ESXi System Information Discovery Via ESXCLI

Detects execution of the "esxcli" command with the "system" flag in order to retrieve information about the different component of the system. Such as accounts, modules, NTP, etc.

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 1title: ESXi System Information Discovery Via ESXCLI
 2id: e80273e1-9faf-40bc-bd85-dbaff104c4e9
 3status: test
 4description: Detects execution of the "esxcli" command with the "system" flag in order to retrieve information about the different component of the system. Such as accounts, modules, NTP, etc.
 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_system.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: 'system'
23    selection_cli:
24        CommandLine|contains:
25            - ' get'
26            - ' list'
27    condition: all of selection_*
28falsepositives:
29    - Legitimate administration activities
30level: medium

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