Netstat Portscanner (WMI)

info Nessus Plugin ID 34220
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Synopsis

Remote open ports can be enumerated via WMI.

Description

Using the WMI interface, Nessus was able to run 'netstat' on the remote host to enumerate the open ports.

See Also

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

Plugin Details

Severity: Info

ID: 34220

File Name: wmi_netstat.nbin

Version: 1.202

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 9/16/2008

Updated: 11/12/2021

Dependencies: ping_host.nasl, wmi_available.nbin, netbios_name_get.nasl, smb_login.nasl, smb_hotfixes.nasl

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:microsoft:windows

Required KB Items: SMB/WMI/Available