MacOS Malicious File Detection

critical Nessus Plugin ID 126260

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Synopsis

Nessus detected malicious files on the remote host.

Description

The checksum of one or more files on the remote MacOS host matches known malware.

Note that Nessus has only scanned MacOS executable binaries and libraries.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 126260

File Name: macos_malware_scan_filescan.nbin

Version: 1.240

Type: remote

Agent: unix

Family: Backdoors

Published: 6/26/2019

Updated: 11/6/2024

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: Host/uname

Detections

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