Nmap finger NSE Script

Script Overview

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Script source code: https://github.com/nmap/nmap/tree/master/scripts/finger.nse
Script categories: default, discovery, safe
Target service / protocol: finger
Target network port(s): 79
List of CVEs: -

Script Description

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The finger.nse script attempts to retrieve a list of usernames using the finger service.

Finger NSE Script Arguments

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The finger.nse script does not have any arguments.

Finger NSE Script Example Usage

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Here's an example of how to use the finger.nse script:

nmap --script=finger <target>

Finger NSE Script Example Output

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Here's a sample output from the finger.nse script:

PORT   STATE SERVICE
79/tcp open  finger
| finger:
| Welcome to Linux version 2.6.31.12-0.2-default at linux-pb94.site !
|  01:14am  up  18:54,  4 users,  load average: 0.14, 0.08, 0.01
|
| Login      Name                  Tty      Idle  Login Time   Where
| Gutek      Ange Gutek           *:0          -     Wed 06:19 console
| Gutek      Ange Gutek            pts/1   18:54     Wed 06:20
| Gutek      Ange Gutek           *pts/0       -     Thu 00:41
|_Gutek      Ange Gutek           *pts/4       3     Thu 01:06

Finger NSE Script Example XML Output

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There is no sample XML output for this module. However, by providing the -oX <file> option, Nmap will produce a XML output and save it in the file.xml file.

Author

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• Eddie Bell

References

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• https://nmap.org/nsedoc/scripts/finger.html
• https://github.com/nmap/nmap/tree/master/scripts/finger.nse

See Also

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Visit Nmap NSE Library for more scripts.