Script `dicom-ping`

Script types: portrule
Categories: discovery, default, safe, auth
Download: https://svn.nmap.org/nmap/scripts/dicom-ping.nse

Script Summary

Attempts to discover DICOM servers (DICOM Service Provider) through a partial C-ECHO request. It also detects if the server allows any called Application Entity Title or not.

The script responds with the message "Called AET check enabled" when the association request is rejected due configuration. This value can be bruteforced.

C-ECHO requests are commonly known as DICOM ping as they are used to test connectivity. Normally, a 'DICOM ping' is formed as follows:

Client -> A-ASSOCIATE request -> Server
Server -> A-ASSOCIATE ACCEPT/REJECT -> Client
Client -> C-ECHO request -> Server
Server -> C-ECHO response -> Client
Client -> A-RELEASE request -> Server
Server -> A-RELEASE response -> Client

For this script we only send the A-ASSOCIATE request and look for the success code in the response as it seems to be a reliable way of detecting DICOM servers.

Script Arguments

dicom.called_aet, dicom.calling_aet: See the documentation for the dicom library.

Example Usage

nmap -p4242 --script dicom-ping <target>

```
nmap -sV --script dicom-ping <target>
```

Script Output

PORT     STATE SERVICE REASON
4242/tcp open  dicom   syn-ack
| dicom-ping: 
|   dicom: DICOM Service Provider discovered!
|_  config: Called AET check enabled

Requires

Author:

Paulino Calderon <calderon()calderonpale.com>