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WinMX Detection

medium Nessus Plugin ID 11430

Synopsis

WinMX is a peer-to-peer file sharing application.

Description

The remote host is using WinMX, a p2p file sharing application, which may not be suitable for a business environment.

Solution

Uninstall this software.

See Also

https://www.totaldefense.com/?id=453073289

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 11430

File Name: winmx_installed.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 3/21/2003

Updated: 11/22/2019

Asset Inventory: true

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

CVSS Score Rationale: Score for running file-sharing application

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: manual

Vulnerability Information

CPE: x-cpe:/a:winmx:winmx

Required KB Items: SMB/name, SMB/login, SMB/password, SMB/transport