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Splunk Add-on for Microsoft Windows

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Release history for the Splunk Add-on for Windows

The latest version of the Splunk Add-on for Windows is version 8.6.0. See Release notes for the Splunk Add-on for Windows.


Version 8.5.0

Version 8.5.0 of the Splunk Add-on for Windows was released on April 21, 2022.

The Splunk Add-on for Windows DNS version 1.0.1 and the Splunk Add-on for Windows Active Directory version 1.0.0 are not supported when installed alongside the Splunk Add-on for Windows versions 6.0.0 and higher. The Splunk Add-on for Windows versions 6.0.0 and higher includes the Splunk Add-on for Windows DNS and the Splunk Add-on for Microsoft Active Directory.


Compatibility

Version 8.5.0 of the Splunk Add-on for Windows is compatible with the following software, CIM versions, and platforms:

Splunk platform versions 8.1.x, 8.2.x
CIM 4.15 and later
Platform Windows
Vendor Products Windows Server 2022, Windows 11, Windows Server 2019, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows Server 2012/2012 R2, Windows Server 2016, Microsoft Active Directory, Microsoft Windows DNS Server

New or changed features

Version 8.5.0 of the Splunk Add-on for Windows has the following new or changed features:

  • CIM enhancements for these Event Codes: 104, 1102, 4624, 4625, 4634, 4698, 4700, 4701, 4702, 4719, 720, 4732, 4740, 4800, 4801

(To review field extraction changes, please refer to Field Changes Section)

  • Removed the incorrect Endpoint:Filesystem CIM tags from the wineventlog_windows event type.
  • Removed the fs_notification event type and fs_notification source type extractions as Splunk no longer supports this source type.


Fixes

  • Fixed the user field extraction issue for Event Codes 4728, 4729, 4732 when the distinguished name (DN) contains "Lastname, Firstname".

Notes:

  • If the Member:Security_ID value uses the enriched "DOMAIN\UserName" format then the user field would be extracted as UserName.
  • If the Member:Security_ID value uses the traditional Windows SID (S-1234-etc) format then the user field will be extracted from the first RDN section of the Member:Account Name string (which gets logged as an LDAP DN format).
  • If the Member:Security_ID value uses the traditional Windows SID (S-1234-etc) format and the first RDN section of Member:Account Name as CN=Lastname\, Firstname, OU=Users, DC=CONTOSO, DC=com, then it can be in the lastname,firstname format, in which case user field will not be extracted.


Field Changes

Source - WinEventLog:System field mapping changes

Source-type EventCode Fields added Fields removed
['WinEventLog'] 104 object, user_name, object_category, action, result, status, change_type

Source - XmlWinEventLog:System field mapping changes

Source-type EventCode Fields added Fields removed
['WinEventLog'] 104 user, object, user_name, object_category, user_data_channel, action, result, status, change_type

Source - WinEventLog:Security field mapping changes

Source-type EventCode Fields added Fields removed


['WinEventLog'] 1102 result, object, user_name
['WinEventLog'] 4624 authentication_method
['WinEventLog'] 4625 authentication_method
['WinEventLog'] 4634 object_id, change_type, object, user_name, object_category, object_attrs, result, src_user, src_user_name
['WinEventLog'] 4698 object, user_name, TaskContent, object_category, object_attrs, result, change_type
['WinEventLog'] 4700 object, user_name, TaskContent, object_category, object_attrs, result, change_type
['WinEventLog'] 4701 object, user_name, TaskContent, object_category, object_attrs, result, change_type
['WinEventLog'] 4702 object, user_name, TaskNewContent, object_category, object_attrs, result, change_type
['WinEventLog'] 4719 result, object, user_name
['WinEventLog'] 4720 src_user_name, object_id, object, user_name, object_attrs, New_Account_Account_Name, New_Account_Domain, New_Account_Security_ID
['WinEventLog'] 4732 src_user_name, object_id, Member_Security_ID, object, user_name, Member_Account_Name
['WinEventLog'] 4740 src_user_name, object_id, Account_Locked_Out_Security_ID, Account_Locked_Out_Name, object, user_name, object_attrs
['WinEventLog'] 4800 change_type, object, user_name, object_category, object_attrs, result, src_user, src_user_name
['WinEventLog'] 4801 change_type, object, user_name, object_category, object_attrs, result, src_user, src_user_name

