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Netstat Portscanner (SSH)

info Nessus Plugin ID 14272

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Synopsis

Remote open ports can be enumerated via SSH.

Description

Nessus was able to run 'netstat' on the remote host to enumerate the open ports. If 'netstat' is not available, the plugin will attempt to use 'ss'.

See the section 'plugins options' about configuring this plugin.

Note: This plugin runs on Windows using netstat.exe if the target is localhost (scanner scanning itself) or a Windows host authenticated via SSH with the ability to run netstat.exe.

See Also

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netstat

Plugin Details

Severity: Info

ID: 14272

File Name: netstat_portscan.nasl

Version: 1.111

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/15/2004

Updated: 10/29/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

Excluded KB Items: Host/OS/ratelimited_sonicwall, Host/OS/ratelimited_junos, Host/OS/ratelimited_omniswitch