ESXi Network Configuration Discovery Via ESXCLI
Detects execution of the "esxcli" command with the "network" flag in order to retrieve information about the network configuration.
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1title: ESXi Network Configuration Discovery Via ESXCLI
2id: 33e814e0-1f00-4e43-9c34-31fb7ae2b174
3status: test
4description: Detects execution of the "esxcli" command with the "network" flag in order to retrieve information about the network configuration.
5references:
6 - https://www.crowdstrike.com/blog/hypervisor-jackpotting-ecrime-actors-increase-targeting-of-esxi-servers/
7 - https://developer.broadcom.com/xapis/esxcli-command-reference/7.0.0/namespace/esxcli_network.html
8author: Cedric Maurugeon
9date: 2023-09-04
10tags:
11 - attack.discovery
12 - attack.execution
13 - attack.t1033
14 - attack.t1007
15 - attack.t1059.012
16logsource:
17 category: process_creation
18 product: linux
19detection:
20 selection_img:
21 Image|endswith: '/esxcli'
22 CommandLine|contains: 'network'
23 selection_cli:
24 CommandLine|contains:
25 - ' get'
26 - ' list'
27 condition: all of selection_*
28falsepositives:
29 - Legitimate administration activities
30# Note: level can be reduced to low in some envs
31level: medium
References
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