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Subtechnique · ATTACK:enterprise:T1059.012
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{
"id": "ATTACK:enterprise:T1059.012",
"title": "Hypervisor CLI",
"type": "Subtechnique",
"source_url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1059/012",
"snapshot": "enterprise-attack-20.0.json",
"status": "active",
"rights": "Source metadata only; source notices retained; no operational prose or payloads",
"review_status": "machine-extracted; source-specific checks passed, editorial review pending",
"stix_id": "attack-pattern--d2d642da-61ff-4211-b4df-7923c9ca220c",
"external_id": "T1059.012",
"domain": "enterprise",
"created": "2025-03-26T20:01:13.412Z",
"modified": "2025-04-15T21:24:59.280Z",
"version": "1.0",
"aliases": [
],
"tactics": [
"execution"
],
"source_references": [
{
"source_name": "Broadcom ESXCLI Reference",
"url": "https://developer.broadcom.com/xapis/esxcli-command-reference/latest/"
},
{
"source_name": "LOLESXi",
"url": "https://lolesxi-project.github.io/LOLESXi/"
},
{
"source_name": "Crowdstrike Hypervisor Jackpotting Pt 2 2021",
"url": "https://www.crowdstrike.com/en-us/blog/hypervisor-jackpotting-ecrime-actors-increase-targeting-of-esxi-servers/"
}
]
}Explicit source assertions (6)
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ATTACK:enterprise:G1048 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1059.012
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--071cddbe-70f6-4577-b73e-cc7a99d6ae09
Google Cloud Threat Intelligence VMWare ESXi Zero-Day 2023 · Google Cloud Threat Intelligence ESXi VIBs 2022ATTACK:enterprise:S9051 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1059.012
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--0ccb1bf9-94bc-4d0e-8e84-2baf7ddbd483
CheckPointResearch_TheGentlemen_April2026ATTACK:enterprise:S1096 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1059.012
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--31e310c0-8af4-443e-aa52-6f9cdcece312
Trend Micro Cheerscrypt May 2022ATTACK:enterprise:S1073 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1059.012
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--395f4ec5-caaf-4cf5-9700-8033dcf81334
Trend Micro Royal Linux ESXi February 2023ATTACK:enterprise:T1059.012 → subtechnique-of → ATTACK:enterprise:T1059
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--7f16fb67-a9d1-44ff-bfd0-3c2d7294747b
ATTACK:enterprise:S1218 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1059.012
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--f42d8bd2-4491-4137-b915-ced9f047c402
Google Cloud Threat Intelligence ESXi VIBs 2022