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File Alteration Monitor daemon (famd) Service Detection

🗓️ 03 Nov 2005 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2005 Michel ArboiType 
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File Alteration Monitor daemon (famd) Service Detection. File Alteration Monitor daemon running on this port. Reconfigure to disable network access. Start famd with -L option or edit /etc/fam.conf and set option 'local_only' to 'true'

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# 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.18186");
  script_version("2023-08-01T13:29:10+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-08-01 13:29:10 +0000 (Tue, 01 Aug 2023)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2005-11-03 14:08:04 +0100 (Thu, 03 Nov 2005)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"0.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:N");
  script_name("File Alteration Monitor daemon (famd) Service Detection");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2005 Michel Arboi");
  script_family("Service detection");
  script_require_ports("Services/unknown");
  script_dependencies("find_service2.nasl");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The File Alteration Monitor daemon is running on this port.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"This service does not need to be reachable from the outside, it
  is therefore recommended that reconfigure it to disable network access.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Start famd with the -L option or edit /etc/fam.conf and set the
  option 'local_only' to 'true' and restartd the famd service.

  Alternatively, you may wish to filter incoming traffic to this port.");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");

  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("port_service_func.inc");
include("network_func.inc");

# :::FAMD
# 00: 00 00 00 10 2f 74 6d 70 2f 2e 66 61 6d 52 48 61    ..../tmp/.famRHa
# 10: 46 4c 4c 00                                        FLL.

a = get_host_ip();
# Do not use islocalhost, famd is supposed to be listening on 127.0.0.1
# only, not an external interface
local = (a =~ "^0*127\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$");
lan = local || is_private_addr(addr: a);

port = unknownservice_get_port( nodefault:TRUE ); #famd runs on any free privileged port??

s = open_sock_tcp(port);
if (! s) exit(0);

send(socket: s, data: '\0\0\0\x1aN0 500 500 sockmeister\00\x0a\0');
b = recv(socket: s, length: 512);
close(s);

if (isnull(b) || substr(b, 0, 2) != '\0\0\0') exit(0);

# First test triggers against HP Openview or Tibco
l = strlen(b);
if( l < 5) exit( 0 );
if (b[l-1] != '\0' || ord(b[3]) != l - 4 || ord(b[4]) != '/' ) exit(0);

service_register(port: port, ipproto: 'tcp', proto: 'famd');

r = 'The File Alteration Monitor daemon is running on this port\n';

if (local)
  log_message(port: port, data: r + '.\n');
else {
  r += ' and does not need to be reachable from the outside.\n';

  if (!lan)
   r += 'Exposing it on Internet is definitely not a good idea.\n';

  r += '\nSolution : to restrict it to the loopback interface,
run it with -L or set "local_only = false" in /etc/fam.conf';
  log_message(port: port, data: r);
  exit(0);
}

exit(0);

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