Operating System (OS)

The Operating System (OS) object describes characteristics of an OS, such as Linux or Windows.

Attributes

name

• Type: string_t
• Requirement: required

The operating system name.

type_id

• Type: integer_t
• Requirement: required
• Values:
  • 0 - Unknown: The type is unknown.
  • 99 - Other: The type is not mapped. See the type attribute, which contains a data source specific value.
  • 100 - Windows
  • 101 - Windows Mobile
  • 200 - Linux
  • 201 - Android
  • 300 - macOS
  • 301 - iOS
  • 302 - iPadOS
  • 400 - Solaris
  • 401 - AIX
  • 402 - HP-UX

The type identifier of the operating system.

build

• Type: string_t
• Requirement: optional

The operating system build number.

country

• Type: string_t
• Requirement: optional

The operating system country code, as defined by the ISO 3166-1 standard (Alpha-2 code).

Note: The two letter country code should be capitalized. For example: US or CA.

cpe_name

• Type: string_t
• Requirement: optional

The Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) name as described by (NIST) For example: cpe:/a:apple:safari:16.2.

cpu_bits

• Type: integer_t
• Requirement: optional

The cpu architecture, the number of bits used for addressing in memory. For example: 32 or 64.

edition

• Type: string_t
• Requirement: optional

The operating system edition. For example: Professional.

kernel_release

• Type: string_t
• Requirement: optional

The kernel release of the operating system. On Unix-based systems, this is determined from the uname -r command output, for example “5.15.0-122-generic”.

lang

• Type: string_t
• Requirement: optional

The two letter lower case language codes, as defined by ISO 639-1. For example: en (English), de (German), or fr (French).

sp_name

• Type: string_t
• Requirement: optional

The name of the latest Service Pack.

sp_ver

• Type: integer_t
• Requirement: optional

The version number of the latest Service Pack.

type

• Type: string_t
• Requirement: optional

The type of the operating system.

version

• Type: string_t
• Requirement: optional

The version of the OS running on the device that originated the event. For example: “Windows 10”, “OS X 10.7”, or “iOS 9”.