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VMware ESXi - Root impersonation
Description
'Detects when root impersonation occurs.'
- Rule type
- Scheduled
- Version
- 1.0.2
- Declared status
- Available
- Query frequency
- 1h
- Query period
- 1h
- Trigger
- gt 0
Declared MITRE coverage
Declared sources
Metadata from the source file. No dependencies inferred from KQL.
Connectors
KQL query
Original query, unchanged.
VMwareESXi
| where SyslogMessage has_all ('ImpersonateUser', 'VcIntegrity', 'root')
| extend user = 'root'
| extend AccountCustomEntity = user
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
9800e51↗- Source identifier
23a3cf72-9497-408e-8144-87958a60d31a
GSTEP / CATALOG TRACKING
Added to catalog : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC
Last change observed : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC