Event-o-Pedia EventID 4656 - A handle to an object was requested. [2008]

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EventID 4656 - A handle to an object was requested. [2008]

It is generated by corresponding resource manager in multiple subcategories:

File System
Kernel Object
Registry
SAM
Other Object Access Events

Note:
Event 4656 might occur if the failure audit was enabled for Handle Manipulation using auditpol.

Find more information about this event on ultimatewindowssecurity.com.

Corresponding events on other OS versions:

Windows 2000

EventID 562 - Handle Closed [Win 2000]

Windows 2003

EventID 562 - Handle Closed [Win 2003]

Windows 2008

EventID 4656 - A handle to an object was requested (Registry)

Sample:

A handle to an object was requested.

Subject:
	Security ID:		NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
	Account Name:		IIZHU1$
	Account Domain:		ITSS
	Logon ID:		0x3e7

Object:
	Object Server:		Security
	Object Type:		File
	Object Name:		C:\Windows\ToastData
	Handle ID:		0x168

Process Information:
	Process ID:		0xb24
	Process Name:		C:\Windows\System32\poqexec.exe

Access Request Information:
	Transaction ID:		{59E79023-46A3-11E7-80D5-000C299068EB}
	Accesses:		READ_CONTROL

				SYNCHRONIZE

				ACCESS_SYS_SEC

				
	Access Mask:		0x1120000
	Privileges Used for Access Check:	SeBackupPrivilege
	Restricted SID Count:	0
===========================
Description template stored in adtschema.dll:
===========================
A handle to an object was requested.

Subject:
	Security ID:		%1
	Account Name:		%2
	Account Domain:		%3
	Logon ID:		%4

Object:
	Object Server:		%5
	Object Type:		%6
	Object Name:		%7
	Handle ID:		%8

Process Information:
	Process ID:		%14
	Process Name:		%15

Access Request Information:
	Transaction ID:		%9
	Accesses:		%10
	Access Mask:		%11
	Privileges Used for Access Check:	%12
	Restricted SID Count:	%13

Log Type:

Windows Event Log

Uniquely Identified By:

Log Name:

Security

Filtering Field	Equals to Value
OSVersion	Windows Vista (2008)
Category	Object Access
Source	Microsoft-Windows-Security-Auditing
TaskCategory	File System
EventId	4656

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
Task Category	A name for a subclass of events within the same Event Source.	TaskCategory
Level	Warning, Information, Error, etc.	Level
Keywords	Audit Success, Audit Failure, Classic, Connection etc.	Keywords
Category	A name for an aggergative event class, corresponding to the similar ones present in Windows 2003 version.	Category	Account Logon
Object Name		InsertionString7
Whom		InsertionString7
Object Type		InsertionString6
Class Name		InsertionString6
Security ID		InsertionString1
Account Name		InsertionString2
Account Domain		InsertionString3
Subject: Account Name	Name of the account that initiated the action.	InsertionString2	IIZHU1$
Subject: Account Domain	Name of the domain that account initiating the action belongs to.	InsertionString3	ITSS
Subject: Logon ID	A number uniquely identifying the logon session of the user initiating action. This number can be used to correlate all user actions within one logon session.	InsertionString4	0x3e7
Object: Object Server		InsertionString5	Security
Object: Object Type		InsertionString6	File
Object: Object Name		InsertionString7	C:\Windows\ToastData
Object: Handle ID		InsertionString8	0x168
Process Information: Process ID		InsertionString14	0xb24
Process Information: Process Name		InsertionString15	C:\Windows\System32\poqexec.exe
Access Request Information: Transaction ID		InsertionString9	{59E79023-46A3-11E7-80D5-000C299068EB}
Access Request Information: Accesses		InsertionString10	READ_CONTROL
Access Request Information: Access Mask		InsertionString11	0x1120000
Access Request Information: Privileges Used for Access Check		InsertionString12	SeBackupPrivilege
Access Request Information: Restricted SID Count		InsertionString13	0
Subject: Security ID	The SID of the account.	InsertionString1	NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Process Name		InsertionString15