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VMware ESXi - SSH Enable on ESXi Host

Description

'Detects when vim-cmd is used to enable SSH on an ESXi host'
Rule type
Scheduled
Version
1.0.0
Declared status
Available
Query frequency
10m
Query period
10m
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 ("vim-cmd","hostsvc/enable_ssh")
| extend SrcUsername = extract(@'\[info\]\s+\[(.*?)\]', 1, SyslogMessage)
| extend DstHostname = extract(@'\[\d+\]\s+\[(.*?)\s+on', 1, SyslogMessage)

Declared entities

HostAccount

Related content

Links established from declared identifiers and solution manifests.

Source provenance

GitHub

Displayed values come from files in Azure/Azure-Sentinel. They describe the published template, not your workspace configuration.

Source identifier
4f5b5d79-ff4e-4edd-ae3e-9e1187f0b924
Additional source files 2Solutions/VMWareESXi/Analytic Rules/ESXiSSHEnableOnHost.yamlsource ↗Solutions/VMWareESXi/Data/Solution_VMWareESXi.jsonsolution-membership ↗
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Added to catalog : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC
Last change observed : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC

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