Description
'Detects when root user login from uncommon IP address.'
- Rule type
- Scheduled
- Version
- 1.0.2
- Declared status
- Available
- Query frequency
- 1h
- Query period
- 14d
- Trigger
- gt 0
Declared MITRE coverage
Declared sources
Metadata from the source file. No dependencies inferred from KQL.
Connectors
Data types
KQL query
Original query, unchanged.
let p_lookback = 14d;
let t_lookback = 1h;
let root_ips = vCenter
| where TimeGenerated between (ago(p_lookback) .. ago(t_lookback))
| where EventType has_all ('UserLoginSessionEvent', 'root', 'logged in')
| summarize make_set(SourceIP,128);
vCenter
| where TimeGenerated > ago(t_lookback)
| where EventType has_all ('UserLoginSessionEvent', 'root', 'logged in')
| where SourceIP !in (root_ips)
Declared entities
Related content
Links established from declared identifiers and solution manifests.
Source provenance
GitHubDisplayed values come from files in Azure/Azure-Sentinel. They describe the published template, not your workspace configuration.
- Commit
629d1d3↗- Source identifier
03e8a895-b5ba-49a0-aed3-f9a997d92fbe
GSTEP / CATALOG TRACKING
Added to catalog : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC
Last change observed : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC