Windows Security Log Event ID 4746
| Operating Systems |
Windows 2008 R2 and 7
Windows 2012 R2 and 8.1
Windows 2016 and 10
Windows Server 2019 and 2022
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Category
• Subcategory | Account Management
• Distribution Group Management |
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Type
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Success
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Corresponding events
in Windows
2003
and before |
650
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4746: A member was added to a security-disabled local group
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The user in Subject: added the user/group/computer in Member: to the Local Distribution group in Group:.
This event is only logged on domain controllers.
In Active Directory Users and Computers "Security Disabled" groups are referred to as Distribution groups. AD has 2 types of groups: Security and Distribution. Distribution (security disabled) groups are for distribution lists in Exchange and cannot be assigned permissions or rights. Security (security enabled) groups can be used for permissions, rights and as distribution lists.
A domain local group can have members from any trusted domain.
Server 2016 adds the "Expiration time" field in version 2 of this event.
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Subject:
The user and logon session that performed the action.
- Security ID: The SID of the account.
- Account Name: The account logon name.
- Account Domain: The domain or - in the case of local accounts - computer name.
- Logon ID is a semi-unique (unique between reboots) number that identifies the logon session. Logon ID allows you to correlate backwards to the logon event (4624) as well as with other events logged during the same logon session.
Member:
- Security ID: The SID of the group's member
- Account Name: The distinguished name of the group's member
Group:
- Security ID: The SID of the affected group
- Group Name: Name of affected group
- Group Domain: Domain of affected group
Additional Information:
- Privileges: always "-"
- Expiration time: (2016 and later)
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2016+
A member was added to a security-disabled local group.
Subject:
Security ID: WIN-R9H529RIO4Y\Administrator
Account Name: Administrator
Account Domain: WIN-R9H529RIO4Y
Logon ID: 0x1fd23
Member:
Security ID: WIN-R9H529RIO4Y\bob
Account Name: -
Group:
Security ID: BUILTIN\Users
Group Name: Users
Group Domain: Builtin
Additional Information:
Privileges: -
Expiration time: -
2012r2
A member was added to a security-disabled local group.
Subject:
Security ID: WIN-R9H529RIO4Y\Administrator
Account Name: Administrator
Account Domain: WIN-R9H529RIO4Y
Logon ID: 0x1fd23
Member:
Security ID: WIN-R9H529RIO4Y\bob
Account Name: -
Group:
Security ID: BUILTIN\Users
Group Name: Users
Group Domain: Builtin
Additional Information:
Privileges: -
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