Sigma rule: Cisco Show Commands Input

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-ca1c0994f089, updated 2023-01-04T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title
Cisco Show Commands Input
Status
test
Level
medium
Author
Austin Clark
Date
2019-08-11
Modified
2023-01-04
File
rules/network/cisco/aaa/cisco_cli_input_capture.yml
Commit
ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

See what commands are being input into the device by other people, full credentials can be in the history

Log source

product
cisco
service
aaa

Detection

keywords:
    - 'show history'
    - 'show history all'
    - 'show logging'
condition: keywords

False positives (as the rule lists them)

  • Not commonly run by administrators, especially if remote logging is configured

Tags

  • attack.credential-access
  • attack.t1552.003

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

Read on 2026-11-03T00:58:21.399Z under licence sigma-drl-1.1@d5f4c36a from https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/network/cisco/aaa/cisco_cli_input_capture.yml

Sources and licences

  • SigmaHQ

    "Cisco Show Commands Input" by Austin Clark (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/network/cisco/aaa/cisco_cli_input_capture.yml.
    Licensed under the Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/Detection-Rule-License

    Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1

Cite this page

Dragons Eye Ransomware Tracker, "Sigma rule: Cisco Show Commands Input",
entity page, dataset version ref-ca1c0994f089, updated 2023-01-04T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/b094d9fb-b1ad-4650-9f1a-fb7be9f1d34b (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule b094d9fb-b1ad-4650-9f1a-fb7be9f1d34b, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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