win:security 5137
A directory service object was created.
- Log source
- Windows Security event log
- Host type
- Windows (workstation, member server, domain controller)
- How to enable
- Advanced Audit Policy: DS Access > Audit Directory Service Changes
- Audit category
- DS Access
- Audit subcategory
- Audit Directory Service Changes
- Tier, host type
- Recommended
- Techniques
- 0
- Rules depending on it
- Splunk 4, Sigma 1, Elastic 5, Microsoft Sentinel 5
Why this tier
DISA STIG (dc); Microsoft audit baseline (dc); NSA
By role
| Role | Tier | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Windows domain controller | Recommended | DISA STIG (dc); Microsoft audit baseline (dc); NSA |
Techniques it helps detect
No ATT&CK analytic names this event. Its standing comes from the standards and rules below.
Rules that depend on it
Splunk 4
Sigma 1
- Potential Kerberos Coercion by Spoofing SPNs via DNS Manipulation by Swachchhanda Shrawan Poudel (Nextron Systems)
Elastic 5
Microsoft Sentinel 5
- PROD (TM002.1) - OBJECT - Created or Deleted a Tier Level Object
- PROD (TM007.1) - OU - Created or Deleted at Tier Level
- PROD (TM010.1) - BITLOCKER - Stored Bitlocker Recovery Key to Tier Level Computer Object
- PROD (TM018.1) - DOMAIN - Child Domain promoted within the Forest
- PROD (TM019.1) - TRUST - A new AD Trust has been established
Standards and guidance naming it
| Requirement | Relation | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| DISA STIG: Advanced audit policy requirementsMicrosoft Windows Server 2022 V2R11 | Names this event | WN22-DC-000260 (dc): Audit Directory Service Changes Success |
| DISA STIG: Advanced audit policy requirementsMicrosoft Windows Server 2019 V3R9 (2026-07-10) | Names this event | WN19-DC-000260 (dc): Audit Directory Service Changes Success |
| DISA STIG: Advanced audit policy requirementsMicrosoft Windows Server 2025 V1R1 (2026-02-27) | Names this event | WN25-DC-000260 (dc): Audit Directory Service Changes Success |
| DISA STIG: Advanced audit policy requirementsMicrosoft Windows Server 2025 V1R1 (2026-02-27) | Names this event | WN25-DC-000270 (dc): Audit Directory Service Changes Failure |
| NSA: Recommended Windows events to forwardEvent Forwarding Guidance (RecommendedEvents.csv) | Names this event | DNS/Directory Services: Directory service created |
| Microsoft: Events to monitor with potential criticalityAppendix L: Events to Monitor (Windows Server AD DS best practices) | Names this event | potential criticality Low: A directory service object was created. |