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Curl Installed (Windows)

info Nessus Plugin ID 171860

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Synopsis

Curl is installed on the remote Windows host.

Description

Curl, a command line tool for transferring data with URLs, was detected on the remote Windows host.

Please note, if the installation is located in either the Windows\System32 or Windows\SysWOW64 directory, it will be considered as managed by the OS. In this case, paranoid scanning is require to trigger downstream vulnerabilty checks. Paranoid scanning has no affect on this plugin itself.

See Also

https://curl.se/

Plugin Details

Severity: Info

ID: 171860

File Name: curl_win_installed.nbin

Version: 1.66

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 2/23/2023

Updated: 3/31/2025

Configuration: Enable thorough checks (optional)

Asset Inventory: true

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:haxx:curl

Required KB Items: SMB/Registry/Enumerated