ESXi Detection via VMWare Tools CMD execution

info Nessus Plugin ID 108711

Synopsis

Detect a VM residing on an ESXi server.

Description

Using the WMI interface, Nessus is attempting to run a VMWare Tools command on the remote host to ESXi based assets.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?7c343ae6

http://www.nessus.org/u?a8a58618

Plugin Details

Severity: Info

ID: 108711

File Name: vmware_esxi_detection.nbin

Version: 1.220

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 3/29/2018

Updated: 11/22/2024

Asset Inventory: true

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:vmware:vmware_esxi

Required KB Items: SMB/WMI/Available, SMB/Registry/Enumerated, installed_sw/VMware Tools

Reference Information

IAVT: 0001-T-0597