Event-o-Pedia EventID 600 - A process was assigned a primary token [Win 2003 / XP]

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EventID 600 - A process was assigned a primary token [Win 2003 / XP]

A program requested and generated a security token. This usually indicates that the program is running in a specific security context. After the program generates the security token, it accesses resources in the security context of that token.

Note:
If this message appears frequently within a short time period, the specified program might be running with elevated or unauthorized security privileges. Verify that the program starts in the appropriate security context and that it has the rights to perform all necessary actions.

Find more information about this event on ultimatewindowssecurity.com.

Corresponding events on other OS versions:

Windows 2008

EventID 4696 - A primary token was assigned to process

Sample:

        Event Type:     Success Audit
        Event Source:   Security
        Event Category: Detailed Tracking
        Event ID:       600
        Date:           10/26/2009
        Time:           07:41:25
        User:           RESEARCH\ALebovsky
        Computer:       DC1
        Description:
        A process was assigned a primary token.
        Assigning Process Information:
        Process ID:	2996
        Image File Name:	C:\utilities\psexec.exe
        Primary User Name:	Alebovsky
        Primary Domain:	RESEARCH
        Primary Logon ID:	(0x0,0x59DF36)
        New Process Information:
        Process ID:	3720
        Image File Name:	C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe
        Target User Name:	Alebovsky
        Target Domain:	RESEARCH
        Target Logon ID:	(0x0,0x59DF36)

Log Type:

Windows Event Log

Uniquely Identified By:

Log Name:

Security

Filtering Field	Equals to Value
OSVersion	Windows 2003 Windows XP
Category	Detailed Tracking
Source	Security
EventId	600

Field Matching

Field	Description	Stored in	Sample Value
DateTime	Date/Time of event origination in GMT format.	DateTime	10.10.2000 19:00:00
Source	Name of an Application or System Service originating the event.	Source	Security
Type	Warning, Information, Error, Success, Failure, etc.	Type	Success
User	Domain\Account name of user/service/computer initiating event.	User	RESEARCH\Alebovsky
Computer	Name of server workstation where event was logged.	Computer	DC1
EventID	Numerical ID of event. Unique within one Event Source.	EventId	576
Description	The entire unparsed event message.	Description	Special privileges assigned to new logon.
Log Name	The name of the event log (e.g. Application, Security, System, etc.)	LogName	Security
Category	A name for a subclass of events within the same Event Source.	Category	Logon/Logoff
Primary User Name	Name of the account under which the assigning process was run	InsertionString3	DC-AD$
Primary Domain	Domain of the Primary User Name account	InsertionString4	ANNADOMAIN
Primary Logon ID	Logon session ID of the Primary User Name account. It allows to correlate other activity of this user during the same logon session.	InsertionString5	(0x0,0x3E7)
Target User Name	Name of the account under which the new (child) process is run	InsertionString8	AdminDC-AD
Target Domain	Domain of the Target User Name account	InsertionString9	ANNADOMAIN
Target Logon ID	Logon session ID of the Target User Name account. It allows to correlate other activity of this user during the same logon session.	InsertionString10	(0x0,0x712ED0)
Assigning Process ID	ID of the process that started the child (new) process	InsertionString1	688
Assigning Process Image File Name	Full path and the name of executable of the assigning process	InsertionString2	C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe
New Process ID	ID of the child process that was started under the Target User Name	InsertionString6	632
New Process Image File Name	Full path and the name of executable of the started process	InsertionString7	C:\WINDOWS\system32\userinit.exe