openvas test results
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Yesterday afternoon I started a scan on the workstation network. Previously I was just using it for servers.
Later, in the evening, I logged in to my Webroot admin console and saw that about 25% of the endpoints were reporting an infection. I just about lost my mind. Luckily, I soon found out that openvas uses winexecsvc.exe to do its thing on Windows machines. Just FYI if anybody else is using this and quite green like me. -
@momurda said in openvas test results:
Yesterday afternoon I started a scan on the workstation network. Previously I was just using it for servers.
Later, in the evening, I logged in to my Webroot admin console and saw that about 25% of the endpoints were reporting an infection. I just about lost my mind. Luckily, I soon found out that openvas uses winexecsvc.exe to do its thing on Windows machines. Just FYI if anybody else is using this and quite green like me.I am really surprised webroot hasn't run into OpenVAS before.
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@irj Yes. There are a couple forum posts about it, but they apparently haven't changed the default detection of it as bad.
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Today i scanned an IIS server.
It showed these results, which seem quite frightening. I am only interesested in the two i marked.
Now, these two items score above 9 on openvas scanner, which means openvas thinks they are very bad.
Then i log into the server, check for updates from Microsoft Update. Server says it is fully uptodate.
Then i try to actually navigate the links from openvas on technet/ms catalog/ms docs/etc. to download these single updates. What a nightmare those sites are.
I finally get the standalone update downloaded, install it, and "This update is not applicable to your computer." So i guess that means it is installed? If so why is openvas saying it isnt, and being so confident(80%) that it is. -
@momurda said in openvas test results:
Today i scanned an IIS server.
It showed these results, which seem quite frightening. I am only interesested in the two i marked.
Now, these two items score above 9 on openvas scanner, which means openvas thinks they are very bad.
Then i log into the server, check for updates from Microsoft Update. Server says it is fully uptodate.
Then i try to actually navigate the links from openvas on technet/ms catalog/ms docs/etc. to download these single updates. What a nightmare those sites are.
I finally get the standalone update downloaded, install it, and "This update is not applicable to your computer." So i guess that means it is installed? If so why is openvas saying it isnt, and being so confident(80%) that it is.Obviously something isn't right. Which server version is that IIS running on?
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IIS 8 on Server 2012.
I suppose it is possible that even at 80% this is a false positive detection.
Windows update screen
The optional update is for SilverLight -
@momurda said in openvas test results:
IIS 8 on Server 2012.
I suppose it is possible that even at 80% this is a false positive detection.
Windows update screen
The optional update is for SilverLightIt could be that Microsoft hasn't released those updates for 2012. Isn't 2012 only covered under extended support now?
Edit: Answering my own question, normal support for 2012/2012R2 ends in 2018.
Accordingly, you should be able to apply those updates.
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I think they are applied and that openvas is being dumb.
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The updates that openvas says are missing are actually installed.
and
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Does anyone still have an OpenVAS scanner going?
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I use mine every couple weeks. It is off right now
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@momurda said in openvas test results:
I use mine every couple weeks. It is off right now
I'm asking because I don't have anything set up, and was curious if anyone could do a non-intrusive vunlerability scan against my VPSs, one on GCP and one on turnkeyinternet?
I'd like to compare the results...
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If you give me ip and port i can setup and run a scan. It is incredibly slow here this week. I shouldnt even be in the office.
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@momurda said in openvas test results:
If you give me ip and port i can setup and run a scan. It is incredibly slow here this week. I shouldnt even be in the office.
See what comes up just from that info.
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Ok scanning now
edit: openvas tripped the IPS and got banned from all net activity for 20 minutes while scanning these sites, so it was working. -
@momurda said in openvas test results:
Ok scanning now
edit: openvas tripped the IPS and got banned from all net activity for 20 minutes while scanning these sites, so it was working.Okay, I will see about turning it off later today. I'll let you know. Thanks for trying.
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@tim_g I meant my IPS. It has resumed scanning after the 20 minute ban.
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@momurda said in openvas test results:
@tim_g I meant my IPS. It has resumed scanning after the 20 minute ban.
Ah I see
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These scans take about 50x as long over the internet as internally, even over a Gb WAN connection.
Do you want me to post results here as screenies or do you want a pdf pm to you? -
@momurda said in openvas test results:
These scans take about 50x as long over the internet as internally, even over a Gb WAN connection.
Do you want me to post results here as screenies or do you want a pdf pm to you?Don't publicly post them!
