MITRE ATT&CKsub-technique

T1059.012 Hypervisor CLI

Published 2025-03-26 Modified 2025-04-15 Official page ↗
Domain
enterprise
Tactics
Execution
Platforms
ESXi
Version
1.0
Created
2025-03-26

Description

Adversaries may abuse hypervisor command line interpreters (CLIs) to execute malicious commands. Hypervisor CLIs typically enable a wide variety of functionality for managing both the hypervisor itself and the guest virtual machines it hosts. For example, on ESXi systems, tools such as `esxcli` and `vim-cmd` allow administrators to configure firewall rules and log forwarding on the hypervisor, list virtual machines, start and stop virtual machines, and more. Adversaries may be able to leverage these tools in order to support further actions, such as File and Directory Discovery or Data Encrypted for Impact.

Related

Subtechnique of · MITRE ATT&CK (1)

  • T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter technique

Tactic · MITRE ATT&CK (1)

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