Hello, I am using Nessus (Nessus 2.2.10 for Linux) to take advantage of the Plugin 11936 in order to identify the OS of the systems that are being scanned. I am running Nessus from the command line and outputting the results in an XML file. However I find that not all systems produce OS results for this Plugin.
Here is a sample of the results where the plugin worked. There are 2 relevant sections to a file where the 11936 Plugin has produced results: <plugin id="11936"> <name>OS Identification</name> <version>$Revision: 1.155 $</version> <family>General</family> <cve_id>NOCVE</cve_id> <bugtraq_id>NOBID</bugtraq_id> <category>infos</category> <risk>Unknown</risk> <summary>Determines the remote operating system</summary> <copyright>This script is Copyright (C) 2003 - 2007 Tenable Network Security</copyright> </plugin> AND <id>11936</id> <data> Remote operating system : Windows Server 2003 3790 Service Pack 2 Confidence Level : 99 Method : MSRPC The remote host is running Windows Server 2003 3790 Service Pack 2 </data> ********************************************************************** However for machines where the plugin cannot detect the OS, I only get the first part, like this: <plugin id="11936"> <name>OS Identification</name> <version>$Revision: 1.155 $</version> <family>General</family> <cve_id>NOCVE</cve_id> <bugtraq_id>NOBID</bugtraq_id> <category>infos</category> <risk>Unknown</risk> <summary>Determines the remote operating system</summary> <copyright>This script is Copyright (C) 2003 - 2007 Tenable Network Security</copyright> </plugin> i.e. there is no section with the guessed OS being reported. Is there a reason for this? Please let me know if you require any information about the Nessus configuration in order to assist. Thank You so much.
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