Virtual Machine Discovery
Technique · ATTACK:enterprise:T1673
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{
"id": "ATTACK:enterprise:T1673",
"title": "Virtual Machine Discovery",
"type": "Technique",
"source_url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1673",
"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--6bc7f9aa-b91f-4b23-84b8-5e756eba68eb",
"external_id": "T1673",
"domain": "enterprise",
"created": "2025-03-27T15:32:17.400Z",
"modified": "2026-05-12T15:12:00.640Z",
"version": "1.0",
"aliases": [
],
"tactics": [
"discovery"
],
"source_references": [
{
"source_name": "TrendMicro Play",
"url": "https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/24/g/new-play-ransomware-linux-variant-targets-esxi-shows-ties-with-p.html"
},
{
"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:S9019 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1673
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--1bfece9c-8ba6-499d-a25e-fab239e63f0d
Zscaler PureCrypter JUN 2022ATTACK:enterprise:G1048 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1673
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--2d1a9941-df94-4e1f-9132-80b052bcb1fc
Google Cloud Threat Intelligence VMWare ESXi Zero-Day 2023ATTACK:enterprise:S1242 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1673
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--52ff76ae-5f22-40d6-9bdf-006e9df75fc9
Halcyon Qilin.B OCT 2024 · Cisco Talos Qilin Ransomware OCT 2025ATTACK:enterprise:S1217 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1673
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--8b6d278e-5a90-4656-9546-87ce143007d7
Google Cloud Threat Intelligence ESXi VIBs 2022ATTACK:enterprise:S9060 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1673
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--99f15fc3-80e7-4f31-a754-8243b0db98d5
Mandiant_UNC1549_Feb2024ATTACK:enterprise:S1096 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1673
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--f2bc5108-3783-4f46-a0dd-60abe1a55987
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