Synopsis
It is possible to access NFS shares on the remote host.Description
At least one of the NFS shares exported by the remote server could be mounted by the scanning host. An attacker may be able to leverage this to read (and possibly write) files on remote host.Note: Shares protected by an ACL that includes the IP of the Nessus host will not be tested.
Solution
Configure NFS on the remote host so that only authorized hosts can mount its remote shares.Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 11356
File Name: nfs_mount.nasl
Version: 1.23
Type: Remote
Published: 3/12/2003
Updated: 10/7/2024
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.9
Percentile: 57.79
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 10
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
Required KB Items: rpc/portmap, nfs/exportlist
Excluded KB Items: nfs/noshares
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/1/1999
Exploitable With
Metasploit (NFS Mount Scanner)