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AN0615: Analytic 0615

Detection of ESXi escape attempts by monitoring for anomalies in hypervisor logs such as unexpected VM operations, privilege escalation events, or attempts to load malicious kernel modules within the hypervisor environment.

EnterpriseAN0615AnalyticObject v1.0Modified
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Analytic 0615

Detection of ESXi escape attempts by monitoring for anomalies in hypervisor logs such as unexpected VM operations, privilege escalation events, or attempts to load malicious kernel modules within the hypervisor environment.

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ATT&CK release
20.0
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1.0
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Modified
Raw hash
16064680362e3857...
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ReleaseBundle importedObject versionModifiedStatusRaw hash
20.01.0Current bundle16064680362e…
19.21.0Older bundle16064680362e…
19.11.0Older bundle16064680362e…
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