vmware-vcenter-attack

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Audited by Gen Agent Trust Hub on Sep 29, 2026

Risk Level: MEDIUMCOMMAND_EXECUTIONREMOTE_CODE_EXECUTIONCREDENTIALS_UNSAFEDATA_EXFILTRATIONINDIRECT_PROMPT_INJECTION
Full Analysis
  • [COMMAND_EXECUTION]: The skill instructs the agent to execute a variety of shell commands, including curl, openssl, and ldapsearch, to perform reconnaissance and data gathering against network targets.
  • [REMOTE_CODE_EXECUTION]: Step 4 provides a functional exploit payload for a Server-Side Template Injection (SSTI) vulnerability in VMware Workspace ONE Access (CVE-2022-22954), allowing the execution of arbitrary commands.
  • [CREDENTIALS_UNSAFE]: Step 5 lists several hardcoded default credentials for VMware components, such as root:vmware, which are commonly targeted in automated attacks.
  • [DATA_EXFILTRATION]: Step 8 details how to locate and download sensitive datastore files, including VMDKs and snapshots, which may lead to significant data loss.
  • [INDIRECT_PROMPT_INJECTION]: (1) Ingestion points: Data is received from external target endpoints in Steps 1, 4, and 6 through 10. (2) Boundary markers: There are no instructions to the agent to treat external server responses as untrusted content. (3) Capability inventory: The skill utilizes network commands and local file system access based on external inputs. (4) Sanitization: The skill does not implement any validation or sanitization of the data retrieved from targets.
Audit Metadata
Risk Level
MEDIUM
Analyzed
Sep 29, 2026, 06:48 AM