Audit Sensitive Privilege Use
Applies To: Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows 8
This topic for the IT professional describes the Advanced Security Audit policy setting, Audit Sensitive Privilege Use, which determines whether the operating system generates audit events when sensitive privileges (user rights) are used.
Actions that can be audited include:
A privileged service is called.
One of the following privileges is called:
Act as part of the operating system
Back up files and directories
Create a token object
Debug programs
Enable computer and user accounts to be trusted for delegation
Generate security audits
Impersonate a client after authentication
Load and unload device drivers
Manage auditing and security log
Modify firmware environment values
Replace a process-level token
Restore files and directories
Take ownership of files or other objects
If you configure this policy setting, an audit event is generated when sensitive privilege requests are made. Success audits record successful attempts, and failure audits record unsuccessful attempts.
Event volume: High
Default: Not configured
If this policy setting is configured, the following events appear on computers running the supported versions of the Windows operating system as designated in the Applies to list at the beginning of this topic, in addition to Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista.
Event ID |
Event message |
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4672 |
Special privileges assigned to new logon. |
4673 |
A privileged service was called. |
4674 |
An operation was attempted on a privileged object. |