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Malicious Process Detection

critical Nessus Plugin ID 59275

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Synopsis

Nessus detected malicious processes on the remote host.

Description

The checksum of one or more running processes on the remote Windows host matches known malware.

See Also

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MD5

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 59275

File Name: wmi_malware_scan.nbin

Version: 1.314

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 4/12/2012

Updated: 11/22/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

CVSS Score Rationale: The detection is suspected as being malware.

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: manual

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: SMB/Registry/Enumerated, SMB/WMI/Available