Sigma rule: Cisco Collect Data
A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-7a6afdf1d19e, updated 2023-01-04T00:00:00.000Z.
Rule
- Title
- Cisco Collect Data
- Status
- test
- Level
- low
- Author
- Austin Clark
- Date
- 2019-08-11
- Modified
- 2023-01-04
- File
- rules/network/cisco/aaa/cisco_cli_collect_data.yml
- Commit
- ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84
Collect pertinent data from the configuration files
Log source
- product
- cisco
- service
- aaa
Detection
keywords:
- 'show running-config'
- 'show startup-config'
- 'show archive config'
- 'more'
condition: keywordsFalse positives (as the rule lists them)
- Commonly run by administrators
Tags
- attack.discovery
- attack.credential-access
- attack.collection
- attack.t1087.001
- attack.t1552.001
- attack.t1005
MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names
References
- https://blog.router-switch.com/2013/11/show-running-config/
- https://www.cisco.com/E-Learning/bulk/public/tac/cim/cib/using_cisco_ios_software/cmdrefs/show_startup-config.htm
- https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/config-mgmt/configuration/15-sy/config-mgmt-15-sy-book/cm-config-diff.html
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_collect_data.yml
Sources and licences
SigmaHQ
"Cisco Collect Data" by Austin Clark (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/network/cisco/aaa/cisco_cli_collect_data.yml.
Licensed under the Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/Detection-Rule-License
Cite this page
Dragons Eye Ransomware Tracker, "Sigma rule: Cisco Collect Data",
entity page, dataset version ref-7a6afdf1d19e, updated 2023-01-04T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/cd072b25-a418-4f98-8ebc-5093fb38fe1a (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule cd072b25-a418-4f98-8ebc-5093fb38fe1a, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.
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