ESXi Admin Permission Assigned To Account Via ESXCLI

 1title: ESXi Admin Permission Assigned To Account Via ESXCLI
 2id: 9691f58d-92c1-4416-8bf3-2edd753ec9cf
 3status: experimental
 4description: Detects execution of the "esxcli" command with the "system" and "permission" flags in order to assign admin permissions to an account.
 5references:
 6    - https://developer.vmware.com/docs/11743/esxi-7-0-esxcli-command-reference/namespace/esxcli_system.html
 7author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
 8date: 2023/09/04
 9tags:
10    - attack.execution
11logsource:
12    category: process_creation
13    product: linux
14detection:
15    selection:
16        Image|endswith: '/esxcli'
17        CommandLine|contains: 'system'
18        CommandLine|contains|all:
19            - ' permission '
20            - ' set'
21            - 'Admin'
22    condition: selection
23falsepositives:
24    - Legitimate administration activities
25level: high

References

• ESXCLI Reference - ESXi 7.0 ESXCLI Command Reference

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