Splunk Enterprise Security

Collect command does not work for a certain source in an index?

spl_asker
Engager

As mentioned in the title above, collect command is not able to add an event to a source of an index. The collect command is able to add an event to sources like XmlWinEventLog:Security or XmlWinEventLog:Application but it is unable to add that same event to XmlWinEventLog:Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon/Operational. No error will be shown but the index won't have that event.  Sample code is shown below.

 

 

| makeresults | eval _raw="<Event xmlns='http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event'><System><Provider Name='Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon' Guid='{5770385F-C22A-43E0-BF4C-06F5698FFBD9}'/><EventID>1</EventID><Version>5</Version><Level>4</Level><Task>1</Task><Opcode>0</Opcode><Keywords>0x8000000000000000</Keywords><TimeCreated SystemTime='2021-03-12T04:12:31.706558800Z'/><EventRecordID>1352199</EventRecordID><Correlation/><Execution ProcessID='2296' ThreadID='4076'/><Channel>Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon/Operational</Channel><Computer>win-dc-293.attackrange.local</Computer><Security UserID='S-1-5-18'/></System><EventData><Data Name='RuleName'>-</Data><Data Name='UtcTime'>2021-03-12 04:12:31.704</Data><Data Name='ProcessGuid'>{110B94A8-EA2F-604A-4C05-00000000B001}</Data><Data Name='ProcessId'>2288</Data><Data Name='Image'>C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe</Data><Data Name='FileVersion'>10.0.14393.0 (rs1_release.160715-1616)</Data><Data Name='Description'>Windows Command Processor</Data><Data Name='Product'>Microsoft® Windows® Operating System</Data><Data Name='Company'>Microsoft Corporation</Data><Data Name='OriginalFileName'>Cmd.Exe</Data><Data Name='CommandLine'>C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /C quser</Data><Data Name='CurrentDirectory'>c:\windows\system32\inetsrv\</Data><Data Name='User'>NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM</Data><Data Name='LogonGuid'>{110B94A8-E38E-604A-E703-000000000000}</Data><Data Name='LogonId'>0x3e7</Data><Data Name='TerminalSessionId'>0</Data><Data Name='IntegrityLevel'>System</Data><Data Name='Hashes'>MD5=F4F684066175B77E0C3A000549D2922C,SHA256=935C1861DF1F4018D698E8B65ABFA02D7E9037D8F68CA3C2065B6CA165D44AD2,IMPHASH=3062ED732D4B25D1C64F084DAC97D37A</Data><Data Name='ParentProcessGuid'>{110B94A8-E45C-604A-3701-00000000B001}</Data><Data Name='ParentProcessId'>10332</Data><Data Name='ParentImage'>C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv\w3wp.exe</Data><Data Name='ParentCommandLine'>c:\windows\system32\inetsrv\w3wp.exe -ap 'MSExchangeOWAAppPool' -v 'v4.0' -c 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V15\bin\GenericAppPoolConfigWithGCServerEnabledFalse.config' -a \\.\pipe\iisipm47dec653-b876-4ff7-964d-67331a8bd96f -h 'C:\inetpub\temp\apppools\MSExchangeOWAAppPool\MSExchangeOWAAppPool.config' -w '' -m 0</Data></EventData></Event>" 
| collect index="some_index" host="some_host" sourcetype="xmlwineventlog" source="XmlWinEventLog:Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon/Operational"

 

 


Could it be due to minor breaker? Please do let me know the possible causes for this issue. Thanks!

 

 

 

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richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Your test query worked for me.  The collected event was written to the index and could be found with a search.  Do you use quotation marks in the Real query?  How do you try to find the event?

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spl_asker
Engager

Yes I did use quotation mark in the real query. I tried to find the event by using the search command on that specific index and that specific host. 

 

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