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WMI Windows Feature Enumeration
info Nessus Plugin ID 44871
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Synopsis
It is possible to enumerate Windows features using WMI.Description
Nessus was able to enumerate the server features of the remote host by querying the 'Win32_ServerFeature' class of the '\Root\cimv2' WMI namespace for Windows Server versions or the 'Win32_OptionalFeature' class of the '\Root\cimv2' WMI namespace for Windows Desktop versions.Note that Features can only be enumerated for Windows 7 and later for desktop versions.
See Also
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc280268
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/WmiSdk/querying-the-status-of-optional-features
Plugin Details
Severity: Info
ID: 44871
File Name: wmi_enum_server_features.nbin
Version: 1.234
Type: local
Agent: windows
Family: Windows
Published: 2/24/2010
Updated: 11/12/2024
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:microsoft:windows
Required KB Items: SMB/Registry/Enumerated, SMB/WMI/Available
Reference Information
IAVT: 0001-T-0754