This event, logged to the Microsoft-Windows-TerminalServices-RemoteConnectionManager/Operational channel, is logged when an RDP connection is established. It does not indicate a successfully authenticated RDP session has taken place. This event is logged on the destination sytem, that is, the system which received an RDP connection event, and provides information on the source of the connection.
- Behavioral - Lateral Movement (TA0008)
- Account - Username
- Network Activity - Evidence of Network Activity
- Network Activity - Source Identification
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%SystemRoot%\System32\Winevt\Logs\Microsoft-Windows-TerminalServices-RemoteConnectionManager%4Operational.evtx
This event logs only the username that the RDP connection was attempting to establish a session for. It is located in the XML path UserData\EventXML\Param1
.
The presence of this event indicates that an RDP connection was established to the system on which this event was logged.
This artifact can provide the source IP address of an RDP connection. This information will be in the XML path UserData\EventXML\Param3
of the event.
This event logs an ActivityID, available in the XML path System\Correlation ActivityID
. This may be used to correlate activity between other events logged that are related to this activity, such as:
This event is logged regardless of success or failure of the RDP session, and must be cross-referenced with other events such as:
- 4624: An account was successfully logged on
- Microsoft-Windows-TerminalServices-LocalSessionManager/Operational/21: Session logon succeeded
- <Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
- <System>
<Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-TerminalServices-RemoteConnectionManager" Guid="{c76baa63-ae81-421c-b425-340b4b24157f}" />
<EventID>1149</EventID>
<Version>0</Version>
<Level>4</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x1000000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2023-07-12T12:01:19.3418899Z" />
<EventRecordID>241</EventRecordID>
<Correlation ActivityID="{f4206c2f-b0bf-4c54-aad2-c7d2769b0000}" />
<Execution ProcessID="10680" ThreadID="14208" />
<Channel>Microsoft-Windows-TerminalServices-RemoteConnectionManager/Operational</Channel>
<Computer>HLPC01</Computer>
<Security UserID="S-1-5-20" />
</System>
- <UserData>
- <EventXML xmlns="Event_NS">
<Param1>john.doe</Param1>
<Param2 />
<Param3>192.168.180.57</Param3>
</EventXML>
</UserData>
</Event>
This example was produced on Windows 10, Version 10.0.19044 Build 19044