For a description of this category, see vuln NSE category in the Nmap documentation.

Scripts

afp-path-vuln

Detects the Mac OS X AFP directory traversal vulnerability, CVE-2010-0533.

broadcast-avahi-dos

Attempts to discover hosts in the local network using the DNS Service Discovery protocol and sends a NULL UDP packet to each host to test if it is vulnerable to the Avahi NULL UDP packet denial of service (CVE-2011-1002).

clamav-exec

Exploits ClamAV servers vulnerable to unauthenticated clamav comand execution.

distcc-cve2004-2687

Detects and exploits a remote code execution vulnerability in the distributed compiler daemon distcc. The vulnerability was disclosed in 2002, but is still present in modern implementation due to poor configuration of the service.

dns-update

Attempts to perform a dynamic DNS update without authentication.

firewall-bypass

Detects a vulnerability in netfilter and other firewalls that use helpers to dynamically open ports for protocols such as ftp and sip.

ftp-libopie

Checks if an FTPd is prone to CVE-2010-1938 (OPIE off-by-one stack overflow), a vulnerability discovered by Maksymilian Arciemowicz and Adam "pi3" Zabrocki. See the advisory at https://nmap.org/r/fbsd-sa-opie. Be advised that, if launched against a vulnerable host, this script will crash the FTPd.

ftp-proftpd-backdoor

Tests for the presence of the ProFTPD 1.3.3c backdoor reported as BID 45150. This script attempts to exploit the backdoor using the innocuous id command by default, but that can be changed with the ftp-proftpd-backdoor.cmd script argument.

ftp-vsftpd-backdoor

Tests for the presence of the vsFTPd 2.3.4 backdoor reported on 2011-07-04 (CVE-2011-2523). This script attempts to exploit the backdoor using the innocuous id command by default, but that can be changed with the exploit.cmd or ftp-vsftpd-backdoor.cmd script arguments.

ftp-vuln-cve2010-4221

Checks for a stack-based buffer overflow in the ProFTPD server, version between 1.3.2rc3 and 1.3.3b. By sending a large number of TELNET_IAC escape sequence, the proftpd process miscalculates the buffer length, and a remote attacker will be able to corrupt the stack and execute arbitrary code within the context of the proftpd process (CVE-2010-4221). Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.

http-adobe-coldfusion-apsa1301

Attempts to exploit an authentication bypass vulnerability in Adobe Coldfusion servers to retrieve a valid administrator's session cookie.

http-aspnet-debug

Determines if a ASP.NET application has debugging enabled using a HTTP DEBUG request.

http-avaya-ipoffice-users

Attempts to enumerate users in Avaya IP Office systems 7.x.

http-awstatstotals-exec

Exploits a remote code execution vulnerability in Awstats Totals 1.0 up to 1.14 and possibly other products based on it (CVE: 2008-3922).

http-axis2-dir-traversal

Exploits a directory traversal vulnerability in Apache Axis2 version 1.4.1 by sending a specially crafted request to the parameter xsd (BID 40343). By default it will try to retrieve the configuration file of the Axis2 service '/conf/axis2.xml' using the path '/axis2/services/' to return the username and password of the admin account.

http-cookie-flags

Examines cookies set by HTTP services. Reports any session cookies set without the httponly flag. Reports any session cookies set over SSL without the secure flag. If http-enum.nse is also run, any interesting paths found by it will be checked in addition to the root.

http-cross-domain-policy

Checks the cross-domain policy file (/crossdomain.xml) and the client-acces-policy file (/clientaccesspolicy.xml) in web applications and lists the trusted domains. Overly permissive settings enable Cross Site Request Forgery attacks and may allow attackers to access sensitive data. This script is useful to detect permissive configurations and possible domain names available for purchase to exploit the application.

http-csrf

This script detects Cross Site Request Forgeries (CSRF) vulnerabilities.

http-dlink-backdoor

Detects a firmware backdoor on some D-Link routers by changing the User-Agent to a "secret" value. Using the "secret" User-Agent bypasses authentication and allows admin access to the router.

http-dombased-xss

It looks for places where attacker-controlled information in the DOM may be used to affect JavaScript execution in certain ways. The attack is explained here: http://www.webappsec.org/projects/articles/071105.shtml

http-enum

Enumerates directories used by popular web applications and servers.

http-fileupload-exploiter

Exploits insecure file upload forms in web applications using various techniques like changing the Content-type header or creating valid image files containing the payload in the comment.

http-frontpage-login

Checks whether target machines are vulnerable to anonymous Frontpage login.

http-git

Checks for a Git repository found in a website's document root /.git/<something>) and retrieves as much repo information as possible, including language/framework, remotes, last commit message, and repository description.