Source - XmlWinEventLog:Security field mapping changes

Source-type EventCode Fields added Fields removed
['XmlWinEventLog'] 1102 result, object, user, user_name
['XmlWinEventLog'] 4624 authentication_method
['XmlWinEventLog'] 4625 authentication_method
['XmlWinEventLog'] 4634 object_id, change_type, object, user_name, object_category, object_attrs, result, src_user, src_user_name, src_nt_domain
['XmlWinEventLog'] 4698 user, object, user_name, object_category, object_attrs, result, change_type
['XmlWinEventLog'] 4700 user, object, user_name, object_category, object_attrs, result, change_type
['XmlWinEventLog'] 4701 user, object, user_name, object_category, object_attrs, result, change_type
['XmlWinEventLog'] 4702 user, object, user_name, object_category, object_attrs, result, change_type
['XmlWinEventLog'] 4719 result, object, user, user_name
['XmlWinEventLog'] 4720 src_user_name, object_id, object, user_name, object_attrs
['XmlWinEventLog'] 4732 src_user_name, object_id, object, user_name, object_attrs
['XmlWinEventLog'] 4740 src_user_name, object, user_name, object_attrs
['XmlWinEventLog'] 4800 change_type, object, user_name, object_category, object_attrs, result, src_user, src_user_name, src_nt_domain
['XmlWinEventLog'] 4801 change_type, object, user_name, object_category, object_attrs, result, src_user, src_user_name, src_nt_domain

Fixed Issues

Version 8.5.0 of the Splunk Add-on for Windows fixes the following issues:


Known Issues

Version 8.5.0 of the Splunk Add-on for Windows contains the following known issues. If no issues appear below, no issues have yet been reported:


Version 8.4.0

Version 8.4.0 of the Splunk Add-on for Windows was released on February 1, 2022.

The Splunk Add-on for Windows DNS version 1.0.1 and the Splunk Add-on for Windows Active Directory version 1.0.0 are not supported when installed alongside the Splunk Add-on for Windows versions 6.0.0 and higher. The Splunk Add-on for Windows versions 6.0.0 and higher includes the Splunk Add-on for Windows DNS and the Splunk Add-on for Microsoft Active Directory.


Compatibility

Version 8.4.0 of the Splunk Add-on for Windows is compatible with the following software, CIM versions, and platforms:

Splunk platform versions 8.1.x, 8.2.x
CIM 4.15 and later
Platform Windows
Vendor Products Windows Server 2022, Windows 11, Windows Server 2019, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows Server 2012/2012 R2, Windows Server 2016, Microsoft Active Directory, Microsoft Windows DNS Server

New or changed features

Version 8.4.0 of the Splunk Add-on for Windows has the following new or changed features:

