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Mailoney Honeypot - Detect

ID: mailoney-honeypot-detect

Severity: info

Author: UnaPibaGeek

Tags: mailoney,exim,smtp,honeypot,ir,cti,network,tcp

Description

Section titled “Description”

A Mailoney (SMTP) honeypot has been identified.The response to the ‘HELP’ command differs from real installations, signaling a possible deceptive setup.

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: mailoney-honeypot-detect


info:
  name: Mailoney Honeypot - Detect
  author: UnaPibaGeek
  severity: info
  description: |
    A Mailoney (SMTP) honeypot has been identified.
    The response to the 'HELP' command differs from real installations, signaling a possible deceptive setup.
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: mailoney
    product: exim
    shodan-query: cpe:"cpe:2.3:a:exim:exim"
  tags: mailoney,exim,smtp,honeypot,ir,cti,network,tcp
tcp:
  - inputs:
      - data: "HELP\r\n"
        read: 1024


    host:
      - "{{Hostname}}"
    port: 25
    read-size: 1024


    matchers:
      - type: word
        words:
          - "502 Error: command \"HELP\" not implemented"
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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/honeypot/mailoney-honeypot-detect.yaml"

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