vSphere Installation Bundles
Subtechnique · ATTACK:enterprise:T1505.006
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{
"id": "ATTACK:enterprise:T1505.006",
"title": "vSphere Installation Bundles",
"type": "Subtechnique",
"source_url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1505/006",
"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--f8ba7d61-11c5-4130-bafd-7c3ff5fbf4b5",
"external_id": "T1505.006",
"domain": "enterprise",
"created": "2025-03-27T18:41:08.494Z",
"modified": "2025-04-15T21:24:04.676Z",
"version": "1.0",
"aliases": [
],
"tactics": [
"persistence"
],
"source_references": [
{
"source_name": "Google Cloud Threat Intelligence ESXi VIBs 2022",
"url": "https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/esxi-hypervisors-malware-persistence"
},
{
"source_name": "VMware VIBs",
"url": "https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2011/09/whats-in-a-vib.html"
}
]
}Explicit source assertions (6)
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ATTACK:enterprise:G1048 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1505.006
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--9df873c3-9820-4b94-adae-b6a5cd271dce
Google Cloud Threat Intelligence VMWare ESXi Zero-Day 2023 · Google Cloud Threat Intelligence ESXi VIBs 2022 · Mandiant Fortinet Zero DayATTACK:enterprise:T1505.006 → subtechnique-of → ATTACK:enterprise:T1505
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--c2611877-015a-4080-a458-c0a54d023804
ATTACK:enterprise:M1046 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1505.006
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--d0c68ce7-dd15-4b8e-be45-2b10b6a4d4ab
Google Cloud Threat Intelligence ESXi Hardening 2023ATTACK:enterprise:S1218 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1505.006
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--d2a940d8-1976-4b11-9b94-079101e2c0db
Google Cloud Threat Intelligence ESXi VIBs 2022ATTACK:enterprise:M1045 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1505.006
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--e4032a95-3f15-4c00-9014-2648c79c2fac
Google Cloud Threat Intelligence ESXi Hardening 2023ATTACK:enterprise:M1047 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1505.006
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--f88e7fa8-59aa-42c2-bf67-1b754eb0fac9
Google Cloud Threat Intelligence ESXi VIBs 2022