// MITRE ATT&CK
T1675 · ESXi Administration Command
🎯 Execution ESXi
Adversaries may abuse ESXi administration services to execute commands on guest machines hosted within an ESXi virtual environment. Persistent background services on ESXi-hosted VMs, such as the VMware Tools Daemon Service, allow for remote management from the ESXi server. The tools daemon service r...
How to detect & mitigate it
Detecting ESXi Administration Command starts with your SIEM/EDR telemetry. Write a detection rule with the Sigma generator, analyze suspicious logs in the log analyzer, and place the technique on your coverage with the ATT&CK matrix.
Related techniques
T1053.005
Scheduled Task T1047
Windows Management Instrumentation T1129
Shared Modules T1059.007
JavaScript T1053.007
Container Orchestration Job T1559.002
Dynamic Data Exchange T1204.002
Malicious File T1053.003
Cron
Scheduled Task T1047
Windows Management Instrumentation T1129
Shared Modules T1059.007
JavaScript T1053.007
Container Orchestration Job T1559.002
Dynamic Data Exchange T1204.002
Malicious File T1053.003
Cron
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