Features

  • Enhanced "win_listening_ports.bat" input to get the process name associated with the listening port.
  • Added 'storage_free', 'storage', 'storage_used', and 'storage_used_percent' field extractions for "PerfmonMk:LogicalDisk" sourcetype.
  • Added 'user_type'=computer field extraction for the EventCodes 4741, 4742, and 4743.
  • Added 'dest' and 'resource_type' field extractions for the "Script:TimesyncStatus" sourcetype.
  • Introduced a new eventtype 'windows_security_change_account' (with tags: 'account', 'change' and CIM datamodel: Change:Account_Management) which will only apply to Windows Event Codes: 4703, 4704, 4705, 4722, 4723, 4724, 4725, 4726, 4738, 4767, and 4781 falling under source="WinEventLog:Security" OR source="XmlWinEventLog:Security". Also enhanced the CIM mappings for these Event Codes. (To review field extraction changes, please refer to "Field Changes" Section)
  • Excluded Event Codes: 4703, 4704, 4705, 4722, 4723, 4724, 4725, 4726, 4738, 4767, 4781 from 'wineventlog_windows' eventtype to remove the incorrect Endpoint:Filesystem CIM tag.
  • Added support of the latest DHCP event format and enhanced the CIM mapping of the "DhcpSrvLog" sourcetype.
CIM Data Model DHCP Event IDs before v8.4.0 DHCP Event IDs after v8.4.0
['Network Sessions:DHCP'] All the DHCP events (sourcetype=DhcpSrvLog) 10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18
['Network Sessions:Session_Start'] 10,11,13 10,11
['Network Sessions:Session_End'] 12,16,17 12,16,17,18

Notes:

  • Removed the tags (dhcp network session) from 'DhcpSrvLog' eventtype and created new 'DhcpSrvLog_dhcp' eventtype which covers Event Codes mapped with NetworkSession:dhcp DM.
  • The header for latest supported event format is [ ID,Date,Time,Description,IP Address,Host Name,MAC Address,User Name, TransactionID, QResult,Probationtime, CorrelationID,Dhcid,VendorClass(Hex),VendorClass(ASCII),UserClass(Hex),UserClass(ASCII),RelayAgentInformation,DnsRegError ]


Fixes

  • Removed invalid 'object' field extraction (sourcetype AS object) from all security events. (Note: Existing users relying on the 'object' field can directly use the 'sourcetype' field.)
  • Fixed the 'Name' field extraction issue for "WMI:LocalProcesses" sourcetype when Name contains the space character.

Field Changes

Source - WinEventLog:Security field mapping changes

Source-type EventCode Fields added Fields removed
['WinEventLog'] 4703 change_type, Subject_Security_ID, Subject_Account_Domain, src_user_name, Subject_Logon_ID, Target_Security_ID, Subject_Account_Name, object_category, Target_Logon_ID, object_attrs, Target_Account_Name, user_name, user_group, Target_Account_Domain, result, object_id
['WinEventLog'] 4704 change_type, Subject_Security_ID, Subject_Account_Domain, src_user_name, Subject_Logon_ID, Subject_Account_Name, object_category, Target_Account_Name, object_attrs, user_name, user_group, result
['WinEventLog'] 4705 change_type, Subject_Security_ID, Subject_Account_Domain, src_user_name, Subject_Logon_ID, Subject_Account_Name, object_category, Target_Account_Name, object_attrs, user_name, user_group, result
['WinEventLog'] 4722 Subject_Account_Domain, src_user_name, Subject_Logon_ID, Target_Security_ID, Subject_Account_Name, Target_Account_Name, user_name, object_attrs, Target_Account_Domain, user_group, Subject_Security_ID, object_id
['WinEventLog'] 4723 Subject_Security_ID, Subject_Account_Domain, src_user_name, Subject_Logon_ID, Target_Security_ID, Subject_Account_Name, Target_Account_Name, user_name, Target_Account_Domain, user_group, result, object_id
['WinEventLog'] 4724 Subject_Security_ID, Subject_Account_Domain, src_user_name, Subject_Logon_ID, Target_Security_ID, Subject_Account_Name, Target_Account_Name, user_name, Target_Account_Domain, user_group, result, object_id
['WinEventLog'] 4725 Subject_Account_Domain, src_user_name, Subject_Logon_ID, Target_Security_ID, Subject_Account_Name, Target_Account_Name, user_name, object_attrs, Target_Account_Domain, user_group, Subject_Security_ID, object_id
['WinEventLog'] 4726 Subject_Account_Domain, src_user_name, Subject_Logon_ID, Target_Security_ID, Subject_Account_Name, Target_Account_Name, user_name, object_attrs, Target_Account_Domain, user_group, Subject_Security_ID, object_id
['WinEventLog'] 4738 Subject_Account_Domain, src_user_name, Subject_Logon_ID, Target_Security_ID, Subject_Account_Name, Target_Account_Name, user_name, object_attrs, Target_Account_Domain, user_group, Subject_Security_ID, object_id
['WinEventLog'] 4767 Subject_Account_Domain, src_user_name, Subject_Logon_ID, Target_Security_ID, Subject_Account_Name, Target_Account_Name, user_name, object_attrs, Target_Account_Domain, user_group, Subject_Security_ID, object_id
['WinEventLog'] 4781 Target_Old_Account_Name, src_user, Target_New_Account_Name, Subject_Account_Domain, src_user_name, Subject_Logon_ID, Target_Security_ID, Subject_Account_Name, user_name, Target_Account_Domain, Subject_Security_ID, object_id

