Plugin ID | 22 |
Plugin name | Kazaa or Morpheus http server detection |
Plugin filename | Kazaa or Morpheus http server detection.plugin |
Plugin filesize | 2874 bytes |
Plugin family | Peer-to-Peer |
Plugin created name | Marc Ruef |
Plugin created email | marc dot ruef at computec dot ch |
Plugin created web | http://www.computec.ch |
Plugin created company | computec.ch |
Plugin created date | 2003/11/13 |
Plugin updated name | Marc Ruef |
Plugin updated email | marc dot ruef at computec dot ch |
Plugin updated web | http://www.computec.ch |
Plugin updated company | computec.ch |
Plugin updated date | 2004/11/13 |
Plugin version | 1.3 |
Plugin changelog | Corrected the plugin structure and added the accuracy values in 1.3 |
Plugin protocol | tcp |
Plugin port | 1214 |
Plugin procedure detection | open|send GET / HTTP/1.0\n\n|sleep|close|pattern_exists X-Kazaa-Username: |
Plugin detection accuracy | 97 |
Plugin comment | This plugin was written with the ATK Attack Editor. |
Bug advisory | http://www.securiteam.com/securitynews/5UP0L2K55W.html |
Bug affected | Kazaa and Morpheus peer-to-peer clients |
Bug vulnerability class | Configuration |
Bug description | Kazaa and Morpheus are very popular peer-to-peer software to sharing files. An open http server on port tcp/1214 and the returning banner may indicate the existence web service. This kind of software may be illegal in the environment. |
Bug solution | Disable the peer-to-peer software if not allowed nor needed. If it should run then filter incoming traffic on port tcp/1214 to prevent unwanted access to the web service. |
Bug fixing time | 15 minutes |
Bug exploit availability | Yes |
Bug exploit url | http://www.securiteam.com/securitynews/5UP0L2K55W.html |
Bug remote | Yes |
Bug local | Yes |
Bug severity | Medium |
Bug popularity | 6 |
Bug simplicity | 8 |
Bug impact | 4 |
Bug risk | 5 |
Bug Nessus risk | Serious |
Bug check tools | Nessus is able to do the same check. The check is also possible with a telnet client or the NetCat utility. |
Source Nessus ID | 10751 |
Source Literature | Hacking Exposed: Network Security Secrets & Solutions, Stuart McClure, Joel Scambray and George Kurtz, February 25, 2003, 4th Edition, McGraw-Hill Osborne Media, ISBN 0072227427 |
Source Misc. | http://www.computec.ch |