Sysmon 7 — Image loaded

Source and collection

Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon/Operational; native XML export, not an EVTX binary file.

Install Sysmon and review the installed schema and filtering configuration. Use sysmon64 -s to inspect supported fields; preserve the deployed configuration version.

Native example and provenance

upstream test fixture. Published example; no independent capture provenance claimed.

Original publisher / pinned upstream fixture — events[195].event.original

Decoded event.original string; retained the complete Event XML element, excluding any appended rendered message; native XML values unchanged.

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<Event xmlns='http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event'><System><Provider Name='Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon' Guid='{5770385f-c22a-43e0-bf4c-06f5698ffbd9}'/><EventID>7</EventID><Version>3</Version><Level>4</Level><Task>7</Task><Opcode>0</Opcode><Keywords>0x8000000000000000</Keywords><TimeCreated SystemTime='2020-10-28T02:39:26.388325200Z'/><EventRecordID>10685</EventRecordID><Correlation/><Execution ProcessID='1676' ThreadID='4796'/><Channel>Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon/Operational</Channel><Computer>vagrant</Computer><Security UserID='S-1-5-18'/></System><EventData><Data Name='RuleName'>-</Data><Data Name='UtcTime'>2020-10-28 02:39:26.374</Data><Data Name='ProcessGuid'>{9f32b55f-d9de-5f98-f006-000000000600}</Data><Data Name='ProcessId'>5184</Data><Data Name='Image'>C:\Windows\System32\dllhost.exe</Data><Data Name='ImageLoaded'>C:\Windows\System32\IDStore.dll</Data><Data Name='FileVersion'>10.0.17763.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)</Data><Data Name='Description'>Identity Store</Data><Data Name='Product'>Microsoft« Windows« Operating System</Data><Data Name='Company'>Microsoft Corporation</Data><Data Name='OriginalFileName'>IdStore.dll</Data><Data Name='Hashes'>SHA1=9955A1C071C44A7CEECC0D928A9CFB7F64CC3F93,MD5=C7C45610F644906E6F7D664EF2E45B08,SHA256=4808F1101F4E42387D8DDB7A355668BAE3BF6F781C42D3BCD82E23446B1DEB3E,IMPHASH=194F3797B52231028C718B6D776C6853</Data><Data Name='Signed'>true</Data><Data Name='Signature'>Microsoft Windows</Data><Data Name='SignatureStatus'>Valid</Data></EventData></Event>

Structure and field interpretation

EventID

7 in Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon.

UtcTime

Producer-supplied event time.

ProcessGuid

Process correlation identifier where present; case-sensitive field names vary by event.

Relevant fields

Image, ImageLoaded, Signed, SignatureStatus

Investigation uses

• Investigate unusual DLL paths and signature context.
• Correlate ProcessGuid across Sysmon events; keep the host identity and time interval with every join.

Validation boundaries

Image-load logging must be enabled; signature information can arrive asynchronously and is not a trust verdict.

This sample passed byte-integrity and JSON/XML parsing checks, including the catalogue’s specified event discriminators. This is not a complete vendor-schema validation or a tested detection.

For a simulation, first parse this fixture offline, then create a separately labelled synthetic variant and test it against the intended collector in an isolated lab. Never replay public example identities or destinations into production.

Related sources

• Windows Security 4688 — Process creation
• Sysmon 1 — Process creation
• Sysmon 3 — Network connection
• Sysmon 8 — CreateRemoteThread
• Sysmon 13 — Registry value set
• Sysmon 22 — DNS query

Ecosystem connections

• Telemetry Library — ATT&CK data components
• Detection Rules — candidate detection content
• Threat hunting — from intelligence to validated defense
• Practical security learning paths
• AdversaryGraph — evidence-led investigation

References

• Sysmon - Sysinternals | Microsoft Learn
• Sysmon events | Microsoft Learn

Sample provenance is linked above. Field availability and product behavior must be checked against the deployed version.