Windows Security Log Event ID 4747

Operating Systems Windows 2008 R2 and 7
Windows 2012 R2 and 8.1
Windows 2016 and 10
Windows Server 2019 and 2022
Category
 • Subcategory
Account Management
 • Distribution Group Management
Type Success
Corresponding events
in Windows 2003
and before
651  

4747: A member was removed from a security-disabled local group

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The user in Subject: removed 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.

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Description Fields in 4747

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 "-"

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Examples of 4747

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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