Source - XmlWinEventLog:Security field mapping changes

Source-type EventCode Fields added Fields removed
['XmlWinEventLog'] 4703 result, user_name, object_attrs, object_category, object_id, src_user_name, change_type
['XmlWinEventLog'] 4704 result, object_attrs, object_id, object_category, src_user_name, change_type
['XmlWinEventLog'] 4705 result, object_attrs, object_id, object_category, src_user_name, change_type
['XmlWinEventLog'] 4722 user_name, object_attrs, src_user_name, object_id
['XmlWinEventLog'] 4723 result, user_name, src_user_name, object_id
['XmlWinEventLog'] 4724 result, user_name, src_user_name, object_id
['XmlWinEventLog'] 4725 user_name, object_attrs, src_user_name, object_id
['XmlWinEventLog'] 4726 user_name, object_attrs, src_user_name, object_id
['XmlWinEventLog'] 4738 user_name, object_attrs, src_user_name, object_id
['XmlWinEventLog'] 4767 user_name, object_attrs, src_user_name, object_id
['XmlWinEventLog'] 4781 user, user_name, src_user_name, object_id


Fixed Issues

Version 8.4.0 of the Splunk Add-on for Windows fixes the following issues:


Known Issues

Version 8.4.0 of the Splunk Add-on for Windows contains the following known issues. If no issues appear below, no issues have yet been reported:



Version 8.3.0

Version 8.3.0 of the Splunk Add-on for Windows was released on December 8, 2021.

The Splunk Add-on for Windows 5.0.0 introduced breaking changes. If you are upgrading from a version of the Splunk Add-on for Windows that is lower than 5.0.0, you must follow the steps outlined in Upgrade the Splunk Add-on for Windows. Failure to do so can result in data loss.

The Splunk Add-on for Windows DNS version 1.0.1 and the Splunk Add-on for Windows Active Directory version 1.0.0 are not supported when installed alongside the Splunk Add-on for Windows versions 6.0.0 and higher. The Splunk Add-on for Windows versions 6.0.0 and higher includes the Splunk Add-on for Windows DNS and the Splunk Add-on for Microsoft Active Directory.


Compatibility

Version 8.3.0 of the Splunk Add-on for Windows is compatible with the following software, CIM versions, and platforms:

Splunk platform versions 8.1.x, 8.2.x
CIM 4.15 and later
Platform Windows
Vendor Products Windows Server 2022, Windows 11, Windows Server 2019, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows Server 2012/2012 R2, Windows Server 2016, Microsoft Active Directory, Microsoft Windows DNS Server

New or changed features

Version 8.3.0 of the Splunk Add-on for Windows has the following new or changed features:

Features

  • Support for Windows Server 2022 and Windows 11

Fixed Issues

Version 8.3.0 of the Splunk Add-on for Windows fixes the following issues:

Known Issues

Version 8.3.0 of the Splunk Add-on for Windows contains the following known issues. If no issues appear below, no issues have yet been reported:

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