Nmap targets-ipv6-multicast-mld NSE Script


This page contains detailed information about how to use the targets-ipv6-multicast-mld NSE script. For list of all NSE scripts, visit the Nmap NSE Library.

Script Overview

Script source code: https://github.com/nmap/nmap/tree/master/scripts/targets-ipv6-multicast-mld.nse
Script categories: discovery, broadcast
Target service / protocol: -
Target network port(s): -
List of CVEs: -

Script Description

The targets-ipv6-multicast-mld.nse script attempts to discover available IPv6 hosts on the LAN by sending an MLD (multicast listener discovery) query to the link-local multicast address (ff02::1) and listening for any responses. The query's maximum response delay set to 1 to provoke hosts to respond immediately rather than waiting for other responses from their multicast group.

Targets-ipv6-multicast-mld NSE Script Arguments

This is a full list of arguments supported by the targets-ipv6-multicast-mld.nse script:

targets-ipv6-multicast-mld.interface

Interface to send on (default: the interface specified with -e or every available Ethernet interface with an IPv6 address.)

targets-ipv6-multicast-mld.timeout

Timeout to wait for responses (default: 10s)

max-newtargets

Sets the number of the maximum allowed new targets. If set to 0 or less then there is no limit. The default value is 0.

newtargets

If specified, lets NSE scripts add new targets.

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To use these script arguments, add them to the Nmap command line using the --script-args arg1=value,[arg2=value,..] syntax. For example:

nmap --script=targets-ipv6-multicast-mld --script-args targets-ipv6-multicast-mld.interface=value,targets-ipv6-multicast-mld.timeout=value <target>

Targets-ipv6-multicast-mld NSE Script Example Usage

Here's an example of how to use the targets-ipv6-multicast-mld.nse script:

nmap -6 --script=targets-ipv6-multicast-mld.nse --script-args 'newtargets,interface=eth0'

Targets-ipv6-multicast-mld NSE Script Example Output

Here's a sample output from the targets-ipv6-multicast-mld.nse script:

Pre-scan script results:
| targets-ipv6-multicast-mld:
|   IP: fe80::5a55:abcd:ef01:2345  MAC: 58:55:ab:cd:ef:01  IFACE: en0
|   IP: fe80::9284:0123:4567:89ab  MAC: 90:84:01:23:45:67  IFACE: en0
|
|_  Use --script-args=newtargets to add the results as targets

Targets-ipv6-multicast-mld NSE Script Example XML Output

Here's a sample XML output from the targets-ipv6-multicast-mld.nse script produced by providing the -oX <file> Nmap option:

 <table>
   <table>
     <elem key="address">fe80::5a55:abcd:ef01:2345</elem>
     <elem key="mac">58:55:ab:cd:ef:01</elem>
     <elem key="iface">en0</elem>
   </table>
   <table>
     <elem key="address">fe80::9284:0123:4567:89ab</elem>
     <elem key="mac">90:84:01:23:45:67</elem>
     <elem key="iface">en0</elem>
   </table>
 </table>

Authors

  • niteesh
  • alegen

References

See Also

Related NSE scripts to the targets-ipv6-multicast-mld.nse script:

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Version

This page has been created based on Nmap version 7.92.