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Esxi Admin Role

Date: 2025-07-09 ID: 6957528c-1167-469f-a982-d03dea0ff09e Author: Raven Tait, Splunk Environment: custom Directory: esxi_admin_role

Description

Sample of ESXi syslog events showing account manipulation of esxi account to give it the admin role.

MITRE ATT&CK Techniques

ID Technique Tactic
T1098 Account Manipulation Persistence, Privilege Escalation

Environment Details

Field Value
Environment custom
Directory esxi_admin_role
Test Date 2025-07-09

Datasets

The following datasets were collected during this attack simulation:

Vmw-Syslog

  • Path: /datasets/attack_techniques/T1098/esxi_admin_role/esxi_admin_role.log
  • Sourcetype: vmw-syslog
  • Source: vmw-syslog

The following detections in our security content repository use this attack data for testing:

Detection Name Type Source MITRE ATT&CK Analytic Story
ESXi User Granted Admin Role TTP Application T1098, T1078 ESXi Post Compromise, Black Basta Ransomware

Usage Instructions

Replay with Splunk Attack Data

Replay attack data with replay.py from Splunk Attack Data.

1python replay.py --dataset /datasets/attack_techniques/T1098/esxi_admin_role/esxi_admin_role.log --index attack_data

Manual Import

  1. Download the dataset files from the paths listed above
  2. Configure your Splunk instance with the appropriate sourcetypes
  3. Import the logs using the Splunk Add Data wizard

Related Content

Find more detections and analytics for this attack technique in our security content repository.

Source: GitHub | Version: 1.0