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VMware ESXi - Shared or stolen root account

Description

'Detects when shared or stolen root account.'
Rule type
Scheduled
Version
1.0.3
Declared status
Available
Query frequency
1h
Query period
1h
Trigger
gt 1

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 ('UserLoginSessionEvent', 'root', 'logged in')
| extend SrcIpAddr = extract(@'root@(\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3})', 1, SyslogMessage)
| summarize count() by SrcIpAddr, bin(TimeGenerated, 15m)
| where count_ > 1
| extend IPCustomEntity = SrcIpAddr

Declared entities

IP

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
9c496d6c-42a3-4896-9b6c-00254386928f
Additional source files 2Solutions/VMWareESXi/Analytic Rules/ESXiSharedOrStolenRootAccount.yamlsource ↗Solutions/VMWareESXi/Data/Solution_VMWareESXi.jsonsolution-membership ↗
GSTEP / CATALOG TRACKING

Added to catalog : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC
Last change observed : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC

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