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Vulnerability Assessment Details

RPC portmapper

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Gets the port of the remote rpc portmapper

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

The RPC portmapper is running on this port.

A possible hacker may use it to enumerate your list
of RPC services. We recommend you filter traffic
going to this port.

Network Security Threat Level: Low

Networks Security ID: 205

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 1999 Renaud Deraison

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