http-huawei-hg5xx-vuln

Detects Huawei modems models HG530x, HG520x, HG510x (and possibly others...) vulnerable to a remote credential and information disclosure vulnerability. It also extracts the PPPoE credentials and other interesting configuration values.

http-iis-webdav-vuln

Checks for a vulnerability in IIS 5.1/6.0 that allows arbitrary users to access secured WebDAV folders by searching for a password-protected folder and attempting to access it. This vulnerability was patched in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS09-020, https://nmap.org/r/ms09-020.

http-internal-ip-disclosure

Determines if the web server leaks its internal IP address when sending an HTTP/1.0 request without a Host header.

http-jsonp-detection

Attempts to discover JSONP endpoints in web servers. JSONP endpoints can be used to bypass Same-origin Policy restrictions in web browsers.

http-litespeed-sourcecode-download

Exploits a null-byte poisoning vulnerability in Litespeed Web Servers 4.0.x before 4.0.15 to retrieve the target script's source code by sending a HTTP request with a null byte followed by a .txt file extension (CVE-2010-2333).

http-majordomo2-dir-traversal

Exploits a directory traversal vulnerability existing in Majordomo2 to retrieve remote files. (CVE-2011-0049).

http-method-tamper

Attempts to bypass password protected resources (HTTP 401 status) by performing HTTP verb tampering. If an array of paths to check is not set, it will crawl the web server and perform the check against any password protected resource that it finds.

http-passwd

Checks if a web server is vulnerable to directory traversal by attempting to retrieve /etc/passwd or \boot.ini.

http-phpmyadmin-dir-traversal

Exploits a directory traversal vulnerability in phpMyAdmin 2.6.4-pl1 (and possibly other versions) to retrieve remote files on the web server.

http-phpself-xss

Crawls a web server and attempts to find PHP files vulnerable to reflected cross site scripting via the variable $_SERVER["PHP_SELF"].

http-shellshock

Attempts to exploit the "shellshock" vulnerability (CVE-2014-6271 and CVE-2014-7169) in web applications.

http-slowloris-check

Tests a web server for vulnerability to the Slowloris DoS attack without actually launching a DoS attack.

http-sql-injection

Spiders an HTTP server looking for URLs containing queries vulnerable to an SQL injection attack. It also extracts forms from found websites and tries to identify fields that are vulnerable.

http-stored-xss

Unfiltered '>' (greater than sign). An indication of potential XSS vulnerability.

http-tplink-dir-traversal

Exploits a directory traversal vulnerability existing in several TP-Link wireless routers. Attackers may exploit this vulnerability to read any of the configuration and password files remotely and without authentication.

http-trace

Sends an HTTP TRACE request and shows if the method TRACE is enabled. If debug is enabled, it returns the header fields that were modified in the response.

http-vmware-path-vuln

Checks for a path-traversal vulnerability in VMWare ESX, ESXi, and Server (CVE-2009-3733).

http-vuln-cve2006-3392

Exploits a file disclosure vulnerability in Webmin (CVE-2006-3392)

http-vuln-cve2009-3960

Exploits cve-2009-3960 also known as Adobe XML External Entity Injection.

http-vuln-cve2010-0738

Tests whether a JBoss target is vulnerable to jmx console authentication bypass (CVE-2010-0738).

http-vuln-cve2010-2861

Executes a directory traversal attack against a ColdFusion server and tries to grab the password hash for the administrator user. It then uses the salt value (hidden in the web page) to create the SHA1 HMAC hash that the web server needs for authentication as admin. You can pass this value to the ColdFusion server as the admin without cracking the password hash.

http-vuln-cve2011-3192

Detects a denial of service vulnerability in the way the Apache web server handles requests for multiple overlapping/simple ranges of a page.

http-vuln-cve2011-3368

Tests for the CVE-2011-3368 (Reverse Proxy Bypass) vulnerability in Apache HTTP server's reverse proxy mode. The script will run 3 tests:

• the loopback test, with 3 payloads to handle different rewrite rules
• the internal hosts test. According to Contextis, we expect a delay before a server error.
• The external website test. This does not mean that you can reach a LAN ip, but this is a relevant issue anyway.

http-vuln-cve2012-1823

Detects PHP-CGI installations that are vulnerable to CVE-2012-1823, This critical vulnerability allows attackers to retrieve source code and execute code remotely.

http-vuln-cve2013-0156

Detects Ruby on Rails servers vulnerable to object injection, remote command executions and denial of service attacks. (CVE-2013-0156)

http-vuln-cve2013-6786

Detects a URL redirection and reflected XSS vulnerability in Allegro RomPager Web server. The vulnerability has been assigned CVE-2013-6786.

