Detections
Analytics
Target Credential Status by Authentication Protocol - Valid Credentials Provided
info Nessus Plugin ID 141118
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Synopsis
Valid credentials were provided for an available authentication protocol.Description
Nessus was able to determine that valid credentials were provided for an authentication protocol available on the remote target because it was able to successfully authenticate directly to the remote target using that authentication protocol at least once. Authentication was successful because the authentication protocol service was available remotely, the service was able to be identified, the authentication protocol was able to be negotiated successfully, and a set of credentials provided in the scan policy for that authentication protocol was accepted by the remote service. See plugin output for details, including protocol, port, and account.Please note the following :
- This plugin reports per protocol, so it is possible for valid credentials to be provided for one protocol and not another. For example, authentication may succeed via SSH but fail via SMB, while no credentials were provided for an available SNMP service.
- Providing valid credentials for all available authentication protocols may improve scan coverage, but the value of successful authentication for a given protocol may vary from target to target depending upon what data (if any) is gathered from the target via that protocol. For example, successful authentication via SSH is more valuable for Linux targets than for Windows targets, and likewise successful authentication via SMB is more valuable for Windows targets than for Linux targets.
Plugin Details
Severity: Info
ID: 141118
File Name: valid_credentials.nasl
Version: 1.6
Type: summary
Family: Settings
Published: 10/15/2020
Updated: 3/25/2024
Supported Sensors: Nessus