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VMware Authentication Daemon Detection

ID: vmware-authentication-daemon

Severity: info

Author: pussycat0x

Tags: network,vmware,authenticated,detect,detection,tcp

Description

Section titled “Description”

vmauthd is the VMWare authentication daemon that is included with many VMWare products, including ESX(i), and Workstation.

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: vmware-authentication-daemon


info:
  name: VMware Authentication Daemon Detection
  author: pussycat0x
  severity: info
  description: |
    vmauthd is the VMWare authentication daemon that is included with many VMWare products, including ESX(i), and Workstation.
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 1
    shodan-query: product:"VMware Authentication Daemon"
  tags: network,vmware,authenticated,detect,detection,tcp
tcp:


  - inputs:
      - data: "\n"
    host:
      - "{{Hostname}}"
    port: 902


    matchers:
      - type: word
        words:
          - "ServerDaemonProtocol:SOAP"
          - "MKSDisplayProtocol:VNC"
        condition: and


    extractors:
      - type: regex
        regex:
          - "VMware Authentication Daemon Version ([0-9.]+)"
# digest: 4b0a00483046022100c27371579dd3a6c32c2d012e9b3cc63ef191f33c04d5d4300ca4020696eb6634022100eb8538a819dc068bf32120b6a2fb126b03ff84cb0459d3cc4f3abf243c23962d:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

Guide to check the vulnerabilities

Section titled “Guide to check the vulnerabilities”

This template is used to detect vulnerabilities in web applications. It can be used with the Nuclei tool to scan for specific patterns or behaviors.

Terminal window
$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "network/detection/vmware-authentication-daemon-detect.yaml"

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