http-vuln-cve2013-7091

An 0 day was released on the 6th December 2013 by rubina119, and was patched in Zimbra 7.2.6.

http-vuln-cve2014-2126

Detects whether the Cisco ASA appliance is vulnerable to the Cisco ASA ASDM Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (CVE-2014-2126).

http-vuln-cve2014-2127

Detects whether the Cisco ASA appliance is vulnerable to the Cisco ASA SSL VPN Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (CVE-2014-2127).

http-vuln-cve2014-2128

Detects whether the Cisco ASA appliance is vulnerable to the Cisco ASA SSL VPN Authentication Bypass Vulnerability (CVE-2014-2128).

http-vuln-cve2014-2129

Detects whether the Cisco ASA appliance is vulnerable to the Cisco ASA SIP Denial of Service Vulnerability (CVE-2014-2129).

http-vuln-cve2014-3704

Exploits CVE-2014-3704 also known as 'Drupageddon' in Drupal. Versions < 7.32 of Drupal core are known to be affected.

http-vuln-cve2014-8877

Exploits a remote code injection vulnerability (CVE-2014-8877) in Wordpress CM Download Manager plugin. Versions <= 2.0.0 are known to be affected.

http-vuln-cve2015-1427

This script attempts to detect a vulnerability, CVE-2015-1427, which allows attackers to leverage features of this API to gain unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE).

http-vuln-cve2015-1635

Checks for a remote code execution vulnerability (MS15-034) in Microsoft Windows systems (CVE2015-2015-1635).

http-vuln-cve2017-1001000

Attempts to detect a privilege escalation vulnerability in Wordpress 4.7.0 and 4.7.1 that allows unauthenticated users to inject content in posts.

http-vuln-cve2017-5638

Detects whether the specified URL is vulnerable to the Apache Struts Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2017-5638).

http-vuln-cve2017-5689

Detects if a system with Intel Active Management Technology is vulnerable to the INTEL-SA-00075 privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE2017-5689).

http-vuln-cve2017-8917

An SQL Injection vulnerability affecting Joomla! 3.7.x before 3.7.1 allows for unauthenticated users to execute arbitrary SQL commands. This vulnerability was caused by a new component, com_fields, which was introduced in version 3.7. This component is publicly accessible, which means this can be exploited by any malicious individual visiting the site.

http-vuln-misfortune-cookie

Detects the RomPager 4.07 Misfortune Cookie vulnerability by safely exploiting it.

http-vuln-wnr1000-creds

A vulnerability has been discovered in WNR 1000 series that allows an attacker to retrieve administrator credentials with the router interface. Tested On Firmware Version(s): V1.0.2.60_60.0.86 (Latest) and V1.0.2.54_60.0.82NA

http-wordpress-users

Enumerates usernames in Wordpress blog/CMS installations by exploiting an information disclosure vulnerability existing in versions 2.6, 3.1, 3.1.1, 3.1.3 and 3.2-beta2 and possibly others.

ipmi-cipher-zero

IPMI 2.0 Cipher Zero Authentication Bypass Scanner. This module identifies IPMI 2.0 compatible systems that are vulnerable to an authentication bypass vulnerability through the use of cipher zero.

irc-botnet-channels

Checks an IRC server for channels that are commonly used by malicious botnets.

irc-unrealircd-backdoor

Checks if an IRC server is backdoored by running a time-based command (ping) and checking how long it takes to respond.

mysql-vuln-cve2012-2122

netbus-auth-bypass

Checks if a NetBus server is vulnerable to an authentication bypass vulnerability which allows full access without knowing the password.

puppet-naivesigning

Detects if naive signing is enabled on a Puppet server. This enables attackers to create any Certificate Signing Request and have it signed, allowing them to impersonate as a puppet agent. This can leak the configuration of the agents as well as any other sensitive information found in the configuration files.

qconn-exec

Attempts to identify whether a listening QNX QCONN daemon allows unauthenticated users to execute arbitrary operating system commands.

rdp-vuln-ms12-020

Checks if a machine is vulnerable to MS12-020 RDP vulnerability.

realvnc-auth-bypass

Checks if a VNC server is vulnerable to the RealVNC authentication bypass (CVE-2006-2369).

rmi-vuln-classloader

Tests whether Java rmiregistry allows class loading. The default configuration of rmiregistry allows loading classes from remote URLs, which can lead to remote code execution. The vendor (Oracle/Sun) classifies this as a design feature.

rsa-vuln-roca

Detects RSA keys vulnerable to Return Of Coppersmith Attack (ROCA) factorization.

