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5158(S) The Windows Filtering Platform has permitted a bind to a local port. (Windows 10) | Describes security event 5158(S) The Windows Filtering Platform has permitted a bind to a local port. | security | w10 | deploy | library | Mir0sh |
5158(S): The Windows Filtering Platform has permitted a bind to a local port.
Applies to
- Windows 10
- Windows Server 2016

Subcategory: Audit Filtering Platform Connection
Event Description:
This event generates every time Windows Filtering Platform permits an application or service to bind to a local port.
Note
For recommendations, see Security Monitoring Recommendations for this event.
Event XML:
- <Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
- <System>
<Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-Security-Auditing" Guid="{54849625-5478-4994-A5BA-3E3B0328C30D}" />
<EventID>5158</EventID>
<Version>0</Version>
<Level>0</Level>
<Task>12810</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x8020000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2015-09-22T05:24:03.376171200Z" />
<EventRecordID>308122</EventRecordID>
<Correlation />
<Execution ProcessID="4" ThreadID="3712" />
<Channel>Security</Channel>
<Computer>DC01.contoso.local</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
- <EventData>
<Data Name="ProcessId">4556</Data>
<Data Name="Application">\\device\\harddiskvolume2\\documents\\listener.exe</Data>
<Data Name="SourceAddress">0.0.0.0</Data>
<Data Name="SourcePort">3333</Data>
<Data Name="Protocol">6</Data>
<Data Name="FilterRTID">0</Data>
<Data Name="LayerName">%%14608</Data>
<Data Name="LayerRTID">36</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>
Required Server Roles: None.
Minimum OS Version: Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista.
Event Versions: 0.
Field Descriptions:
Application Information:
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Process ID [Type = Pointer]: hexadecimal Process ID of the process which was permitted to bind to the local port. Process ID (PID) is a number used by the operating system to uniquely identify an active process. To see the PID for a specific process you can, for example, use Task Manager (Details tab, PID column):
If you convert the hexadecimal value to decimal, you can compare it to the values in Task Manager.
You can also correlate this process ID with a process ID in other events, for example, “4688: A new process has been created” Process Information\New Process ID.
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Application Name [Type = UnicodeString]: full path and the name of the executable for the process.
Logical disk is displayed in format \device\harddiskvolume#. You can get all local volume numbers by using diskpart utility. The command to get volume numbers using diskpart is “list volume”:

Network Information:
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Source Address [Type = UnicodeString]: local IP address on which application was bind the port.
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IPv4 Address
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IPv6 Address
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:: - all IP addresses in IPv6 format
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0.0.0.0 - all IP addresses in IPv4 format
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127.0.0.1 , ::1 - localhost
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Source Port [Type = UnicodeString]: port number which application was bind.
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Protocol [Type = UInt32]: number of protocol which was used.
Service | Protocol Number |
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Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) | 1 |
Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) | 6 |
User Datagram Protocol (UDP) | 17 |
General Routing Encapsulation (PPTP data over GRE) | 47 |
Authentication Header (AH) IPSec | 51 |
Encapsulation Security Payload (ESP) IPSec | 50 |
Exterior Gateway Protocol (EGP) | 8 |
Gateway-Gateway Protocol (GGP) | 3 |
Host Monitoring Protocol (HMP) | 20 |
Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) | 88 |
MIT Remote Virtual Disk (RVD) | 66 |
OSPF Open Shortest Path First | 89 |
PARC Universal Packet Protocol (PUP) | 12 |
Reliable Datagram Protocol (RDP) | 27 |
Reservation Protocol (RSVP) QoS | 46 |
Filter Information:
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Filter Run-Time ID [Type = UInt64]: unique filter ID which allows application to bind the port. By default Windows firewall won't prevent a port from being binded by an application and if this application doesn’t match any filters you will get value 0 in this field.
To find specific Windows Filtering Platform filter by ID you need to execute the following command: netsh wfp show filters. As result of this command filters.xml file will be generated. You need to open this file and find specific substring with required filter ID (<filterId>), for example:
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Layer Name [Type = UnicodeString]: Application Layer Enforcement layer name.
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Layer Run-Time ID [Type = UInt64]: Windows Filtering Platform layer identifier. To find specific Windows Filtering Platform layer ID you need to execute the following command: netsh wfp show state. As result of this command wfpstate.xml file will be generated. You need to open this file and find specific substring with required layer ID (<layerId>), for example:

Security Monitoring Recommendations
For 5158(S): The Windows Filtering Platform has permitted a bind to a local port.
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If you have a pre-defined application which should be used to perform the operation that was reported by this event, monitor events with “Application” not equal to your defined application.
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You can monitor to see if “Application” is not in a standard folder (for example, not in System32 or Program Files) or is in a restricted folder (for example, Temporary Internet Files).
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If you have a pre-defined list of restricted substrings or words in application names (for example, “mimikatz” or “cain.exe”), check for these substrings in “Application.”
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Check that “Source Address” is one of the addresses assigned to the computer.
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If you need to monitor all actions with a specific local port, monitor for 5158 events with that “Source Port.”
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Monitor for all connections with a “Protocol Number” that is not typical for this device or compter, for example, anything other than 6 or 17.
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If the computer’s communication with “Destination Address” should always use a specific “Destination Port,” monitor for any other “Destination Port.”