| Plugin ID | 19 |
| Plugin name | MLdonkey www interface detection |
| Plugin filename | MLdonkey web interface detection.plugin |
| Plugin filesize | 2712 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 | 2.0 |
| Plugin changelog | Corrected the plugin structure and added the accuracy values in 1.4. Improved the pattern matching and added the changelog in 2.0 |
| Plugin protocol | tcp |
| Plugin port | 4080 |
| Plugin procedure detection | open|send HEAD / HTTP/1.0\n\n|sleep|close|pattern_exists Server: MLdonkey |
| Plugin detection accuracy | 97 |
| Plugin comment | This script is not very useful because mldonkey only allows connections from localhost by default. |
| Bug affected | MLdonkey |
| Bug not affected | Other peer-to-peer solutions |
| Bug vulnerability class | Configuration |
| Bug description | MLdonkey is a peer-to-peer software to sharing files. An open port tcp/4080 and the returning banner may indicate the existence of the web interface. MLdonkey may be illegal in the environment. |
| Bug solution | Disable MLdonky if not allowed nor needed. If MLdonkey should run then filter incoming traffic on port tcp/4080 to prevent unwanted access to the web interface. |
| Bug fixing time | 15 minutes |
| Bug exploit availability | Yes |
| Bug remote | Yes |
| Bug local | Yes |
| Bug severity | Medium |
| Bug popularity | 7 |
| Bug simplicity | 7 |
| Bug impact | 6 |
| Bug risk | 6 |
| Bug Nessus risk | Medium |
| Bug check tools | Nessus is able to do the same check. |
| Source Nessus ID | 11125 |
| 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 |