Vmauthd Version - Metasploit Framework

Vulnerable Application

vmauthd is the VMWare authentication daemon that is included with many VMWare products, including ESX(i), and Workstation.

Warning: There is a known condition where this module utilizes SSLv3, however this is disabled in Kali. Changing to SSLv23 will work on a default Kali install. This change was made for documenting this module. Please see #7225 for additional details and the fix.

Verification Steps

Start msfconsole
Do: use auxiliary/scanner/vmware/vmauthd_version
Do: set rhosts
Do: run

Scenarios

A run against ESXi 6.0.0 Update 2 (Build 4600944)

  msf > use auxiliary/scanner/vmware/vmauthd_version 
  msf auxiliary(vmauthd_version) > set rhosts 10.1.2.5
  rhosts => 10.1.2.5
  msf auxiliary(vmauthd_version) > run
  
  [*] 10.1.2.5:902      - 10.1.2.5:902 Switching to SSL connection...
  [*] 10.1.2.5:902      - 10.1.2.5:902 Banner: 220 VMware Authentication Daemon Version 1.10: SSL Required, ServerDaemonProtocol:SOAP, MKSDisplayProtocol:VNC , VMXARGS supported, NFCSSL supported/t Certificate:/C=US/ST=California/L=Palo Alto/O=VMware, Inc/OU=VMware ESX Server Default Certificate/[email protected]/CN=localhost.localdomain/unstructuredName=1328954372,564d7761726520496e632e