id: vmware-authentication-daemon info: name: VMware Authentication Daemon Detection author: pussycat0x severity: info description: | vmauthd is the VMWare authentication daemon that is included with many VMWare products, including ESX(i), and Workstation. metadata: max-request: 1 shodan-query: product:"VMware Authentication Daemon" verified: true tags: network,vmware,authenticated,detect tcp: - inputs: - data: "\n" host: - "{{Hostname}}" port: 902 matchers: - type: word words: - "ServerDaemonProtocol:SOAP" - "MKSDisplayProtocol:VNC" condition: and extractors: - type: regex regex: - "VMware Authentication Daemon Version ([0-9.]+)"