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vCenter - Root impersonation

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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

PrivilegeEscalationT1078

Declared sources

Metadata from the source file. No dependencies inferred from KQL.

Connectors

CustomLogsAma

Data types

vcenter_CL

KQL query

Original query, unchanged.

vCenter
 | where Message has_all ('ImpersonateUser', 'VcIntegrity', 'root')
 | extend user = 'root'

Declared entities

Account

Related content

Links established from declared identifiers and solution manifests.

Solutions1

Source provenance

GitHub

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

Source identifier
f1fcb22c-b459-42f2-a7ee-7276b5f1309c
Additional source files 2Solutions/VMware vCenter/Analytic Rules/vCenter-Root impersonation.yamlsource ↗Solutions/VMware vCenter/Data/Solution_vcenter.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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