Hypervisor Internals

Prompts and answers

• What type of Hypervisors have direct access to bare metal?
  type 1
• What type of Hypervisors do not have access to bare metal but run inside and through another Operating System?
  type 2
• What is the name of the Hypervisor that can be found as both a type 1 and type 2 Hypervisor?
  Hyper-V
• What is the name of the open-source Hypervisor developed by Oracle?
  VirtualBox
• As of the time of writing, what is the maximum amount that Microsoft offers for disclosed Hyper-V vulnerabilities?
  $250,000
• What category of use do cyber security analysts use Hypervisors to analyse malicious code?
  Research
• What is the name of one of the APT groups that has been identified as targeting ESXi Hypervisors?
  ALPHAV
• What is the acronym for a virtual CPU?
  vCPU
• What is the acronym for a virtual network adapter?
  vNIC
• What virtualisation method allows for a Hypervisor to be ran within a virtual machine?
  Nested virtualisation
• What is the full CVE of the vulnerability that allowed attackers to exploit guest additions to escape the guest environment? Format: CVE-XXXX-XXXX
  CVE-2018-2693
• What name does the VMware guest additions process show up as on the guest?
  VMware Tools Core Service
• What is the flag from the practical?
  THM{LAYERS_UPON_LAYERS}