Account Info

Overview

Evidence: Account Info Description: ESXi Account Info Category: System Platform: esxi Short Name: accinfo Is Parsed: Yes Sent to Investigation Hub: Yes Collect File(s): No

Background

Local ESXi accounts define administrative and service access to the hypervisor. Enumerating them supports auditing and detection of unauthorized users.

Data Collected

This collector gathers structured data about account info.

Account Info Data

Field	Description	Example
AccessTime	Access Time	2023-10-15 14:30:25+03:00
AccessCount	Access Count	123
URL	URL	Example value
Browser	Browser	Example value
Title	Title	Example value
VisitDuration	Visit Duration	Example value
Referrer	Referrer	Example value
TypedCount	Typed Count	123
IsHidden	Is Hidden	true
TransitionType	Transition Type	Example value
VisitID	Visit ID	123
TransitionQualifiers	Transition Qualifiers	Example value
User	User	Example value
Profile	Profile	Example value
HistoryFilePath	History File Path	Example value

Collection Method

This collector parses esxcli system account list output captured in a text file to enumerate local user accounts and descriptions.

Forensic Value

Account inventories enable validation against policy, detection of rogue accounts, and correlation with authentication events.