atomic-red-team/atomics/Indexes/Matrices/esxi-matrix.md

# ESXi Atomic Tests by ATT&CK Tactic & Technique
| initial-access | execution | persistence | privilege-escalation | defense-evasion | credential-access | discovery | lateral-movement | collection | exfiltration | command-and-control | impact |
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| Exploit Public-Facing Application [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) | Scheduled Task/Job: Cron [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) | Boot or Logon Initialization Scripts [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) | Boot or Logon Initialization Scripts [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) | Masquerading: Match Legitimate Name or Location [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) | Brute Force: Password Guessing [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) | System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) | Remote Services: SSH [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) | Data Staged: Local Data Staging [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) | Exfiltration Over Web Service [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) | Data Encoding: Standard Encoding [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) | Service Stop [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) |
| Valid Accounts: Default Accounts [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) | ESXi Administration Command [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) | Scheduled Task/Job: Cron [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) | Scheduled Task/Job: Cron [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) | Hide Artifacts [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) | Brute Force: Password Spraying [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) | Account Discovery: Local Account [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) | Remote Services [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) | Remote Data Staging [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) | Exfiltration Over Webhook [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) | Dynamic Resolution: Domain Generation Algorithms [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) | Defacement [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) |
| Valid Accounts [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) | Scheduled Task/Job [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) | Scheduled Task/Job [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) | Scheduled Task/Job [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) | Indicator Removal on Host: Clear Command History [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) | Brute Force [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) | System Information Discovery [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) | Exploitation of Remote Services [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) | Data from Local System [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) | Exfiltration Over Symmetric Encrypted Non-C2 Protocol [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) | Application Layer Protocol: DNS [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) | Defacement: Internal Defacement [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) |
| Domain Accounts [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) | Command and Scripting Interpreter [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) | Valid Accounts: Default Accounts [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) | Escape to Host [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) | Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) | Brute Force: Credential Stuffing [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) | Virtual Machine Discovery [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) | Lateral Tool Transfer [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) | Data Staged [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) | Exfiltration to Code Repository [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) | Symmetric Cryptography [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) | Account Access Removal [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) |
| Valid Accounts: Local Accounts [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) | Command and Scripting Interpreter: Bash [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) | Create Account: Local Account [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) | Valid Accounts: Default Accounts [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) | Impair Defenses [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) |  | System Network Configuration Discovery [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) |  |  | Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol - Exfiltration Over Asymmetric Encrypted Non-C2 Protocol [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) | Fast Flux DNS [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) | Data Encrypted for Impact [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) |
|  | Command and Scripting Interpreter: Python [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) | SSH Authorized Keys [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) | SSH Authorized Keys [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) | Masquerading [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) |  | Account Discovery [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) |  |  | Exfiltration Over C2 Channel [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) | Application Layer Protocol [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) | Data Destruction [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) |
|  | Hypervisor CLI [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) | Compromise Host Software Binary [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) | Account Manipulation [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) | Indicator Removal on Host: Timestomp [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) |  | File and Directory Discovery [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) |  |  | Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) | Protocol Tunneling [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) | Inhibit System Recovery [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) |
|  |  | Account Manipulation [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) | Valid Accounts [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) | Impair Defenses: Disable or Modify System Firewall [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) |  | System Network Connections Discovery [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) |  |  | Exfiltration Over Web Service: Exfiltration to Text Storage Sites [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) | External Proxy [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) | System Shutdown/Reboot [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) |
|  |  | Valid Accounts [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) | Domain Accounts [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) | Valid Accounts: Default Accounts [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) |  | Log Enumeration [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) |  |  | Exfiltration Over Web Service: Exfiltration to Cloud Storage [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) | Proxy [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) |  |
|  |  | Domain Accounts [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) | Boot or Logon Initialization Scripts: Rc.common [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) | File and Directory Permissions Modification [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) |  | Process Discovery [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) |  |  | Data Transfer Size Limits [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) | Dynamic Resolution [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) |  |
|  |  | Server Software Component [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) | Valid Accounts: Local Accounts [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) | Impair Defenses: Indicator Blocking [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) |  | Remote System Discovery [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) |  |  | Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol: Exfiltration Over Unencrypted/Obfuscated Non-C2 Protocol [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) | Web Service [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) |  |
|  |  | Boot or Logon Initialization Scripts: Rc.common [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) |  | Indicator Removal on Host [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) |  | Software Discovery [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) |  |  |  | DNS Calculation [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) |  |
|  |  | Create Account [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) |  | Execution Guardrails [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) |  | Local Storage Discovery [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) |  |  |  | Multi-Stage Channels [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) |  |
|  |  | vSphere Installation Bundles [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) |  | Impair Defenses: Impair Command History Logging [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) |  | System Time Discovery [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) |  |  |  | File Transfer Protocols [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) |  |
|  |  | Valid Accounts: Local Accounts [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) |  | Valid Accounts [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) |  |  |  |  |  | One-Way Communication [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) |  |
|  |  |  |  | Obfuscated Files or Information [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) |  |  |  |  |  | Proxy: Multi-hop Proxy [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) |  |
|  |  |  |  | Run Virtual Instance [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) |  |  |  |  |  | Data Obfuscation [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) |  |
|  |  |  |  | Domain Accounts [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) |  |  |  |  |  | Non-Standard Port [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) |  |
|  |  |  |  | Clear Persistence [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) |  |  |  |  |  | Encrypted Channel [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) |  |
|  |  |  |  | Indicator Removal on Host: File Deletion [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) |  |  |  |  |  | Bidirectional Communication [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) |  |
|  |  |  |  | Valid Accounts: Local Accounts [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) |  |  |  |  |  | Asymmetric Cryptography [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) |  |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Non-Application Layer Protocol [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) |  |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Protocol or Service Impersonation [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) |  |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Domain Fronting [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) |  |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Data Encoding [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) |  |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Non-Standard Encoding [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) |  |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Application Layer Protocol: Web Protocols [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) |  |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Ingress Tool Transfer [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) |  |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Hide Infrastructure [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) |  |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Data Obfuscation via Steganography [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) |  |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Fallback Channels [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) |  |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Proxy: Internal Proxy [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) |  |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Dead Drop Resolver [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) |  |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Junk Data [CONTRIBUTE A TEST](https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/wiki/Contributing) |  |