Hidden WWW Server Name (HTTP) - Remote server attempting to hide its version or nam
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2005 Michel Arboi
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.11239");
script_version("2025-01-31T05:37:27+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-01-31 05:37:27 +0000 (Fri, 31 Jan 2025)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2005-11-03 14:08:04 +0100 (Thu, 03 Nov 2005)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:N");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"0.0");
script_name("Hidden WWW Server Name (HTTP)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2005 Michel Arboi");
script_family("Service detection");
script_dependencies("find_service.nasl", "httpver.nasl", "global_settings.nasl");
script_require_ports("Services/www", 80);
script_exclude_keys("Settings/disable_cgi_scanning");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"It seems that the remote web server tries to hide its
version or name.
However, using a special crafted request, the scanner was able to discover it.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_analysis");
exit(0);
}
include("http_func.inc");
include("port_service_func.inc");
port = http_get_port(default:80);
host = http_host_name(port:port);
s = http_open_socket(port);
if(! s) exit(0);
r = http_get(port: port, item: "/");
send(socket: s, data: r);
r = http_recv_headers2(socket:s);
http_close_socket(s);
# If anybody can get the server name, exit
srv = string("^Server: *[^ \t\n\r]");
if (egrep(string: r, pattern: srv)) exit(0);
i = 0;
req[i] = string("HELP\r\n\r\n"); i=i+1;
req[i] = string("HEAD / \r\n\r\n"); i=i+1;
req[i] = string("HEAD / HTTP/1.0\r\n\r\n"); i=i+1;
req[i] = string("HEAD / HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: ", host, "\r\n\r\n"); i=i+1;
for (i = 0; req[i]; i=i+1)
{
s = http_open_socket(port);
if (s)
{
send(socket: s, data: req[i]);
r = http_recv_headers2(socket:s);
http_close_socket(s);
if (strlen(r) && (s1 = egrep(string: r, pattern: srv)))
{
s1 -= '\r\n'; s1 -= 'Server:';
rep = "
It seems that the remote server tries to hide its version
or name.
However, using a special crafted request, the scanner was able
to determine that it is running :
" + s1 + "
Solution: Fix your configuration.";
log_message(port:port, data:rep);
# We check before: creating a list is not a good idea
sb = string("www/banner/", port);
if (! get_kb_item(sb))
{
replace_kb_item(name: sb, value: r);
}
else
{
sb = string("www/alt-banner/", port);
if (! get_kb_item(sb))
set_kb_item(name: sb, value: r);
}
exit(0);
}
}
}
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