ESXi VSAN Information Discovery Via ESXCLI

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Log-Quelle: linux · process_creationAutor Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems), Cedric MaurugeonDatum 2023-09-04
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Beschreibung

Was dies ist, in Kürze.

Detects execution of the "esxcli" command with the "vsan" flag in order to retrieve information about virtual storage. Seen used by malware such as DarkSide.

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Tags

attack.discoveryattack.executionattack.t1033attack.t1007attack.t1059.012
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Regelquelle (YAML)

title: ESXi VSAN Information Discovery Via ESXCLI
id: d54c2f06-aca9-4e2b-81c9-5317858f4b79
status: test
description: Detects execution of the "esxcli" command with the "vsan" flag in order to retrieve information about virtual storage. Seen used by malware such as DarkSide.
references:
    - https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/21/e/darkside-linux-vms-targeted.html
    - https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/22/a/analysis-and-Impact-of-lockbit-ransomwares-first-linux-and-vmware-esxi-variant.html
    - https://developer.broadcom.com/xapis/esxcli-command-reference/7.0.0/namespace/esxcli_vsan.html
author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems), Cedric Maurugeon
date: 2023-09-04
tags:
    - attack.discovery
    - attack.execution
    - attack.t1033
    - attack.t1007
    - attack.t1059.012
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: linux
detection:
    selection_img:
        Image|endswith: '/esxcli'
        CommandLine|contains: 'vsan'
    selection_cli:
        CommandLine|contains:
            - ' get'
            - ' list'
    condition: all of selection_*
falsepositives:
    - Legitimate administration activities
# Note: level can be reduced to low in some envs
level: medium
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