following fields available:

When parsing the event's XML data:

XML Path Interpretation
EventData/TargetUserName New account name
EventData/TargetSid New account SID
EventData/SubjectUserSid SID of account that created the new account
EventData/SubjectUserName Account name of account that created the new account
EventData/SubjectLogonId Logon ID of session for account that created the new account