Qualys Cloud Platform (VM, SCA, PC) 8.14 New Features

This new release of the Qualys Cloud Platform VM, SCA, PC, version 8.14, includes several new feature improvements across the apps such as Wallix AdminBastion support, EC2 scan improvements, VM reporting improvements, ESX/ESXi PC support for vCenter, PC STIG Report, and expanded technology suppor...

VMware ESX / ESXi Arbitrary File Modification (VMSA-2013-0016) (remote check)

The remote VMware ESX / ESXi host is missing a security-related patch. It is, therefore, affected by an arbitrary file modification vulnerability due to improper handling of certain Virtual Machine file descriptors. A local attacker can exploit this to read or modify arbitrary files. C Tenable...

Monitoring of standalone hosts fails

Challenge No topology is created for standalone ESX/ESXi hosts. nworks logs contain the following errors: 0.0017 EXCOL+ VP120 retrieveHostProperties failed, buildMorList: zero count at nworksCore.Collectors.VimUtil.buildMorListList1 nodes at...

VMWare ESX/ESXi Fingerprint Scanner

This module accesses the web API interfaces for VMware ESX/ESXi servers and attempts to identify version information for that server. This module requires Metasploit: https://metasploit.com/download Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework class MetasploitModule 'VMWare...

VMWare Enumerate Virtual Machines

This module attempts to discover virtual machines on any VMWare instance running the web interface. This would include ESX/ESXi and VMWare Server. This module requires Metasploit: https://metasploit.com/download Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework class MetasploitModule...

Failed to configure DC (Host is not licensed for this feature)

Challenge Cause The DC boots up only in the DSRM and all services are not operational. Solution To address this: Make sure ESX is licensed with the vStorage APIs feature. Make sure that the account used to backup the Virtual Machines has full administrative rights on Vcenter and is member of loca...