samba-vuln-cve-2012-1182

Checks if target machines are vulnerable to the Samba heap overflow vulnerability CVE-2012-1182.

smb-double-pulsar-backdoor

Checks if the target machine is running the Double Pulsar SMB backdoor.

smb-vuln-conficker

Detects Microsoft Windows systems infected by the Conficker worm. This check is dangerous and it may crash systems.

smb-vuln-cve-2017-7494

Checks if target machines are vulnerable to the arbitrary shared library load vulnerability CVE-2017-7494.

smb-vuln-cve2009-3103

Detects Microsoft Windows systems vulnerable to denial of service (CVE-2009-3103). This script will crash the service if it is vulnerable.

smb-vuln-ms06-025

Detects Microsoft Windows systems with Ras RPC service vulnerable to MS06-025.

smb-vuln-ms07-029

Detects Microsoft Windows systems with Dns Server RPC vulnerable to MS07-029.

smb-vuln-ms08-067

Detects Microsoft Windows systems vulnerable to the remote code execution vulnerability known as MS08-067. This check is dangerous and it may crash systems.

smb-vuln-ms10-054

Tests whether target machines are vulnerable to the ms10-054 SMB remote memory corruption vulnerability.

smb-vuln-ms10-061

Tests whether target machines are vulnerable to ms10-061 Printer Spooler impersonation vulnerability.

smb-vuln-ms17-010

Attempts to detect if a Microsoft SMBv1 server is vulnerable to a remote code execution vulnerability (ms17-010, a.k.a. EternalBlue). The vulnerability is actively exploited by WannaCry and Petya ransomware and other malware.

smb-vuln-regsvc-dos

Checks if a Microsoft Windows 2000 system is vulnerable to a crash in regsvc caused by a null pointer dereference. This check will crash the service if it is vulnerable and requires a guest account or higher to work.

smb-vuln-webexec

A critical remote code execution vulnerability exists in WebExService (WebExec).

smb2-vuln-uptime

Attempts to detect missing patches in Windows systems by checking the uptime returned during the SMB2 protocol negotiation.

smtp-vuln-cve2010-4344

Checks for and/or exploits a heap overflow within versions of Exim prior to version 4.69 (CVE-2010-4344) and a privilege escalation vulnerability in Exim 4.72 and prior (CVE-2010-4345).

smtp-vuln-cve2011-1720

Checks for a memory corruption in the Postfix SMTP server when it uses Cyrus SASL library authentication mechanisms (CVE-2011-1720). This vulnerability can allow denial of service and possibly remote code execution.

smtp-vuln-cve2011-1764

Checks for a format string vulnerability in the Exim SMTP server (version 4.70 through 4.75) with DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) support (CVE-2011-1764). The DKIM logging mechanism did not use format string specifiers when logging some parts of the DKIM-Signature header field. A remote attacker who is able to send emails, can exploit this vulnerability and execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the Exim daemon.

ssl-ccs-injection

Detects whether a server is vulnerable to the SSL/TLS "CCS Injection" vulnerability (CVE-2014-0224), first discovered by Masashi Kikuchi. The script is based on the ccsinjection.c code authored by Ramon de C Valle (https://gist.github.com/rcvalle/71f4b027d61a78c42607)

ssl-cert-intaddr

Reports any private (RFC1918) IPv4 addresses found in the various fields of an SSL service's certificate. These will only be reported if the target address itself is not private. Nmap v7.30 or later is required.

ssl-dh-params

Weak ephemeral Diffie-Hellman parameter detection for SSL/TLS services.

ssl-heartbleed

Detects whether a server is vulnerable to the OpenSSL Heartbleed bug (CVE-2014-0160). The code is based on the Python script ssltest.py authored by Katie Stafford (katie@ktpanda.org)

ssl-known-key

Checks whether the SSL certificate used by a host has a fingerprint that matches an included database of problematic keys.

ssl-poodle

Checks whether SSLv3 CBC ciphers are allowed (POODLE)

sslv2-drown

Determines whether the server supports SSLv2, what ciphers it supports and tests for CVE-2015-3197, CVE-2016-0703 and CVE-2016-0800 (DROWN)

supermicro-ipmi-conf

Attempts to download an unprotected configuration file containing plain-text user credentials in vulnerable Supermicro Onboard IPMI controllers.

tls-ticketbleed

Detects whether a server is vulnerable to the F5 Ticketbleed bug (CVE-2016-9244).

vulners

For each available CPE the script prints out known vulns (links to the correspondent info) and correspondent CVSS scores.

wdb-version

Detects vulnerabilities and gathers information (such as version numbers and hardware support) from VxWorks Wind DeBug agents.