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Dell Watchdog Timer Driver Detection (Windows)

info Nessus Plugin ID 339709

Synopsis

The Dell Watchdog Timer kernel driver is installed on the remote Windows host.

Description

The Dell Watchdog Timer kernel driver (WDTKernel.sys) is loaded on the remote Windows host. The driver exposes an IOCTL interface that the Dell Watchdog Timer application uses to read and write the BIOS watchdog timer setting.

Note: staged-but-not-loaded copies of the driver in the Windows DriverStore are not enumerated by this plugin.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?8becbc54

Plugin Details

Severity: Info

ID: 339709

File Name: dell_watchdog_timer_driver_win_installed.nbin

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 8/26/2026

Updated: 8/26/2026

Asset Inventory: true

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: x-cpe:/a:dell:watchdog_timer_driver

Required KB Items: SMB/Registry/Enumerated, WMI/SystemDrivers/Enumerated