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Kernel Object Query (5006)

Kernel Object Query events report information about discovered kernel resources.

  • Category: Discovery
  • Extends: discovery_result
  • UID: 5006

Attributes

Section titled “Attributes”

Classification

Section titled “Classification”

activity_id

  • Type: integer_t
  • Requirement: required
  • Values:
    • 0 - Unknown: The event activity is unknown.
    • 1 - Query: The discovered results are via a query request.
    • 99 - Other: The event activity is not mapped. See the activity_name attribute, which contains a data source specific value.

The normalized identifier of the activity that triggered the event.

category_uid

  • Type: integer_t
  • Requirement: required
  • Values:
    • 5 - Discovery: Discovery events report the existence and state of devices, files, configurations, processes, registry keys, and other objects.

The category unique identifier of the event.

class_uid

  • Type: integer_t
  • Requirement: required
  • Values:
    • 5006 - Kernel Object Query: Kernel Object Query events report information about discovered kernel resources.

The unique identifier of a class. A class describes the attributes available in an event.

severity_id

  • Type: integer_t
  • Requirement: required
  • Values:
    • 0 - Unknown: The event/finding severity is unknown.
    • 1 - Informational: Informational message. No action required.
    • 2 - Low: The user decides if action is needed.
    • 3 - Medium: Action is required but the situation is not serious at this time.
    • 4 - High: Action is required immediately.
    • 5 - Critical: Action is required immediately and the scope is broad.
    • 6 - Fatal: An error occurred but it is too late to take remedial action.
    • 99 - Other: The event/finding severity is not mapped. See the severity attribute, which contains a data source specific value.

The normalized identifier of the event/finding severity.The normalized severity is a measurement the effort and expense required to manage and resolve an event or incident. Smaller numerical values represent lower impact events, and larger numerical values represent higher impact events.

type_uid

  • Type: long_t
  • Requirement: required
  • Values:
    • 500600 - Kernel Object Query: Unknown
    • 500601 - Kernel Object Query: Query: The discovered results are via a query request.
    • 500699 - Kernel Object Query: Other

The event/finding type ID. It identifies the event’s semantics and structure. The value is calculated by the logging system as: class_uid * 100 + activity_id.

activity_name

  • Type: string_t
  • Requirement: optional

The event activity name, as defined by the activity_id.

category_name

  • Type: string_t
  • Requirement: optional

The event category name, as defined by category_uid value: Discovery.

class_name

  • Type: string_t
  • Requirement: optional

The event class name, as defined by class_uid value: Kernel Object Query.

severity

  • Type: string_t
  • Requirement: optional

The event/finding severity, normalized to the caption of the severity_id value. In the case of ‘Other’, it is defined by the source.

type_name

  • Type: string_t
  • Requirement: optional

The event/finding type name, as defined by the type_uid.

Context

Section titled “Context”

metadata

The metadata associated with the event or a finding.

api cloud

  • Type: api
  • Requirement: optional

Describes details about a typical API (Application Programming Interface) call.

enrichments

The additional information from an external data source, which is associated with the event or a finding. For example add location information for the IP address in the DNS answers:[{"name": "answers.ip", "value": "92.24.47.250", "type": "location", "data": {"city": "Socotra", "continent": "Asia", "coordinates": [-25.4153, 17.0743], "country": "YE", "desc": "Yemen"}}]

raw_data

  • Type: string_t
  • Requirement: optional

The raw event/finding data as received from the source.

unmapped

  • Type: object
  • Requirement: optional

The attributes that are not mapped to the event schema. The names and values of those attributes are specific to the event source.

Occurrence

Section titled “Occurrence”

time

  • Type: timestamp_t
  • Requirement: required

The normalized event occurrence time or the finding creation time.

timezone_offset

  • Type: integer_t
  • Requirement: recommended

The number of minutes that the reported event time is ahead or behind UTC, in the range -1,080 to +1,080.

count

  • Type: integer_t
  • Requirement: optional

The number of times that events in the same logical group occurred during the event Start Time to End Time period.

duration

  • Type: integer_t
  • Requirement: optional

The event duration or aggregate time, the amount of time the event covers from start_time to end_time in milliseconds.

end_time

  • Type: timestamp_t
  • Requirement: optional

The end time of a time period, or the time of the most recent event included in the aggregate event.

end_time_dt datetime

  • Type: datetime_t
  • Requirement: optional

The end time of a time period, or the time of the most recent event included in the aggregate event.

start_time

  • Type: timestamp_t
  • Requirement: optional

The start time of a time period, or the time of the least recent event included in the aggregate event.

start_time_dt datetime

  • Type: datetime_t
  • Requirement: optional

The start time of a time period, or the time of the least recent event included in the aggregate event.

time_dt datetime

  • Type: datetime_t
  • Requirement: optional

The normalized event occurrence time or the finding creation time.

Primary

Section titled “Primary”

cloud cloud

  • Type: cloud
  • Requirement: required

Describes details about the Cloud environment where the event was originally created or logged.

kernel

  • Type: kernel
  • Requirement: required

The kernel object that pertains to the event.

query_result_id

  • Type: integer_t
  • Requirement: required
  • Values:
    • 0 - Unknown: The query result is unknown.
    • 1 - Exists: The target was found.
    • 2 - Partial: The target was partially found.
    • 3 - Does not exist: The target was not found.
    • 4 - Error: The discovery attempt failed.
    • 5 - Unsupported: Discovery of the target was not supported.
    • 99 - Other: The query result is not mapped. See the query_result attribute, which contains a data source specific value.

The normalized identifier of the query result.

device host

  • Type: device
  • Requirement: recommended

An addressable device, computer system or host.

message

  • Type: string_t
  • Requirement: recommended

The description of the event/finding, as defined by the source.

observables

The observables associated with the event or a finding.

query_info

The search details associated with the query request.

query_result

  • Type: string_t
  • Requirement: recommended

The result of the query.

status

  • Type: string_t
  • Requirement: recommended

The event status, normalized to the caption of the status_id value. In the case of ‘Other’, it is defined by the event source.

status_code

  • Type: string_t
  • Requirement: recommended

The event status code, as reported by the event source.

For example, in a Windows Failed Authentication event, this would be the value of ‘Failure Code’, e.g. 0x18.

status_detail

  • Type: string_t
  • Requirement: recommended

The status details contains additional information about the event/finding outcome.

status_id

  • Type: integer_t
  • Requirement: recommended
  • Values:
    • 0 - Unknown: The status is unknown.
    • 1 - Success
    • 2 - Failure
    • 99 - Other: The event status is not mapped. See the status attribute, which contains a data source specific value.

The normalized identifier of the event status.

actor host

  • Type: actor
  • Requirement: optional

The actor object describes details about the user/role/process that was the source of the activity.

Objects Used

Section titled “Objects Used”